If God has a name why does nobody with the exception of Jehovah's Witnesses use it?

Question

God, Lord, Almighty and such are titles not a name.

How can something be said in the name of God if it is not said?

Getting past the superstition of not using God's name in case it is used in vain - shouldn't God's name rendered in English, Jehovah, be used with pride?
We have no trouble saying Hallelujah which means "Let us praise Jehovah" as Jah is shortened for Jehovah.

Why be ashamed or frightened to use the personal name that God uses. Shouldn't it be a name to be honoured?

YWEH and other could be considered God's name but Jehovah is the English way of calling God by his name just as the something like the french name for Jesus is Jésus or japanese イエス・キリスト or greek Ιησούς

KJV Psalm 83:18

Ishvarlan, true but I doubt whether you used his name or not if you are saying something or doing something bad that even refers to God and his title it is not going to make it any less because you do not use his name.

unsilenced lamb, The divine name literally means “He Causes to Become.” Jehovah can become whatever is necessary to fulfill his purpose.
So your Bible rendering of Exodus 3:14 "I AM THAT I AM" is defining Jehovah's name.

Erin D
regardless of what you believe Father is a title - same as parental daddy, pop, daddy they are all titles.
My dad (title) is called Graham (name).
Sorry if you don't agree with the standard uses of grammar.

Greg M. I don't see why you cannot explain why Jehovah cannot be used.
Nice bash but unfactual.

Cat, Lilith a hebrew name for a nocturnal bird is not the reason we cannot use God's name.

Answer 1

Hi there im am a jw and yes of course gods name (jehovah) should be honoured in the new world translations of the holy scriptures in psalms 83:18 it says (That people may know that you whose name is jehovah,you alone are the most high over all the earth.)

Answer 2

I agree that other religions use the name Jehovah. Just not as much as Witnesses. Otherwise, it would not have been in the King James Version of the bible. I know for sure Baptist still use the name.

Another question that would be good to ask is why did the New International Version (NIV) bible take Jehovah's name out.

NIV Psalms 83:18
Let them know that you, whose name is the LORD—
that you alone are the Most High over all the earth

Answer 3

You are partly correct. Jehovahs Witnesses are renouned for using the Name of God. It is part of our identity we are Jehovahs Witnesses. We bear Witness to the most high over all the earth.

However we are not the only ones to use the divine name. Several smaller religous groups will use Yahweh or Yahwah instead. There are some that will use Jehovah as the name of God. There are still many Bible Student groups (Followeres of C T Russels writtings) that excist and use the divine name.

We are the only ones that really make it public in a BIG way

Answer 4

In English, God's call is pronounced "Jehovah." In different languages, it extremely is pronunced in any different case. to those who say there is not any "j" in Hebrew, you dont look to have a topic asserting "Jesus" or Jeremiah or "Elijah." So why do you insist that "Jehovah" is incorrect? Be consistent! God's call in different languages: Awabakal - Yehóa Bugotu - Jihova Cantonese - Yehwowah Danish - Jehova Dutch - Jehovah Efik - Jehovah English - Jehovah Fijian - Jiova Finnish - Jehova French - Jéhovah Futuna - Ihova German - Jehova Hungarian - Jehova Igbo - Jehova Italian - Geova jap - Ehoba Maori - Ihowa Motu - Iehova Mwala-Malu - Jihova Narrinyeri - Jehovah Nembe - Jihova Petats - Jihouva Polish - Jehowa Portuguese - Jeová Romanian - Iehova Samoan - Ieova Sotho - Jehova Spanish - Jehová Swahili - Yehova Swedish - Jehova Tahitian - Iehova Tagalog - Jehova Tongan - Jihova Venda - Yehova Xhosa - uYehova Yoruba - Jehofah Zulu - uJehova

Answer 5

People that do not use the Word Jehovah (or YHWH) are following the example of Jesus. YHWH does not appear in the New Testament, not in a single ancient document ever found. Nor is it used by the early church fathers.

The Watchtower New World Translation of the Bible has deceptively changed the Word of God by adding it into the New Testament of their Bible.

