What is "God's," name?

Question

It says in the Bible, in Psalm, but what do you believe?

In the book of Psalm, his name is Jah

Answer 1

Psalm 83:18: “That people may know that you, whose name is Jehovah, You alone are the Most High over all the earth.” This is just one scripture. How about some more? Jah is an abbreviation of the fuller name Jehovah.

According to Reasoning from the Scriptures, “Jehovah” is “the personal name of the only true God. His own self-designation. Jehovah is the Creator and, rightfully, the Sovereign Ruler of the universe. “Jehovah” is translated from the Hebrew Tetragrammaton, יהוה, which means “He Causes to Become.” These four Hebrew letters are represented in many languages by the letters JHVH or YHWH. Let’s look at more scriptures to prove this point.

Isaiah 12:2: “Look! God is my salvation. I shall trust and be in no dread; for Jah Jehovah is my strength and [my] might, and he came to be the salvation of me.”

Exodus 3:15: “Then God said once more to Moses: “This is what you are to say to the sons of Israel, ‘Jehovah the God of YOUR forefathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob, has sent me to YOU.’ This is my name to time indefinite, and this is the memorial of me to generation after generation.

Genesis 22:14: “And Abraham began to call the name of that place Je•ho´vah-ji´reh. This is why it is customarily said today: “In the mountain of Jehovah it will be provided.”

If this and other translations use “Jehovah” in several places, why not be consistent in using it at every place where the Tetragrammaton appears in the Hebrew text?

Genesis 2:4: “This is a history of the heavens and the earth in the time of their being created, in the day that Jehovah God made earth and heaven.”

In The New World Translation, the name Jehovah is used in both the Hebrew and the Christian Greek Scriptures in this translation, appearing 7,210 times.

In The Bible in Living English, S. T. Byington: The name Jehovah is used throughout the Hebrew Scriptures.

The ‘Holy Scriptures’ translated by J. N. Darby: The name Jehovah appears throughout the Hebrew Scriptures, also in many footnotes on Christian Greek Scripture texts, beginning with Matthew 1:20.

Why is it important to use and know Jehovah God?

Ask yourself, do you have a close relationship with anyone whose personal name you do not know?

For people who say that God is nameless, he is often merely an impersonal force, not a real person, not someone that they know and love and to whom they can speak from the heart in prayer. If they do pray, their prayers are merely a ritual, a formalistic repetition of memorized expressions. Therefore, such prayers are not listened to because they are not from the heart, but from some prayer book or something.

True Christians have a commission from Jesus Christ to make disciples of people of all nations. When teaching these people, how would it be possible to identify the true God as different from the false gods of the nations? Only by using His personal name, as the Bible itself does. (See Matthew 28:19, 20; 1 Corinthians 8:5, 6)

Isaiah 12:4: “Give thanks to Jehovah, you people! Call upon his name. Make known among the peoples his dealings. Make mention that his name is put on high.”

Is it not better to know the name of someone in order to get to know them better? I have never heard anyone tell me that they did not know the name of their best friend. It is much more than saying that God’s name is God or LORD, which are not even names, but mere titles. If God did not want us to use his personal name Jehovah, it would not be in the scriptures (nor in any translation) for our knowledge or us to use. This is not coming from my mouth, but Jehovah God, who inspired the Holy Scriptures (2 Timothy 3:16, 17)

Why not just go by what the Bible says? Wouldn’t the world be a better place if people adhered strictly to the Bible? You would be lying if you said no. So don’t even bother. Even if you said no, can you dare to show me proof that applying all of the things in it would not contribute to a better life? The reason why the world is the way it is, is because people are not adhering to Bible standards. People want to serve God in their own way, read the Bible from cover to cover, but not really putting anything they read into practice.


Source(s):

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures

Answer 2

Jah is merely a shortened name for Jehovah. In the Old Testament also called the Hebrew Scriptures when originally written had God's name nearly 7000 times. But superstitious and bigoted people removed most of these occurrences. The original King James Version of 1611 had the name Jehovah only 4 times: Exodus 6:3; Psalm 83:18; Isaiah 12:2; Isaiah 26:4. Other Bibles put God's name Jehovah in where it belongs; like the American Standard Version.
What an insult to Jehovah, the author of the Bible, to remove his name from that book.

Answer 3

Think of the word God as a title. A CEO wouldn't like for her name to be used lightly. God is a curse word in most western civilizations. I say bloody in America and no one thinks twice but I say it in front of someone from England and I have said an extremely bad curse word. No offense intended to those over the pond. You're talking modern language and intention of a heart. If I say Oh God and I'm really talking to Him because I want that bus to not ram my car then I'm golden. If I'm ticked and say the same then I'm using it emptily (vainly) not to entreat Him and not for His purposes. This has nothing to do with how English should be used according to Hebrew convention. It's use is situational and not open to interpretation except to those that don't see the obvious. I'm not insulting you, it can be fun to do mental gymnastics but I have a hard time believing this is a genuine question.

Answer 4

YHWH, Yahweh, or as i like to say it Jehovah...
it's different in differen translations and languages.

