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“Names, Roles, and Titles of Christ” and “Types, Shadows, and Figures of Christ” redirect here. The contents of both pages have been combined here due to their similarity and therefore for ease of access. Every item cataloged in the lists below is a pointer to Christ.
There are so many ways in which Jesus Christ is referenced in the Bible, that it becomes necessary to categorize them – as I have attempted to do below. However, categorization is difficult. There are many cases below where I was uncertain as exactly how to categorize. Sometimes the line between one category and another are hard to draw. For example, it can be arbitrary as to when a role becomes a title. Therefore, I beg your patience and ask you not to see too sharp a distinction between one category and another.
Related links:
- Audio Capsules of Jesus Christ Note: A linked (AC) below after an entry indicates an audio capsule.
- Types and Shadows (general explanation)
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NAMES (TITLES)
- Personal Name (as Joseph’s and Mary’s…):
- Primary Name (as God’s…):
- CHRIST – MESSIAH – ANOINTED – (King)
- THE CHRIST (AC) – from the Greek word for MESSIAH – Act 2:36; Rom 9:5; 2 Cor 13:3; Heb 6:1; 1 Jn 2:22; 5:1
- (same as MESSIAH) – John 1:41; 4:25
- (a unique KING, promised by God) – Mark 15:32; Luke 23:2
- MESSIAH (AC) – from the Hebrew word for CHRIST – Matt 1:1; Jn 1:41; 4:25; Dan 9:25, 26
- THE ANOINTED or THE LORD’S ANOINTED (AC) – Acts 10:38; Heb 1:9; Ps 45:7
- KING (AC)
- GREAT KING (AC) – Mt 5:35; Ps 47:2; 48:2; 95:3
- KING OF ISRAEL (AC) – Mt 27:42; Mk 15:32; Jn 1:49; 12:13; 2 Sam 7:12-15
- KING OF THE JEWS (AC) – Mt 2:2; 27:11; Jn 19:17-22
- KING OF KINGS (AC) – Rev 17:14; 19:16
- KING OF THE NATIONS (AC) – Rev 15:3; Jer 10:7
- KING OF PEACE (AC) – Rom 14:17; Heb 7:1-3; Jas 3:18; Ps 85:10; Is 9:6-7; 32:17; 60:17
- KING OF RIGHTEOUSNESS (AC) – Rom 14:17; Heb 7:1-3; Jas 3:18; Ps 85:10; Is 9:6-7; 32:17; 60:17
- THE CHRIST (AC) – from the Greek word for MESSIAH – Act 2:36; Rom 9:5; 2 Cor 13:3; Heb 6:1; 1 Jn 2:22; 5:1
- LORD (AC) – Lk 18:41; Jn 13;13; Act 2:36; Phil 2:9-11
- LORD OF ALL (AC) – Acts 10:36; Rom 10:12
- LORD OF THE HARVEST (AC) – Mt 9:35-38; Lk 10:1-2
- LORD OF HOSTS (AC) – armies, stars, multitude – rendered “LORD OF SABAOTH in the NT (Rom 9:29; Jas 5:4) – “LORD OF HOSTS” appears over 200 times in the OT. – Mt 16:27
- LORD OF LORDS (AC) – Rev 17:14; 19:16
- AUTHORITY – Mt 28:18-20; Jn 13:13; Is 30:30
- CHRIST – MESSIAH – ANOINTED – (King)
- Secondary Name:
- THE SON OF GOD (AC) – Jn 11:27; 2 Sam 7:12-16; Ps 2:1-12
- a Jewish term, originated in the OT – 2 Sam 7 (1 Chr 17); Ps 2
- synonymous with “Christ” – Lk 4:41
- The terms Son of God and Christ are often seen in tandem – Mt 16:16; 26:63; Mk 1:1; 14:61; Lk 4:41; Jn 11:27; 20:30-31; Acts 8:37; Rom 1:4; 1 Cor 1:9; 2 Cor 1:19; Gal 2:20; Eph 4:13; Heb 3:6; 5:5; 1 Jn 1:3; 2:22; 3:23; 5:20; 2 Jn 1:3, 9
- (THE) SON OF GOD – an Old Testament term that had it’s origin in a promise God made to David about a great descendant he would have – who came to be known primarily as the Messiah (that is, the Christ)
- BELOVED SON (AC) – Mt 3:17; 17:5; Mk 12:6; Col 1:13
- Israel as God’s Son
- THE SON OF GOD (AC) – Jn 11:27; 2 Sam 7:12-16; Ps 2:1-12
- Other Names (Titles):
- THE ALPHA AND THE OMEGA (AC) – Rev 1:8; 21:6; 22:13
- THE AMEN (AC) – Rev 3:14; Num 5:19-22
- APOSTLE (AC) – 2 Cor 5:20; Eph 6:20; Heb 3:1-2
- ASSOCIATE (AC) – Zech 13:7
- THE BEGINNING AND THE END (AC) – Rev 21:6; 22:13
- BEGOTTEN (AC) – Acts 13:32-33; Rom 1:1-4; Ps 2:7
- BELOVED SON – see under SON OF GOD above.
