Hebrew Names of God Review

What is the meaning of the name 'El Hanne'eman'?

• The God Who Sees Me

• The Lord is my Strength; God, My Rock

• The God of My Salvation

• Faithful God

Answer explanation

Know therefore that the Lord your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commandments. Deuteronomy 7:9.

What does the name 'Jehovah Shalom' mean?

• The Lord is peace

• The Lord is our righteousness

• The Lord who heals both physically and spiritually

• Mighty Creator; implies the Trinity

Answer explanation

Gideon built an altar at Ophrah of the Abiezrites and named it “The Lord is Peace” or “Jehovah Shalom,” a tribute and reminder of the Lord’s provision and promise of peace.

What is the significance of the name 'El Simchah Giyli'?

• The Lord is peace

• The Lord is our righteousness

• The Lord who heals both physically and spiritually

• God My Exceeding Joy

Answer explanation

“Then I will go to the altar of God, to God my exceeding joy” (Psalm 43:4). Both simchah and giyl are word for gladness, mirth, pleasure, and great joy! This name is like calling God your ecstatic joy. This joy stands outside of all circumstances. Earthly pleasures have an end, and all other happiness can fall in trials. The joy we can have (because He lives inside of us) goes beyond circumstance. Even amidst the trials we can have an inexpressible joy manifesting from His presence! “Do not be grieved, for the joy of the LORD is your strength.” Nehemiah 8:10

What does the name 'Jehovah Tsidkenu' mean?

• The Lord is peace

• The Lord is our righteousness

• The Lord who heals both physically and spiritually

• God Almighty, the All-Sufficient One

Answer explanation

The name, Jehovah Tsidkenu, occurs only twice in the Bible—both times in the book of Jeremiah:

• In His days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell safely; now this is His name by which He will be called: THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS [Jehovah Tsidkenu].

• Jeremiah 23:5, 6

• In those days Judah shall be saved, and Jerusalem will dwell safely. And this is the name by which she will be called: THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS [Jehovah Tsidkenu].

• Jeremiah 33:15, 16

What is the meaning of the name 'El Roi'?

• The God Who Sees Me

• The Lord is my Strength; God, My Rock

• The God of My Salvation

• Faithful God

Answer explanation

We may have noticed that many names for God include “El.” El typically refers to God. But Roi brings another attribute of our Lord to the equation. El Roi means “The God who sees me.”

In other words, when we feel most invisible and forgotten by everyone else, we can remember that God does see us. He witnesses our struggles and comes alongside us. After all, if he sees the sparrows and takes care of them (Matthew 6:26), how much more does he care for us in our greatest time of need?

What does the name 'Jehovah Jireh' signify?

• The Lord will provide

• The Lord is my banner or victory

• The Lord is my Shepherd

• The Lord is peace

Answer explanation

When God introduces Himself as Jehovah Jireh, meaning “the Lord will provide,” it’s not in the context of snacks or cars or money or bills. It’s in the context of the most profound physical need a person can face – the loss of life. In Genesis 22, we read the story of Abraham being commanded by God to take his son Isaac to Mount Moriah and sacrifice him. Isaac was the son of promise, a miraculous gift from God when Abraham and Sarah were old. He was the promised child whom God had promised to make into a great nation. He was God’s provision, or so it seemed until God said to lay him on the altar and offer him as a sacrifice.

What is the meaning of the name 'El Sali'?

• The God Who Sees Me

• The Lord is my Strength; God, My Rock

• The God of My Salvation

• God Almighty, the All-Sufficient One

Answer explanation

El Sali is the Hebrew name for God meaning the Lord is my strength or God my rock.

David the Psalmist and King, who is known for his heart after God, spoke the words of this song to the Lord on the day when the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. And he said:

" I love You fervently and devotedly, O Lord, my Strength."

What does the name 'Jehovah Nissi' mean?

• The Lord will provide

• The Lord is my banner or victory

• The Lord is my Shepherd

• The Lord is peace

Answer explanation

The Hebrew name Jehovah Nissi first appears in the story of the Israelites and Moses while wandering in the wilderness (Exodus 17). 

When Israel faced the Amalekites in battle, it wasn’t with an experienced army or the best commanders. It was as a transient tribe escaping slavery in Egypt and travelling uncertainly to a promised land. The battle was for survival, for hope, for a future.

But they travelled with something that no other nation on earth had – a pillar of fire, a cloud of smoke, the very presence of God. Israel did not fight its battles alone. The LORD was with them. The very name used in Scripture is Jehovah Nissi - "the Lord is my banner". Moses experienced both physical and spiritual victory with the Lord's banner waving over the battle.

What is the significance of the name 'El Yeshuati'?

• The God Who Sees Me

• The Lord is my Strength; God, My Rock

• The God of My Salvation

• The Lord is peace

What does the name 'Jehovah Rohi' mean?

• The Lord will provide

• The Lord is my banner or victory

• The Lord is my Shepherd

• The Lord is peace

Answer explanation

Strictly speaking, Jehovah rohi is the beginning phrase of Psalm 23, the LORD is my shepherd. It combines the personal name of God, Yahweh (or Jehovah ), with the descriptive name of God, rohi or ro‘i, meaning, “my Shepherd.” Elsewhere God is simply called the Shepherd.