How, When and Where did God's name come to be?

Question

I saw a bumper sticker driving home that made me totally guffaw, then think Hmmmm, and then good gawd! It said 'God is pretend'

I am a firm believer there is a larger entity out there, the bible on the other hand was written by man....and in my very strong opinion (I would argue with GOD about this one) it was written for control and power over man.
Which got me to thinking after seeing that bumper sticker, how and when did the term 'God' come to be?

Answer 1

The word god continues Old English god (guþ, gudis in Gothic, gud in modern Scandinavian, God in Dutch, and Gott in modern German), from Proto-Germanic *Ȝuđan. The original meaning and etymology of the Germanic word god has been hotly disputed, though most agree to a reconstructed Proto-Indo-European form *ǵhu-tó-m, which is the neuter passive perfect participle of the root *ǵhau-, *ǵhau̯ǝ-, which meant "to call, to invoke".
The name God was used to represent Greek Theos, Latin Deus in Bible translations, first in the Gothic translation of the New Testament by Ulfilas.
See the website from wiki (the first one I posted) to view the proper language format for these translations.

In Judaism, the name of God is more than a distinguishing title. It represents the Jewish conception of the divine nature, and of the relation of God to the Jewish people. In awe at the sacredness of the names of God, and as a means of showing respect and reverence for them, the scribes of sacred texts took pause before copying them, and used terms of reverence so as to keep the true name of God concealed. The various names of God in Judaism represent God as he is known, as well as the divine aspects which are attributed to him.
The most important and most often written name of God in Judaism is the Tetragrammaton, the four-letter name of God. This name is first mentioned in the book of Genesis and is usually translated as 'the LORD'. Because Judaism forbids pronouncing the name outside the Temple, the correct pronunciation of this name has been lost—the original Hebrew texts only included consonants.
The Hebrew letters are named Yod-Heh-Vav-Heh: יהוה; note that Hebrew is written from right to left, rather than left to right as in English. In English it is written as YHWH, YHVH, or JHVH depending on the transliteration convention that is used.
The name YHWH is often reconstructed as Yahweh or often times Jehovah in the English language.

Other Jewish names for God:
Adonai (means "Lord")
Ehyeh-Asher-Ehyeh (means "I will be because I will be" or "I am that I am")
El
Elohim
Shaddai

See the second websites for more names and their definitions.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

The word god is only a general term / title we have given the creator. He revealed his actual name to the Jews, who thought it so holy, that they would not pronounce it, or write it, to keep His name from being profaned. They even now write it with only the constanants, leaving out the vowels.

Answer 4

I've wondered, and wondered why it only has a title for a name...while others have names.

But can't even do a search to try to find out as searching something like "god word language means" (as I just did) only found religious sites...

Answer 5

It came to be in the Garden of Eden, dispite what modern scholars say.

Answer 6

don't say his name in vane