God

God = the LORD = Yahweh. This is the single canonical node for the one true God. “God” (Elohim) is the general name; “the LORD” (small caps in the KJV) renders the covenant name; “Yahweh” / “Jehovah” (“I AM”) is that covenant name; “Lord” (Adonai) is the title meaning master. All point to the same Person — link to [[God]] everywhere (aliases: LORD, Yahweh, Jehovah, Lord all resolve here).

Overview

• Testament: Both — the same God throughout the whole canon
• Names: God (Elohim) · the LORD / GOD in small caps (the covenant name) · Yahweh / Jehovah — “I AM THAT I AM” (Exodus 3:14) · Adonai (“Lord,” master) · and many compound titles (see below)
• Nature: One God (Deuteronomy 6:4) — eternal, self-existent Spirit (John 4:24), the uncreated Creator of all things
• Revealed as: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit — one God in three persons; fully made known in Jesus Christ and by The Holy Spirit
• Role: Creator, covenant-maker, lawgiver, judge, redeemer, king, and the everlasting dwelling of His people
• Key Books: Genesis, Exodus, Deuteronomy, Psalms, Isaiah, John, Romans, Revelation (developed in every book)

Biography

God is the eternal, self-existent Creator who speaks the universe into being (see Creation), judges the world’s sin in The Flood and at the Tower of Babel, and then sets in motion a single rescue plan. He calls Abraham and binds Himself by oath in the Abrahamic Covenant; He hears Israel’s cry, reveals His personal name Yahweh to Moses at the Burning Bush, and delivers His people in The Exodus and the Red Sea Crossing. At Mount Sinai He gives the Law (see Giving of the Law) and comes to dwell among His people in tabernacle and The Temple. He raises up David and swears the The Davidic Covenant, speaks through the prophets (Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel), and disciplines and restores Israel. Finally He reveals Himself most fully in the incarnation of His Son, Jesus Christ, the eternal The Word made flesh — and He will dwell with His people forever in The New Creation. The story of God is the story of the whole Bible: holy and just, yet “merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth” (Exodus 34:6).

The Names and Titles of God

God’s names are not labels but self-revelations of His character. See the theme hubs The Name of God and The Shema.

The primary names

• Elohim — the general word “God,” a plural of majesty; the mighty Creator (Genesis 1:1).
• YHWH / the LORD (Yahweh, Jehovah) — the personal covenant name, “I AM THAT I AM” (Exodus 3:14–15), rendered LORD in small capitals in the KJV. It speaks of God’s eternal, self-existent, ever-present being.
• Adonai (Lord) — “master, owner,” the One to whom all submission is due.
• El — the simple word for “God / Mighty One,” used in compounds:
  • El Shaddai — “God Almighty” (Genesis 17:1).
  • El Elyon — “the most high God” (Genesis 14:18–20).
  • El Roi — “thou God seest me” (Genesis 16:13).
  • El Olam — “the everlasting God” (Genesis 21:33).

The Jehovah-compound names (each revealed at a moment of need)

• Jehovah-jireh — “the LORD will provide” (Genesis 22:14).
• Jehovah-rapha — “the LORD that healeth thee” (Exodus 15:26).
• Jehovah-nissi — “the LORD my banner” (Exodus 17:15).
• Jehovah-shalom — “the LORD is peace” (Judges 6:24).
• Jehovah-raah — “the LORD is my shepherd” (Psalm 23:1); see The Shepherd.
• Jehovah-tsidkenu — “THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS” (Jeremiah 23:6).
• Jehovah-shammah — “the LORD is there” (Ezekiel 48:35).
• The LORD of hosts (Jehovah-Sabaoth) — commander of heaven’s armies (1 Samuel 1:3); see Angels.

Other great titles

• The Holy One of Israel — a favorite name in Isaiah.
• The Most High · the Almighty · the Ancient of Days (Daniel 7:9).
• The Rock (Deuteronomy 32:4) · the King eternal (1 Timothy 1:17).
• Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending (Revelation 1:8).

The Triune God

Scripture insists that God is one — “Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD” (Deuteronomy 6:4; see The Shema) — yet reveals that the one God exists eternally as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit (the Trinity).

• Hints appear early: “Let us make man in our image” (Genesis 1:26).
• The Son is God: the eternal The Word who “was God” and “was made flesh” (John 1:1, 14) — Jesus Christ, “the image of the invisible God” (Colossians 1:15).
• The Spirit is God: the The Holy Spirit who moved over the waters (Genesis 1:2) and indwells believers.
• All three appear together at the baptism of Jesus (Matthew 3:16–17), in the Great Commission “in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost” (Matthew 28:19), and in the apostolic blessing (2 Corinthians 13:14).

