{
    "doctrine": "names-of-god",
    "reference": "Exodus 3:14, John 1:1, Matthew 1:21",
    "count": 35,
    "names": [
        {
            "name": "YHWH",
            "native": "יהוה",
            "meaning": "The LORD · The Self-Existent One",
            "verse_text": "I AM THAT I AM",
            "reference": "Exodus 3:14",
            "note": "The covenant Name. So holy that Israel reads it as Adonai. Four letters. Breath itself.",
            "testament": "old"
        },
        {
            "name": "Elohim",
            "native": "אֱלֹהִים",
            "meaning": "God · The Mighty Creator",
            "verse_text": "In the beginning God created",
            "reference": "Genesis 1:1",
            "note": "Plural form, singular verb — the first whisper of the Triune God.",
            "testament": "old"
        },
        {
            "name": "Adonai",
            "native": "אֲדֹנָי",
            "meaning": "Lord · Master",
            "verse_text": "The Lord is my shepherd",
            "reference": "Psalm 23:1",
            "note": "The Sovereign One. Spoken in place of YHWH out of reverence.",
            "testament": "old"
        },
        {
            "name": "El Shaddai",
            "native": "אֵל שַׁדַּי",
            "meaning": "God Almighty",
            "verse_text": "I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect",
            "reference": "Genesis 17:1",
            "note": "Sufficient · Mountain · Nourisher. The God who is enough.",
            "testament": "old"
        },
        {
            "name": "El Elyon",
            "native": "אֵל עֶלְיוֹן",
            "meaning": "God Most High",
            "verse_text": "blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies",
            "reference": "Genesis 14:20",
            "note": "Higher than every throne, every empire, every fear.",
            "testament": "old"
        },
        {
            "name": "El Olam",
            "native": "אֵל עוֹלָם",
            "meaning": "The Everlasting God",
            "verse_text": "called there on the name of the LORD, the everlasting God",
            "reference": "Genesis 21:33",
            "note": "Before time, beyond time, forever the same.",
            "testament": "old"
        },
        {
            "name": "El Roi",
            "native": "אֵל רֳאִי",
            "meaning": "The God Who Sees Me",
            "verse_text": "Thou God seest me",
            "reference": "Genesis 16:13",
            "note": "Hagar in the wilderness named Him. He sees the abandoned, the unseen, the woman alone.",
            "testament": "old"
        },
        {
            "name": "Yahweh Yireh",
            "native": "יְהוָה יִרְאֶה",
            "meaning": "The LORD Will Provide",
            "verse_text": "In the mount of the LORD it shall be seen",
            "reference": "Genesis 22:14",
            "note": "Abraham named the place where God provided the ram in Isaac's stead.",
            "testament": "old"
        },
        {
            "name": "Yahweh Rapha",
            "native": "יְהוָה רֹפְאֶךָ",
            "meaning": "The LORD That Healeth Thee",
            "verse_text": "I am the LORD that healeth thee",
            "reference": "Exodus 15:26",
            "note": "Of body, of soul, of nation, of broken places.",
            "testament": "old"
        },
        {
            "name": "Yahweh Nissi",
            "native": "יְהוָה נִסִּי",
            "meaning": "The LORD My Banner",
            "verse_text": "Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Jehovahnissi",
            "reference": "Exodus 17:15",
            "note": "The standard we rally to. The flag over the battlefield.",
            "testament": "old"
        },
        {
            "name": "Yahweh Shalom",
            "native": "יְהוָה שָׁלוֹם",
            "meaning": "The LORD Is Peace",
            "verse_text": "Gideon built an altar there unto the LORD, and called it Jehovahshalom",
            "reference": "Judges 6:24",
            "note": "Wholeness. Completeness. Nothing missing, nothing broken.",
            "testament": "old"
        },
        {
            "name": "Yahweh Tsidkenu",
            "native": "יְהוָה צִדְקֵנוּ",
            "meaning": "The LORD Our Righteousness",
            "verse_text": "this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS",
            "reference": "Jeremiah 23:6",
            "note": "Not my righteousness — His, given to me.",
            "testament": "old"
        },
        {
