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1 | Why not use Yahweh for LORD? | Bible general Archive 1 | Radioman2 | 86578 | ||
'Yahweh/Yah. YHWH, THE TETRAGRAMMATON BECAUSE OF ITS FOUR LETTERS, IS, STRICTLY SPEAKING, THE ONLY PROPER NAME FOR GOD. 'It is also the most frequent name, occurring in the Old Testament 6,828 times (almost 700 times in the Psalms alone). Yah is a shortened form that appears fifty times in the Old Testament, including forty-three occurrences in the Psalms, often in the admonition "hallelu-jah" (lit. praise Jah). English Bibles represent the name yhwh by the title "LORD" (written in capitals to distinguish it from "lord" [adonai]. The Septuagint rendered yhwh as kyrios (Lord). The line from yhwh to adonai to kyrios is significant for the Pauline statement: "And every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord" (Php 2:11).' (Baker's Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology, http://bible.crosswalk.com/Dictionaries/BakersEvangelicalDictionary/bed.cgi). |
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2 | Why not use Yahweh for LORD? | Bible general Archive 1 | cwade | 86590 | ||
Great question Radioman! I would take it a step further and ask: Why do we not use the correct name for our Lord and Savior? (Jesus was not the name given to the Son by the Father). For a very interesting commentary on this go to www.missiontoisrael.org/sacred-name.html In Yashua, cwade |
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3 | Why not use Yahweh for LORD? | Bible general Archive 1 | cwade | 86591 | ||
OOOPS! TYPO! I left out the H in my Savior's Hebrew name. It should of course be Yahshua. I'm glad entry into Heaven does not rely on typing ability! | ||||||