Since the Bible does not record Jesus or Apostles EVER using the Word YHWH, nor Jesus ever discussing the removal of the Word YHWH from the Old Testament as wrong, Jesus was clearly not referring to a word when discussing the Fathers name. He had made the name of the Father known in that he revealed the identity, the personality, the reality of who God really is.

For a detailed discussion of the evidence see http://jehovah.net.au/jehovah.html

Answer 6

God has a name which he has determined to put all things in subjection to: That name is the Lord Jesus Christ; which is the name of God hidden from the ages. Even JW's use it without knowing who He is; Jehovah born in a manger.

God used many names over time to reveal His being, including the seven compound names of Jehovah. They all show forth His nature and its glory, but none above the name of Jesus (the Christ); to whom every knee shall bend be they found in heaven or upon earth.

Answer 7

We use Jehovah often in our Baptist church, but we also use our favorite name for God......Father. No, that is not a title, it is a name, we can call him Father, Dad, Daddy, Pop, Papa and all are acceptable to Him, because that is what He desires to be. And Jehovah is not the complete name, He has many names why limit people to the use of the one YOU consider to be correct? How about Jehovahjireh, or Jehovahnissi, or Jehovahshalom. By the way all these names are found in the Old Testament, but Father is how Jesus teaches us to address Him in Matthew 6:9.

And, the KJV has many word translations that are not correct.

Answer 8

Revelations 2:
17 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a NEW NAME written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.
13 I know thy works, and where thou dwellest, even where Satan's seat is: and thou holdest fast MY NAME, and hast not denied my faith, even in those days wherein Antipas was my faithful martyr, who was slain among you, where Satan dwelleth.
14 But I have a few things against thee,

Revelations 22:
3 And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him:
4 And they shall see his face; and his NAME shall be IN their foreheads.

Tommy, you have a name IN your forehead.

Answer 9

Yes, God's name should be used. and God should be praised.

Why should a person use a English version of God's name when we know the original and correct version that God Almighty stated?

God's name:
Exodus 3:
14 And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.

Hebrew- אהיה אשר אהיה, pronounced Ehyeh asher ehyeh

Psalms 46:10 “Be still, and know that I am God.
I will be exalted among the nations,
I will be exalted in the earth!”

YHWH is given modern definition JHVH and eoa from Elohim /Adonai.
bad - very bad transliteration/translation

Hebrew word " הַלְלוּיָהּ " Halləlûyāh = "Praise Yah"

Answer 10

A long and very technical discussion is needed about the merits of Jehovah being God's name versus Yahweh. Suffice it to say, for my money, the English rendering of Jehovah is improper. I think it's interesting that JW's who obviously spend a lot of time in study, chose to name themselves after a quite possibly incorrect pronunciation of God's Holy name.
I mean, they'll argue John 1:1 and 670BCE and 1914 to death, but pass right over this seemingly important topic.

The Encyclopedia Britannica (Micropedia, vol. 10) says:

"Yahweh-the personal name of the [El] of the Israelites ...The Masoretes, Jewish biblical scholars of the Middle Ages, replaced the vowel signs that had appeared above or beneath the consonants of YHWH with the vowel signs of Adonai or of Elohim. Thus the artificial name Jehovah (YeHoWaH)came into being. Although Christian scholars after the Renaissance and Reformation periods used the term Jehovah for YHWH, in the 19th and 20thcenturies biblical scholars again began to use the form Yahweh, thus this pronunciation of the Tetragrammaton was never really lost. Greek transcriptions also indicate that YHWH should be pronounced Yahweh
The meaning of the personal name of the Israelite God has been variously interpreted. Many scholars believe that the most proper meaning may be “He Brings Into Existence Whatever Exists” (Yahweh-Asher-Yahweh). In I Samuel, God is known by the name Yahweh Teva-?ot, or “He Brings the Hosts Into Existence,” the hosts possibly referring to the heavenly court or to Israel. The personal name of God probably was known long before the time of Moses. The name of Moses' mother was Jochebed (Yokheved), a word based on the name Yahweh. Thus, the tribe of Levi, to which Moses belonged, probably knew the name Yahweh, which originally may have been (in its short form Yo, Yah, or Yahu) a religious invocation of no precise meaning evoked by the mysterious and awesome splendour of the manifestation of the holy.