Question:
does anyone know gods name????
2006-10-25 15:55:11 UTC
ive even seen it in the dictionary they say gods name is jehovah....and in the bible 2 so y dont pepole ever use his name??? y do they call him just..god
55 answers:
kathryn j
2006-10-25 16:04:25 UTC
Jehovah ,it is in the Bible many times .
djantz
2006-10-25 17:03:20 UTC
The Bible was not written in English, the English Bibles were translated from Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek. The name Jehovah is the most common English translation of the Hebrew characters that spell God's name, it is consistent with other name translations in the Bible which prefer the use of the "J" and "V" sounds, such as Joshua, Javan and Jesus. Nobody knows the exact pronunciation since the ancient Jews felt it was too sacred and quit using it. A few hundred years ago, when some scholars translated the Bible they felt that they should not follow the practice of the ancient Jews, so they translated the name as Jehovah (in English) everywhere it occurred in the original text, which amounted to over 6,000 occurances! At the end of the 19th century and beginning of the 20th, there were several well known bible translations that used the name Jehovah throughout. As time passed newer translations began to take the name out again, replacing it with LORD or GOD because they claimed that since it was impossible to know how God's name was pronounced it was improper to use it at all. But my family name, for example, isn't written the way it originally was and I'm certain it was pronounced differently than the way I say it (my family came from Germany), yet it's still my legal name. The same is true of most people whose families came to the U.S. long ago, there is no way to be certain how their family name was pronounced originally. If someone wants to learn ancient Hebrew they might have a reason to worry about the correct pronunciation in ancient Hebrew, but in English, according to the accepted rules of translation, Jehovah is the proper way to render God's name.
Hurray for the ANGELS!
2006-10-25 16:13:13 UTC
Jehovah or Yahweh, same thing. It depends on the translation you are using. In Hebrew there are no vowels included, so it is written either JHVH or YHWH. That is why so many Jews write G-d. Also, because the name cannot be pronounced because it is so holy, and that is how they show respect. When you say God it s general and not so direct. Jehovah or Yahweh is the name. Some other translations refer to God as "the Elohim" which notice is plural, not a singular term, making the "trinity" not such a new idea, since it was used from the beginning.



*We can also call Him Abba, or, father, which is my favorite.
Legend
2006-10-25 16:03:27 UTC
'God' is simply a title just like "king" or "president". Even the Muslim's "Allah" is a title. His other titles are 'Father', 'Lord', 'Almighty', 'Eternal' etc



You are right the name is "Jehovah" but some claim that it is too holly to be spoken (or written for old Hebrew) and they are scared incase they use the 'lord's name in vain' (so they just say God) or that this isn't the correct pronounciation for it since it came from old Hebrew writing 'YHWH' (without vowels, this word has only a few possibilities and the best and most likely pronounciation turned out to be today's 'Jehovah' ). Which doesn't really matter since your name and my name will also be pronounced differently in many languages.



The fact that the name 'Jehovah' appears some thousands of times in the scriptures is a good clue that God wanted us to be his friends and to call him by his name.



What do you do when you first introduce yourself to someone? Tell them your name. This is what Jehovah does in the Bible.



You wouldn't call your friend "sir" or "master", would you?
KaeMae
2006-10-26 06:31:45 UTC
I was just thinking about that this morning.

Exodus 6:3 And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH was I not known to them.

Psalms 83:18 That men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, art the most high over all teh earth.

Isaiah 12:2 Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid; for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.

Isaiah 26:4 Trust ye in the LORD forever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength:

I have also seen places in the KJV of the Bible that said LORD and in foot notes said , everywhere it says LORD it means JEHOVAH . And everywhere is says Lord means JESUS. That is confuseing. I don't know why they didn't just put his name instead of substituteing.
achtung_heiss
2006-10-25 19:20:48 UTC
It's not exactly wrong to call the Almighty by the impersonal "God", just as it's not wrong to call one's offspring "Child". If we want a familiar and close relationship, however, it makes sense to use the personal name of someone we love. The Scriptures encourage us to use God's personal name.



The Hebrew name “Yahweh” (or “Yehowah”) does seem to accurately pronounce the divine name. Just as the Hebrew name “Yeshua” (or “Yehoshua”) is translated into “Jesus” in English, the Hebrew name “Yahweh” is translated into “Jehovah” in English.



The important thing is to use God’s personal name in whatever language you speak, rather than insisting upon the impersonal! The name “Yahweh” is certainly preferable to the non-name “God” or “Lord”, especially if you speak Hebrew. If you speak English, feel free to use the name "Jehovah".



