What does Jehovah mean?

Answer 1

it is a name used for God translated from the hebrew YHWH they did not use vowels or say the name of God that came from the berning bush when God told moses I am what I am it was translated into yahwah or Jahova in old english

Answer 2

Jehovah is the accepted English translation of the 4 Hebrew consonants YHWH, believed to be Yahweh. Nobody really knows for sure how to pronounce the divine name as Hebrew was written without vowels.

Using Jehovah is similar to saying Jesus. Jesus is actually his Greek name. Jesus being a Jew, had a Hebrew name, possibly Yeshua or Yehoshua, again, nobody really knows for sure.

Jesus is the acceptable and closest name we have to Christ, Jehovah is the closest name we have to God.

Answer 3

It comes from the original Hebrew name of God Yahweh, most Bibles now translate Yahweh as "the Lord". In an old King James Bible, you'll find Jehovah in Ex. 6:3; Ps 83:18; and Isa 12:2.

Answer 4

Jehovah means He causes to become. the personal name of God. Sovereign Lord, Creator, Father, the Almighty and the Most High. www.watchtower.org. read ps 83 verse 18

Answer 5

using a particular observe with a view to locate with a particular God or faith is an historic pagan practice relationship back centuries. A observe is itself has no more suitable capacity than any of the "mantras" or mystical words of the jap religions. The observe "Jehovah" contains with it no unusual or mystical importance. confirmation of this would nicely be see in the actual incontrovertible truth that "Jehovah" as a designation for God the daddy does no longer seem on an same time once in the hot testomony. the various appearances of this in the hot international Translation of the hot testomony (produced by using the Watchtower Society) has no historic or manuscript foundation in any way. that's truly and thoroughly an invention by using the Watchtower Society. to boot to, using the observe "Jehovah" is a real embarrassment to the Watchtower Society in that it represents a linguistic mistake: the observe is a effect of a mistransliteration of the observe "Yahweh" (it truly is, "the perpetually modern-day One") plus the observe the historic Hebrews used as a alternative, "Adonai" or Lord. the historic Hebrew scribes were worried that they'd one way or the different misuse the call of God and for this reason even inadvertently violate the 0.33 Commandment. As a precaution, they positioned the 4 consonants for the call of God (YHWH) in the textual content of the Scripture as they copied it yet blanketed the vowels of observe for "Lord" which they'd communicate as a alternative. This jumble of consonants of one observe and the vowels of the different delivered about the creation and use of the observe "Jehovah." evaluate also the various different names and titles for God discovered in the Scriptures. The Bible does no longer teach that we will be talked about with God simply by apply of any certain observe or call. we are talked about with God when we are reconciled to Him by skill of the death of His Son. John a million:12, Revelation 3:20 (see Born-back).

Answer 6

Jehovah is the name of god as stated in the bible.

Answer 7

The name "Jehovah" is actually translated for us in the bible itself at Exodus 3:14. Some oversimply that translation to simply "I AM" but a more accurate translation of the original Hebrew is "I Shall Prove To Be What I Shall Prove To Be".

The Almighty is more than a 'snapshot' in time, but an ongoing manifestation of His own ability to do and be anything.

(Exodus 3:13-14) Moses said to the true God: “Suppose I am now come to the sons of Israel and I do say to them, ‘The God of your forefathers has sent me to you,’ and they do say to me, ‘What is his name?’ What shall I say to them?” 14 At this God said to Moses: “I SHALL PROVE TO BE WHAT I SHALL PROVE TO BE.” And he added: “This is what you are to say to the sons of Israel, ‘I SHALL PROVE TO BE has sent me to you.’”

Leeser, “I WILL BE THAT I WILL BE”
Rotherham, “I Will Become whatsoever I please.”


That Exodus 3:14 expression is rich in meaning, but the Scriptures themselves actually include the Divine Name itself nearly 7000 times. The name "Jehovah" is an English translation of the Hebrew name pronounced as or similar to "Yahweh" or "Yehowah"; the exact original pronunciation is unknown. The four Hebrew characters corresponding to the letters "YHWH" are well-recognized as the biblical personal name of Almighty God, and are universally designated as "the Tetragrammaton" or "the Tetragram".

For centuries, most Jews have superstitiously refrained from pronouncing aloud any form of the divine Name. They base that superstition on the third of the Ten Commandments given to Moses:
(Exodus 20:7) You must not take up the name of Jehovah your God in a worthless way
http://watchtower.org/e/bible/ex/chapter_020.htm?bk=Ex;chp=20;vs=7;citation#bk7

Over the centuries, that Jewish superstition has expanded to also forbid writing or engraving any form of "YHWH", even when simply copying from one of the nearly 7000 occurences in the Hebrew Scriptures. In recent centuries, some superstitious Jews have even forbade unabbreviated EUPHEMISMS for "YHWH"; capitalized terms such as "Tetragrammaton" and (amazingly) even "the Name" are forbidden by such superstitions.

More recently, the Jewish superstition has ballooned out of all reasonableness by also forbidding respectful impersonal TERMS referring to the Almighty; thus many Jews insist upon writing "G-d" or "G~d" rather than "God". They may even refrain from capitalizing impersonal terms such as "Creator" and "Almighty".

Naturally, the religious and superstitious practices of a person are between him and his Creator. However, in recent decades these superstitious Jews have worked to impose their superstitious sensibilities beyond their religious communities, and onto the entire populace. Thus, although "YHWH' is unanimously recognized as the personal name of God, few today use any form of it in their writings and conversation.

Interestingly, Christendom has largely joined with superstitious Jews in suppressing the use of "Yahweh" and "Jehovah". However, it seems that Christiandom's anti-YHWH bias largely devolves from their hatred of Jehovah's Witnesses, the religion almost single-handedly responsible for the growing public recognition that the Almighty God of Judaism and Christianity actually does a personal name.

It seems that too many are more interested in coddling superstition than in allowing intellectual honesty and respect for the Almighty.

Learn more:
http://watchtower.org/e/na/
http://watchtower.org/e/20040122/

Answer 8

Hello and this is the anwser my one line bible dictionary says:
JEHOVAH, n. The Scripture name of the Supreme Being. If, as is supposed, this name is from the Hebrew substantive verb, the word denotes the Permanent Being, as the primary sense of the substantive verb in all languages, is to be fixed, to stand, to remain or abide. This is a name peculiarly appropriate to the eternal Spirit, the unchangeable God, who describes himself thus, I am that I am. Ex. 3.
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Answer 9

it doesn't mean anything. people think its the hebrew name for G-d, but a hebrew living in biblical times wouldn't even be able to pronounce the word jehovah.

Answer 10

It means he causes to become or I will prove to be what I will prove to be.