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His Names are Wonderful: Getting to Know God through His Hebrew Names is unavailable, but you can change that!

What’s in a name? In the Western world, names are often chosen because they’re cute or because parents hope their children might aspire to be like a namesake, perhaps even a Bible figure. Yet, names in the Bible were often chosen to communicate something about a person… especially God’s names. In Hebrew thought, a name did more than identify a person; it revealed their identity. God’s identity...

GOD ALMIGHTY El Shaddai אֵל שַׁדַּי Genesis 17:1 When Avram [Abram] was 99 years old ADONAI appeared to Avram and said to him, “I am El Shaddai [God Almighty]. Walk in my presence and be pure-hearted.” Genesis 35:10–11 God said to him, “Your name is Ya‘akov [Jacob], but you will be called Ya‘akov no longer; your name will be Isra’el.” Thus he named him Isra’el. God further said to him, “I am El Shaddai. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation, indeed a group of nations, will come from you; kings will
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