Does god have a name?

Question

Don't give me Lord or God....that's just a title....does he have a name.
Jesus was his son so don't give me that, what kind of loving father would confuse us by saying he is 3 people A loving god would make sense to us.
Does he have a name and why don't we use it?

Answer 1

God's name is Jehovah ~

Answer 2

Yes, his name is YHWH commonly translated as Jehovah or Yahweh into the English language. He never says he is 3 people.

Tina, I notice you quoted Romans 10:13 apparently from the New World Translation which says that those who call on the name of Jehovah will be saved. If you have a NWT, possibly you also have the Kingdom Interlinear translation also published by Jehovah's Witnesses. If so, you may want to look at that scripture in the original Greek. If you do, you'll see that it actually says "call upon the name of Lord", (kyrios) in Greek. This is because all of the Greek manuscripts say 'lord", not Jehovah. So as you can see, it really ought to have been translated as "lord" , especially since the context makes it plain that it is actually speaking about Christ. See verses 9 and 17.

The 7000 places where YHWH appears are all in the Old Testament or Hebrew scriptures which were written before the custom arose of not speaking God's name. At that time the Jews knew and used his true name. It is true that Jehovah's Witnesses restored the name in those places (they use Jehovah obviously, not Yahweh), but they also ADDED it in places where it doesn't belong, such as at Romans 10:13. Is substituting Lord for YHWH any worse than substituting Jehovah for Lord, especially if the Lord in question is actually Jesus?

Answer 3

Yes he has a personal name. In English, it's YHWH. Those are the consonants, the vowels have become unknown because of a Jewish superstition which prohibited the uttering of the name.

About 800 years ago, the vowels of the Hebrew word for "lord" were mistakenly inserted into the consonants, thus making a pronouncable name which caught on and eventually was translated into English as "Jehovah". Yahweh is closer to the way the name was originally pronounced but is not as popular or established as the name Jehovah, although it has become more popularized in recent decades.

The reason it isn't used much is because the custom arose of saying Lord rather than his personal name because of the Jewish superstition. Then the true name was lost, so many translators have continued to use Lord because of uncertainty about what the name should actually be.

Some people feel that we should call him by his personal name instead of a title. But among those who say that, they often disagree over whether to use Yahweh or Jehovah. I personally think that if he wanted us to use his name, he would have made sure we know what it is. I think we should know that he has a name, and know that it's YHWH, but as far as addressing him by his name, I don't think it's insulting to call him God or Father. Jesus and the apostles did.

Answer 4

Any good christian book store will carry a Hebrew Interlinear and this is the place you can find God's name.Psalm 83:18 (also in an older translation of the King James Bible) You could try looking at the Pope's (hat) or the Koln Cathedral in Germany to find the tetragrammaton.YHWH (in Hebrew)

Answer 5

His name is GOD, people who are called gods or lords then thats titles. We use god and lord because we are saying we are as powerful and amazing as God himself.

Answer 6

One of my friends calls Him Dude (with all respect)

This friend was healed of a rear deadly Cancer he went in to the hospital with a life expectancy of 2 weeks

Dude (God) showed up at his hospital bed and cured him Doctors had no explanation

True

Answer 7

Yahweh

Answer 8

Yes,God has a personal name,it is found in the 'tetra gammon,'YHWH.'the verbs to this is not known,there is a history to that alone,maybe a Hebrew scholar would know.

Answer 9

God has many names and references but the one he told Moses to refer to when he was asked was, "I AM."
I guess because He is, now, yesterday, and today.

Answer 10

In judaism the name of god is 'Hashem' and considering Christians ripped their religion off the jews than thats his name.