- THE BREAKER (AC) – Mic 2:13
- CHAMPION (AC) – 1 Sam 17:4, 23, 51; Is 19:20; Jer 20:11
- GOD’S CHOSEN ONE (AC) – Lk 9:35; 23:35; Is 42:1; 45:4
- (THE) COMING ONE (AC) -related, see EXPECTED ONE below.
- COMMANDER (AC) – Is 55:4; Mt 28:18-20; Lk 17:10
- DELIVERER (AC) – Mt 6:13; Acts 7:35; Rom 11:26; 2 Sam 22:2; Neh 9:27; Is 59:20
- (THE) EXPECTED ONE (AC) – related, see COMING ONE above.
- THE FIRST AND THE LAST (AC) – Rev 1:17; 2:8; 22:13; Is 41:4; 44:6 – related: see THE ALPHA AND THE OMEGA and THE BEGINNING AND THE END above.
- FOUNDATION (AC) – Lk 6:46-49; 1 Cor 3:10-11; Is 28:16
- A/THE GALILEAN (AC) – Mt 26:69; Mk 14:70; Lk 23:6; Is 9:1-2
- THE HOLY ONE (AC)
- I AM (AC) – I AM – YAHWEH – JEHOVAH – (Lord)
- IMMANUEL (AC) – Mt 1:23; Is 7:14; 8:8, 10; 9:6
- JEHOVAH (AC) – see “I AM” above
- A/THE JEW (AC) – Jn 4:9, 22; Deut 17:14-15
- JUDGE (AC) – Jn 5:22; Acts 10:42; 17:31; Rom 2:14-16; 2 Cor 5:10; Is 33:22
- LAWGIVER (AC) – 1 Cor 9:21; Gal 6:2; Jas 4:12; Is 33:22
- LEADER (AC) – Mt 23:10; 1 Chr 5:2; Ps 23:2; Is 55:4; Jer 30:21. Remember also the many times Jesus said, “Follow Me”
- LIVING ONE (AC) – Lk 24:4-5; Rev 1:17-18
- MESSENGER (AC) – Is 42:19; Mal 3:1
- MOST HIGH (AC) – Eph 1:21; 4:10; Phil 2:9-11; Heb 7:1-3; Gen 14:18-22
- A/THE NAZARENE (AC) – Mt 2:22-23; Mk 10:47; 14:67; 16:6
- PRINCE (AC) – Acts 5:31
- PRINCE OF LIFE – Acts 3:15
- PRINCE OF PEACE – Is 9:6 (see also PEACE below)
- PROPHET (AC) – John 1:21, 25; 6:14; 7:40; Deut 18:15-22
- RABBI (AC) – John 1:38, 49
- RABBONI – Mk 10:51; Jn 20:16
- RESURRECTION (AC) – Jn 11:25-26
- THE RIGHTEOUS ONE (AC)
- SEER (AC) – Mt 15:14; 23:16, 24; 1 Sam 9:9
- SERVANT (AC)
- “My Servant” – Mt 12:18-21; Is 42:1, 19
- “His Servant” – Acts 3:13
- “the servant of the Lord” – Is 42:19
- SHEPHERD (AC) – Jn 10; 2 Sam 5:2; Ps 23; Ezek 34:2; 37:24
- SON (AC) – Is 9:6
- SON OF DAVID (AC) – Mt 1:1; 12:23; 22:42
- (the) son of David – it’s a term that would technically apply to any male descendant of King David and certainly applied to Jesus because both his mother and father were descendants of David, who lived about a thousand years before them; this term came to apply especially to the Messiah, so that when Jesus was addressed as “son of David,” it was often an expression of faith in him as Israel’s Messiah
- SON OF MAN (AC)
- TEACHER (AC) – Lk 22:11; Jn 13:13; Is 30:20
- THE WORD OF GOD (AC) – Jesus Christ as the Word of God – Rev 19:13
- THE WORD – Lk 1:1-4; Jn 1:1-2
- THE WORD OF LIFE – 1 Jn 1:1 (Phil 2:16) – consider also its connection to LIFE above.
