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Names and Attributes of God

In the Writings of various Religions, God is referred to in many ways. The most common ones are listed below. You may have clicked on one of His names or attributes which are linked to this glossary entry.

This list of names and attributes is my no means complete. The concept of placing any limitation on God is indicative of blasphemy. If you know of other translations, names or attributes of God which are not listed, please submit them to the webmaster at: abahaiglossary@gmail.com.

A meaning or definition is given for the names and attributes which are not from the English language.

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The word "God" — Listed by Non-English Word — 203 entries in 154 languages

# Non-English Word Non-English Language Religion English Ref 1 גאָט Yiddish   God 12 2 אלוהים� Hebrew Judaism God 12 3 พระเจ้า Thai   God 12 4 上帝 Chinese (trad.)   God 12 5 上帝 Chinese (simp.)   God 12 6 Ababinili  Chickasaw   God, Creator 13 7 Above Old Man  Wiyot   Creator 13 8 Adat Assyrian   God 4 9 Adnj Canaanish   God 4 10 Agla Cabalistic   God 4 11 Aguguq  Aleut   God 13 12 Agu'gux  Aleut   Creator 13 13 Ahone  Powhatan   God, Creator 13 14 Akba Atatdia  Crow   Creator 13 15 Alla Maltese   The God 12   Alla Malay   The God 12 16 Allah Turkish   The God 1   Allah Syriac   The God 1 17 Alláh Arabic   The God 1  TOP   18 Amon Egyptian   God 4 19 Apistotoke  Blackfoot   God 13 20 As Runic   God 1 21 Ataensic  Iroquois   Goddess 13 22 Atina  Arikara   Goddess 13 23 Atius-Tirawa  Pawnee   God 13 24 Aton Canaanish   God 4 25 Ayanat Caddi  Caddo   Creator 13 26 Bhagavan   Hindu God 2 27 Bog Croatian   God 12   Bog Slovenian   God 12 28 Bóg Slovac   God 12   Bóg Polish   God 12 29 Bojh Russian   God 1 30 Bram Aryan   God 4 31 Brama Coromandel   God 1 32 Breathmaker  Seminole   God, Creator 13 33 Buch Slav   God 1 34 Bůh Czech   God 12  TOP   35 Bung Pollacca   God 1 36 神 Japanese   God 12 37 Cao ᴆài Caodaism   God 2 38 Caribou Master  Innu   God 13 39 Chebbeniathan  Arapaho   God 13 40 Chief Above  Caddo   God 13 41 Chúa Vietnamese   God 12 42 Coyote  West Coast   Creator 13 43 Creator , the Native American   God, Creator 4 44 Cuaygerri  Achagua   God 13 45 Бог Ukrainian   God 12   Бог Serbian   God 12   Бог Russian   God 12   Бог Bulgarian   God 12   Бог Macedonian   God 12   Бог Belarusian   God 12 46 Debs Portuguese   God 1 47 Deu Olalu Tongue   God 1 48 Déu Catalan   God 12  TOP   49 Deus Portuguese   God 4   Deus Latin   God 1   Deus Galician   God 12 50 Deva Sanskrit   God 4 51 Dewa Malay   God 12   Dewa Indonisian   God 12 52 Dia Irish   God 1 53 Diet German (old)   God 1 54 Dieu French   God 1 55 Dievas Lithuanian   God 12 56 Dievs Latvian   God 12 57 Diex Low Latin   God 1 58 Dio Italian   God 1 59 Dios Spanish   God 1 60 Diou Provencal   God 1 61 Diu Gallic   God 1   Diu Celtic   God 1 62 Divinitate Romanian   God 12 63 Diyos Filipino   God 12  TOP   64 Done Low Breton   God 1 65 Duw Welsh   God 12 66 Earth-Maker  Hochunk   Creator 13 67 Eilah Chaldaic   God 1 68 Ekeko  Andean   God 13 69 Elah Aramaic   God 4 70 Eleah Assyrian   God 1 71 Eloha Hebrew Judaism God 1 72 Elohim Hebrew Judaism God 1 73 Evaki  Bakairi   Goddess 13 74 Everywhere Being  Ioway   Dwarf God 13 75 Ezid Hindustasni   God 4 76 Fetizo Zemblain   God 1 77 First Creator  Mandan   Creator 13 78 First Maker  Mandan   God 13 79 Gitchi Manitou  Anishinabe   God, Creator 13 80 God Kami   God 4   God English    God 1   God Dutch   God 12  TOP     God  Old Saxon    God 1 81 Godh Danish   God 4 82 Godt Dutch   God 1 83 Goed Flemish   God 1 84 Goezur Japanese   God 1 85 Gott Swiss   God 1   Gott German   God 1 86 Great Spirit  Many tribes   God, Creator 13 87 Gud Swedish   God 12   Gud Norwegian   God 1   Gud Danish   God 12 88 Guð Icelandic   God 12 89 Gudatrigakwitl  Wiyot   God 13 90 Gut Swedish   God 1   Gut Danish   God 1 91 Hakk Hindustasni   God 4 92 Henon  Iroquois   God 13 93 Hutash  Chumash   Goddess 13 94 Θεός Greek   God 12  TOP   95 신  Korean   God 12 96 Ilah Hindustasni   God 4 97 Illu Syrian   God 4 98 Inca Quechua   God 4 99 Ioskeha  Huron   God 13 100 Iriria  Bribri   Goddess 13 101 Isa  Shoshone   God 13 102 