Do you think they removed the real name out of the bible?
Rev 22:18,19
2007-12-05 08:47:11 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
That is following Jewish tradition.
The word LORD is put where the name YHWH was in the original Hebrew texts.
Because one of the commands says not to use the Lord's name in vain, and YHWH is the Lord's name, Jews were very careful not to use the Lord's name for any reason. So instead they used things like Adonai (Lord) Ha-Shem (The Name) and others to use in place of YHWH so as not to violate the commandment.
2007-12-05 08:52:19 · answer #1 · answered by J.R. 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It has nothing to do with "removing names." It has to do with the translators saying that this word that we translated into English as "Lord" is not the same original Hebrew noun as this other word we translated into English as "Lord."
Ancient Jews revered the name of the Lord so much that they didn't speak it and over time the vowels got lost leaving what in the Roman Alphabet gets written as YHWH. And the Old Testament Hebrew name for God YHWH (sometimes said or translated as "Yahweh") is often translated LORD instead of Lord so as to not confuse with the English translation of the Old Testament Hebrew word for Lord and when the two nouns are used together they often appear in English as "Lord God" instead of "Lord LORD" for the obvious reason of sounding redundant in English. To further confuse things the ancient Jews also had a Hebrew word for God - Elohim or El, which also gets translated as "God."
A good study Bible translation should explain this in the introductory notes between the table of contents and the beginning of the book of Genesis. I believe that the NIV Study Bible from Zondervan does so.
As to your scripture reference - Revelations is one book of the Bible, which is actually a collection of books (or actually scrolls if you think about it), so some would say that that line in Revelations only applies to Revelations.
2007-12-05 09:05:47 · answer #2 · answered by An Episcopalian+Anglican 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't see "LORD" all the time in the Bible but I do see "Lord."
The first letter is ALWAYS capitalized since it is a proper name but mostly out of respect to God.
2007-12-05 08:55:26 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
LORD is capitalized as a translation tool. There were several different words used that are translated as Lord in todays English Bible. When the full name is capitalized as in "LORD" it is being translated from one Hebrew word and when only the first letter is capitalized as in "Lord" it is being translated from a different Hebrew word.
I am sorry but I do not remember the exact Hebrew words that are used for which "LORD" or "Lord" translation.
2007-12-05 08:52:01 · answer #4 · answered by James W 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
When the Bible was translated, the name YHWH (or Jehovah) was replaced with "LORD" - all caps, as contrasted to Lord or lord. This was not to hide or remove God's Name, because they understood that when they came to "LORD" it was Jehovah, just as the Jews replace God's name "YHVH" with "Adonai", which means "Lord". But this is only found in the Old Testament, since YHVH is Hebrew, but the New Testament was written in Greek.
2007-12-05 08:52:02 · answer #5 · answered by no1home2day 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
According to how it was explained to me:
God, Jesus, Holy Spirit, Lord, Rabbi...etc are capitalized to show that these are proper names or to show respect. When you see LORD in all caps it usually denotes that God is actually speaking the words in the scripture you are reading, ie. The LORD spoke...etc.
Hope this helps.
2007-12-05 10:47:14 · answer #6 · answered by blondspitfire 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is to distinguish between the names Elohim (lord), Adonai (Lord), and Ehyeh/YHWH (I AM/I AM THAT I AM) in Hebrew. \
Because the tradition of the Israelites was to speak the name Adonai (Lord) in replace of Ehyeh it was adopted by the early English translators of the Bible and they preserved it by capitalizing it as LORD rather than I AM.
2007-12-05 08:53:47 · answer #7 · answered by Holy Holly 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In the KJV, LORD is used where the name of God was removed. Lord is where it means Jesus as Lord. "lord" is used in describing human government officials.
2007-12-05 08:58:38 · answer #8 · answered by grnlow 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I didn't know that - any bible I remember reading only capitalized the first letter not the entire name....
2007-12-05 08:50:25 · answer #9 · answered by JD 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's meant to show respect. Sort of like how the siting President is always addressed as Mr. President.
2007-12-05 08:51:29 · answer #10 · answered by Phil K 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