The Attributes of God

• Eternal / self-existent — “from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God” (Psalm 90:2); He “inhabiteth eternity” (Isaiah 57:15).
• Almighty / omnipotent — “there is nothing too hard for thee” (Jeremiah 32:17); see The Name of God.
• Omniscient — all things “are naked and opened unto the eyes of him” (Hebrews 4:13); He declares “the end from the beginning” (Isaiah 46:10).
• Omnipresent — “Whither shall I go from thy spirit?… thou art there” (Psalm 139:7–10).
• Sovereign — “he hath done whatsoever he hath pleased” (Psalm 115:3); see The Kingdom of God.
• Holy — “Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of hosts” (Isaiah 6:3); “Ye shall be holy; for I… am holy” (Leviticus 19:2).
• Righteous and just — “all his ways are judgment… just and right is he” (Deuteronomy 32:4); see Judgment.
• Immutable / unchanging — “I am the LORD, I change not” (Malachi 3:6); “no variableness, neither shadow of turning” (James 1:17).
• Love — “God is love” (1 John 4:8); “God so loved the world” (John 3:16).
• Merciful and gracious — His own self-description: “merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth” (Exodus 34:6–7); see Repentance.
• Faithful — “great is thy faithfulness” (Lamentations 3:22–23); see Covenant Faithfulness.
• Good — “The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble” (Nahum 1:7).
• Wise — “O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God!” (Romans 11:33); see Wisdom and Folly.
• Truth — “God is not a man, that he should lie” (Numbers 23:19).
• Jealous — “the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God” (Exodus 34:14).
• Wrathful against sin — “the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness” (Romans 1:18); see The Day of the LORD.
• Spirit and invisible — “God is a Spirit” (John 4:24); “whom no man hath seen, nor can see” (1 Timothy 6:16).

God’s Acts in Redemptive History

• Creator of all — “In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth” (Genesis 1:1); he creates by His The Word. See Creation.
• Judge of the world — He judges human sin in The Flood and scatters the nations at the Tower of Babel; final reckoning belongs to Him (see Judgment, The Day of the LORD).
• Covenant-maker — He binds Himself by promise: see The Covenant, the Abrahamic Covenant with Abraham, the Sinai covenant (Giving of the Law, The Decalogue), and the The Davidic Covenant with David.
• Self-revealer and deliverer — He names Himself at the Burning Bush and saves Israel in The Exodus and the Red Sea Crossing.
• Lawgiver — at Mount Sinai He gives His holy law and orders the worship of His people.
• Indweller — He comes to dwell among His people in tabernacle and The Temple, His glory filling the holy place.
• Speaker through the prophets — He sends His word by Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Elijah, and others; see Prophecy and Fulfillment.
• Redeemer in the Son — He enters His own world in Jesus Christ, providing atonement (see Sacrifice and Atonement, The Blood) and raising Him from the dead (see The Resurrection).
• King and consummator — He reigns (The Kingdom of God) and will make all things new (The New Creation), dwelling with His people forever.

God Made Known in the Son and the Spirit

• Jesus Christ — “the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person” (Hebrews 1:3); to see the Son is to see the Father (John 14:9). The full and final revelation of who God is.
• The Holy Spirit — God present and active in the world and in His people, applying the work of the Son.

Worship and Response

The right response to God is wholehearted love, reverent fear, trust, and obedience.

• Love Him supremely — “thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart” (Deuteronomy 6:5); see The Shema.
• Fear Him — “The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom” (Proverbs 9:10); see Wisdom and Folly.
• Trust Him — respond in Faith and turn from sin in Repentance.
• Call upon Him — see Prayer.
• Approach Him rightly — through atoning sacrifice, fulfilled in Jesus Christ; see Sacrifice and Atonement.

Key Events

• Creation — God speaks heaven and earth into being
• The Flood — God judges a corrupt world and preserves Noah
• Tower of Babel — God scatters the nations
• Burning Bush — God reveals His covenant name (Yahweh) to Moses
• The Exodus / Red Sea Crossing — God delivers Israel from Egypt
• Giving of the Law at Mount Sinai — God gives His holy law
• Covenant Renewal at Shechem — God calls Israel to exclusive loyalty

Relationships

• Adam and Eve — the first humans, made in God’s image
• Noah — preserved through the flood
• Abraham, Isaac, Jacob — the patriarchs of the covenant
• Moses — covenant mediator who speaks with God “face to face”
• David — the man after God’s own heart; recipient of the The Davidic Covenant
• The prophets — Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Elijah, Daniel — His messengers
• Jesus Christ — the Son, the full revelation of God

Important Verses

“In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.” — Genesis 1:1 “And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM.” — Exodus 3:14 “The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth.” — Exodus 34:6 “Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD.” — Deuteronomy 6:4 “He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment.” — Deuteronomy 32:4 “But our God is in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he hath pleased.” — Psalm 115:3 “Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.” — Isaiah 6:3 “I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me.” — Isaiah 46:9 “For I am the LORD, I change not.” — Malachi 3:6 “God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.” — John 4:24 “God is love.” — 1 John 4:8 “Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them… and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.” — Revelation 21:3

Cross-References

• Foundational: Genesis, Exodus, Deuteronomy, Psalms, Isaiah
• Fully revealed in: John, Romans, Hebrews, 1 John, Revelation
• Themes: The Name of God, The Shema, The Covenant, Covenant Faithfulness, The Holy Spirit, The Word, The Kingdom of God, Judgment, The Day of the LORD, The New Creation

Notes

• In the KJV source text, LORD (small caps) usually represents the divine name Yahweh; God usually represents Elohim; Lord (Adonai) is a title meaning master.
• The compound Jehovah-names (Jireh, Rapha, Nissi, Shalom, Raah, Tsidkenu, Shammah) are not separate gods but progressive revelations of the one LORD’s character at points of need.
• Renamed from “Yahweh” to “God” as the vault’s canonical deity node (2026-06-08), and moved out of 02 People/Prophets/ into 02 People/Deity/. LORD / Yahweh / Jehovah / Lord are kept as aliases so older links still resolve. Expanded into a full theological reference the same day.