            "name": "Yahweh Rohi",
            "native": "יְהוָה רֹעִי",
            "meaning": "The LORD My Shepherd",
            "verse_text": "The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want",
            "reference": "Psalm 23:1",
            "note": "He leads, He feeds, He carries the lamb in His bosom.",
            "testament": "old"
        },
        {
            "name": "Yahweh Shammah",
            "native": "יְהוָה שָׁמָּה",
            "meaning": "The LORD Is There",
            "verse_text": "the name of the city from that day shall be, The LORD is there",
            "reference": "Ezekiel 48:35",
            "note": "The Name of the New Jerusalem. Where He is, that is home.",
            "testament": "old"
        },
        {
            "name": "Yahweh Mekaddishkem",
            "native": "יְהוָה מְקַדִּשְׁכֶם",
            "meaning": "The LORD Who Sanctifies You",
            "verse_text": "I am the LORD which sanctify you",
            "reference": "Leviticus 20:8",
            "note": "He sets us apart. Holiness is His doing in us.",
            "testament": "old"
        },
        {
            "name": "Yahweh Tsebaoth",
            "native": "יְהוָה צְבָאוֹת",
            "meaning": "The LORD of Hosts",
            "verse_text": "the LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge",
            "reference": "Psalm 46:7",
            "note": "Commander of armies — angelic, stellar, earthly. He fights for His people.",
            "testament": "old"
        },
        {
            "name": "Avi \/ Abba",
            "native": "אָבִי",
            "meaning": "My Father",
            "verse_text": "Doubtless thou art our father, though Abraham be ignorant of us",
            "reference": "Isaiah 63:16",
            "note": "Promised in the Old, given in the New: Abba, Father.",
            "testament": "old"
        },
        {
            "name": "Yeshua \/ Iēsous",
            "native": "יֵשׁוּעַ · Ἰησοῦς",
            "meaning": "Jesus · YHWH Saves",
            "verse_text": "thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins",
            "reference": "Matthew 1:21",
            "note": "The same Name as Joshua. The Captain of our salvation.",
            "testament": "new"
        },
        {
            "name": "Christos \/ Mashiach",
            "native": "Χριστός · מָשִׁיחַ",
            "meaning": "Christ · The Anointed One",
            "verse_text": "Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God",
            "reference": "Matthew 16:16",
            "note": "Anointed Prophet, Priest, and King.",
            "testament": "new"
        },
        {
            "name": "Immanuel",
            "native": "עִמָּנוּאֵל",
            "meaning": "God With Us",
            "verse_text": "they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us",
            "reference": "Matthew 1:23",
            "note": "Not God watching from heaven. God with us. In the room. In the storm. In the cell.",
            "testament": "new"
        },
        {
            "name": "Kurios",
            "native": "Κύριος",
            "meaning": "Lord",
            "verse_text": "Jesus is Lord",
            "reference": "Romans 10:9",
            "note": "The Greek translation of YHWH. To call Jesus Kurios is to call Him God.",
            "testament": "new"
        },
        {
            "name": "Logos",
            "native": "Λόγος",
            "meaning": "The Word",
            "verse_text": "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God",
            "reference": "John 1:1",
            "note": "The eternal speech of God who became flesh and dwelt among us.",
            "testament": "new"
        },
        {
            "name": "Alpha and Omega",
            "native": "Α καὶ Ω",
            "meaning": "First and Last",
            "verse_text": "I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending",
            "reference": "Revelation 1:8",
            "note": "He holds the first letter and the last. Every story is His.",
            "testament": "new"
        },
        {
            "name": "Lamb of God",
            "native": "Ἀμνὸς τοῦ Θεοῦ",
            "meaning": "The Sacrifice",
            "verse_text": "Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world",
            "reference": "John 1:29",
            "note": "The Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.",
            "testament": "new"
        },
        {
            "name": "Lion of Judah",