- YAHWEH (AC) or YHWH or YHVH – see “I AM” above
- Names Paired:
- LORD and TEACHER – Jn 13:13
- LORD and CHRIST – Act 2:36
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ROLES (TITLES)
- ANGEL (AC) – Gal 4:12-14; Mic 5:2
- AUTHOR (AC) – Heb 2:10; 12:2
- BRIDEGROOM (AC) – Mt 25:1-13; Jn 3:28-30; Rev 19:7; Is 62:5
- CHILD (AC) – Mt 1-2; Lk 1-2; Is 9:6-7; 11:6
- CREATOR (AC) – Jn 1:1-3; 1 Cor 8:5-6; Col 1:16; Heb 1:2, 10; 3:3 – see also Gen 1:26, as well as 1 Cor 1:30 correlated with Prov 8:22-31
- FATHER (AC) – Is 9:6-7; Jn 14:18; Ps 45:16
- FIRSTBORN – Heb 12:23
- FIRST FRUITS – see under FEAST below.
- FORERUNNER (AC) – Heb 6:20; 12:1-2; Mic 2:13
- GOD (AC) – (compare and contrast with his role as MAN) – Jn 1:1-4; Heb 1:8-9; Is 9:6-7
- GOD OF GODS (AC) – Dt 10:17; Ps 136:2; Dan 2:47; 11:36
- HEALER (AC) – Acts 10:38; Ex 15:26; Ps 103:1-3; 107:20
- HEIR (AC) – Matt 21:38; Mark 12:7; Luke 20:14; Heb 1:1-2
- INTERCESSOR (AC) – Rom 8:34; Num 21:7; Is 53:12; 59:16 (KJV says “intercessor”); Ezek 22:29-30
- MAN (AC) – compare and contrast with His role as GOD – John 8:40; Deut 17:14-20
- MASTER (AC) – Lk 8:45; 9:33; 1 Cor 7:22; Eph 4:8; 6:9; Col 4:1; Ps 68:18
- MEDIATOR (AC) – 1 Tim 2:5; Heb 8:6; 1 Sam 2:25
- MINISTER – Gal 2:17; Heb 8:1-3; 10:11-13
- PERFECTER (AC) – Mt 5:48; 2 Cor 5:21; Phil 1:6; 3:12; Heb 2:10; 12:1-2
- PHYSICIAN (AC) – Lk 5:31-32; Job 13:4
- PRIEST – Heb 7:11-17; Ps 110:4
- HIGH PRIEST (AC) – Heb 5:1-10; Num 35:25
- REDEEMER (AC) – Rev 1:5; Job 19:25; Ps 19:14; 49:7; 69:18; Is 59:20; Jer 50:34; Hos 13:14
- REIGNING ONE (AC) – Lk 1:32-33; 19:14, 27; Is 24:23; 52:7
- RIGHT HAND MAN (AC) – Mt 22:41-46; Jn 6:62; Ps 18:35; 20:6; 21:8; 98:1; 110:1
- RULER (AC) – Matt 2:6; Rom 15:12; Jer 30:21; Mic 5:2
- RULER OF THE KINGS OF THE EARTH – Rev 1:5
- SAVIOR (AC) – Luke 2:10-11; John 4:41-42; Acts 5:31; 13:23; Phil 3:20; 2 Pet 1:10-11; 2:20; 1 John 4:14; 2 Samuel 22:3; Is 19:20; 43:11
- SOWER (AC) – Lk 8:11; Gal 6:7; Ps 126:5-6
- WHO IS AND WHO WAS AND WHO IS TO COME (AC) – Rev 1:4, 8; 4:8
- WITNESS (AC)
- THE WORK OF GOD (AC) – Acts 13:41; 2 Sam 7:23; 8:13; Is 28:21; 63:12; Habak 1:5
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TYPES OF CHRIST
The Bible explicitly exemplifies the term “type” in Adam (Rom 5:14) and Isaac (Heb 11:19). A type of Christ is an Old Testament example, pattern, model, identifier, pointer to Christ.
