I have already reviewed the names given to the three persons of the trinity. Yahweh (Jehovah) which means “I am”, Jesus (Yeshua) meaning savior and Immanuel announcing that God is with us, and the Paraclete which is translated various ways such as Helper or Comforter. I recently came across a list of additional names that I should have remembered.
Isaiah 9:6 (KJV) For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.With the perspective of the New Testament these are terms referring to Jesus, the Son. I am used to reading them and hearing them but I found a few interesting things about the list as I broke it down.
Take the two terms “Wonderful” and “Counselor”. They are put together different ways but when I looked at them with the Blue Letter Bible software I was surprised to find that “wonderful” (6382) was a noun, not an adjective, and “counselor” (3289) was a verb being used as an active participle. It made me think of an English part of speech called a gerund which is a verb with “ing” added, turning it into a noun. It would seem that the two terms either stand alone or “wonderful” becomes “wonder” or “wonderful one”.
You run into the same type of thing further down with “everlasting” (5703) “Father” (1). “Everlasting” is a noun. It is the same grammatical structure as “Prince of Peace”. I might suggest “Father of Eternity”.
Hebrew is still a mystery to me even with all the crutches available. The mysteries are deep and wonderful. Still, the names are significant because they tell us who Jesus is.
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