Does "a god" Equal "Jehovah?"Jehovah's Witnesses says nwt is justified by saying a god.

Question

because in the original Greek the word "God" is without the article. It is without the article, but it is clear that this is not their real reason, because verses 6, 12, and 13, of the same first chapter of John contain similar usages of the word "God," all without the article. The Witnesses have translated all of these correctly with a capital "G" and without inserting "a". The only instances I have found in which they translate "God" with a small "g" are when "God" refers to Christ. It is certainly not done consistently whenever the Greek word "God" lacks the article. (See the examples in John 3:21, 8:54, 9:16, 9:33). In the case of John 1:1-3, to avoid a translation that correctly identifies Christ as God, the New World Translation ends up attributing the creation of all things to "a god!"I have found one contradiction to the claim that the lack of the article before "God" in the Greek requires the translation "a god" in English that I find particularly striking. The New World translates the very same word for "God," without an article: "…they will all be taught by Jehovah" (John 6:45). Why didn't they follow what they say is their rule and translate it, "They will all be taught by a god?" Because John 6:45 quotes the Old Testament where the Hebrew word used for God is "Jehovah" (Isa. 54:13)!

Answer 1

This Scripture helps explains how there is one Almighty God and more than one (lower-case) "god":

(1 Corinthians 8:4-6) There is no God but one. 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


Here is another Scripture that shows that by some definition, Satan is also a god:

(2 Corinthians 4:3-4) If, now, the good news we declare is in fact veiled, it is veiled among those who are perishing, among whom the god of this system of things has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, that the illumination of the glorious good news about the Christ, who is the image of God, might not shine through

Answer 2

The tradition of seven divine names
According to Jewish tradition, the number of divine names that require the scribe's special care is seven: El, Elohim, Adonai, YHWH, Ehyeh-Asher-Ehyeh, Shaddai, and Tzevaot.

