Sage-Tips

Does the Bible refer to God she?

Good as New: A radical retelling of scripture, a 2003 translation of the New Testament by John Henson and the ONE Community for Christian Exploration, calls God “your parent” rather than “your father”. The Holy Spirit is a she, and though Jesus is a he, the translation avoids ever using a pronoun for God.

What is the female name of God?

In fact, the personal name of God, Yahweh, which is revealed to Moses in Exodus 3, is a remarkable combination of both female and male grammatical endings. The first part of God’s name in Hebrew, “Yah,” is feminine, and the last part, “weh,” is masculine.

What is God referred to in the Bible?

The Bible usually uses the name of God in the singular (e.g. Ex. Scripture presents many references to the names for God, but the key names in the Old Testament are El Elyon, El Shaddai and YHWH. In the New Testament Theos, Kyrios and Patēr (πατήρ i.e. Father in Greek) are the essential names.

What’s the opposite gender of God?

In the Hebrew Bible we find both masculine and feminine terms for God. At other times no gender is implied. Human beings are biologically male and female, but not God, because the divine does not have a body. God is spirit who is both male and female and neither.

Does the Bible say where God is from?

“Read Habakkuk 3:3!” he said. He opened his King James Bible and read it: “God came from Teman, and the Holy One from Mount Paran.” The man closed his Bible and declared: “God is from a place called Teman! That’s where He lives. That’s where He came from.”

Is God he or she in the Bible?

The original languages of the Bible (Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek) refer to God as “He” rather than “She.” Further, God is called “Father” approximately 170 times in Scripture. Based on the Bible’s practice, Christians have appropriately used male pronouns to refer to God.

Is God a male or a female?

God is Spirit, not male or female. The Bible clearly refers to God as male in its original languages, and Jesus referred to God as Father. Christians follow the biblical pattern. Doing so affirms what God has said and His role as our heavenly Father.

Is there a feminine name for God?

God is never given a feminine name, or referred to using feminine pronouns. The Holy Spirit is referred to in the masculine throughout the New Testament, although the word for “spirit” by itself (pneuma) is actually gender-neutral. The Hebrew word for “spirit” (ruach) is feminine in Genesis 1:2.

Is it biblical to call God “Mother”?

God the Father and God the Son are both masculine titles, and the Holy Spirit is consistently referred to with masculine pronouns. God has revealed Himself as male, and He is referred to by male pronouns throughout the Bible. To call God “Mother” is unbiblical. There are evangelical Christians who reject the idea of gender roles and male headship.