- AARON – a priest and father of priests – Heb 5:1-4
- ABEL (AC) – the brother killed for his righteousness – Gen 4:1-15; Mt 23:35; Lk 11:51; Heb 11:4; 12:24; 1 Jn 3:12; Jude 1:11
- ABRAHAM (AC) – the father of many nations – 2 Cor 6:16-18; Gal 3:16; Gen 17:4-5
- ADAM (AC) – the firstborn and father – Rom 5:14, 15-21; 1 Cor 15:22, 45, 46-49
- BOAZ (AC) – a redeemer – Ruth 4:13-17
- DAVID (AC) – the king with a heart after God’s own – Acts 13:22; Jer 30:9
- DANIEL (AC) – the revealer of mysteries – Dan 5:11-12
- ELIJAH (AC) – miracle worker and prophet of God, away from Jerusalem – Lk 4:16-30; 1 Kgs 17 – 2 Kgs 2
- ELISHA (AC) – miracle worker and prophet of God, away from Jerusalem – Lk 4:16-30; 2 Kgs 2 – 13
- ENOCH (AC) – the one who walked with God and was taken up – Gen 5:21-24
- EZRA (AC) – the one who studied, practiced, and taught the law of the Lord – Ezra 7:10
- GIDEON – a judge (deliverer) – Heb 11:32; Is 9:4; Judg 7:25
- HEZEKIAH (AC) – the king who urges his people to trust the Lord – 2 Kgs 18
- ISAAC (AC) – the only begotten son to be sacrificed – Heb 11:17-19; Gen 22
- ISAIAH (AC) – the suffering servant – Lk 22:37; Acts 8:34; Is 53
- ISRAEL (AC) – Mt 2:14-15; Gen 32:28; Ex 4:22; Hos 11:1 (See also Israel as God’s Son)
- JACOB (AC) – the one who had twelve sons in need of discipline – Mt 19:28; Lk 22:30
- JEREMIAH (AC) – the weeping prophet – Matt 23:37-39; Luke 19:41-44; Lam 3:52-57
- JOB (AC) – the righteous sufferer – Job 1:8; 2:3
- JONAH (AC) – the preacher who spent three days and nights in the deep – Matt 12:39-41; 16:4; Luke 11:29-32; Jonah 1-4
- JOSEPH (AC) – the one who saved the brothers who mistreated him – Gen 37:9-11; Ex 1:8 (See also ZAPHENATH-PANEAH below)
- JOSHUA (AC) – the one after Moses who led the people into the promised land – Deut 34:9
- JUDAH (AC) – the one who offered himself to free his brother – Gen 44:18-34
- MELCHIZEDEK (AC) – the righteous king and priest – Heb 7:1-3
- MORDECAI (AC) – one who sought the welfare of his people – Est 9:4; 10:3
- MOSES (AC) –
- As Moses was placed in a wicker basket covered with tar and pitch, so God was made flesh in Christ (Ex 2:1-4).
