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Names of God in the New Testament


KURIOS: "Lord" Found some 600 times in the NT.

DESPOTES: "Lord" 5 times: Lu. 2:29; Acts 4:24; 2 Pet. 2:1; Jude 4; Rev. 6:10.

THEOS: "God" (equivalent to the Hebrew Elohim), 1,000 times in the NT. 

THEOTES: "Godhead" Col . 2 :9; Rom. 1:20.

HUPSISTOS: "Highest" Mt. 21:9.

SOTER: "Savior" Luke 1:4 7.

JESUS:   "Joshua" (Y'shua) or "Je-Hoshua" meaning JEHOVAH IS SALVATION.

 

CHRIST: is equivalent to the Hebrew 'Messiah' (Meshiach), "The Anointed One."

LOGOS: "The Word of God" John l; Rev. 19:13.

SOPHIA: "The Wisdom of God," referring to Christ, refers back to Proverbs (I Cor. 1,2)


Before Abraham was, I AM," John 8:58.
I AM the Light of the world
I AM the bread of life
I AM living water
I AM the Resurrection and the Life
I AM the Way, Truth and the  life
I AM the Good Shepherd


 


Other NT Titles for Jesus:

 Advocate
Ancient of Days
Bishop and Guardian of our Souls
Branch
Chief Apostle
Chief Cornerstone
Daystar
Deliverer
First Born
Great High Priest
Head of the Body
Immanuel
King of kings
Lamb of God;

Lamb Slain before the Foundation of the World;
Lord God Almighty.
Lord of lords
Physician
Pioneer and Perfecter of our Faith
(Author and Finisher of our Faith)
Potentate
Rock
Root of Jesse
Second Adam
Shepherd of the Sheep;
Master
Stone

  
Father, Son, Holy Spirit:
  One God in Three Persons
(Elohim).


In The NT each person of the godhead is called "God" and "Lord" at least once.

Names for the Holy Spirit
Counselor
Comforter
Baptiser;
Advocate
Strengthener
Sanctifier
Spirit of Christ
(not the same as the spirit of Christ);
Seven-Fold Spirit 
Spirit of Truth
Spirit of Grace
Spirit of Mercy
Spirit of God
Spirit of Holiness
Spirit of Life

Symbolized in OT and NT
by
(l) breath or wind;
(2) fire
(3) water
(4) oil
(5) light
(6) a dove.