            "native": "ὁ λέων ὁ ἐκ τῆς φυλῆς Ἰούδα",
            "meaning": "The King",
            "verse_text": "the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed",
            "reference": "Revelation 5:5",
            "note": "The Lamb that was slain is the Lion that reigns.",
            "testament": "new"
        },
        {
            "name": "Bread of Life",
            "native": "ὁ ἄρτος τῆς ζωῆς",
            "meaning": "Daily Sustenance",
            "verse_text": "I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger",
            "reference": "John 6:35",
            "note": "The manna in the wilderness was a shadow. He is the substance.",
            "testament": "new"
        },
        {
            "name": "Light of the World",
            "native": "τὸ φῶς τοῦ κόσμου",
            "meaning": "The Light",
            "verse_text": "I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness",
            "reference": "John 8:12",
            "note": "The first thing God created was light. The first thing He gives a soul is Christ.",
            "testament": "new"
        },
        {
            "name": "The Way, the Truth, the Life",
            "native": "ἡ ὁδὸς καὶ ἡ ἀλήθεια καὶ ἡ ζωή",
            "meaning": "The Only Path",
            "verse_text": "no man cometh unto the Father, but by me",
            "reference": "John 14:6",
            "note": "One Way. One Truth. One Life.",
            "testament": "new"
        },
        {
            "name": "The Good Shepherd",
            "native": "ὁ ποιμὴν ὁ καλός",
            "meaning": "The One Who Lays Down His Life",
            "verse_text": "the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep",
            "reference": "John 10:11",
            "note": "He did not send a hireling. He came Himself.",
            "testament": "new"
        },
        {
            "name": "The Door",
            "native": "ἡ θύρα",
            "meaning": "The Entry",
            "verse_text": "I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved",
            "reference": "John 10:9",
            "note": "Not a door. The Door. There is no other.",
            "testament": "new"
        },
        {
            "name": "The Resurrection and the Life",
            "native": "ἡ ἀνάστασις καὶ ἡ ζωή",
            "meaning": "The One Who Defeats Death",
            "verse_text": "he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live",
            "reference": "John 11:25",
            "note": "He didn't come to teach us how to live. He came to be our Life.",
            "testament": "new"
        },
        {
            "name": "The True Vine",
            "native": "ἡ ἄμπελος ἡ ἀληθινή",
            "meaning": "The Source of Fruit",
            "verse_text": "without me ye can do nothing",
            "reference": "John 15:5",
            "note": "Abide in Him and you bear fruit. Apart from Him, nothing.",
            "testament": "new"
        },
        {
            "name": "Wonderful · Counsellor · The Mighty God · Everlasting Father · Prince of Peace",
            "native": "פֶּלֶא יוֹעֵץ אֵל גִּבּוֹר אֲבִיעַד שַׂר־שָׁלוֹם",
            "meaning": "The Five-Fold Throne Name",
            "verse_text": "his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace",
            "reference": "Isaiah 9:6",
            "note": "Five names of the Child who would be born. All belong to Yeshua.",
            "testament": "new"
        },
        {
            "name": "King of Kings and Lord of Lords",
            "native": "Βασιλεὺς βασιλέων καὶ Κύριος κυρίων",
            "meaning": "The Final Name",
            "verse_text": "And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS",
            "reference": "Revelation 19:16",
            "note": "The Name written on His thigh and His vesture as He returns. The thirty-third Name — the age He was when He laid down His life, and the age He will be no more, for He liveth for evermore.",
            "testament": "new"
        },
        {
            "name": "ʿĪsā ibn Maryam (Honoring Muslim Brothers)",
            "native": "عيسى ابن مريم",
            "meaning": "Jesus, Son of Mary",
            "verse_text": "Mentioned 25 times in the Qur'an as Messiah, Word of God, Spirit of God",
            "reference": "Surah 3:45",
            "note": "To our Muslim brothers and sisters: the One you honor as ʿĪsā the Messiah is the One we proclaim as Risen Lord. Come and see.",
            "testament": "bridge"
        }
    ],
    "soli_deo_gloria": true
}