If you want to know who is God (who the Scriptures declares God is and what God is like), here’s a list of Bible references below to read the names of God in the Bible and God’s nature.
Please note: your agreement or disagreement with something on this list will not change God. God is the same yesterday today and forever. However, each one of these scripture verses is an invitation to get to know God better. As you accept each invitation, begin to explore the goodness of God in the land of the living.
God’s Nature and The Names of God in the Bible
Genesis 1:1 – In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. [elohiym – noun masculine / plural or plural intensive]
Genesis 15:1 – After these things the word of Jehovah came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.
Genesis 15:7 – And he said unto him, I am Jehovah that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it. [Jehovah – the existing One / the proper name of the one true God]
Genesis 17:1 – And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, Jehovah appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am God Almighty; walk before me, and be thou perfect. [El Shaddai – the almighty most powerful]
Genesis 26:24 – And Jehovah appeared unto him the same night, and said, I am the God [elohiym] of Abraham thy father: fear not, for I am with thee, and will bless thee, and multiply thy seed for my servant Abraham’s sake.
Genesis 28:13 – And, behold, Jehovah stood above it, and said, I am Jehovah, the God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed;
Genesis 31:13 – I am the God [El] of Beth-el, where thou anointedst a pillar, where thou vowedst a vow unto me: now arise, get thee out from this land, and return unto the land of thy nativity. [Beth-El – House of God)
Genesis 35:11 – And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins; [El Shaddai]
Genesis 46:3 – And he said, I am God [El}, the God [Elohiym] of thy father: fear not to go down into Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation:
Exodus 3:6 – Moreover he said, I am the God [Elohiym] of thy father, the God [Elohiym] of Abraham, the God [Elohiym] of Isaac, and the God [Elohiym] of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon God.
Exodus 3:14 – And God said unto Moses, I am that I am: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I am hath sent me unto you.
Exodus 6:7 – and I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God [Elohiym]; and ye shall know that I am Jehovah your God [Elohiym], who bringeth you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.
Exodus 15:26 – and he said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of Jehovah thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his eyes, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of the diseases upon thee, which I have put upon the Egyptians: for I am Jehovah that healeth thee.
[rapha – to heal or make healthful]
Exodus 31:13 – Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily ye shall keep my sabbaths: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am Jehovah who sanctifieth you. [qadash – to consecrate, sanctify, prepare, dedicate, be hallowed, be holy, be sanctified, be separate]
Leviticus 11:44 – For I am Jehovah your God: sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that moveth upon the earth. [qadosh – sacred, holy, Holy One, saint, set apart]
Leviticus 20:24 – But I have said unto you, Ye shall inherit their land, and I will give it unto you to possess it, a land flowing with milk and honey: I am Jehovah your God, who hath separated you from the peoples. [ badal – separate 25, divide 8, difference 4, asunder 2, severed 2, sever out 1, separation 1, utterly (inf. for emphasis) 1]
Numbers 18:20 – And Jehovah said unto Aaron, Thou shalt have no inheritance in their land, neither shalt thou have any portion among them: I am thy portion and thine inheritance among the children of Israel. [ cheleq – portion, share, part, territory // nachalah – possession, property, inheritance, heritage]
Deuteronomy 4:24 – For Jehovah thy God is a devouring fire, a jealous God. [ akal – to eat, devour, burn up, feed // qanna – jealous // el – god ]
Deuteronomy 5:6 – I am Jehovah thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
[ yatsa – to cause to go or come out, bring out, lead out, deliver ]
Joshua 3:10 – And Joshua said, Hereby ye shall know that the living God is among you, and that he will without fail drive out from before you the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Hivite, and the Perizzite, and the Girgashite, and the Amorite, and the Jebusite. [ chay – live, life, beast, alive, creature, running, living thing, raw // el – god ]
Joshua 7:7 – And Joshua said, Alas, O Lord Jehovah, wherefore hast thou at all brought this people over the Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to cause us to perish? would that we had been content and dwelt beyond the Jordan! [ adonay – lord, god ]
Joshua 7:13 – Up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves against to-morrow: for thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, There is a devoted thing in the midst of thee, O Israel; thou canst not stand before thine enemies, until ye take away the devoted thing from among you. [ Elohim // Israel – God prevails ]
Psalm 28:7 – Jehovah is my strength and my shield; My heart hath trusted in him, and I am helped: Therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; And with my song will I praise him. [ oz – might, strength material or physical personal or social or political // magen – shield, buckler ]
Isaiah 6:5 – Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, Jehovah of hosts. [ melek – noun masculine king // tsaba – army, host (of organised army), host (of angels), host of sun, moon, and stars, host of whole creation ]
Isaiah 41:10 – fear thou not, for I am with thee; be not dismayed, for I am thy God; I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
Isaiah 43:3 – For I am Jehovah thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour; I have given Egypt as thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba in thy stead. [ yasha – save, savior, deliver, give victory ]
Isaiah 43:5 – Fear not; for I am with thee: I will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west;
Isaiah 43:11 – I, even I, am Jehovah; and besides me there is no saviour.
Isaiah 43:13 – Yea, since the day was I am he; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who can hinder it?
Isaiah 43:14 – Thus saith Jehovah, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: For your sake I have sent to Babylon, and I will bring down all of them as fugitives, even the Chaldeans, in the ships of their rejoicing. [ gaal – to redeem, act as kinsman-redeemer, revenger, ransom, from exile, from death, from bondage, from slavery ]
Isaiah 43:15 – I am Jehovah, your Holy One, the Creator of Israel, your King.
(a continuing exploration as time is available…)