God who sees

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El Roi is a biblical name for God that emphasizes His compassionate awareness and watchful care over individuals, especially in their suffering and isolation.

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Label Occurrences
God who sees canonical 1

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Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf biblical theonym ⓘ
name of God ⓘ
appearsIn Hebrew Bible ⓘ
linked to: Tanakh

Old Testament ⓘ
appearsInBook Genesis ⓘ
appearsInChapter Genesis 16 ⓘ
associatedWithEvent Hagar’s encounter with the angel of the LORD in the wilderness ⓘ
associatedWithPerson Hagar ⓘ
associatedWithTheme God’s care for foreigners ⓘ
God’s care for slaves ⓘ
divine encounter in the wilderness ⓘ
category Names of God in the Bible ⓘ
Theophoric titles in Abrahamic religions ⓘ
describedAs title of God highlighting His seeing ⓘ
emphasizesAttribute God’s attentiveness to suffering ⓘ
God’s compassionate awareness ⓘ
God’s concern for the marginalized ⓘ
God’s omniscience ⓘ
God’s personal involvement ⓘ
God’s watchful care ⓘ
etymologyComponent El (God) ⓘ
linked to: el (God)

Roi (seeing / who sees) ⓘ
hasGenderInLanguage masculine (in Hebrew grammar) ⓘ
hasMeaning God of seeing ⓘ
God who sees ⓘ
language Hebrew ⓘ
recognizedBy many Christian theologians ⓘ
many Jewish commentators ⓘ
relatedConcept God’s seeing the afflicted ⓘ
divine providence ⓘ
relatedToName El Shaddai ⓘ
linked to: Shaddai

YHWH ⓘ
scripturalReference Genesis 16:13 ⓘ
scripturalSetting flight of Hagar from Sarai ⓘ
wilderness of Shur ⓘ
theme God’s nearness to the outcast ⓘ
comfort in isolation ⓘ
hope in suffering ⓘ
tradition Christianity ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ
usedBy Hagar ⓘ
worshipContext devotional literature ⓘ
prayer ⓘ

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El Roi → meaning → God who sees ⓘ