7 times in the KJV all refering to the hebrew yhwh. |
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---Michael on 5/9/09 |
The name 'Jehovah' is a common English translation of the name YHWH (in Hebrew letters).
This divine name was used around 7000 times in the Old Testament and also in Hebrew and some Greek versions of the New Testament (generally where the NT quoted from the OT).
Many Bible translations have removed it due to ancient superstitions. Some replace it with 'the LORD' in caps. Wherever you see this, the original word was YHWH or 'Jehovah' (The usual Hebrew word for 'Lord' is Adonai).
See Ps 83:18 in KJV.
YLT, ASV, DARBY and other translations use this name freely. |
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---David_Bayl on 4/27/09 |
but Jesus was not speaking Hebrew. The language during Jesus's time was Aramaic so he was using Aramaic not Hebrew.
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---Antiheredic on 12/3/07 |
I believe God was very pleased with Joshua and Caleb. Instead of religious giants and roadblocks, they saw victory. They broke the mold. They no longer wanted to roam around in circles. Joshua and Caleb, with courage, forged ahead. God was pleased with their faith and good report. They were the fighter pilots of the day, breaking down all barriers. I believe they were not afraid to give all the thanks, to the 'Lord our God.' |
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---Cindy on 12/2/06 |
part 1: Jehovah was nonexistent in the original Hebrew scriptures, but was later introduced in about 1270 A.D. by a Roman Catholic Spanish Monk, named Raymundus Martini, in his book Pugeo Fidei (Dagger of Faith). It is a latinized or anglicized transliteration. The name Jesus literally means Salvation. Jesus is Yeshuah in Hebrew (similar to Yehoshua, which is Joshua in English), and correctly it is Iesous in Greek. The ancient Hebrews had YHWH for the sacred name of God. |
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---Eloy on 12/2/06 |
Jeff. Can you give some Scriptural proof that the language Jesus spoke is any holier than any other language? And Jack is correct. It was the Hebrews who rejected the messiah not the English. To say that rejecting Hebrew is like rejecting the messiah shows me you are idolizing the Hebrew language. |
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---john on 12/1/06 |
pt2: And in public dissertation or discourse, the Hebrew word for Lord (Adonai) or God (Elohim, plural of Eloah) was used purposely to prevent taking Gods name in vain. [Emmanuel (God with us). Hallelujah (Hall elu-yah; Hail God; Praise you the Lord. Greek: Alleluia)]. Martini substituted the sacred term for God with the consonants JHVH (possibly deriving this from the common latin term Jove), he then inserted the vowel points of Adonai or Elohim to contrive the first use of the term Jehovah. |
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---Eloy on 12/2/06 |
[1] This concerns the subject, the Name of God, and deserves not only a worshipful attitude, but also accuracy! The only way one can answer Nan's question, is to first ask: What does she mean by Bible? Most likely she means a translation of the Hebrew Scriptures into English. As such, in most copies of the AV (KJV), you'll find 'JEHOVAH' (all caps.) in only four places: Ex.6:3; Ps.83:18; Isa.12:2 and 26:4, but it's also found in Gen.22:14 as 'Jehovahjireh,' Ex.17:15 as 'Jehovahnissi' [cont.] |
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---danie9374 on 12/1/06 |
[2] and Jud.6:24 as 'Jehovahshalom'. In the ASV (1901), it occurs 6,883 times as 'Jehovah'; including those three combined forms (with a separating dash) and 107 possessives (Jehovah's). But J is a late addition to the English alphabet; for example, it appears no where in Tyndale's Bible translations. In the 1599 ed. of the Geneva Bible, the Name of God was still being transliterated as Iehouah (8 times, but not in the same verses as the AV: It's also in Ex.15:3; [cont.] |
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---danie9374 on 12/1/06 |
[3] 23:17; 34:23, but not in Isaiah). As a matter of fact, in the 1611 printing of the KJV, which was mostly done in BLACK lettering, the Name is spelled as JEHOUAH at Ps.83:18 and in Isaiah, plus: 'JEHOUAH Nissi' (no dash), 'Jehouah-ijreh' (yes, with i before j) and 'Jehouah-shalom,' but as IEHOVAH (in Roman lettering) at Exodus 6:3. So, spelling variations still existed in 1611, and continued for many decades. In more recent versions, such as the ... [cont.] |
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---danie9374 on 12/1/06 |
[4] NKJ, NASB, ESV or NET, God's Name is consistently written as LORD (all caps.) or as GOD (all caps.; when the phrase 'Lord GOD' occurs, as in Ps.69:6). The same exact capitalized words are found in the majority of ocurrances of God's Name in both the Geneva and KJV Bibles as well as many other English versions! However, if Nan had asked, 'Is the word Jehovah found in the Hebrew Scriptures?' the answer is more complex: [Continued...] |
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---danie9374 on 12/1/06 |
[5] First, there's no 'Jay' sound in Hebrew. Every time you see a Hebrew name in your English Bible that begins with a 'J', you should think 'Y' instead! E.g., to get close to pronouncing 'Jerusalem' in Hebrew, you'd say: Ye-ru-sha-lai-eem. Also, since the Masoretes (Jews who added vowels to the Hebrew Text; it was ONLY consonants until their time) would never pronounce the Name of God (even if they could), we're fairly certain its true vowels cannot be the ones they wrote! Why? Because ... [cont.] |
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---danie9374 on 12/1/06 |
