Another word for GOD???

Question

example: Jehovah

catheosec..
Who ever said he didn't have a personal name? I was the one who gave "Jehovah" as an example.....I know that God has many names to many different people, I was just curious what other people called him.

Answer 1

At a certain point in human development, all living things on Earth had been given a name. The plants and the trees, the animals and the fish, and each person, young and old, had a special name.

But no one knew the name for God. So each person searched for God's name.

The farmer whose skin was dark like the rich brown earth from which all things grew called God "Source of Life".

The girl whose skin was as golden as the sun that turned night into day called God "Creator of Light".

The man who tended sheep in the valley called God "Shepherd".

The tired soldier who had fought in too many wars called God "Maker of Peace".

The artist who carved figures from the earth's hard core called God "My Rock".

And these people, who called God by different names, were puzzled. They said "Every living thng has a single name. So God must have a single name that is greater and more wonderful than all other names".

Each person thought that his name for God was the greatest. Each person thought her name for God was the very best.

The farmer who called God "Source of Life" said, "This is the true name of God". The girl who called God "Creator of Light" insisted, "This is the most splendid name for God". The shepherd, soldier and artist believed they each had the perfect name for God.

But no one listened.
Least of all, God.

All the people called God by different names. They tried to tell one another that THEIR name was the very best, the ONLY name for God, and that all other names were wrong.

But no one listened.
Least of all, God.

Then one day, the person who called God "Ancient One" and the one who called God "Mother" and the one who called God "Father" and all the people who called God by a different name came together. They stood around a lake that was clear and quiet like a mirror...

Then each person who had a name for God looked at the others who had a different name. They looked into the lake and saw their own faces and the faces of all the others.

And they called out their names for God - Source of Life, Creator of Light, Shepherd, Maker of Peace, My Rock, Healer, Redeemer, Ancient One, Comforter, Mother, Father, Friend...all at the same time.

At that moment, the people knew that ALL the names for God were good, and no name was better than any other.

Then all at once their voices came together and they called out "ONE!!!"

And everyone listened.
Most of all, God.

Answer 2

Don't we all have personal names? Didn't God's son have a name - Jesus? Then why don't you think God can't have a personal name? GOD is his title, his name is Jehovah. Jehovah's name is found in the original scripts of the Bible over 7000 times.

Superstition hides the name. At some point a superstitious idea arose among the Jews that it was wrong even to pronounce the divine name (represented by the Tetragrammaton). Just what basis was originally assigned for discontinuing the use of the name is not definitely known. Some hold that the name was viewed as being too sacred for imperfect lips to speak. Yet the Hebrew Scriptures themselves give no evidence that any of God’s true servants ever felt any hesitancy about pronouncing his name. Non-Biblical Hebrew documents, such as the so-called Lachish Letters, show the name was used in regular correspondence in Palestine during the latter part of the seventh century B.C.E.

Another view is that the intent was to keep non-Jewish peoples from knowing the name and possibly misusing it. However, Jehovah himself said that he would ‘have his name declared in all the earth’ (Ex 9:16; compare 1Ch 16:23, 24; Ps 113:3; Mal 1:11, 14), to be known even by his adversaries. (Isa 64:2) The name was in fact known and used by pagan nations both in pre-Common Era times and in the early centuries of the Common Era. (The Jewish Encyclopedia, 1976, Vol. XII, p. 119) Another claim is that the purpose was to protect the name from use in magical rites. If so, this was poor reasoning, as it is obvious that the more mysterious the name became through disuse the more it would suit the purposes of practicers of magic.

Answer 3

Actually, "Jehovah" is a personal NAME and is not merely an impersonal synonym for the word "god".

Even though the personal name "Jehovah" is only used in KJV a mere four times, the ancient bible writers referred to the Almighty by His personal name more often than they used "God", "Lord", and "Father" COMBINED.

"The Tetragrammaton" is the term used to describe the four Hebrew characters (" הוהי ") of the Divine Name. The four characters are generally transliterated (that is, a Roman character familiar to readers of English is shown for the sound of each Hebrew character) as "YHWH" and pronounced something similar to "Yahweh" or "Yehowah". It is relatively straightforward to guess how the Hebrew pronunciation "Yehowah" became translated into the English pronunciation "Jehovah" more than 400 years ago.


The King James Version uses the name "Jehovah" four times (Exodus 6:3; Psalm 83:18; Isaiah 12:2; 26:4). A few place-names which include "Jehovah" are also left intact (see Genesis 22:14; Exodus 17:15; Judges 6:24).

The shortened form of "Jehovah" is "Jah". KJV uses "Jah" at Psalm 68:4, and within the exclamation "Hallelu-jah" (or "Alleluia"), which literally means "praise Jah" (see Revelation 19:1-6).

Learn more:
http://watchtower.org/e/na/index.htm?article=diagram_04.htm
http://watchtower.org/e/na/index.htm?article=article_05.htm
http://watchtower.org/e/20040122/article_02.htm

Answer 4

Other names of God:

Jehovah-Shalom: The Lord is Peace
Jehovah-Tsidkenu: The Lord our Righteousness
Jehovah-Raah: The Lord our Shepherd
Adonai: Lord and Master


Write me if you want more. I have been doing a study on the names of God. It is really fascinating.

Answer 5

In Hebrew: Elohim, Yahweh, Adonai (literally "lord"), The Lord.

Of course there are lots of other names: Krishna, Brahman, Allah, Odin, Zeus, Osiris, etc.

Answer 6

Imaginary

Answer 7

Self.

~ Eric Putkonen

Answer 8

Elohim

Answer 9

hi dad u mean another name ? how about the bible name I AM I AM the GOD of Isaac's .Jacob .and Abraham amen

Answer 10

Deity