One GOD -- Many Names, Many Descriptions
Explore some of the names and thought-forms the people of Earth have given to God down through the ages.
(listed in alphabetical order)
Almighty;
Almighty Creator;
ATON (the One Light) -- the name God calls Himself;
Bright Light;
Celestial One;
Cosmic Controller;
Creator;
Creator God;
Creator of All Things;
Creator of the Universe;
Divine One;
Elohim;
Father;
Father/Mother Source;
Formless One;
God;
God of Light;
God--the One Light;
Great Central Sun;
Great Lord;
Great Spirit Father/Grandfather;
Heavenly Father;
Holy Father;
Holy God;
Holy God of Light;
Holy Spirit;
I AM;
I AM Presence;
I AM THAT I AM;
Infallible Teacher and Knower;
King of Kings;
LIGHT;
Lighted Source of Truth;
Lord;
Lord of Lords;
LOVE;
Master of the Universe;
Oneness;
Our Father who art in Heaven;
Primordial Lord;
SANANDA (One With God);
Source of All Knowlege and Wisdom;
Source of Life;
Spiritual Father;
Supreme Being;
Supreme Lord;
Supreme Soul;
Supreme Cosmic Spirit;
The Absolute Truth;
The All Knowing;
The All Hearing;
The All Seeing;
The Alpha and the Omega;
The Beginning and the Ending;
The Divine;
The Ever Enduring and Immutable;
The Ever Providing;
The Ever Lasting;
The Ever Living;
The Giver of Life;
The Greatest Soul;
The Greatest Light;
The Great Spirit;
The Great Truth;
The Guide;
The Highest One;
The Light, the Truth and the Way;
The Most Holy;
The One;
The One Light;
The One Source;
The One Source of All That Is;
The Owner of All Sovereignty;
The Radiant One;
The Ruler of the Human Races;
The Source;
The Truth;
The Word;
Timeless Being;
Timeless One;
Total Love and Light;
Total Illumination;
Total Perfection;
Tunkanshila;
Universal Source;
Universal Mind;
Waken Tanka;
* * * Names for GOD In Different Cultures And Religions (listed in alphabetical order) Christian religion (from the New Testament (Greek) Scriptures): Almighty (from the word "pantokrator") Despotes ("Lord"); Hupsistos ("Highest") I AM (from the Hebrew OT verb "to be" signifying a Living, Intelligent, Personal Being); Kurios ("Lord"); Logos ("The Word of God"); Sophia ("The Wisdom of God"); Theos ("God" (equivalent to the Hebrew Elohim)); Theotes ("Godhead"); Word (from the word "Logos"). Other Names for God: Counselor; Comforter; Baptizer; Advocate; Strengthener; Sanctifier; Spirit of Christ (not the same as the spirit of Christ); Seven-Fold Spirit (Rev.); Spirit of Truth; Spirit of Grace; Spirit of Mercy; Spirit of God; Spirit of Holiness; Spirit of Life: Symbolized in OT and NT by (l) breath or wind; (2) fire; (3) water; (4) oil; (5) light; (6) a dove. * * * Hindu religion: Adi Purush ("Timeless Being"); Bhagahan Bhagwaan ("God"); Ishvara ("Cosmic Controller" or "Lord"); Para Brahman ("The Absolute Truth"); Paramatma ("Supreme Soul"); Parameshvar ("Supreme Lord"); Vishnu (is seen as Para Brahman) * * * Hopi culture: Tawa (The Sun Spirit, the Creator, and the One who formed the First World out of Tokpella, or Endless Space, as well as its original inhabitants.) * * * Islam religion: Allah ("The God"); Ar-Rahman and Ar-Rahmeen ("Most Merciful" or "Most Compassionate" or "Most Benificient"). Note: There are reportedly 99 other Names of God according to the tradition of Islam. * * *
Judaist religion (from the Old Testament (The Hebrew Scriptures, or Tanach)):
(Note: Many of the Judaist names for God were borrowed from the Sumarian texts.)
Adonai ("Lord");
El (God "mighty, strong, prominent");
El-Berith ("God of the Covenent");
El Elyon ("Most High");
El-Gighor (Mighty God);
El-Olam ("Everlasting God");
El Shaddai (God Almighty or "God All Sufficient");
Elohim (God (a plural noun, more than two, used with singular verbs));
Father;
Immanuel ("God with us");
Medekh ("King");
Jehovah (Lord);
Jehovah Elohim ("LORD God");
Judge;
Kadosh ("Holy One");
Shaphat (:Judge");
Shepherd;
Kados;
Tsur ("God our Rock");
Yahweh or YHWH (The name of God).
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Lakota Sioux culture:
Tunkanshila (meaning "Grandfather". Also recognized by other Native American cultures); Wakan Tanka (meaning "the sacred" or "the divine" usually interpreted as "The Great Spirit" or "The Great Mystery". Also interpreted as "Grandfather"); Wakan Tanka (spelled "Wakanda" by the Omaha-Ponca tribes of Nebraska and Oklahoma; spelled "Watatakeh" by the Quapaw tribe of Oklahoma; spelled "Mahanah" by the Ho-Chunk tribe of Wisconsin, and spelled "Mahanah" by the Mandan tribes of North and South Dakota); Wakan (This term describes every creature as wakhan, or "holy".); Wakinyan ((Teton Sioux) "Thunder Spirit", "Thunder Beings" or "Thunder Birds"). * * *
Sikh religion:
Akal Purakh (timeless One);
Ek Onkar ("One" emphasizing the singularity of God);
Nirankar (formless One);
Waheguru (Wonderful Teacher bringing light to remote darkness).
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Zoroaster religion:
Ahura Mazda (highest diety); Ahuramazda; Azzandara; Hormazd; Ohrmazd.
/ 3/22/2011
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