Yahweh or Jehovah are common vocalizations of God's personal name based on the Hebrew tetragrammaton. Most modern Christian Bibles have removed this name in nearly all of the 7000 places it appears in the Hebrew Scriptures, usually replacing it with 'LORD' or a similar alternative. The name does appear at four places in the King James Bible (e.g. Exodus 6:3), but is only used with prominence by the Jehovah's Witnesses. Nearly all Christian traditions recognize the name in some form, even if it has largely fallen out of use.
Much of Christendom believes in the Holy Trinity, i.e. a single God in three Persons, God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Ghost.
Jesus (Iesus, Yeshua, Joshua, or Yehoshûa) is a Hebraic personal name meaning "Jehovah saves/helps/is salvation", [1] and Christ means "the annointed" in Greek. (translating Messiah).
In the effort to translate the Bible into every language (see SIL), the Christian God has usually been named after a pagan or philosophical concept that was present in the language before Christianity.
God itself is an example of this, the word having earlier referred to Germanic pagan deities. Greek Theos (Θεός, with the initial letter invariably capitalised - pagan or "false" gods were written as theos/θεός, theoi/θεοί with lowercase letters used throughout)) was used for the supreme God even before Christianity, in the Septuagint. St. Jerome translated the Hebrew word Elohim to Latin as Deus. Other names of the Christian God that have a history of pagan meanings include Slavic Bog, Finnish Jumala, Japanese Kami and in Arabic Allah which is generally thought to be solely a word which describes the Islamic God.
The less evangelical branch of the Quakers often refers to God as The Light.
Another term used is 'King of Kings' or 'Lord of Lords' and Lord of the Hosts.
Other names used by Christians include the Hebrew names Elohim, El-Shaddai, and Adonai.
2006-08-05 00:11:01
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answered by Puppy Zwolle 7
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he has no name
2006-08-05 00:15:31
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answered by rouba158 2
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Well scriptures says (im agnostic here and dont believe in anything, but just giving a reason why) that God's name is...God. Well, god and God is two different terms (emphasize on the capitalization). The word god is a term for a higher being. The name God is the Christian's and other religions' (whom has the same worship) name for their god.
I do see why you ask such a question. But, (as other people might say) it would not really matter to God if you called him with other names.
PS Penguins!!!
-edit on the terms part-
2006-08-05 00:16:29
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answered by j13jayther 3
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His name is I AM. And, the Jews used to call him by his reverenced name YHWH. This is made easier to pronounce by calling him Jehovah. And he is also called several other names because of His attributes e.g. Jehovah Shammah (the Lord who is there), Jehovah Nissi (banner), Jehovah Jireh (provider), Jehovah Rapha (healer), Jehovah El shaddai (the all sufficient God), Jehovah Raah (shepherd), Jehovah El Elyon (the most high)- and several other names.
He is all that there is because He is the great I AM.
2006-08-05 00:18:47
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answered by Mr. Kuda 3
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another mad religous nutter .. look there aint no god and all religion is man made and the biggest money making industry in the world.. what a happier place the world would be without religion .. just think no more wars etc no more mad muslims or christians or any other brain washed religous freaks they are all the same if you dont believe in their religion then there is no hope for you worshiping a religion is just the same as worshiping the devil
zombie
2006-08-05 00:14:29
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answered by Anonymous
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Whatever you want to call god e.g neurological brain product.
Daniel 2:47, “Of a truth it is, that your God is a God of gods, and a Lord of kings."
Daniel 11:36,“and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods.”
Deuteronomy 10:17 “For the LORD your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a terrible.”
Joshua 22:22, “The LORD God of gods, the LORD God of gods, he knoweth.”
Psalm 136:2, “O give thanks unto the God of gods: for his mercy endureth for ever.”
Micah 4:5 “For all people will walk every one in the name of his god, and we will walk in the name of the LORD our God for ever and ever.”
2006-08-05 00:21:28
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answered by Anonymous
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We all are different souls in different bodies and are spiritual children of the God who is called "Supreme soul" and because HE is always good ie.Kalyankari(in Hindi language ) or Shiv(in Sanskrit language), so His real name in this context is "SHIV" or generally spoken"SHIVA" He i s formless Point of divine light .and Point is also called SHIV (in Sanskrit language)
2006-08-05 02:40:15
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answered by agni 4
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what kind of god you people are praying that you do not know it's real name
the only god is Allah, and Allah is alone, it has no father, no son, no daughter and is not married
and yes Allah has 99 names
i will not give you as i know you will misuse them
2006-08-05 00:16:11
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answered by NayaMee 5
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god has no name
2006-08-05 00:10:52
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answered by Anonymous
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He doesn't have a rightful name.....
He is like a conman.....they have given him many names.
2006-08-05 00:12:44
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answered by UncleGeorge 4
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