For the purposes of this site there are certain conventions that will be followed:
- YAHWEH will be used wherever hDwøh◊y (YHWH) appears in the original text, as the personal name
of God.
- YAHUSHUA will be used wherever "Jesus" is normally used, as the proper personal name of The
Messiah.
- The Messiah will be used where the title "Christ" appears in the text.
- Sovereign will normally be used where adonay occurs. It will also be used of The Messiah (Jesus,
Yeshua, Yahshua, etc.) when the title "Lord" is used in English translations.
Webster’s New World Dictionary
belief:
1. the state of believing; conviction that certain things are true; faith,
especially religious faith.
2. trust; confidence; as, I have belief in his ability.
3. acceptance of or assent to something as trustworthy, real, etc.: as, a
claim beyond belief.
4. anything believed or accepted as true.
5. an opinion; expectation; judgment: as, y belief that he’ll come.
6. a creed or doctrine.
god:
1. any of various beings conceived of as supernatural, immortal, and
having special powers over the lives and affairs of people and the course
of nature; deity, especially a male deity.
2. an image that is worshipped; idol.
3. a person or thing deified or excessively honored and admired.
4. in monotheistic religions, the creator and ruler of the universe, regarded
as eternal, infinite, all-powerful, and all-knowing; Supreme Being; Almighty.
sovereign:
adjective
1.
above or superior to all others; chief; greatest; supreme.
2.
supreme in power, rank, or authority.
3.
of or holding the position of ruler; royal; reigning
4.
independent of all others
noun
1.
a person who possesses sovereign authority; monarch; ruler.
2.
a group of persons or a state that possesses sovereign authority.
translate:
1. to change from one place,
position, or condition to another; transfer;
2.
to change from one language to another.
3.
to change into another medium or form.
4.
to put into different words; interpret.
SYN. – translation implies the rendering from one language
into another of something written or spoken.
transliteration:
Implies the writing of words with
characters of another alphabet that represents the
same sound or sounds.
worship:
noun:
1. a prayer, church service, or other rite showing reverence
or devotion for
a deity; religious
homage or veneration.
2. extreme devotion; intense love or admiration of any kind.
verb:
1. to show religious devotion or reverence for; adore or
venerate as a deity.
2. to have intense love or admiration for; idolize.
3. to engage in worship, specifically to perform any act of
religious devotion; offer
prayers, attend
church services, etc.
adon, adonai
adon
– a sovereign - singular
113. NwødDa }adown, aw-done´; or (shortened) NOdDa }adon, aw-done´; from an unused root
(meaning to rule); sovereign, i.e. controller (human or divine): —lord, master, owner.
Compare also names beginning with “Adoni-”.
adonai - more than one sovereign – plural
-
a collective noun when used with Yahweh.
-
with a y [i] at the end it means “my adon”.
136. yÎnOdSa }Adonay, ad-o-noy´; am emphatic form of
113; the Lord (used as a proper name of God only): —(my) Lord. {Note:
Improper representation as a proper name. It is a title, not a name.]
adonaim - a group, or groups of adon - plural
-
a collective noun that refers to all adonai as one group.
el, eloah, elohim
el or eil - a mighty one, powerful ruler, chief.
eli or eili - more than one el.
- with the y [i] at the end it means “my el”).
410. lEa }el, ale; shortened from 352; strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the Almighty (but used also of any deity):
— God (god), x goodly, x great, idol, might(-y one), power, strong. Compare names in “-el.”
352. lˆyAa }ayil, ah´-yil; from the same as 193; properly, strength; hence, anything strong; specifically a chief (politically); also a ram (from his strength); a pilaster (as a strong support); an oak or other strong tree: —mighty (man), lintel, oak, post, ram, tree.
193. l…wa }uwl, ool; from an unused root meaning to twist, i.e. (by implication) be strong; the body (as being rolled together); also powerful: —mighty, strength.
353. lÎyTa }eyal, eh-yawl´; a variation of 352; strength: —strength.
elim or eilim - a group or groups of el - plural
eloah (eluah, eloaha) - mighty being (a generic name).
433. ;AhwølTa }elowahh, el-o´-ah; rarely (shortened) ;AhølTa }eloahh, el-o´-ah} probably prolonged (emphat.) from 410; a deity or the Deity: —God, god. See 430.
eloahi - more than one eloah.
- with the y [i] at the end it means “my eloah”.
eloahim - a group or groups of eloah - plural
430. MyIhølTa }elohiym, el-o-heem´; plural of 433; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative: —angels, x exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), x (very) great, judges, x mighty.