Definitions of the Attributes of God

Attributes
Simplicity/Spirituality

Definition

Scripture Reference

God is uncompounded, in complex, indivisible

Unique and spirit in essential being.

John 1:18; 4:24; 1 Tim

1:17; 6:11-16

Unity

God is one.

Deut 6:4; 1Cor 8:6

Infinity

God is without termination and finitude.

1Kings 8:27; Ps 145:3;

Act 17:24

Eternity

God is free from succession of time.

Gen 21:33; Ps 90:2

Immutability/Constancy God is unchanging and unchangeable in his being.

Ps 102:27;
Mal 3:6;Jam1:17

Omnipresence

God is Present everywhere.

Ps 139:7-12; Jer
23:23-24

Omniscience

God knows all actual and possible things.

Omnipotence

God is all power.

Matt 19:26; Rev 19:6

Justice

God has moral equity, he does not show favoritism.

Act 10:34-35, Rom 2:11

Freedom
Benevclence

God is independent from his creatures.

God has unselfish concern for the welfare
Of those he love.

Grace

God supplies those he loves with undeserved

Favors according to their need.

Goodness

That which constitutes the character of God

and is shown by benevolence, mercy and grace.

Exo 22:19;Ps 145:9

Love

God seeks the highest good of humans at his own

Infinite cost.

Ps 103:17 Eph 2:4-5

1John 4:8,10

Holiness

God is righteous, perfect, set apart or separate

From all sin or evil.

1 Peter 1:16

Righteousness

Holiness applied to relationship, God law

And his actions are exactly right.

Ps 19:7-9 Jer 9:24a

Truth

Agreement and consistency with all that is represented

By God himself.

John 14:6; 17:3

Genuineness

God is real/true.

Jer 10:5-10 john 17:3

Veracity

God speaks the truth and is trustworthy.

Faithfulness

God proves true, he keeps his promises.

1 Sam 15:29 john 17:17,19,

Heb 6:18 titus 1:2
Num 23:19 Ps 89:1 These 5:24

Personality

God is personal. He had self-cognizance,

Will, intellect, self determination.

Exod 3:14, Gen 3

Life

God is life and the ultimate source of all life.

Exo 3:14, jer 10:10, John 5:20

Mercy

Gods tenderhearted, showing compassion

Towards the miserable, needy people he
Love and also his not brining on fallen people
What they deserve.

Exo 3:10, 17, Ps 103:13 Matt 9:36

Persistence

Gods long-suffering nature and his patience

Ps 86:15, Rom 2:4, 9:22

Ps 139:1-4;4-5; Mat
11:21

Ps. 115:3
Deut 7:7-8, John 3:16
Exo 34:6, Eph, 1:5-8
Titus 2:11

The Names of God

Names
Yahweh/Jehovah

Meaning/significance
Scripture
The self-existent One. Some think it emphasizes
Exo 3:14-15 Gen 12:8
The ontological nature of God, I AM WHO I AM
13:4 26: 25: 6:3:7:
Others believe it sets forth the faithfulness of God,
20:2:33:19:34:5-7
I am or will be who I have been or I will be who
Pas 68:4, 76:1
I Wll be. This name is the personal and proper name
Jer 31:31-34
Of God.
Yahweh Yim
Yahweh will provide.
Gen 22:8-14
Yahweh Nissi
Yahweh is my banner.
Exo 17:15
Yahweh Shalom
Yahweh is peace.
Judg 6:24
Yahweh Sabbaoth
Yahweh of hosts (armies).
1Sam 1:3, 17:45 Ps 24:10
Yahweh Maccaddeshem
Yahweh your sanctifier.
Exo 31:13
Yahweh Raah
Yahweh is my shepherd .
Ps 23:1
Yahweh Tsidkenu
Yahweh our righteousness.
Jer 23:6, 33:16
Yahweh EI Gemoiah
Yahweh God of recompense.
Jer 51:56
Yahweh Nakeh
Yahweh who smites.
Ezek 7:9
Yahweh Shammah
Yahweh who is present.
Ezek 48:35
Yahweh Rapha
Yahweh who heels.
Exo 15:26
Yahweh Elohim
Yahweh, the Mighty one.
Judg 5:3 Isa 17:6
Adonai
Lord, Master, the name of God
Exo 4:10-12 Jos 7:8-11
Used for Yahewh when the proper
Name of God came to be through
Of as to sacred to pronounce.
Elohim
Mighty one; a plural term for God
Gen 1:1, 26-27;3:5 31:14
Usually speaking of either his
Deu 5:9 6:4 Ps 5:7
Majesty or his plenitude.
86:15, 100:3
El Elyon
Most High,(lit, the strongest Mighty One). Gen 14:18 Num 24:16
Isa 14:13-14
El Roi
The Mighty One who sees.
Gen 16:13
El Shaddai
Almighty God or All-Sufficient God.
Gen 17: 1-20
Olam
Everlasting God or God of Eternity.
Gen 21:33; Isa 40:28
Elahe Israel
Geo, The God of Israel.
Gen 33:20
Yeshua
Jesus, Yahweh is Savior or Salvation.
Matt 16:13-16 John 6: 42
Acts 2:36, Titus 2:13
2Peter 1:11.
Christos
Christ, Messiah, the Anointed One.
Matt 16:13-16 John 1:41
20:31 Acts 2:26
Rom 6:23 Titus 2:13 2peter 1:11
Kurios
Lord, master, sir.
Luke 1:46 Acts 2:36 Jude 4
Soter
Savior, one who delivers from
Luke 1:47, 2:11
Danger and death.
Theos
God, a class noun that can refer to any
Luke 1:47 John 20:28 Titus 2:13
God or to the one true God; used of
2Peter 1:11
The Lord Jesus as true God.

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