Isha  Shoshone   Creator 13 102 Isten Hungarian   God 12 104 Istr Persian   God 4 105 Istu Pannonian   God 1 406 Ixtcibenihehat  Gros Ventre   Creator 13 107 Iya  Sioux   God 13 108 Jamul  Achumawi   Creator 13 109 Jehovah - JHVH  Hebrew Judaism God 4 110 Jubinal Lapp   God 1 111 Jumal Estonian   God 12 112 Jumala Finnish   God 12   Jumala Finch   God 1  TOP   113 Kame  Bakairi   Creator God 13 114 Kami  Bakairi   God 13 115 Kanati  Cherokee   God 13 116 Keri Bakairis   God 13   Keri  Bakairi   Creator God 13 117 Ketanitowet  Lenape   God 13 118 Kickerom  Lenape   Creator 13 119 Kisulkw  Mi'kmaq   God, Creator 13 120 Kudo  Bribri   God 13 121 Kujuli  Wayana   Creator God 13 123 Kururumany  Arawak   Creator God 13 124 Lone Man  Hidatsa   God 13 125 Lord English   God 4 126 Magatal Tartar   God 1 127 Maheo  Cheyenne   God 13 128 Makonaima  Cariban   God 13 129 Man'una  Hochunk   God 13 130 Masaw  Hopi   God 13 131 Mokat  Cahuilla   God 13  TOP   132 Mopó Apalai   God 13 133 Mukot  Cahuilla   God 13 134 Mungu Swahili   God 12 135 Natosi  Blackfoot   God 13 136 Nebo Chaldean   God 4 137 Nesaru  Arikara   God 13 138 Niottsi  Dene   God 13 139 Nishanu  Arikara   God 13 140 Niskam  Mi'kmaq   God 13 141 Nitosi  Dene   God 13 142 Nyame Ashanti   God 11 143 الله Arabic   The God 15 144 خدا  Persian   God 12 145 Odin Scandinavian   God 4 146 Okee  Powhatan   God 13 147 Old Man Coyote  Crow   God 13 148 Old Man  Blackfoot   God 13 149 Onatah  Iroquois   Goddess 13 150 Orenda  Iroquois   God 13  TOP   151 Our Father  English   God 4 152 Pachamama  Inca   Goddess 13 153 Pajohdehad   Zarathustrian God 7 154 Papa Inca   God 4 155 Piai  Carib   God 13 156 Prussa Chinese   God 1 157 Puchecammae Peruvian   God 1 158 Q'uq'umatz  Mayan   God 13 159 Rain Hindoostanee   God 1 160 Rama   Hindu  God 4 161 Raven  Northwestern   God 13 162 Raweno  Iroquois   God 13 163 Saya  Beaver   God 13 164 Sedna  Inuit   Goddess 13 165 Selu  Cherokee   Goddess 13 166 Shen Chinese   God 2 167 Shin Korean   God 4 168 Sibo  Bribri   God 13 169 Silver Fox  California   God 13  TOP     Silver-Fox  Northern California   God 13 170 Sipakmaat  Cocopa   God 13 171 Sire Persian   God 1 172 Sky-Chief  Carib   God 13 173 Soru Persian   God 4 174 Spider Above  Arapaho   God 13 175 Spider Grandmother  Hopi   Goddess 13 176 Spider of Heaven  Arapaho   God 13 177 Spider-Woman  Hopi   Goddess 13 178 Tabaldak  Abenaki   God 13 179 Tamuchi  Carib   God 13 180 Tanrı Turkish   God 12 181 Taronhiawagon  Iroquois   God 13 182 Teos Greek   God 4 183 Teun Egyptian (modern)   God 1 184 Teut Egyptian (old)   God 1 185 Teuti Armorian   God 1   The Creator  Native American   God 4 186 Theos Greek   God 1  TOP   187 Thios Cretan   God 1 188 Thor Viking   God 4 189 Tirawa  Pawnee   God 13 190 Tsááyaa  Beaver   God 13 191 Tumaiyowit  Cahuilla   God 13 192 Unetlanvhi  Cherokee   God 13 193 Unknown Woman  Choctaw   Goddess 13 194 Utakké  Carrier   God 13 195 Wakan Tanka  Sioux   God 13 196 Wakanda  Omaha   God 13 197 White Buffalo Woman  Sioux   Goddess 13 198 Xwedê Yazidi   God 2   Xwedê Kurdish   God 2 199 Yamoria  Dene   God 13 200 Yuttore  Carrier   God 13 201 Zannar Madagascar   God 1 202 Zeus Greek Mythology   God 4 203 Zoti Albanian   God 12  TOP

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Sources:

1. chestofbooks.com - The Name of God in Different Languages 2. Wikipedia - Names of God 3. Wikipedia - Names of God in Islam 4. Ripley's Believe It or Not - # 96; pps. 23-24; ©1929 5. The Bahá'í Writings - The Long Healing Prayer 6. The Bahá'í Writings - Bahá'í Prayers 7. Wikipedia - Names of God in Zoroastrianism 8. Wikipedia - Names of God in Old English poetry 9. The Bahá'í Writings - 10. Full Gospel Family Publications 11. Wikipedia - List of African spirits 12. Online Translator 13. Native American Gods and Goddesses, Native American Creator Gods 14. Wikipedia - List of names of Odin 15. Wikipedia - Alláh 16. translator.eu

See also:

Athanasius Kircher's diagram of the names of God The Name of God in Different Languages at: chestofbooks.com Names of God at: wikipedia.org Names of God in the Qur'an at: wikipedia.org The Names of God at: characterbuildingforfamilies.com/names.html

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