"EVERYONE who calls on the name of Jehovah will be saved." (Romans 10:13)

"Those knowing your name will trust in you, for you will certainly not leave those looking for you, O Jehovah."—Psalm 9:10.


"In that day you will certainly say: 'Give thanks to Jehovah, you people! Call upon his name. Make known among the peoples his dealings. Make mention that his name is put on high. Make melody to Jehovah, for he has done surpassingly. This is made known in all the earth.'"—Isaiah 12:4, 5.


and i could go on and on with the numerous scriptuers the name
YHWH or Jah

i think it is sad that the bible says so many times to use his name, to santify it, glorify it, and people still chose to ignore the fact that his name is so important and it says it 7000 times in the bible.

the Bible calls Satan "the god of this system of things." (2 Corinthians 4:4)

"The whole world is lying in the power of the wicked one." And the Bible identifies him, saying: "The one called Devil and Satan . . . is misleading the entire inhabited earth."—1 John 5:19; Revelation 12:9.


its sad that hes been this sucessfull.. :(

Answer 5

Jehovah. All others are descriptive titles.

Jah is a shortened form of Jehovah.

Psalm 83:18- That people may know that you, whose name is Jehovah, you alone are the Most High over all the earth.

Rev. 4:11- “You are worthy, Jehovah, even our God, to receive the glory and the honor and the power, because you created all things, and because of your will they existed and were created

Most people do not know God's name from their Bibles because it was replaced by the word "LORD". So wherever you see LORD in the text, that is where God's name was originally.

If you count how many times the name appears, it's around 7,000 times.
Jesus appears less than 1,000 times.

Doesn't that make you think the name is important?

Answer 6

God's name is sacred and in ancient times it was not done to use His name in common speech. For that reason he was called Father or Father in Heaven. It depends who you worship. If it is the God of Abraham and Issaac, the God of Adam and Eve, then he is known variously as Jah weh and Elohim. Jesus Christ was always referred to as Master or Lord. It is not respectful to call a God by His christian name. It would be like walking up to Queen Elizabeth and saying "How are you doing Lizzie?"
But if you are a Christian then when praying you would not go far wrong if you addressed your prayer to your Father in Heaven and closed your prayer In the name of Jesus Christ. It works for me!

Answer 7

Jehovah

Answer 8

This is a little lengthy, but a good explanation, hope it helps......


The most important of God's Names is the four-letter Name represented by the Hebrew letters Yod-Hei-Vav-Hei (YHVH). It is often referred to as the Ineffable Name, the Unutterable Name or the Distinctive Name. Linguistically, it is related to the Hebrew root Hei-Yod-Hei (to be), and reflects the fact that God's existence is eternal. In scripture, this Name is used when discussing God's relation with human beings, and when emphasizing his qualities of lovingkindness and mercy. It is frequently shortened to Yah (Yod-Hei), Yahu or Yeho (Yod-Hei-Vav), especially when used in combination with names or phrases, as in Yehoshua (Joshua, meaning "the Lord is my Salvation"), Eliyahu (Elijah, meaning "my God is the Lord"), and Halleluyah ("praise the Lord").

The first Name used for God in scripture is Elohim. In form, the word is a masculine plural of a word that looks feminine in the singular (Eloha). The same word (or, according to Rambam, a homonym of it) is used to refer to princes, judges, other gods, and other powerful beings. This Name is used in scripture when emphasizing God's might, His creative power, and his attributes of justice and rulership. Variations on this name include El, Eloha, Elohai (my God) and Elohaynu (our God).

God is also known as El Shaddai. This Name is usually translated as "God Almighty," however, the derivation of the word "Shaddai" is not known. According to some views, it is derived from the root meaning "to heap benefits." According a Midrash, it means, "The One who said 'dai'" ("dai" meaning enough or sufficient) and comes from the fact that when God created the universe, it expanded until He said "DAI!" (perhaps the first recorded theory of an expanding universe?). The name Shaddai is the one written on the mezuzah scroll. Some note that Shaddai is an acronym of Shomer Daltot Yisrael, Guardian of the Doors of Israel.

Another significant Name of God is YHVH Tzva'ot. This Name is normally translated as "Lord of Hosts." The word "tzva'ot" means "hosts" in the sense of a military grouping or an organized array. The Name refers to God's leadership and sovereignty. Interestingly, this Name is rarely used in scripture. It never appears in the Torah (i.e., the first five books). It appears primarily in the prophetic books of Isaiah, Jeremiah, Haggai, Zechariah and Malachi, as well as many times in the Psalms.

Answer 9

God

(A.S. and Dutch God; Dan. Gud; Ger. Gott), the name of the Divine Being. It is the rendering (1) of the Hebrew "El", from a word meaning to be strong; (2) of "Eloah", plural _"Elohim". The singular form, "Eloah", is used only in poetry. The plural form is more commonly used in all parts of the Bible, The Hebrew word Jehovah (spelled YWHW but NOT pronounced Yahweh), the only other word generally employed to denote the Supreme Being, is uniformly rendered in the Authorized Version by "LORD," printed in small capitals.

Answer 10

I am is not God's name. allah is a false god. God's name is Jehovah. read ps 83 verse 18. Jesus Christ is the Son of The Most Holy Father. Jesus is not another name for God