2006-11-08 11:45:12 · 5 answers · asked by correcaminos72734 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
No defined time. According to the translators of Bible in Today's English ( 1966 Catholic Edition), they followed the tradition of the Jews in replacing God's name ( Jehovah) w/ titles such as "LORD" or "Lord". Some reference materials says this unbiblical tradition dates back as far as the Masoretes ( transcribers)
2006-11-08 11:47:20 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
The first time the Tetragrammaton appeared in an English Bible was on the title page of William Tyndale's Bible translation of 1525, where it was written as Iehouah. This was an interlace of YHVH and Adonai. The King James Version also originally used Iehouah, influenced by the Ben Chayim codex. The King James Bible changed the spelling to Jehovah for the 1762-1769 edition.
There is a long article on this at http://www.jwfacts.com/index_files/Jehovah.htm, particularly looking at how YHWH never appeared in the New Testament.
2006-11-09 21:02:09 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Here are a few that used Jehovah
1. William Tyndale translation(english)-1530 used Iehovah
2. William Morgan Translation(Welsh)-1588 used Jehofa
3. Ka'roli Translation(Hungarian)-1590 used Jehova
4. Reina-Valera Translation(spanish)-1602 used Jehova'
5. John Eliot's Bible Translation for Massachusett Indians-1663 used Jehovah
6. Almeida Version(Portuguese)-1681 used Jeova'
7.Bungotai Translation-late 1800's(Japanese)- Jehovah in Japanese
8. Elberfelder version(German)-1871 used Jehova
9. Crampon's Translation(French)-1894 used Je'hovah
10. J.B. Rotherham Translation(English)-1911 used Jehovah
2006-11-09 15:32:15 · answer #3 · answered by David K 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The "J" in Hebrew / Greek names in English comes from Germany
Jehovah, Jesus, Jeremiah, Jehu, Jonathan, etc
In German, the "J" is pronounce like the Hebrew "Y" so we got bible names with "J"s instead of "Y"s.
Since English is related to German, english uses "J"s also.
2006-11-09 09:47:54 · answer #4 · answered by TeeM 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
They didn't, its not in the bible...Yaweh is however.
2006-11-08 20:02:17 · answer #5 · answered by gagirlofgod 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