Some people say God has a personal name. his personal name. is Jehovah.?

Question

Is that true that God has a personal name. Why is it that not every one told me.

Answer 1

5 That question teaches us first of all that God has a name. We must not take this simple truth for granted. Yet, many do. God’s personal name has been removed from countless Bible translations and replaced with titles, such as “Lord” and “God.” This is one of the saddest and most reprehensible things that has been done in the name of religion. After all, what is the first thing you do when you meet someone? Do you not ask his name? It is similar with getting to know God. He is not a nameless, distant entity, beyond knowing or understanding. Although invisible, he is a person, and he has a name—Jehovah.

6 Furthermore, when God reveals his personal name, something great and thrilling is in the offing. He is inviting us to come to know him. He wants us to make the best choice we can make in life—to draw close to him. But Jehovah has done more than tell us his name. He has also taught us what it means.

The Meaning of God’s Name

Jehovah chose his own name, one rich in meaning. “Jehovah” literally means “He Causes to Become.” True, he brought all things into existence. That in itself is an awe-inspiring thought. But is that the point of God’s name? The divine name was not new. People had been using it for centuries.

8 In response Jehovah explained the meaning of his name. He said to Moses: “I shall prove to be what I shall prove to be.” (Exodus 3:14) Many Bible translations here read: “I am that I am.” But the careful rendering in the New World Translation shows that God was not merely affirming his own existence. Rather, he was teaching Moses—and by extension all of us—what that name implies. Jehovah would “prove to be,” or cause himself to become, whatever was needed in order to fulfill his promises. J. B. Rotherham’s translation pointedly renders this verse: “I Will Become whatsoever I please.” One authority on Biblical Hebrew explains the phrase this way: “Whatever the situation or need . . . , God will ‘become’ the solution to that need.”

What did that mean to the Israelites? No matter what obstacle loomed before them, no matter how difficult the predicament in which they might find themselves, Jehovah would become whatever was needed in order to deliver them from slavery and bring them into the Promised Land. Surely that name inspired confidence in God. It can do the same for us today. (Psalm 9:10.)
So God has made his personal name known, has explained its meaning, and has even demonstrated that the meaning is true. Unquestionably, God wants us to know him. How do we respond? Jehovah is the Sovereign Lord.

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Answer 2

Jehovah is a name made up by a priest in the 1520's... There was no J or J sound in ANY language during the time of Jesus (most likely, he was called Yahshua).

The reason most people don't know is because the Jews scribes, BEFORE Jesus' birth, took out the name of God for fear that someone would blasphemy the name. YHVH or YHWH... some people say it's pronounced Yahweh... though I'm not sure on that myself as I have seen several different spellings and pronunciations.

Answer 3

Jehovah is a Latinized verson of one of the ancient Hebrew names of God (Yahweh being another). Written Hebrew often did not include vowel sounds, so the most common name for God in the ancient texts was a four-letter combination now called the Tetragrammaton. Jehovah and Yahweh are two possible pronunciations for the Tetragrammaton that scholars have proposed, though no one knows for sure.

Answer 4

God has many names. Jehovah Shalom- The God of Peace. Jehovah Jiriah - The God who Provides- El Shaddi, Jehovah Nissi- The God who reigns, Creator, Savior, Light of the World, The Word, Father, Anicent of Days, Jesus, The Almighty, Everlasting Father, Daddy, Master, King of Kings and Lord of Lords, The Rock of my Salvation, The Wheel in the Middle of a Wheel, and so many more I couldn't list them all here . Where should I end? To say that God has one name is not all true. It just depends on what He is to you personally. For me he is all the above and more. God is a personal God

Answer 5

God was revered to by many names in the bible. The "supreme" or "true" name was represented by the Hebrew letters Yud, Heh, Vay, and Heh( YHVH in English). This name was considered very sacred and almost never used. In it's place the name Adonai (Lord) was used.

Due to a this fact when YHVH was written the vowels for Adonai were written with it. When English speakers tried to translate the Bible into English they didn't realize this fun fact and crammed the two names together. This is where Jehovah comes from.

Answer 6

Actually, the name 'Jehovah' describes what type of being that God is---the translation of 'Jehovah' means: "He thinks it, and it is". Aside from 'Jehovah', there are many names that are given as God's true name--'Elohim', I think, is my favorite (on a different note, that is the reason why most of the angels in angelic lore names end with 'el' or a close variant; i.e., Michael, Gabriel, Camael,; they show their connection with the Most High by bearing the name of the Creator...

Answer 7

God created humans so that humans give names to things and living beings.

In my belief, God didn't have a personal name before humans were created. Simply, He didn't need it.

And being only one God, clearly He doesn't need a personal name. Personal names are given to beings of the same species to distinguish between them. There's no other God from which you need to distinguish God. Why would God need a personal name at all?

Jehovah, Allah, etc... are just names given to God by people, according to their personal beliefs and languages. That's my humble opinion.

And I find it really sad that there are so many religious wars about The Name Of God.

Answer 8

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.

Some argumentative persons will argue that the Hebrew name “Yahweh” must only be translated into English as “I am what I am”. Yet such troublemakers fail to explain why they do not translate the Hebrew name “Yeshua” into English as “Jehovah is Salvation” or “I am what I am is Salvation”, which of course their small-minded literalism must surely require with regard to the name we know as “Jesus”.

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”. 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

Answer 9

God the Father Elohim
God the Son-- Jesus Christ-- Jehovah

Answer 10

God in the personality he is to you is called by many names. But the one and only true name he is universally known as is ........... AUM .