Man of God
Man of God is a biblical title of respect applied to prophets and beloved religious leaders. The term appears 78 times in 72 verses of the Bible, in application to up to 13 individuals:
- Moses Moses is the only person called “man of God” in the Torah.
- The angel of the Lord who appeared to Samson's mother whom she may have taken to be a prophet
- The man who chastised the Priest Eli whom Sifre identifies as Samuel’s father Elkanah
- Samuel
- David
- Shemaiah
- The man from Judah who cried out against King Jeroboam of Israel, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 14, whose tomb King Josiah protected and preserved when he destroyed the idolatrous tombs in Bethel and whom some rabbis identify as Iddo
- Elijah
- The man who told King Ahab of Israel that Israel could defeat the Arameans whom Sifre identifies as Micah, but who from context might also be Elijah
- Elisha
- Hanan son of Igdaliah
- The man who warned King Amaziah of Judah not to go to war, whom some rabbis identify as Amoz
- Saint Timothy
At Deuteronomy 33:1, for example, the Hebrew and Greek words for "man of god" are:
- Hebrew: -- "man"; "of god"
- Greek : ἄνθρωπος -- "man"; τοῦ θεοῦ -- "of god"
