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Statistics of Simple Names in the Old Testament

Used for Designating GOD

 

 

1. The SIMPLE NAMES used for God in the Old Testament

Name in Hebrew

Meaning

 

Frequency

Jahwe

the LORD

71,2 %

7620x

Elohim

God / gods

24,1 %

2578x

El

God

2,8 %

300x

Elowah

God

0,5 %

55x

Shaddai (incl. 4x El Shaddai)

the Allmighty?

0,5 %

53x

Jaah

the LORD

0,4 %

48x

‘Eljon (incl. 2x El ‘Eljon)

the Highest

0,4 %

48x

Total

 

100,0 %

10700x

 

2. Morphological Breakup for the Name JAHWE

Hebrew

Meaning

 

Frequency

Jahwe (alone)

the LORD

89,6 %

6828x

le-Jahwe

for the LORD

7,6 %

580x

be-Jahwe

with/in/at... the LORD

1,4 %

107x

we-Jahwe

and the LORD

1,3 %

100x

ke-Jahwe

like the LORD

0,1 %

4x

ha-Jahwe (Jer 8:19)

is it ... the LORD?

0,0 %

1x

Total

 

100,0 %

7620x

 

3. Morphological Breakup for the Name ELOHIM

Hebrew

Meaning

 

Frequency

Jahwe + Elohim

% of Freq.

Elohim (alone)

God / gods

31,0 %

799x

37x

4,6 %

Elohee ...

Elohim of (constr.)

16,9 %

435x

169x

38,8 %

haa-Elohim

the Elohim

14,4 %

372x

9x

2,4 %

Eloheekha

your Elohim (sg. masc.)

12,8 %

329x

262x

79,6 %

Eloheenu

our Elohim

7,3 %

188x

82x

43,6 %

Eloheekhem

your Elohim (pl. masc.)

6,4 %

166x

122x

73,5 %

Elohaay

my Elohim

4,4 %

113x

37x

32,7 %

Eloheehem

their Elohim (pl. masc.)

3,1 %

81x

31x

38,3 %

Elohaau

his Elohim

2,5 %

66x

28x

42,4 %

Elohayikh

your Elohim (sg. fem.)

0,7 %

17x

6x

35,3 %

Eloheehaa

her Elohim

0,2 %

6x

0x

0,0 %

Eloheehen

their Elohim (pl. fem.)

0,2 %

5x

0x

0,0 %

Eloheekhen

your Elohim (pl. fem.)

0,0 %

0x

0x

 

Total

 

100,0 %

2578x

783x

30,4 %

 

4. Morphological Breakup for the Name EL

Hebrew

Meaning

 

Frequency

El (alone)

God

82,7 %

248x

haa-El

the God

9,0 %

27x

le-El

for God

5,0 %

15x

we-El

and God

2,0 %

6x

ke-El

like God

0,7 %

2x

be-El

with/by God

0,3 %

1x

Total

 

100,0 %

300x

includes alle references to Bethel = Beet-El (72x)

 

5. Morphological Breakup for the Name ELOWAH

Hebrew

Meaning

 

Frequency

Elowah (alone)

God

92,7 %

51x

le-Eloah

for God

5,5 %

3x

we-Eloah

and God

1,8 %

1x

Total

 

100,0 %

55x

 

 

 

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