(Psalms 83:18) That people may know that you, whose name is Jehovah, You alone are the Most High over all the earth



(John 17:26) [Jesus said] I have made your name known to them and will make it known, in order that the love with which you loved me may be in them



Learn more:

http://watchtower.org/library/na/index.htm
Avie
2006-10-25 16:00:49 UTC
God is known as Yahweh (anglicized spelling is Jehovah), at least, that's what we think it is! The ancient Hebrews (and perhaps even the modern ones?) felt that the name of god was so sacred, it could not be written. So only the consonants were written. Yahweh is our best guess as to how it was pronounced.



To the ancient people, names had a certain power. If you knew an entity's true name, you could control it. So people just started using the generic name, God.
wisdom
2006-10-25 16:17:26 UTC
Jehovah
2006-10-25 16:15:46 UTC
In the Bhagavad-Gita (The Song of God) it says that God has unlimited names describing His qualities, forms and pastimes. It is said His Original name is Krsna (Krishna) also Christ,Kristo are different pronunciations. The name Krishna is God. There is no difference between Him and His name. So if you say Krishna you are directly associating with God. He has many other names like Vishnu, Allah, Jehovah, which all have different meanings.To say God is just His position- TO say Vishnu is God at the Office and to say Krishna is God your friend, Lover, son. Hare is the feminine aspect of God and Rama is the Pleasure giving potency of God.

Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare

This is a combination of three names of God called the Maha mantra which can deliver on from material existence. You can chant it on beads like a rosary of 108 beads. One bead one whole mantra then do that sixteen times a day about two hours. Always think of the name of God. You can chant any name of God from any religion but this mantra is like taking the elevator apposed to the stairs. For more information go to www.stephen-knapp.com
2006-10-25 16:01:39 UTC
His name is "I AM"
alnitaka
2006-10-25 21:29:57 UTC
You will never know God's name. A Taoist saying suggests that the god that you can name, talk about, define, and discuss is not the real God. And I would add to that - if there is a God.
YUHATEME
2006-10-25 16:16:32 UTC
YAHWEH:



יהוה (YHWH).



The Name Above All Names



The Name Our Teachers Have Taught Us To Forget



YHWH. The personal name of the God of Israel is written in the Hebrew Bible with the four consonants yhwh and is referred to as the "Tetragrammaton". At least until the destructions of the First Temple in 586 b.c.e., this name was regularly pronounced with its proper vowels, as is clear from the *Lachish Letters, written shortly before that date. But at least by the third century b.c.e., the pronunciation of the name yhwh was avoided, and Adonai, "the Lord", was substituted for it, as evidenced by the use of the Greek word Kyrios, "Lord", for yhwh in the Septuagint, the translation of the Hebrew Scriptures that was begun by Greek-speaking Jews in that century. Where the combined form *Adonai yhwh occurs in the Bible, this was read as *Adonai *Elohim, "Lord God". In the early Middle Ages, when the consonantal text of the Bible was supplied with vowels points to faciliate its correct traditional reading, the vowel points for 'Adonai with one variation - a sheva with the first yod of YHWH instead of the hataf-patah under the aleph of 'Adonai7 were used for YHWH, thus producing the form Yehowah. When Christian scholars of Europe first began to study Hebrew, they did not understand what this really meant, and they introduced the hybrid name "Jehovah". In order to avoid pronouncing even the sacred name *Adonai for YHWH, the custom was later introduced of saying simply in Hebrew ha-Shem (or Aramaic Shemc, "the Name") even in such an expression as "Blessed be he that cometh in the name of YHWH" (Ps. 118:26).



It thus becomes possible to determine with a fair degree of certainty the historical pronunciation of the Tetragrammaton, the results agreeing with the statement of Ex. iii. 14, in which YHWH terms Himself hyha. "I will be", a phrase which is immediately proceeded by the fuller term "I will be that I will be," or, as in the English versions, "I am" and "I am that I am." The name hwhy is accordingly derived from the root hwh(=hyh), and is regarded as an imperfect. This passage is decisive for the pronunciation "Yahweh"; for the etymology was undoubtedly based on the known word.



PLEASE NOTE THAT IT COULDN'T POSSIBLY BE Jehovah BECAUSE...."J" the tenth letter of the English alphabet, has no ancient ancestor, unless, as a recent variant of "I" and "i" ...Not until the sixteenth century was any systematic effort made to differentiate vocalic "i" with the sign "i" and consonantal "i" with the sign "J" "J" the capital, was introduced at that time...



NO "J" IN THE HEBREW ALPHABET!!!!!!



