Most Bibles these days follow the Jewish custom in the Old Testament as a mark of respect for God's name.
God the Father is not called 'Jehovah' as this is an anglicised version of the Tetragrammmaton - the four-letter name that God gave Moses on Mount Sinai. These four letters are YHWH (which are usually pronounced 'YahWeh' mean 'I am') and so God's name is simply 'I am'.
When reading the Hebrew Bible Jews will never utter the name of God as it is deemed too holy. So when the name YHWH crops up Jews will use a word like 'Adonai' instead - meaning 'Lord'.
Therefore, in modern Bibles, when the word 'Lord' is seen (in capital letters) this replaced the tetragrammaton as the name of God is deemed too holy to be read. Therefore, all Bibles, in a way, contain the name of God.
The only major translation to have extensively used 'Jehovah', the anglicised version of YHWH, and believed, in error, to be God's name, is the New World Translation, as used by Jehovah's Witnesses. However, the vast majority of Bible scholars regard this translation as very poor and also biased against the divinity of Christ and therefore cannot be recommended.
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The name Jehovah is not used in the English Standard Version of the Bible.
gods personal name Jehovah appears some 7,000 times in the bible
Depends on the Catholic translation.
In the ancient manuscripts of the Bible that are available today, the Hebrew tetragramaton, the Hebrew name of God that translates into the English word "Jehovah," appears over 7000 times. In fact, this word appers more than any other word in the Bible. The New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures uses the name Jehovah in all of the over 7000 places where it occurs in the ancient manuscripts.
In the KJV it is found 7 times in Old Testament books. It is not found in the newer and revised NKJV. However, the brand new DNKJB (Divine Name King James Bible) has 'restored' the name 'Jehovah' 6,972 times.
This is the name of the God of the Bible.
The name Jehovah is not used in the English Standard Version of the Bible.
Jehovah is the name of the Creator; He is the Almighty God according to Psalm 83:18 in the Bible. LORD and GOD are titles, not His name. According to the Bible, God’s name is Jehovah (in the English language).
The original hebrew scriptures contained the name that is translated to Jehovah 6,973 times. I am not entirely sure where that particular interpretation of the Bible kept god's name. Here is a list of verses that contain the name Jehovah, you can check to see if Jehovah was left in that bible Psalms 83:18 Isaiah 25:1 Isaiah 28:5 Isaiah 30:15 This is just a short list of bible verses with the name Jehovah.
Jehovah is the name of Almighty God in the bible. He had no maker or creator but is infinite and had no beginning.
Up until 1931 Jehovah's Witnesses were known as "Bible Students" (the International Association of Earnest Bible Students - IAEBS).
Jehovah is the name of the God of the Bible. He has always and will always live according to his principles of love and justice.
Jehovah's Witnesses is the name of a Christian Group that worship the God of The Bible, identified therein as "Jehovah". They are best known for their "Witnessing" or speaking about the gospel.Jehovah's Witnesses are a Christian Group."Jehovah" is the English transliteration of the name of God found in the bible (YHWH) and a Witnesses is someone that testifies (speaks) about what they know or have seen, thus a Jehovah's Witnesses is someone that speaks about what they believe to be true about the God of the bible.
The "Bible students" as the Witnesses were then known, realised the need to be united under one name and the need to publically the divine name, they thus adopted the name "Jehovah's Witnesses".
gods personal name Jehovah appears some 7,000 times in the bible
In many Bible translations, the name Jehovah is substituted with "Lord" or "God". There are various reasons why the divine name Jehovah is taken out and replaced with titles.
Jehovah is the name of the Almighty God (King James Bible Psalms 83:18) Jehovah has no beginning or end. The more important question is why do religions refuse to use his name? And why did they alter the Holy Writings and replace the name Jehovah with LORD?