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Iao

deity sky Jewish single tradition · 2

A name for the Jewish God used in late-antique mysticism, where this deity is assimilated to the sun god Helios. Also referred to as Iao, Sabaoth, combining this name with the epithet Sabaoth. This represents a mystical syncretization found in late-antique religious texts.

↻ synthesized from 2 sources

When

First attested
100 CE
Attested period
100 – 600
Historical notes
Attested in late-antique mystical traditions as a syncretization with Helios.

Relationships

syncretized with
Helios, Yahweh Sabaoth
co occurs with
Sabaoth, Saklas, Eloiein, Elilaios, Dionysus, Saturn, Sabazius, Sabaoth Adonai, David, Yaldabaoth, Seth

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Mentioned by

Sources

wikipedia (2)
  1. Interpretatio graeca
  2. Archon (Gnosticism)

Source passages

“In late-antique mysticism, the sun god Helios is sometimes assimilated to the Jewish God as Sabaoth Adonai and as Iao, Sabaoth.”

#25341 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5

“In the system of the Gnostics mentioned by Epiphanius we find, as the Seven Archons, Iao”

#25431 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001