Divine Names and Christological Titles¶
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Analysis of the major divine names across the Hebrew OT, Septuagint (LXX), and Greek NT, drawn from STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT/TALXX morphological data.
Corpus Reports¶
| Corpus | Report | Names Analyzed |
|---|---|---|
| Hebrew OT | Divine Names — OT Hebrew | YHWH, Elohim, Adonai, El, Yah, Shaddai |
| Septuagint (LXX) | Divine Names — LXX | Kyrios, Theos |
| Greek NT | Divine Names & Christological Titles — NT | Theos, Iesous, Kyrios, Christos, Pater, Pneuma |
Cross-Corpus Snapshot¶
| Corpus | Top Name | Count | % of Corpus Names |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hebrew OT | YHWH (יהוה) | 6,513 | 65.8% |
| LXX | Kyrios (κύριος) | 7,667 | 70.3% |
| Greek NT | Theos (θεός) | 1,343 | 30.2% |
Key observation: Kyrios in the LXX is the standard rendering of both YHWH and Adonai — its dominance (70.3%) mirrors YHWH's dominance in the Hebrew (65.8%). In the NT, the landscape shifts: Iesous and Christos together account for 35% of divine title occurrences, reflecting the NT's Christological focus.
Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT/TALXX (CC BY 4.0, Tyndale House Cambridge).