#NLINE THEOLOGICAL WORDBOOK OF THE OLD TESTAMENT FULL#
The full effect of Jesus as Kurios/Lord will not be realized until His promised return, when He will be crowned as King of the earth. This is just one small example of the deification of Jesus, identifying Him with the Elohim of the Hebrew Scriptures. While the Jewish interpretation of Psalm 110:1 looks forward to the Messianic future for its reality, to those with faith in Jesus this hope is transferred to the present. Psalm 110:1, which is quoted in Matthew 22:44 (cf. The Scriptures provide proof of Jesus as Lord. This use confirmed not only the plurality of majesty within the Godhead, but identified Jesus as equal to God the Father. When the New Testament was composed the Greek word for Lord, Kurios, was used to refer to the Lordship of Jesus. In time, the title God the Father became synonymous with Elohim/Yahweh. This also equated the Hebrew name for God, Elohim, with the word Yahweh making Elohim equal to Yahweh. At that time the word Elohim was replaced by the Greek word Kurios as evidenced in the oldest Greek translation of the Hebrew Scriptures, the Septuagint. One of the keys to his success, called Hellenism, was the syncretism of Greek culture with the culture of the conquered people. In time, Alexander the Great (336 -323 BC) spread his empire to most of the known world. The two titles above portray God as the Savior of His people, as does the simple phrase “ God of Salvation” (1 Chronicles 16:35 Psalm 18:46 cf. As the Sovereign of creation He is also described as Judge (Psalm 50:6 Psalm 75:7 ).Īnother category shows Elohim to be the “ God of the armies of Israel” (1 Samuel 17:45) and “ God of Jerusalem” (2 Chronicles 32:19). ” In short, He is “ God Most High” (Psalm 57:2 ). In Deuteronomy 10:17, He is the “… God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward.
Isaiah 54:5 refers to Him as “ the God of the whole earth.” In 1 Kings 20:28 He is the “ God of the hills.” In Jeremiah 32:27 He is the “ God of all flesh.” In Genesis 24:3, He is “ the God of heaven, and the God of the earth,” (cf. In Isaiah 45:18 God is referred to as the creator “ God himself that formed the earth and made it.” In Jonah 1:9 He is called “ the God of heaven, which hath made the sea and the dry land.” A second category of titles expresses God’s sovereignty. In its use with Jehovah, it refers to the title given to God in three categories. Often Elohim is used in conjunction with the most personal name of God, Yahweh or Jehovah (Genesis 2:4-5 Exodus 34:23 Psalm 68:18 ). In Genesis 1:2 and verse 26 this word appears for the first time.Įlohim is the subject of all divine activity revealed to man, and also is the object of all true reverence and godly fear that comes from man. Furthermore, among the Semitic languages, Hebrew is the only one where the plural form occurs. As the Rabbis attest, it defines the plurality of majesty within the Godhead. This noun, used in the plural, is consistently associated with singular verbs, adjectives and pronouns. According to The Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament, the Hebrew word Elohim is the most used name translated into English as God.
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