the word god is merely a title , and the bible always referes to a name.
2006-07-05 05:36:04 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
His name is Yahweh. When you read the Bible you will notice that when He is referred to by name, He is called LORD (OT) or the Father (NT). The Old Testament was originally written in Hebrew. The people who wrote it believed that the name of God was too holy to write, so they used LORD. In the New Testament the Father is used to distinguish from Jesus and the Holy Spirit. But remember that there is only one God.
2006-07-05 05:46:23 · answer #1 · answered by Geoff C 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
There is the simple technical answer that nobody knows for sure. Vowels were not used when the name was written down. So we're stuck with JHV. Which is already an interpretation. Some make it JeHoVa, but that's not for sure. The 'V' could be related to the Greek 'V' being an 'N'.
I'll play a game now, I hope people will not attack me on this, but if we add the phrase: (God speaking) "I'm the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end", we have another two letters to play with. If we add another phrase: "The first will be the last and the last will be the first", we can do the following. The Alpha and the Omega begin the first and the last letter in the Greek alphabet we reverse and add to the non-vowels we already have. Translating the 'V' (ni) into 'N' we get: J - O - H - A - N, being Johan.
2006-07-05 05:49:08 · answer #2 · answered by Greek Oracle 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
People Have Different Names For God!!!
2006-07-05 06:40:28 · answer #3 · answered by ❀Mother Of 2❀ 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
YHVH, tetragrammaton, it's a mere image of the true name of God. However, many jewish scholars have tried to this day, unsuccesfully, to acquire the true name of god by mixing the letters and numbers contained in the torah. But, in almost every case, there is a certain consensus in which people tend to accept that his name is "I Am", as he allegedly told Moses.
2006-07-05 05:44:27 · answer #4 · answered by Blasphemer 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No one can give God any name. any other name that we use to refer to God or talk about God in any language in the world, we will be referring to his attribute, about the light that emanates from the creator.
but about God him self, the creator of existence NO! why? because what we can not achieve and understand we can not give it a name.
Shimon
2006-07-05 05:48:33 · answer #5 · answered by pikt1 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God is God all by himself.........that is his true name, but he is known by many different names, because he is all things to us.
God, Jehovah,Master, Savior,Alpha and the Omega, The Great I AM, the beginning and the end, God is all things and above we need to trust and believe because he is always here for us.
2006-07-05 05:49:49 · answer #6 · answered by jaime_barracuda 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Steve. He resides in Cincinnati, Ohio. Seriously though, in the Hebrew and Christian bibles, it's Yahweh. I guess it depends on which God you speak of, because there are dozens.
2006-07-05 05:43:04 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
God has many names people have given to HIM. You may choose a new one. This is the way only to remember HIM to worship him for our's sake
2006-07-05 05:42:44 · answer #8 · answered by sukhi 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Takahashi
2006-07-05 05:40:29 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
“Jehovah” is translated from the Hebrew Tetragrammaton, הוהי, which means “He Causes to Become.” These four Hebrew letters are represented in many languages by the letters JHVH or YHWH.
2006-07-05 06:04:25 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