1 Corinthians 8:5 For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many,)
2006-10-25 16:08:29 UTC
his name is written in a language dat has been translated to as jehovah bt really the first representation of his name in history was seen in d days of old wen there was a miraculous hand writting on the wall people could nt pronounce it
maguyver727
2006-10-25 16:06:03 UTC
GOD Almighty has Alot of Names.

Each One Means Something Different.
good tree
2006-10-26 06:00:57 UTC
God calls Himself lots of different names, each name reveals a bit about his character.
velocityfirst
2006-10-25 16:18:31 UTC
My friend, A name is a word that is brought about through; at first unrecognition; then once familiar a name is given.

God is a human word of recognition, you must understand that being human has its unperfections. We ask things because we want answers and to gain knowledge.

At some point you will be able to recognize that God is not a name, rather a way of being, a feeling of knowing all will encompass you.

You want to know, I know you will have your answer.
Jmariel7
2006-10-25 16:01:54 UTC
"God's" true name is Yahweh. The word "god" can be used to describe people and objects. The translators that origianlly translated the bible used this word but, it does state in the bible that His true name is Yahweh.
2006-10-25 16:08:19 UTC
Elohim
L D
2006-10-25 16:01:31 UTC
Depends which religion you follow.

In Christianity, Jehova is the God of the old testament which is Jesus. His Father, the other God, is just known as 'God'. Depends if you believe in the Trinity as to whether these are one and the same person, some religions have them as seperate beings.

If you want to know more talk to a priest cos it just gets more confusing!
New ♥ System ♥ Lady
2006-10-25 16:55:26 UTC
Jehovah / Yahweh / YHWH



PSALM 83:18



more info:-



http://www.watchtower.org/library/na/article_07.htm





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TeeM
2006-10-25 16:07:05 UTC
Because Jesus said their heart is far removed from Him.



They allowed traditions of men to void God's Word.



Matthew chapter 15
2006-10-25 16:05:32 UTC
There are many gods, but only one God, His name is Jehovah
shiningstar2808
2006-10-25 16:34:52 UTC
The word God has no figure. You can name God as light, air , earth, fire and water. When moses went to receive 10 commandments he did not see any figure but light. And that was God. We can only name Lord. Jesus is our Lord. Lord Siva, Lord Krishna, Lord Brahma (Hindu)
2006-10-25 16:02:24 UTC
I AM...that is the name of the one true and only God, the Father.
BekaJoy
2006-10-25 16:17:43 UTC
His name is YHWH (Yaweh), which is Hebrew for: I AM.



The Hebrews felt that His name was too sacred to say, and so they didn't. When the Bible says LORD, it means: YHWH. Jehovah was actually another name that the Hebrews used because they were afraid to say YHWH.
guidedlight
2006-10-25 16:00:56 UTC
I have seen hundreds of which people call god. Names are labels which we use to point to objects.
Ernest S
2006-10-25 20:03:49 UTC
The name of God is, "I AM."



And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you and they shall say to me, What is his name? What shall I say unto them?

And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM and he said, Thus shallt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you, Exodus 3/13-14



Much earlier it tells us, And to Seth (Adam's son) to him also there was born a son and he called his name Enos, then began men to call upon the name of the LORD, Genesis 4/26



Jehovah is merely a made up word from the Hebrew letters used to represent God's name it being considered too holy to write in full. Calling Him God is perhaps a convenient way of describing who He is rather than a personal name.



Isiah 9/6 tells us several names, For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given and the government shall be upon his shoulder and his name shall be called, Wonderful, Counsellor, The might God. The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.....



And many other names are recoded in Scripture but -



-The name of the Lord is, Jesus Christ,

as Phillipians 2 beautifully makes clear : Who, being in the form of God thought it not robbery to be equal with God

but made himself of no reputation and took upon him the form of a servant and was made in the likeness of men

and being found in fashion as a man he humbled himself and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross

Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him and given him a name which is above every name

that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven and things in earth and things under the earth

and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father.
2006-10-25 15:58:20 UTC
My mom's a christian they use Jehovah in many songs.
ED SNOW
2006-10-25 16:14:22 UTC
His true unspoken name, is a name that can never be uttered. It is sacred, a secret passed from nutter to nutter throughout the ages , yea verily to speak it in vain is to -- oh bollox, his name is ERIC.
2006-10-25 15:58:04 UTC
There are 99 names for the one GOD
2006-10-25 17:56:00 UTC
God, Alpha and Omaga, The beginning and The End.
Phil S
2006-10-25 16:02:23 UTC
The actual name of the god of the bible is Sally.
Midge
2006-10-25 17:25:00 UTC
He told Abraham that his name is I Am--Someone else named him Jehovah
mainwoolly
2006-10-25 16:12:15 UTC
there's thousands of gods which have been made up by countless religions.



pick any one or feel free to make up your own.....I quite like the Flying Spaghetti Monster.
2006-10-25 16:10:16 UTC
Eric the half a deity?
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2006-10-25 16:25:47 UTC
False Religion is the reason



Satan supports false religion, and he hates Jehovah.