- a sojourner in a foreign land – Ex 2:22; 18:3
- the most humble leader God ever raised up – Num 12:3
- “a prophet like me” – Deut 18:15
- a lawgiver…THE lawgiver – Is 33:22; Jas 4:12
- NEHEMIAH (AC) – the one who rebuilds the house of God from ruins – Neh 1-13
- NOAH (AC) – the one build an ark of salvation for his own – Heb 11:7
- SAMSON (AC) – the one made strong by keeping a vow – Judg 16:30
- SAUL (AC) – the first king (As Saul was the first king of Israel, so Jesus is the first and only king of all humanity)
- SETH (AC) – the replacement son – Gen 4:25-26
- SOLOMON (AC) – the wisest man who ever lived – Matt 12:42; Luke 11:31; 1 King 5:7; 10:1-13
- ZAPHENATH-PANEAH (AC) – (Pharaoh’s name for Joseph) – the one who demonstrates that God exists – Gen 41:45 (NASB 1995 footnote: “Probably Egyptian for ‘God speaks; he lives’)
- ZERUBBABEL – a leader of Jews in rebuilding the temple – Zech 4:10
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SHADOWS (FIGURES, ANALOGIES)
(Col 2:17; Heb 8:5; 10:1)
Animate and Inanimate
- ALTAR (AC) – Rom 12:1; Heb 13:10; Gen 8:20; 12:7
- ARK OF THE COVENANT (AC) – Heb 9:1-5; Ex 25:10; 2 Chron 5:2
- ARK of NOAH (AC) – Heb 11:7; Gen 6:14
- BEER-LAHAI-ROI – see under WELL below.
- BODY
- FACE – See “BREAD OF THE PRESENCE” under BREAD below.
- HAND – See RIGHT HAND MAN under “Roles” above.
- HEAD (AC) – 1 Cor 11:3; Eph 1:22; 4:15; 5:23; Col 1:18; 2:19; Deut 28:13, 44; Mic 2:13
- BRANCH – see under TREE below
- BREAD (AC) – Mt 4:4; 6:11; Jn 6; Deut 8:3
- BREAD OF THE PRESENCE (AC) – Mt 12:1-7; Ex 25:30; 1 Sam 21:6; 2 Chron 4:19 – NASB footnote says that “Presence” in this phrase literally means “face.”
- MANNA (AC) – John 6:31-32, 49; Ex 16:4; Neh 9:15; Ps 78:24; 105:40
- UNLEAVENED BREAD (AC) – 1 Cor 5:8; Gen 19:3; Ex 12:8
- BREAKER (AC) – Micah 2:13; Is 58:8
- BREAKTHROUGH (AC) – 2 Sam 5:20; Job 16:14
- BRONZE SERPENT (AC) – the serpent that doesn’t bite, but rather heals snakebites – Jn 3:14-15; Num 21:6-9; 2 Kings 18:4
- BURNING BUSH – see under TREE below
- CORNERSTONE or CORNER STONE (see under STONE below)
- DOOR (AC) – Jn 10:7-10; 14:6; Rev 4:1 – see also GATE below
- FEAST (AC) – Mt 5:6; 8:11-12; Jn 6
- GATE, GATEWAY – relates to DOOR above.
- LADDER (AC) – Jn 1:51; Gen 28:12
- LAMB (AC) – Gen 22:7-8; Ex 12:3-5; Is 53:7; Jn 1:29; 1 Pet 1:17-19; Rev 5:11-13; 6:15-16. (This word appears 31x in Revelation.)