[6] the Masoretes used the same exact vowels under the Name as you find for the word they substituted for it in the margin: LORD (which I'll represent as 'eDoNaY' in Hebrew; often transliterated as 'Adonai' in English) which is where the Name of God in the Hebrew Text got its vowels from, producing: 'YeHoVaH' (the 3rd consonant in the Name sometimes has an English W-sound, other times a V-sound, so we're not even sure about that). Therefore, some speculate the Name might be 'YaHWeH' or some other [cont.] |
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---danie9374 on 12/1/06 |
[7] variation, based on similar words in the Hebrew Text. For example, 'YaH-' is much more likely than 'YeH-' since we already know Yah [Strong's Ref.# 03050] is the contracted (shortened) form of God's Name! It's found about 50 times by itself from Ex.15:2 to Is.38:11; e.g., in Isaiah 12:2, where the KJV reads 'LORD JEHOUAH', the Hebrew Text is: 'YaH YHWH' which is essentially a doubling of His personal Name! Whenever you see the words 'Hallelujah' or 'Alleluia' that means 'praise Yah'! |
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---danie9374 on 12/1/06 |
Deuteronomy 12:3-4 "Break down their altars, smash their sacred stones and burn their Asherah poles in the fire; cut down the idols of their gods and wipe out their names from those places. You must not worship the LORD your God in their way."
How does this require you to write God with a dash? |
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---Jared on 12/1/06 |
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Jack-:"What's so holy about Hebrew--the language of those who rejected Jesus"
Ahhh spoken like a truely lawless goy. If you reject Hebrew and those who spoke it then I'll take your 30 shekels of silver now so you can go ahead and reject messiah too, since he spoke it. Go to anger management jack. **
You mean the Jews did NOT reject Jesus? What do the words, "He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him" mean? |
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---Jack on 12/1/06 |
Jack-:"What's so holy about Hebrew--the language of those who rejected Jesus"
Ahhh spoken like a truely lawless goy. If you reject Hebrew and those who spoke it then I'll take your 30 shekels of silver now so you can go ahead and reject messiah too, since he spoke it. Go to anger management jack. |
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---Jeff on 12/1/06 |
cindy-2. I hold a lot of reverence for G-ds name even in english. The command to not obliterate G-ds name comes from Deut.12:3&4. I would never write out the holy name in hebrew on paper but I even hold the english word in respect. If you spell out the name and it becomes destroyed(ie deletion) then you have destroyed the name of G-d. If you don't spell it out then its not destroyed because its wasn't the word in the 1st place. You call it bondage, I call it respect. |
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---Jeff on 12/1/06 |
**id didn't write in english he wrote in the holy language of hebrew.**
What's so holy about Hebrew--the language of those who rejected Jesus? |
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---Jack on 12/1/06 |
PS. 83:18 says God's name is Jehovah. This name is used in the Hebrew manuscripts more than 5,000 times. The KJV tranlators only used it 7 times choosing rather to use the title "Lord" instead. |
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---john on 12/1/06 |
cindy-1. "Why write G dash D, it's like making up another word. I see no honor in that method. 'David' didn't do that"
David didn't write in english he wrote in the holy language of hebrew. Believe it or not the bible was not originally in english. |
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---Jeff on 12/1/06 |
Bob6749_Elijah- I could barely follow your babbling and rambling. When you become a christian does all ability of making sense go out the window? Try slowing down, taking deep breaths and explain what you mean because it was very irrational. Oh and heads up Bob, Hebrews was written to the jews not gentiles(thats why its called hebrews)Hebrews 6:1-6 has nothing to do with laws. |
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---Jeff on 12/1/06 |
jeff, live by the law, be judged by the law. Paul had to admonish Peter for holding newly converted goels/gentiles to keeping Jewish Laws [Heb.6:1-6]. Like I said, no problem! "Many are called, few are chosen". Saul of Tarsus can teach you a few things about what you're saying/correcting others about with head knowledge. Halleliuah is the only universal word I know [heaven & earth], yet many people spell it differently while pronouncing it the same. No Problem! |
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---bob6749_[Elijah] on 11/30/06 |
Yes it is. It is also implied in many places. Just as LORD (all caps) vs Lord vs Lord your God vs I AM THAT I AM vs YHVH or YHWH vs God vs Heavenly Father and Elohiym. Note many times it will be the LORD your God, not just God. God is a generic name of an object of worship. We use it I guess as a "nickname" so often it has replaced the LORD. see Gen.22:14, Ex.6:3,17:15, Jdg.6:24, Ps.83:18, Isa.12:2,26:4. |
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---mikefl on 11/30/06 |
It's a form of bondage. No freedom to say or write God's name. God wants relationship over religion. How can you have a relationship with God if you won't speak or write His Name. The bible is our infallible authority. Where does it say in the written Word to speak and write God's Name in code? Why write G dash D, it's like making up another word. I see no honor in that method. 'David' didn't do that. |
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---Cindy on 11/29/06 |
Avoiding His Name is more like stepping on crack, you'll break .......'s back. How far do you take it, when God's name is in your heart, mind, soul, and you can't speak the Name that is above every name.
