what is god's name?

Question

he must have another name besides god? plz dont say god or allah or any other linguistic terms for the word god, id like some thoughts on what you think his name could be plz?

Answer 1

It could be Jehovah or it could be Barney the Purple dinosouar or it could be Fred Flintstone. We may never know. But personaly I think his name is Betty. ;)

Answer 2

I scrolled down the list here and saw mostly crap answers, so I hope that you will skip over them and read this one instead.

It is true that the God of the Bible (the one true, Living God) has been referred to with many terms that describe Him. However, He has a personal name that He goes by. He is known throughout the Old Testament as "YHVH." This is what Bible scholars refer to as the "Tetragrammaton" (big word that means, word made of four characters).

You have to understand a little something about the Hebrew language, in which the original scriptures were written thousands of years ago. The Hebrew language when written, only shows the consonants of the word, leaving out the vowels. In other words, the Hebrew name, "David" in Hebrew would be written "DVD." They recognize the word by the consonants and sound out the vowels when they read it, as if they were there.

Now, through the ages, many scribes "transcribed" the scriptures to preserve them. They didn't have copy machines, or even printing presses, so they had to make copies by hand. The scribes over time corrupted the personal name of God so that no one would be able to say it (they feared God so much that they didn't want anyone to speak it - they felt that His name was too holy to be spoken by men).

So even though we have the consonant characters of God's true name, we don't know exactly how it is pronounced. Different people have made attempts to say this name, "Jehovah" and "Yaweh" are some of the attempts. But throughout the ages of time, Biblical names have generally been translated erroniously so that the names are changed from their original pronunciations.

This is the case with "Jesus" as we call Him in English speaking countries. His real name is actually, "Yeshua" but through various translations, it was changed to "Jesus." First from "Yeshua" which was an Aramaic rendition of "Yehoshua" (Hebrew name we translate as Joshua) to the Greek, "Iasous." Then from the Greek "Iasous" to the Latin, "Iesus," to the English, "Jesus."

It is rumored that the Jews have passed the correct pronunciation of the true name of God (YHVH) down through the ages, but they keep it a solemn secret, and rarely speak it (again for fear). It is said that only a hand full of people know what this name is, and before they die they pass it to the next generation. I'm not sure whether or not I believe this personally. I think that this story is a little bit of mysticism. But I could be wrong, too.

Answer 3

It depends which god you're refering to. If it's the God of the Bible, then you've got a problem. The Hebrew Tetragammaton { the four consonants that make up the Divine Name}, YHWH or JHVH is all we have to go on. With the inclusion of vowels, Yahweh or Jehovah is the best we can do.

Answer 4

El Shadi, Elohim, Adoni, Abba, Advocate, Lamb of God, The Resurrection and the Life, Shepherd, and Bishop of Souls, Judge, Lord of Lords, Man of Sorrows, Head of the Church, Father, Master, Faithful and True witness, Rock, High Preist, The Door, Living Water, Bread of Life, Rose of Sharon, Alpha and Omega, True Vine, Messiah, Teacher, Holy One, Dediator, The Beloved, Branch, Carpenter, Good Shepherd, Light of the world, Image of the Invisible God, the Word, Chief Cornerstone, Savior, Servant, Author and finisher of our Faith, The Almighty, Everlasting Father, Shiloh, Lion of the Tribe of Judah, I AM, King of Kings, Prince of peace, Bridegroom, Only begotten Son, Wonderful counselor, Immanuel, Son Of Man, Dayspring, the Amen, King of the Jews, Prophet, Redeemer, Anchor, Bright Morning Star, The way the Truth, and the Life, Jesus Chirst, just to name a few.

Answer 5

God has many names and many titles.

He is EL SHADDAI the almighty.

He is JEHOVAH the creator.

He is ELOHIM the all powerful.

He has many names.

He is the all knowing. He is the everywhere present. He is the beginning and the end. He is the great healer and forgiver.

He is the JUST and the WISE.

Want me to go on. All are names for him that he has given to himself. Not because he was boasting, but because he was simply stating the truth. You see, he IS all those things and so when he says he is it is simply stating a fact.

Answer 6

My understanding is that God the Father's name is Elohim (meaning Man of Holiness). Although, from what is said in a couple places in the Bible, He prefers that we call Him "Father" or some variation.

Jesus called Him, "Abba" on the cross. It's the Aramaic familiar form of "Father", which is "Daddy"....

(Puts a whole new twist on the meaning of Jehovah. Yes, Jesus is the god of the Old Testament. Jehovah means "Son of Man"... so when Jesus was saying, "The son of man will_________", He wasn't being overly-humble, He was declaring Himself to be Jehovah!! The Jews of that time had no excuse, they knew EXACTLY who He was, at least the leaders did...)

Answer 7

Why would He (yes, I know God is beyond gender) have a name? No language has a word or name that could do Him justice.

The clearest indication in the Bible is Exodus 3:14
"And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you."

Answer 8

'Vishnu' or 'Narayana' according to the Hindus. An incarnation was named Krishna. In an earlier one God was called Ram. The Hindu holy trinity is Bramha, Vishnu and Shiva. Lord Brahma is the creator, Lord Vishnu the preserver and Lord Shiva the destroyer.

Answer 9

god cannot have a name for 2 reasons

1) if god had a name and had always had a name - then his name would be as old as he is - and he woulkd not know how he came to have the name he had. Since he is all knowing this is not possible.

2) if at some stage god decided to gie himself a name - any name he chose - would be arbitrary. if he called himself dave - the question arises why didnt he call himself steve? is dave a more perfect name than steve? is it a more divine name? since a perfect being would rewuire a perfcet name - and there are no perfec t names - then god must be nameless

Answer 10

psalms 83:18 says ''That people may know that you, whose name is Jehovah,
You alone are the Most High over all the earth.''

matthew 6:9 says “YOU must pray, then, this way:
“‘Our Father in the heavens, let your name be sanctified.''

jehovah wants his name to be sanctified and cleared of the lies satan tells about him. the churches of christendom do no such thing. only Jehovah's witnesses bear his name and try to make it glorified among the nations

Answer 11

Yahweh or Jehovah. ( It means he causes to become)
It was in the original Scriptures over 7,000 times but was removed because of superstition (they thought the name too sacred to be uttered). It remains omitted from most bibles now. Try looking at PSALM 83:18, if your bible isn't too new