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There are various names of God, many of which enumerate the various qualities of a Supreme Being. The English word god (and its equivalent in other languages) is used by multiple religions as a noun to refer to different deities, or specifically to the Supreme Being, as denoted in English by the capitalized and uncapitalized terms God and god. [1]
This is an index of lists of deities of the different religions, cultures and mythologies of the world. List of deities by classification; Lists of deities by cultural sphere; List of goddesses; List of fictional deities; List of people who have been considered deities; see also Apotheosis, Imperial cult and Sacred king
Names of God in Christianity. The Tetragrammaton YHWH, the name of God written in the Hebrew alphabet, All Saints Church, Nyköping, Sweden. Names of God at John Knox House: "θεός, DEUS, GOD." The Bible usually uses the name of God in the singular (e.g. Ex. 20:7 or Ps. 8:1), generally using the terms in a very general sense rather than ...
According to the Quran, there are 99 Names of God (al-asma al-husna, lit. meaning: "The best names") each of which evoke a distinct characteristic of God. All these names refer to Allah, considered to be the supreme and all-comprehensive divine Arabic name.
List of deities by classification. This is an index to deities of the different religions, cultures and mythologies of the world, listed by type of deity.
Judaism considers some names of God so holy that, once written, they should not be erased: יהוה , אֲדֹנָי (Adonai transl. my Lord[s]), אֵל (El transl. God), אֱלֹהִים (Elohim transl. God[s]), שַׁדַּי (Shaddai transl. Almighty), and צְבָאֽוֹת (Tzevaoth transl. [of] Hosts); some also include I Am that I Am.
God is referred to by different names depending on the language and cultural tradition, sometimes with different titles of God used in reference to God's various attributes.
However, general references to the name of God may branch to other special forms which express his multifaceted attributes. The Old Testament reveals YHWH (often vocalized with vowels as "Yahweh" or "Jehovah") as the personal name of God, along with certain titles including El Elyon and El Shaddai.
The god's name was written in paleo-Hebrew as 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (יהוה in block script), transliterated as YHWH; modern scholarship has reached consensus to transcribe this as "Yahweh". The shortened forms " Yeho -", " Yahu -" and " Yo -" appear in personal names and in phrases such as " Hallelu jah !"
Although most monotheistic religions traditionally envision their god as omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, omnibenevolent, and eternal, none of these qualities are essential to the definition of a "deity" and various cultures have conceptualized their deities differently.