When referring to the Biblical god, shouldn't people use the terms "Jehovah" or "Yaweh"?

Question

People need to be more specific because a thousand different things are meant when people use the word "God," and tons of them aren't Biblical. The word no longer has any meaning. And for those who speak of a Universal force or inner light, perhaps "Supreme Being" is best.

Answer 1

get a life loser

Answer 2

Catholics use the word Yaweh when he comes to bible or atleast in bible study. Bible words mean more than the words such as ABBA means Father and/or flesh and blood(Jesus) and Amen means Yes. We need to say yes to God.

The Jewish people so honored God that they would not use the name Yaweh only once a year when the high priest would say it on the Day of Atonement. They came up with a different word "Adonai" which means Lord.

Yaweh means "I Am Who Am".(Exodus 3 !3-15)

Answer 3

I understand where you're coming from, but saying "God" is a lot easier, as it already refers to the full entity.

I'm pretty sure "Jehovah" only refers to God the Father, excluding the other two persons. You'll notice Jehovah, or the equivalent, does not occur in the New Testament Gospels.

I'm pretty sure Yahweh means Jehovah as well. So I prefer God, the Trinity, or the like.

Answer 4

Try this article. http://www.jwfacts.com/index_files/Jehovah.htm

The word Jehovah never appears in the New Testatment. If you are a Christian I am sure you would agree that we should follow the example of Jesus, who is never recorded as saying Jehovah or YHWH. Rather he quite consitently said to use the terms, Lord God and Father.

Answer 5

Good idea! Thousands of years in coming, but basically correct.
Jehovah is the name God gave himself. Yaweh is the Catholic version, as I understand it.
Many will argue that he ;Jehovah; has many names citing a few they go on with their diatribe. Unfortunately their answer takes us in another direction which is what they intended.
Jehovah is the Holy name of our God. Any other is a "TITLE"

Answer 6

You are correct in this. Moses invented Yahweh (mistransalated as Jehovah), but he was a henotheist, i.e. he believed other gods, e.g. Amon of Egypt, existed, so his first commandment was to put Yahweh before Amon, Ra, Zeus, Marduk, etc. Moses is an Egyptian name, and he was surely influenced by Ikhnaten the first recorded major historical person to say one god exists (monotheism).

Answer 7

Why do I have to call God by a foriegn name that is not natural to me? Why do I have to think of God in all male terms? Is God an insecure tyrant? I am not comfortable being on first name basis with God. It shows disrepect. Your god must be a dummy, or not all knowing, if he can't tell when someone is speaking to him. I wonder how a mother can tell the sound of her own babies cry, among a bunch of crying babies? And God can't distinguish his own childrens cries, whatever name they use? Pretty feeble if you ask me.

Answer 8

I understand (apparently) what the question (and comments afterwards) is getting at. Remember; the term translated 'God' in English, has several terms in the Hebrew; some singular, some plural. Jehovah and YHWH refer to the same singular being; Jesus our Lord.

Answer 9

Jehovah or Yaweh is God's name. it is in the king james bible also. ps 83 verse 18. it is not another name for Jesus Christ who is the son. Jesus in his model prayer said hollow be they name. what is God's name? Jehovah or Yaweh. how come the son who is Jesus Christ has a name that everyone uses but will not use God's name? God is a title and is not his name. Lord is a title also. we have a name and since Jehovah is our friend, he wants us to use it and call him by his name. you would not call your friend hey you, you would use there name

Answer 10

Is there a special reason you are asking this question again? Is it important to you?

God's personal name appeared in the Hebrew scriptures close to 7,000 times. Of course, ancient Hebrew was written without vowels, the reader supplied them as he read. Hence we do not know the precise pronunciation of God’s personal name today. Many suggest Yahweh, although all do not agree. Jehovah is the English pronunciation. Just as Jesus is the English pronunciation of Yehoshua. In the book of Ezekiel alone, the phrase "And they will have to know that I am Jehovah" appears about 69 times. In the Lord's prayer, the first thing Christ taught us to pray for is the sanctification of God's name. Jesus himself in prayer to his heavenly father said that he has made his father's name manifest to his disciples.

Clearly, God's name is quite important to him. It was important to Jesus. And it was important to all of God's worshipers. It is interesting that millions, no doubt, use the name of Jesus quite freely but if one were to suggest replacing that name with a title, they would be quite upset.

God’s faithful servants of every generation have freely and respectfully pronounced God’s name. Boaz, a loyal servant of God, regularly greeted his workers in the field with the words, “Jehovah be with you.” Did the workers express shock at such a greeting? No. The account relates: “In turn they would say to him: ‘Jehovah bless you.’” The account is found at Ruth 2:4.

“Wait a minute,” some may say, “what about the prohibition mentioned in the Third Commandment? What about Exodus 20:7? There we read in one translation: “You must not take up the name of Jehovah your God in a worthless way, for Jehovah will not leave the one unpunished who takes up his name in a worthless way.”

Well what does it mean to take up God’s name “in a worthless way”? What about Jews? Do any of them believe that this commandment prohibits the use of the divine name in a respectful way?

The Encyclopaedia Judaica says that “the avoidance of pronouncing the name YHWH . . . was caused by a misunderstanding of the Third Commandment.” So God’s decree against the improper use of his name was twisted into a superstition.

The JPS Torah Commentary, published by the Jewish Publication Society, explains that the Hebrew term rendered “in a worthless way” (lash·shaw’′) can mean “falsely” or “for nothing, in vain.” The same reference work continues: “The ambiguities [of this Hebrew term] allow for the proscription [prohibition] of perjury by the principals in a lawsuit, swearing falsely, and the unnecessary or frivolous use of the divine Name.”

This Jewish commentary correctly highlights that ‘taking up God’s name in a worthless way’ involves using the name improperly. But could pronouncing God’s name when teaching others about him or when turning to our heavenly Father in prayer be rightly termed “unnecessary or frivolous”? Jehovah expresses his view through the words of Psalm 91:14: “Because on me he has set his affection, I shall also provide him with escape. I shall protect him because he has come to know my name.”

Hannah J Paul

Answer 11

There are many names in the Bible for God. You are correct that Jehovah is His name.