However, Rabbi Jose considered Tzevaot a common name (Soferim 4:1; Yer. R. H. 1:1; Ab. R. N. 34). Rabbi Ishmael held that even Elohim is common (Sanh. 66a). All other names, such as 'Merciful', 'Gracious', and 'Faithful', merely represent attributes that are common also to human beings (Sheb. 35a).
Allah (الله) The God
Ar-Rahman (الرحمن) The All Beneficent
Ar-Rahim (الرحيم) The Most Merciful
Al-Malik (الملك) The King, The Sovereign
Al-Quddus (القدوس) The Most Holy
As-Salam (السلام) Peace and Blessing
Al-Mu'min (المؤمن) The Guarantor
Al-Muhaymin (المهيمن) The Guardian, the Preserver
Al-'Aziz (العزيز) The Almighty, the Self Sufficient
Al-Jabbar (الجبار) The Powerful, the Irresistible
Al-Mutakabbir (المتكبر) The Tremendous
Al-Khaliq (الخالق) The Creator
Al-Bari' (البارئ) The Maker
Al-Musawwir (المصور) The Fashioner of Forms
Al-Ghaffar (الغفار) The Ever Forgiving
Al-Qahhar (القهار) The All Compelling Subduer
Al-Wahhab (الوهاب) The Bestower
Ar-Razzaq (الرزاق) The Ever Providing
Al-Fattah (الفتاح) The Opener, the Victory Giver
Al-Alim (العليم) The All Knowing, the Omniscient
Al-Qabid (القابض) The Restrainer, the Straightener
Al-Basit (الباسط) The Expander, the Munificent
Al-Khafid (الخافض) The Abaser
Ar-Rafi' (الرافع) The Exalter
Al-Mu'izz (المعز) The Giver of Honor
Al-Mudhill (المذل) The Giver of Dishonor
As-Sami' (السميع) The All Hearing
Al-Basir (البصير) The All Seeing
Al-Hakam (الحكم) The Judge, the Arbitrator
Al-'Adl (العدل) The Utterly Just
Al-Latif (اللطيف) The Subtly Kind
Al-Khabir (الخبير) The All Aware
Al-Halim (الحليم) The Forbearing, the Indulgent
Al-'Azim (العظيم) The Magnificent, the Infinite
Al-Ghafur (الغفور) The All Forgiving
Ash-Shakur (الشكور) The Grateful
Al-Ali (العلى) The Sublimely Exalted
Al-Kabir (الكبير) The Great
Al-Hafiz (الحفيظ) The Preserver
Al-Muqit (المقيت) The Nourisher
Al-Hasib (الحسيب) The Reckoner
Al-Jalil (الجليل) The Majestic
Al-Karim (الكريم) The Bountiful, the Generous
Ar-Raqib (الرقيب) The Watchful
Al-Mujib (المجيب) The Responsive, the Answerer
Al-Wasi' (الواسع) The Vast, the All Encompassing
Al-Hakim (الحكيم) The Wise
Al-Wadud (الودود) The Loving, the Kind One
Al-Majid (المجيد) The All Glorious
Al-Ba'ith (الباعث) The Raiser of the Dead
Ash-Shahid (الشهيد) The Witness
Al-Haqq (الحق) The Truth, the Real
Al-Wakil (الوكيل) The Trustee, the Dependable
Al-Qawiyy (القوى) The Strong
Al-Matin (المتين) The Firm, the Steadfast
Al-Waliyy (الولى) The Protecting Friend, Patron, and Helper
Al-Hamid (الحميد) The All Praiseworthy
Al-Muhsi (المحصى) The Accounter, the Numberer of All
Al-Mubdi' (المبدئ) The Producer, Originator, and Initiator of all
Al-Mu'id (المعيد) The Reinstater Who Brings Back All
Al-Muhyi (المحيى) The Giver of Life
Al-Mumit (المميت) The Bringer of Death, the Destroyer
Al-Hayy (الحي) The Ever Living
Al-Qayyum (القيوم) The Self Subsisting Sustainer of All
Al-Wajid (الواجد) The Perceiver, the Finder, the Unfailing
Al-Majid (الماجد) The Illustrious, the Magnificent
Al-Wahid (الواحد) The One, the All Inclusive, the Indivisible
As-Samad (الصمد) The Self Sufficient, the Impregnable, the Eternally Besought of All, the Everlasting
Al-Qadir (القادر) The All Able
Al-Muqtadir (المقتدر) The All Determiner, the Dominant
Al-Muqaddim (المقدم) The Expediter, He who brings forward
Al-Mu'akhkhir (المؤخر) The Delayer, He who puts far away
Al-Awwal (الأول) The First
Al-Akhir (الأخر) The Last
Az-Zahir (الظاهر) The Manifest; the All Victorious
Al-Batin (الباطن) The Hidden; the All Encompassing
Al-Wali (الوالي) The Patron
Al-Muta'al (المتعالي) The Self Exalted
Al-Barr (البر) The Most Kind and Righteous
At-Tawwab (التواب) The Ever Returning, Ever Relenting
Al-Muntaqim (المنتقم) The Avenger
Al-'Afuww (العفو) The Pardoner, the Effacer of Sins
Al-Ra'uf (الرؤوف) The Compassionate, the All Pitying
Malik al Mulk (مالك الملك) The Owner of All Sovereignty
Dhu al Jalal wa al Ikram (ذو الجلال و الإكرام) The Lord of Majesty and Generosity
Al-Muqsit (المقسط) The Equitable, the Requiter
Al-Jami' (الجامع) The Gatherer, the Unifier
Al-Ghani (الغنى) The All Rich, the Independent
Al-Mughni (المغنى) The Enricher, the Emancipator
Al-Mani'(المانع) The Withholder, the Shielder, the Defender
Ad-Darr (الضار) The Distressor, the Harmer (This attribute can only be found in hadith)
An-Nafi' (النافع) The Propitious, the Benefactor
An-Nur (النور) The Light
Al-Hadi (الهادئ) The Guide
Al-Badi (البديع) Incomparable, the Originator
Al-Baqi (الباقي) The Ever Enduring and Immutable
Al-Warith (الوارث) The Heir, the Inheritor of All
Ar-Rashid (الرشيد) The Guide, Infallible Teacher, and Knower
As-Sabur (الصبور) The Patient, the Timeless
Dhul Fazl al Azim (ذو الفضل العظيم) The Lord of Infinite Grace (Q 2.105, 3.74, 8.29, 57.21, 57.29, 62.4) Note: This name, although found in the Qur'an, is not and never was part of the traditional list of the 99 names of Allah.
The English translation of names may have a slightly different meaning than the

