Why do some spell God in the following way? G-D?

Question

I have seen it a few times. Is it some form of respect for who He is?

Answer 1

It is showing RESPECT for the Most High God. Just a mans translation. His name IS YAHVEH in Hebrew.
Also JHVH & YHWH

BUT His name is the one we are most use to and that is I AM THAT I AM

Answer 2

Joseph Rotherham, in The Emphasized Bible, A New Translation, the Standard Publishing Co., 1902, says this in the "Introduction, The Incommunicable Name:"

The Name Suppressed: THE FACT
It is willingly admitted that the suppression has not been absolute; at least so far as Hebrew and English are concerned. The Name, in its four essential letters (YHWH), was reverently transcribed by the Hebrew copyist, and therefore was necessarily placed before the eye of the Hebrew reader. The latter, however, was instructed not to pronounce it, but to utter instead a less sacred name—Adonay or Elohim. In this way The Name was not suffered to reach the ear of the listener. To that degree it was suppressed. The Septuagint, or ancient Greek version (LXX), made the concealment complete by regularly substituting Kurios; as the Vulgate, in like manner, employed Dominus; both Kurios and Dominus having at the same time their own proper service to render as correctly answering to the Hebrew Adonay, confessedly meaning 'Lord'. The English versions do nearly the same things, in rendering The Name as LORD, and occasionally GOD; these terms also having their own rightful office to fill as fitly representing the Hebrew titles Adonay and Elohim and El, so that the Tetragrammaton is nearly hidden in our public English versions. 'Confusion', then, is a term not a whit too strong to apply to these varying devices. No wonder that even intelligent and educated people are continually forgetting what they have heard or read concerning so involved a matter.

Rotherham then gives reasons why the Name Yahweh must be restored, and from now on retained in the Scriptures:

1. Because its suppression was a mistake. So grave a mistake cannot be corrected too soon. An unwarrantable liberty has been taken; the path of humility is to retrace our steps. The facts have only to be known to justify this verdict, and to vindicate the propriety of not employing it in a new and independent translation.

Unger's Bible Dictionary, Merrill F. Unger, 1957, page 1177, says:

Yahweh (ya´we). The Hebrew tetragrammaton (YHWH) traditionally pronounced Jehovah (q.v.) is now known to be correctly vocalized yahwe. New inscriptional evidence from the second and first millennia B.C. point toward this fact.

Wycliffe Bible Encyclopedia, 1975, Vol. 2, page 690, tell us:

The Name par excellence for the Creator of Israel is Yahweh, found 6,823 times in the OT. Through Israyl's deliverance from bondage in Egypt, adoption as a nation, and guidance to the Promised Land, the Redeemer-Creator is especially known by this Name.

The Interpreter's Dictionary, 1962, Vol. 4, page 923, says:

Yahweh -The vocalization of the four consonants of the Israelite name for the Creator, which scholars believe to approximate the original pronunciation.

James Moffatt, in his translation, The Bible: A New Translation, 1935, informs us in his introduction:

Strictly speaking this ought to be rendered `Yahweh' which is familiar to modern readers in the erroneous form of 'Jehovah'. Were this version intended for students of the original, there would be no hesitation whatever in printing 'Yahweh'.

The Encyclopedia Judaica, 1972, Vol. 7, page 680, states emphatically:

The true pronunciation of the Name YHWH was never lost. Several early Greek writers of the Christian Church testify that the Name was pronounced 'YAHWEH'.

http://www.yahweh.com/bookofyahweh.htm

Answer 3

In my understanding, this is done because not everyone believes in God, so to be less offensive they use the modified version. It's because those UN-believers become VIOLENT when God is brought up.
It is a form of Christian peoples trying to give respect to the other beliefs by making no referance to God.
As hard as it is to believe, some follow Budda or Muhammad or satan (left lower-case to show inferiority), as well as many other lesser know phony God substitutes.

Answer 4

Out of respect for God or G-d.

Answer 5

Let me say this...when one writes the title god, it can be applied to any of the thousands of gods that people worship.
But when you are specific you put his NAME first, then the title God for-instance Jehovah God.
Some copyists out of superstition instead of writing out the full name for fear of taking it in vain they left out the vowels.YHVH,
JHVH, and there are others.
Remember the word god is a title.
One last thing, instead of using the name of god some copyists capitalized the title GOD, LORD, but that is like someone saying to you, (instead of using your name), they say, "Hey man." that is showing disrespect to you when they know your name.
Peace......

Answer 6

It is out of respect. But I can still have the utmost respect for God and not alter His name when I write it down. IMHO

Answer 7

It's a Jewish thing.

They take "Thou Shalt not take the name of the Lord Thy God in Vain." So out of respect they spell it that way.

Answer 8

I'll let one of my Jewish brothers or sisters answer that....
it has to do with respect for God's name and potential damage thereto.

Answer 9

superstition, they believe god shouldn't be uttered because it contains magical powers, and not written down because they believe god is eternal

Answer 10

Busted keyboards.