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2103 Names of God – El Shaddai
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- Apr 23, 2026
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Summary
There is a name God reveals of himself for when things look absolutely over. When the world says it’s officially impossible. When you’re at your end, without further possibility or hope and in need of a true miracle. This is where God says he is “El Shaddai”. El Shaddai. El means God and Shaddai means many things in many ways. It’s not just one thing … just as God is not one thing. • Shaddai comes from the root word shadah which means to shed or to pour out. In this way, God is the one who pours out blessings, abundantly and continually. • The Hebrew word shad means chest or breast. God is both the strength of a man’s chest and the all-sufficient nourishment of a woman’s breast. • Shaddai also comes from the root word shadad, which means to display great power. • And when Shaddai was translated into Greek, the word pantokrator was used – which in English is Almighty. Specifically, one who has His hand on everything. Layers upon layers of deep meaning are in this name God reveals of himself. El Shaddai. He pours out blessings, he is strong with great power, he is more than enough, and his almighty hand is in everything, always. Girls, THAT IS OUR GOD! We see God use this name in Genesis 17:1. Speaking to Abraham, he says, “I am El-Shaddai – ‘God Almighty.’ Serve me faithfully and live a blameless life. I will make a covenant with you, by which I will guarantee to give you countless descendants.” The truth of this situation is Abraham is 99 years old and what God is saying is officially impossible. But God had made a promise to Abraham when he was 75 years old, a promise for descendants of his own. A man who had waited his whole life for children and he finally gets a promise from God in his old age, and then he’s left waiting again. Waiting and waiting and w…