What is the proper pronunciation of God's name?



In the second half of the first millennium C.E., Jewish scholars introduced a system of points to represent the missing vowels in the consonantal Hebrew text. When it came to God's name, instead of inserting the proper vowel signs for it, they put other vowel signs to remind the reader that he should say ´Adho·nai´ (meaning "Sovereign Lord") or ´Elo·him´ (meaning "God").



The Codex Leningrad B 19A, of the 11th century C.E., vowel points the Tetragrammaton to read Yehwah´, Yehwih´, and Yeho·wah´. Ginsburg's edition of the Masoretic text vowel points the divine name to read Yeho·wah´. (Ge 3:14, ftn) Hebrew scholars generally favor "Yahweh" as the most likely pronunciation. They point out that the abbreviated form of the name is Yah (Jah in the Latinized form), as at Psalm 89:8 and in the expression Ha·lelu-Yah´ (meaning "Praise Jah, you people!"). (Ps 104:35; 150:1, 6) Also, the forms Yehoh´, Yoh, Yah, and Ya´hu, found in the Hebrew spelling of the names Jehoshaphat, Joshaphat, Shephatiah, and others, can all be derived from Yahweh. Greek transliterations of the name by early Christian writers point in a somewhat similar direction with spellings such as I·a·be´ and I·a·ou·e´, which, as pronounced in Greek, resemble Yahweh. Still, there is by no means unanimity among scholars on the subject, some favoring yet other pronunciations, such as "Yahuwa," "Yahuah," or "Yehuah."



Since certainty of pronunciation is not now attainable, there seems to be no reason for abandoning in English the well-known form "Jehovah" in favor of some other suggested pronunciation. If such a change were made, then, to be consistent, changes should be made in the spelling and pronunciation of a host of other names found in the Scriptures: Jeremiah would be changed to Yir·meyah´, Isaiah would become Yesha`·ya´hu, and Jesus would be either Yehoh·shu´a` (as in Hebrew) or I·e·sous´ (as in Greek). The purpose of words is to transmit thoughts; in English the name Jehovah identifies the true God, transmitting this thought more satisfactorily today than any of the suggested substitutes.



Importance of the Name. Many modern scholars and Bible translators advocate following the tradition of eliminating the distinctive name of God. They not only claim that its uncertain pronunciation justifies such a course but also hold that the supremacy and uniqueness of the true God make unnecessary his having a particular name. Such a view receives no support from the inspired Scriptures, either those of pre-Christian times or those of the Christian Greek Scriptures.



The Tetragrammaton occurs 6,828 times in the Hebrew text printed in Biblia Hebraica and Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia. In the Hebrew Scriptures the New World Translation contains the divine name 6,973 times, because the translators took into account, among other things, the fact that in some places the scribes had replaced the divine name with ´Adho·nai´ or ´Elo·him´. (See NW appendix, pp. 1561, 1562.) The very frequency of the appearance of the name attests to its importance to the Bible's Author, whose name it is. Its use throughout the Scriptures far outnumbers that of any of the titles, such as "Sovereign Lord" or "God," applied to him.



Noteworthy, also, is the importance given to names themselves in the Hebrew Scriptures and among Semitic peoples. Professor G. T. Manley points out: "A study of the word 'name' in the O[ld] T[estament] reveals how much it means in Hebrew. The name is no mere label, but is significant of the real personality of him to whom it belongs. . . . When a person puts his 'name' upon a thing or another person the latter comes under his influence and protection."-New Bible Dictionary, edited by J. D. Douglas, 1985, p. 430; compare Everyman's Talmud, by A. Cohen, 1949, p. 24; Ge 27:36; 1Sa 25:25; Ps 20:1; Pr 22:1;.



"God" and "Father" not distinctive. The title "God" is neither personal nor distinctive (one can even make a god of his belly; Php 3:19). In the Hebrew Scriptures the same word (´Elo·him´) is applied to Jehovah, the true God, and also to false gods, such as the Philistine god Dagon (Jg 16:23, 24; 1Sa 5:7) and the Assyrian god Nisroch. (2Ki 19:37) For a Hebrew to tell a Philistine or an Assyrian that he worshiped "God [´Elo·him´]" would obviously not have sufficed to identify the Person to whom his worship went.



