McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Name Of God

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McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Name Of God


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By this term we are to understand:

1, God himself (Psa_20:1)

2,
his titles peculiar to himself (Exo_3:13-14);

3,
his word (Psa_5:11 : Act_9:15);

4,
his works (Psa_8:1);

5,
his worship (Exo_20:24);

6,
his perfections and excellences (Exo_34:6; Joh_17:26). The properties or qualities of this name are these:

1,
a glorious name (Psa_72:17);

2,
transcendent and incomparable (Rev_19:16);

3,
powerful (Php_2:10);

4,
holy and reverend (Psa_111:9);

5,
awful to the wicked;

6,
perpetual (Isa_55:13). See Hannam, Anal. Comp. page 20.