I believe God loves to hear the sound of His Name, like we do.
In worship, praise, love, honor, thankfulness - All the Glory to God.
God is sufficiency, God is fulfillment, God is righteousness, God is everything. |
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---Cindy on 11/29/06 |
Jeff why do you always take out the vowels to the words used to express GOD? Do you think typing out the word is a sin or something. If it is then just thinking of his name is a sin. |
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---Jared on 11/29/06 |
Is I Am really his name or did God mean that that is his essence? Moses came from a culture with cleverly named gods and goddesses to explain every aspect of life, and had myths concerning all of it. Yet God says I am what I Am, it sounds like he was saying I don't need a name, I don't need you to develop a story to make me Great. I just am. (note these are just thought not necissarily beliefs more like thinking out loud) |
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---Jared on 11/29/06 |
The only name that God gave in the Bible is 'I AM THAT I AM' not sure where the rest came from. |
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---bob on 11/28/06 |
Bob6749- "No problem(s), as G_d told Moses from the burning bush, "... I Am That I Am ..."."
The "I am that I am" in hebrew is "ehyeh" not the holy name. The tetragramaton was only uttered by the High Preist once a year at Yom Kippur. Its actual pronunciation is lost and only the messiah will bring back its original pronunciation. To utter the name or use it incorrectly is taking the L-RDS name in vain. So its not J*****h or Y****h, its unknown. |
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---Jeff on 11/28/06 |
In KJV Genesis 22:14 Jehovah-Jireh, Ex 6:3, Ps 83:18, Isa 12:2, 26:4. Is what I found for the name Jehovah. In the Standard version of the bible, instead of the word "Lord" they use "Jehovah". So it really depends on what bible you use. |
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---Rebecca_D on 11/28/06 |
**Vowels were inserted at a later time when goels/gentiles influencied the church founded on The Day Of Pentecost,**
Actually, there is evidence the vowel points were beginning to be added before that. |
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---Jack on 11/28/06 |
The Living Bible (TLB) (a very modern, easy to read bible) and KJV both use the word Jehovah in Psalm 83:18 but most other versions replace this with the LORD. |
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---m.p.a. on 11/28/06 |
Yes in the KJV it is used in Pslams 83:18 I believe & book of Isaiah. |
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---candice on 11/27/06 |
There is no "J" sound in Rabbinic Hebrew. The "J" sound comes from moving the Hebrew into High German and then to English. |
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---notlaw99 on 11/27/06 |
Very much.
In reading the Old Testament anytime you see LORD in caps that's the word Jehovah. |
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---Pharisee on 11/27/06 |
Probably not until it was translated from the original Hebrew tongue, as Jews used consonents only when pronouncing/writing G_d's name. Vowels were inserted at a later time when goels/gentiles influencied the church founded on The Day Of Pentecost, & 'new' translations were introduced, producing the name YaHoVaH, JeHoVaH, etc. No problem(s), as G_d told Moses from the burning bush, "... I Am That I Am ...". |
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---bob6749_[Elishama] on 11/27/06 |
Yes, no, and maybe.
The Hebrew Tetragrammaton for the personal name of God--YHVH--is rendered "Jehovah" in four places in the KJV, but the rest of the time as GOD or LORD (all in caps). The ASV of 1901 used "Jehovah" consistently. As we know, Jehovah's False Witnesses make a fetish of this form. Most modern versions avoid it and use LORD or GOD all in capitals. |
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---Jack on 11/27/06 |
Part 2:
I found a new Jewish translation that puts the Hebrew letters in situ, allowing the reader to render it howsoever he wishes.
Keep in mind that at least by the time of Jesus, the Jews would not say YHVH, considering it too holy to utter, so the real pronunciation was lost. It was doubtless closer to "Yakhve" than to "Jehovah".
I hope you're not too confused. "Jehovah" is one of several possible transliterations, and not the best.
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---Jack on 11/27/06 |
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