In its articles on Jehovah, The Imperial Bible-Dictionary nicely illustrates the difference between ´Elo·him´ (God) and Jehovah. Of the name Jehovah, it says: "It is everywhere a proper name, denoting the personal God and him only; whereas Elohim partakes more of the character of a common noun, denoting usually, indeed, but not necessarily nor uniformly, the Supreme. . . . The Hebrew may say the Elohim, the true God, in opposition to all false gods; but he never says the Jehovah, for Jehovah is the name of the true God only. He says again and again my God . . . ; but never my Jehovah, for when he says my God, he means Jehovah. He speaks of the God of Israel, but never of the Jehovah of Israel, for there is no other Jehovah. He speaks of the living God, but never of the living Jehovah, for he cannot conceive of Jehovah as other than living."-Edited by P. Fairbairn, London, 1874, Vol. I, p. 856.



The same is true of the Greek term for God, The·os´. It was applied alike to the true God and to such pagan gods as Zeus and Hermes (Roman Jupiter and Mercury). (Compare Ac 14:11-15.) Presenting the true situation are Paul's words at 1 Corinthians 8:4-6: "For even though there are those who are called 'gods,' whether in heaven or on earth, just as there are many 'gods' and many 'lords,' there is actually to us one God the Father, out of whom all things are, and we for him." The belief in numerous gods, which makes essential that the true God be distinguished from such, has continued even into this 20th century.



Paul's reference to "God the Father" does not mean that the true God's name is "Father," for the designation "father" applies as well to every human male parent and describes men in other relationships. (Ro 4:11, 16; 1Co 4:15) The Messiah is given the title "Eternal Father." (Isa 9:6) Jesus called Satan the "father" of certain murderous opposers. (Joh 8:44) The term was also applied to gods of the nations, the Greek god Zeus being represented as the great father god in Homeric poetry. That "God the Father" has a name, one that is distinct from his Son's name, is shown in numerous texts. (Mt 28:19; Re 3:12; 14:1) Paul knew the personal name of God, Jehovah, as found in the creation account in Genesis, from which Paul quoted in his writings. That name, Jehovah, distinguishes "God the Father" (compare Isa 64:8), thereby blocking any attempt at merging or blending his identity and person with that of any other to whom the title "god" or "father" may be applied.
Plato
2006-10-25 16:00:04 UTC
Anami Purush: Nameless Being;

OR

Anand Swarup: All bliss.



(... Radhasoami )



there are lots of names for God ... shall I go on?
2006-10-25 16:35:01 UTC
His name is Keith. He drives a Volkswagen Passat and he loves chimi-changas.
-skrowzdm-
2006-10-25 16:02:15 UTC
i'm known as chris to some, tyler to others - we are all gods and godesses
2006-10-25 16:01:06 UTC
I'm not sure it needs a name
purplethrob
2006-10-25 16:03:25 UTC
Elohim. Literally means holy man.
Ivy
2006-10-25 16:31:34 UTC
God's name is Bob. Deal with it :)
Spidergurl
2006-10-25 16:03:26 UTC
lol.. i guess its like... if the queen elizabeth is in front of you... would you call her...



Elizabeth instead of your highness? ;P
lcraesharbor
2006-10-25 16:00:47 UTC
Sebastian
nondescript
2006-10-25 15:57:41 UTC
There have been thousands of gods people have made up throughout the centuries. None of them are real, so you can make up whatever you want. There's even one named John Frum.
antagonist
2006-10-25 15:57:03 UTC
Elvis
2006-10-25 15:59:32 UTC
The Hindus call him Vishnu.
2006-10-25 15:57:45 UTC
It's sad how many people know neither the name of "God" nor Jesus. I know both, though I'm not Christian.
2006-10-25 16:23:34 UTC
I'm pretty sure his name was graham.
eantaelor
2006-10-25 15:58:49 UTC
Zeus.
Maid Angela
2006-10-25 15:57:35 UTC
Who knows or cares
stirling silver
2006-10-25 16:37:49 UTC
yes gods name is (help ) (thanks) and (your to blame for all our faults when i we have no one ELSE to blame)
belter777
2006-10-25 16:12:25 UTC
sake?
?
2006-10-25 16:00:19 UTC
dave
Mr Glenn
2006-10-25 16:00:34 UTC
Call him what you like, he aint there.


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