In the Old Testament there are many names for God. (Some say there are over 70 names, each having to do with God’s relationship to Israel). But just looking at some names we use in the Church today:
The name ‘Jesus‘ comes from Hebrew origins Yeshua or Yeshua.
Christ the Greek translation of the Hebrew word rendered “Messiah” which is equivalent to the Hebrew word translated “Anointed One.”
Messiah comes from the Hebrew word mashiach and means “anointed one” or “chosen one.” The Greek equivalent is the word Christos or, in English, Christ.
Emmanuel means “God with us” In the Old Testament it occurs only in Isaiah 7:14 and 8:8
Sometimes translated Immanuel.
Joshua comes from the Hebrew name “Yehoshua,” meaning “God is deliverance.”
Yeshua (transliterated in the English Old Testament as Jeshua), is a late form of the Biblical Hebrew name Yehoshua (Joshua),
Yehoshua is derived from yeho (meaning God) and shua (meaning to deliver or save). The letter Y was changed to an I in Latin and Greek and became a J in English. Jehoshua was eventually shortened to Joshua.
Hosea means “salvation”
