El
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El (Hebrew: אל) is an abbreviation of the Hebrew word Elohim (Hebrew: אלהים). "El" is often used as part of a name, such as Elijah, Joel, and Samuel. With regards to God, "El" is normally used in conjunction with other words, as in "El-Shaddai", which greatly expands the scope of God's relationship with mankind.
| Name | Reference | Scripture |
|---|---|---|
| El God |
Genesis 14:19 | And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth: |
| El Hanne’eman The Faithful God |
Deuteronomy 7:9 | Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations; |
| El Emet The God of Truth |
Psalms 31:5 | Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O LORD God of truth. |
| El Tsadik The Righteous God |
Isaiah 45:21 | Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath told it from that time? have not I the LORD? and there is no God else beside me; a just God and a Saviour; there is none beside me. |
| El Shaddai Almighty God |
Genesis 17:1 | And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me and be thou perfect. |
| El Elyon The most high God |
Genesis 14:20 | And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all. |
| El Olam The Everlasting God |
Genesis 21:33 | And Abraham planted a grove in Beer-sheba, and called there on the name of the Lord, the everlasting God. |
| El Roi The God who sees me |
Genesis 16:13 | And she called the name of the LORD that spake unto her, Thou God seest me: for she said, Have I also here looked after him that seeth me? |
| El Jeshurun The God of Jeshurun |
Deuteronomy 32:15 | But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou are waxen fat, thou are grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation. |
| El Gibbor The Mighty God |
Isaiah 9:6 | For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. |
| El De’ot The God of Knowledge |
I Samuel 2:3 | Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the LORD is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed. |
| El Haggadol The Great God |
Deuteronomy 10:17 | For the LORD your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward: |
| El Hakkavod The God of Glory |
Psalms 29:3 | The voice of the LORD is upon many waters: the God of glory thundereth: the LORD is upon many waters. |
| El Hakkadosh The Holy God |
Isaiah 5:16 | But the LORD of hosts shall be exalted in judgement, and God that is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness. |
| El Hashamayim The God of the Heavens |
Psalms 136:26 | O give thanks unto the God of heaven: for his mercy endureth for ever. |
| El Chaiyai The God of my life |
Psalms 42:8 | Yet the LORD will command his lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life. |
| El Channun The Gracious God |
Jonah 4:2 | And he prayed unto the LORD, and said, I pray thee, O LORD, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil. |
| El Israel The God of Israel |
Psalms 68:35 | O God, thou art terrible out of thy holy places: the God of Israel is he that giveth strength and power unto his people. Blessed be God. |
| El Sali The God of my strength |
Psalms 42:9 | I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? Why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy? |
| El Rachum The God of compassion |
Deuteronomy 4:31 | (For the LORD thy God is a merciful God;) he will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which he sware unto them. |
| El Yeshuati The God of my salvation |
Isaiah 12:2 | Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation |
| El Yeshuatenu The God of our salvation |
Psalms 68:19 | Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation. Selah. |
| El Kanno The Jealous God |
Exodus 20:5 | Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; |
| El Hannora The Awesome God |
Nehemiah 9:32 | Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the terrible God, who keepest covenant and mercy, let not all the trouble seem little before thee, that hath come upon us, on our kings, on our princes, and on our priests, and on our prophets, and on our fathers, and on all thy people, since the time of the kings of Assyria unto this day. |
"El" in the New Testament
MATTHEW 27:46 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
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