Names of God: Lawgiver

The term lawgiver is translated both from the Hebrew and Greek.

The Lord is declared as the lawmaker who has the power to rule and judge, to save and destroy.

The Hebrew term is translated seven times in the Old Testament.  Often the term is translated into words such as sceper, ruler’s staff or the commander’s staff.

Gilead is mine, Manasseh is mine; Ephraim is my helmet, Judah is my scepter.   {Psalm 108:8}

 The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet,until he to whom it belongs shall come and the obedience of the nations shall be his. {Genesis 49:10}

about the well that the princes dug, that the nobles of the people sank— the nobles with scepters and staffs.”   {Numbers 21:18}

from Zebulun those who bear a commander’s staff.  {Judges 5:14}

He chose the best land for himself; the leader’s portion was kept for him. When the heads of the people assembled, he carried out the LORD’s righteous will, and his judgments concerning Israel.” {Deuteronomy 33:21}

For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our king; it is he who will save us. {Isaiah 33:22}

The Greek word is translated in the New Testament.

“ There is only one Lawgiver and Judge, the one who is able to save and destroy. But you—who are you to judge your neighbor?”  {James 4:12}

This term is often used in the same conjunction as in Isaiah 33:22. “ For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our king; it is he who will save us.”