- LIGHT (AC) – (see also SUN, STAR) – John 1:4-5, 7-9; 8:12; 9:5; 12:35-36, 46; 2 Cor 4:6; Rev 22:5; Gen 1:1-5
- LION (AC) – Rev 5:5; Gen 49:9
- MANNA (see under BREAD above)
- OINTMENT (AC) – related: oil, anointing, (healing) balm (of Gilead) – Heb 1:9; Ps 23:5; 45:7; Eccl 7:1; Song 1:3
- PASSOVER – see under FEAST above
- PEARL (AC) – Mt 13:44-46; Job 28:18
- PILLAR (AC) – Gen 28:9-22; 31:13
- PLUMB LINE (AC) – Amos 7:7-9; Zech 4:10 (Is 34:11 illustrates the opposite of Jesus as a plumb line)
- RAM (AC) – Gen 22:7-13
- REFUGE (AC) – Phil 4:6-7; 2 Th 3:16; Ps 2:12; 46:1
- ROCK (see under STONE below)
- ROD (see under TREE below)
- SCEPTER (AC) – Heb 1:8; Gen 49:10; Num 24:17; Ps 45:6; 60:7; 110:2
- SHIELD (AC) – Ps 3:3; 18:2; 84:11
- SIGN (AC) – Mt 12:38-41; Is 7:14; 8:18; 66:19
- SIGNAL (AC) – 2 Chron 13:12; Prov 6:12-13; Is 11:10
- STANDARD (AC) – Is 5:26; 11:12; 18:3; 49:22
- STAR (AC) – (see also LIGHT, SUN) – Matt 2:2; 2 Pet 1:19; Rev 22:16; Num 24:17
- STONE (AC) – Mt 21:42-44; Mk 12:10-11; Lk 20:17-18; Acts 4:11; 1 Pet 2:4-8; Gen 28:11, 18, 22; Ps 118:22; Is 8:14; 28:16; Dan 2:34, 35, 45
- SUN (AC) – see also LIGHT and STAR, both above – Gen 37:9-10; Ps 84:11; Dan 12:3; Mal 4:2
- SUNRISE (AC) – Mt 4:16; Lk 1:78; Prov 4:18
- TABERNACLE (AC) – Jn 2:13-22; 2 Cor 5:16; Heb 8:2; Ex 25:9; 1 Chron 28:11-18
- TEMPLE (AC) – Jn 2:13-22; 2 Cor 5:16; Heb 8:2; Ex 25:9; 1 Chron 28:11-18
- TREE (AC) – Matt 13:31-32; Ps 1:1-2
- BRANCH – (AC)
- BURNING BUSH (AC) – Jn 8:58; Ex 3
- ROD (AC) – Num 17:1-11 (Aaron’s rod that budded); Ps 23:4 – see also SCEPTER above
- ROOT (AC) – Rom 15:12; Is 11:10
- SEED (AC) – Mt 13; Mk 4; Lk 8; Acts 3:25; Gal 3:16; Gen 3:15; 22:18; Is 6:13
- SHOOT (AC)
- STUMP (AC) – Is 6:13; Jer 11:19; Dan 4:10-27; Amos 9:8
- TREE OF LIFE (AC) – Rev 2:7; 22:1-2, 14, 19; Gen 2:9; 3:22-24
- VINE (AC) – Jn 15:1-6; Ps 80:8-17
- UNLEAVENED BREAD – see under BREAD above.
- VISITATION (AC) – Lk 1:68, 78; 19:44
- WELL (AC) – Jn 4:5-15; 7:37-39; Gen 21:27-34
- BEER-LAHAI-ROI (AC) – Gen 16:14; 24:62; 25:11 – NASB 1995 footnote on Gen 16:14 says “I.e. the well of the living one who sees me.”
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UNSEEN (SPIRITUAL) REALITIES
- THE IMAGE OF GOD (AC) – 2 Cor 4:4; Col 1:15; Heb 1:3-4; Gen 1:27; 9:6
- THE LIFE (AC) – as in “I AM THE WAY AND THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE” (Jn 14:6) – Jn 1:4; 6:35, 48; 11:25-26; 14:6; Gal 2:20; Col 3:4; Jer 38:16
- THE WORD OF LIFE – 1 Jn 1:1 (Phil 2:16) – consider also its connection to THE WORD OF GOD below.
- PEACE (AC) – Rom 5:1; Eph 2:13-16; Jer 33:6; Mic 5:5 – see also PRINCE OF PEACE above.
- REVELATION (AC) – Lk 2:32; Jn 1:18; 1 Tim 3:16; 2 Tim 1:8-11
- TRUTH (AC) – Jn 8:31-32, 40; 14:6; 18:36-38; Jer 33:6
- THE WAY (AC) – (“I AM THE WAY AND THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE” – Jn 14:6)
- EXODUS (AC) – Lk 9:31; Heb 11:22; 2 Pet 1:15
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