JEHOVAH Is His Name!

Exo 6:3 And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH was I not known to them.

The traditional name
“We believe that there is one and only one true God, an infinite intelligent Spirit, whose name is JEHOVAH, the maker Supreme Ruler of heaven and earth; inexpressibly glorious in holiness, and worthy of all possible honor, confidence, and love; that in the unity of the Godhead there are three persons, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit: equal in divine perfection, and executing distinct and harmonious offices in the great work of redemption.” The New Hampshire Baptist Confession article II “Of The True God”(1833)

“For power and energy are comprehended under the name JEHOVAH.” John Calvin Institute of the Christian Religion Book 1 chapter X (originally 1559)

“The mystic name which is called the tetragrammaton… is pronounced JEHOVAH (lejovah), which means, who is, and who shall be.” -Nicetas, Bishop of Heraclea, 2nd century, from Catena on the Pentateuch, published in Latin By Francis Zephyrus, p 146

“The biblical Revelation is historical and experiential. This means that individuals in Israel and the people of Israel lived in conscious relations with Jehovah. It means also that Jehovah made himself known to them in their individual and national history.” E.Y.Mullins The Christian Religion in it’s Doctrinal Expression pg.145

“In another controversy with the Jews in 8:58, Jesus said, “before Abraham was I Am.” Again they took up stones to stone him. He has just said that Abraham saw his day and rejoiced. They said Jesus was not yet fifty years old; had he, then, seen Abraham? In answer to this statement Jesus seems to affirm that he transcends time, that he is eternal. Possible he uses on purpose the title for JEHOVAH in the Old Testament (Exodus 3:14)”
Walter T. Conner Christian Doctrine pg. 61
[I pulled up these quotes for the specific purpose of showing how the name of Jehovah is the traditional protestant/Baptist understanding of the name of God. Also, I want to take this time to point out that understanding god’s name as Jehovah has nothing to do with the popular Jehovah’s Witness Cult. As shown by W. T. Conner. Jesus implies to have himself the title of Jehovah announcing his deity. I do not agree with Jehovah’s Witnesses on very much at all and I do not see this as having any strings attached to Jehovah’s Witness theology. It is the same as if the Muslims were arguing for the existence of God. We don’t dispute what we agree upon.]








An unfounded guess
“The correct pronunciation of the name may be Yahweh. But this is not certain; Yahweh has a decidedly strange and unnatural sound” O.T. Allis The five books of Moses p.xii
“It is known that for many years YHWH has been transliterated as Yahweh, however no complete certainty attaches to this pronunciation.” The Lockman Foundation Preface to the New American Standard Bible

Contradictions
“Thus the form Yahweh is an incorrect hybrid form with an early ‘w’ and a late ‘eh’.” The Law and the Prophets ed. By John H. Skilton, Milton C. Fischer, and Leslie W. Sloat).
In other words the Hebrew dialect (accent) change over hundreds of years and these pieces of the word were used generations apart.
Modern Translators use a contradictory assessment of the facts regarding the Maoretes and the use of the Divine name.
“While it is almost, if not quite, certain that the name was originally pronounced “Yahweh,” this pronunciation was not indicated when the Masoretes added vowel signs to the consonantal Hebrew text.”
Then…
“The form “Jehovah” is of late medieval origin; it is a combination of the consonants of the Divine name and the vowels attached to it by the Masoretes but belonging to an entirely different word.”
Revised Standard Version Preface RSV committee
This is absolute poppycock, one minute they tell us that the masoretes left the vowel signs a mystery, the next minute the Masoretes are conspiring to insert the vowels of another word! How would we even know! It was the Masoretes who provided us with the vowels to understand Hebrew. Now suddenly we have advanced knowledge that tells us what the vowels were, even though the academic world has stated that we don’t know!

Doctrinal bias
“The use of any proper name for the one and only God, as though there were other gods from the true God had to be distinguished, began to be discontinued in Judaism before the Christian era and is inappropriate for the Universal faith of the Christian Church.” Bruce Metzger on behalf of the committee for the New Revised Standard Version
This is the second of two arguments as to why not translate the Divine name of Jehovah. The argument was against not only the name Jehovah but Yahweh. The argument Metzger gives the argument that God needs no proper name because there are no other gods. There maybe no other actual but there are millions of concepts of God with unbiblical names. This is why we have the commandment.
Exo 20:2 I am the LORD[Jehovah] thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
Exo 20:3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
Metzger (along with other RSV and NRSV translators) is admittedly theologically liberal. He believes in evolution, denies traditional authorship and a few fundamentals of the faith. Since his faith is not 100%, could it be part pagan? New Age perhaps?