Answer 3

in the beginning, the NWT isn't the only Bible translation to render John a million:a million in that way. dissimilar Bible translations that have no longer something to do with Jehovah's Witnesses render that scripture in a manner that shows that Jesus very own a divine high quality, yet isn't the comparable as Almighty God. For some reason, unthinking persons have it burnt into their minds that basically with the aid of fact the King James version renders John a million:a million in a manner that shows Jesus is God, then it is going to likely be so. those people who settle for that are unthinking with the aid of fact they do no longer decide to nicely known or see that the KJV is an truly unreliable, misguided Bible translation. in actuality, it truly is a often held actuality interior the circles of Bible pupils the the translators of the KJV injected their very own very own perspectives (or that of King James) into the interpretation with the intention to reinforce help for teachings such with the aid of fact the "trinity". A classic occasion of that's how the KJV renders a million John 5:7,8. The KJV blatantly extra words to the scripture to make it look like there is help for the trinity. The unthinking ones additionally a technique or the different blind themselves to analyzing the actual wording of the verse in John a million:a million, particularly the place it says that observe "replace into with God". Now if i'm "with" yet somebody else in a room, how ought to that probable propose that I and that different individual are the comparable individual? It could no longer probable, and the assumption of that being actual is absurd and defies all good judgment. The Bible as an entire must be examined in context with who Jesus Christ is. The scriptures for sure instruct in passages at the same time with Colossians a million:15 and Revelation 3:14 that Jesus Christ got here into life by making use of potential of God. In different words, God is the guy who created Jesus. Logically as a result, Jesus won't be able to be God.

Answer 4

Because the King James Bible took the name of God (the Tetragrammaton) out of orignal more than 5,000 times when it translated it into English. It usually replaced the tetragrammaton (YHWH or JHVH) with Lord or God (such as The Lord's Pray) which should have been Yahweh or Jehovah's Prayer. It ONLY LEFT HIS NAME IN THE KING JAMES BIBLE 4X. So go back to original Hebrew and look for the Tetragrammaton and whereever that was it was replaced. That's a pretty big slap in the face of any God, especially by his own FOLLOWER'S.

Answer 5

The covenant or proper name of the God of Israel. It denotes the “Unchangeable One,” “the eternal I AM” (Ex. 6: 3; Ps. 83: 18; Isa. 12: 2; Isa. 26: 4). The original pronunciation of this name has possibly been lost, as the Jews, in reading, never mentioned it, but substituted one of the other names of God, usually Adonai. Probably it was pronounced Jahveh, or Yahveh. In the KJV, the Jewish custom has been followed, and the name is generally denoted by LORD or GOD, printed in small capitals.

Jehovah is the premortal Jesus Christ and came to earth being born of Mary (see Mosiah 13: 28; Mosiah 15: 1; 3 Ne. 15: 1-5; D&C 110: 1-10). Although Ex. 6: 3 states that the God of Israel was not known by the name Jehovah before Moses’ time, latter-day revelation tells us otherwise (Abr. 1: 16; Abr. 2: 8; cf. JST Ex. 6: 3); see also Gen. 22: 14).

Answer 6

I've read before that the original word in the hebrew text of genesis really means Gods (I think it might have been Jehova like what you were saying above, or a variant of it that means plural, I can't remember) and if you look at some of the other things later on, God doesn't really say "there are no other Gods other than me," he says "worship me, those other gods are for other people, but i'm the greatest of them all" basically.

Answer 7

Ugh? What? I did research on that and God's name in all the older bibles is Jehovah. Long before Jehovah's Witnesses ever came up with that name. The priest told me that was God's name. It was on all kinds of old buildings and stuff.
I asked him why don't they use that name anymore?
I mean if that's God's name why not use it? He said, "He didn't know why. People just stopped using it. "
But the priest knows everything about the bible and he says that's god's name. So you don't know what your talking about.
Anyway, what was your question, you sound confused.
Did you really want to know or do you just hate Jehovah's Witnesses. I didn't hear about them until Answers, there is a lot of stuff on here about them. I clicked into their web site pretty cool. Has a lot of good bible answers.

Answer 8

What terrible injustice has Jehovahs servants done to you?. We are peace-loving people who care about you and want you to live forever on a paradise earth along with the great crowd of other sheep. We want you to be one of the meek ones that Jesus said will inherit the earth. I am so curious as to why you only ridicule certain faiths. Christendom has a horrible reputation and is blood-guilty in God's eyes. Her sins have amassed clear up to heaven---It is her(Babylon the Great) you should be ridiculing and also be no part of her.

Answer 9

Often when the bible places a small "g" on the wordd it's referring to a pagan god or an idol. It's a gerenal name where if it's capitalized it's referring to the creator by name. so it's not the same

As a warning I would be careful on what level you trust an opinion from the JW's as they have to manipulate certain scriptures and twist things around to support their outlandish claims.

Answer 10

I'm not quite sure about your question because you've make it so big. You are asking if "Jehovah" means "God"?

If so, then no. "Jehovah" is a hebrew word that does not have a clear significance, but it's very similar to the word that means "Be" in hebrew, so most researchers think "Jehovah" means "The one that is" or something like that.

I hope that was the question.