Pantokrator — The Almighty
שַׁדַּי / צְבָאוֹת
The All-Ruler, the Almighty — the LXX's rendering of Shaddai and Tzva'ot; Revelation's dominant divine name.
Eastern Christian domes crown their ceilings with Christ Pantokrator; the word itself is Shaddai and Tzva'ot wearing Greek. Revelation reserves it for the throne — the name sung when history's outcome is no longer in doubt.
First occurrence
2Cor 6:18 — 'Says the Lord Pantokrator' (quoting the prophets)
Key passages
Rev 1:8 — 'The Alpha and the Omega… the Almighty'
Rev 4:8 — 'Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty'
Rev 19:6 — 'The Lord our God the Almighty reigns'
In the Greek Scriptures
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