Does the Bible want the divine name to be in use?
Psa 7:17 I will praise the LORD[Jehovah] according to his righteousness: and will sing praise to the name of the LORD[Jehovah] most high.
Psa 20:7 Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the LORD[Jehovah] our God.
Psa 29:2 Give unto the LORD[Jehovah] the glory due unto his name; worship the LORD[Jehovah] in the beauty of holiness.
Psa 102:15 So the heathen shall fear the name of the LORD[Jehovah], and all the kings of the earth thy glory.
Psa 105:3 Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD[Jehovah].
Psa 113:1 Praise ye the LORD[Jehovah]. Praise, O ye servants of the LORD[Jehovah], praise the name of the LORD[Jehovah].
Psa 113:2 Blessed be the name of the LORD[Jehovah] from this time forth and for evermore.
Psa 113:3 From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same the LORD[Jehovah]'s name is to be praised.

Psa 116:4 Then called I upon the name of the LORD[Jehovah]; O LORD[Jehovah], I beseech thee, deliver my soul.
Psa 116:13 I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the LORD[Jehovah].
Psa 116:17 I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the name of the LORD[Jehovah].

Psa 118:10 All nations compassed me about: but in the name of the LORD[Jehovah] will I destroy them.
Psa 118:11 They compassed me about; yea, they compassed me about: but in the name of the LORD[Jehovah] I will destroy them.
Psa 118:12 They compassed me about like bees: they are quenched as the fire of thorns: for in the name of the LORD[Jehovah] I will destroy them.
Psa 124:8 Our help is in the name of the LORD[Jehovah], who made heaven and earth.
Psa 129:8 Neither do they which go by say, The blessing of the LORD[Jehovah] be upon you: we bless you in the name of the LORD[Jehovah].
Psa 135:1 Praise ye the LORD[Jehovah]. Praise ye the name of the LORD[Jehovah]; praise him, O ye servants of the LORD[Jehovah].
Psa 145:21 My mouth shall speak the praise of the LORD[Jehovah]: and let all flesh bless his holy name for ever and ever.
Psa 148:5 Let them praise the name of the LORD[Jehovah]: for he commanded, and they were created.
Psa 148:13 Let them praise the name of the LORD[Jehovah]: for his name alone is excellent; his glory is above the earth and heaven.
By the way, the book of psalms uses the divine name over 600 times, and the entire Old Testament uses it over 1500 times! Also that Psalms was the official Hebrew worship means the name was in common use.


Many argue that this pronunciation of the divine name is somehow foreign to common Hebrew. This is quite frankly false.
The use of J
“The only personal name of God that belongs to Him alone was rendered either Jehovah or in it’s shortened form, Jah. We preferred the transliteration JHWH (thus Jehovah) over YHWH (or Yahweh) because this is established English usage for Bible names beginning with this letter (e.g.Jacob and Joseph).” The Interlinear Bible Jay P. Green Sr. General Editor and Translator
The use of Jeh
Jehaleleel
Jehalelel
Jehdeiah
Jehezekel
Jehiah
Jehiel
Jehieli
Jehizkiah
Jehu
Jehubbah
Jehucal
Jehud
Jehudi
Jehudijah
Jehush

The use of Jeho
Jehoada
Jehoaddan
Jehoahaz
Jehoash
Jehohanan
Jehoiachan
Jehoiada
Jehoiakim
Jehoiarib
Jehonadab
Jehonathan
Jehoram
Jehoshabeath
Jehoshaphat
Jehosheba
Jehoshua
Jehoshuah
Jehozabad
Jehozadak
{Gathered from Strong’s exhaustive concordance of the Bible)
It should be noted that modern Jewish translations typically keep the J’s in these names. It should also be noted that the “o” in “Jeho” is the specific vowel that Yahweh advocates argue to be ommitted.


The use of vah/veh/wah/weh
“It has been argued that Jehovah is “an impossible form” in Hebrew, but this is not so. It is unusual, but not unique, as the forms howeh (Ecc. 2:22) and howah (Ezek.7:26) show; in both words the waw doubles as a consanent and a vowel, as in Jehovah.” Rev. Alan Cairns Dictionary of Theological Terms. see: Yahweh

The argument for three syllables over two.
“Samaritan poetry employs the Tetragramaton and then rhymes it with words having the same sound as Yah-oo-ay (three syllables).”-Journal of Biblical literature, 25. P.50 and Jewish Encyclopedia, vol.9, p.161).
Archaeological proof.
“The Oldest archaeological testimony favors Jehovah. A short inscription dated of the time of AmenophisIII (circa 1400 BCE) has been found at Soleb… “ –M. Ge`rard Gertoux; a Hebrew Scholar, specialist of the Tetragram; president of the association Biblique de recherche d’Ancient Manuscripts
This is one of those arguments that should end debate almost on it’s merit alone!

What does this name mean?
#11-15 Formerly Moses thought himself able to deliver Israel,
and set himself to the work too hastily. Now, when the fittest
person on earth for it, he knows his own weakness. This was the
effect of more knowledge of God and of himself. Formerly,
self-confidence mingled with strong faith and great zeal, now
sinful distrust of God crept in under the garb of humility; so
defective are the strongest graces and the best duties of the
most eminent saints. But all objections are answered in,
Certainly I will be with thee. That is enough. Two names God
would now be known by. A name that denotes what he is in
himself, I AM THAT I AM. This explains his name Jehovah, and
signifies, 1. That he is self-existent: he has his being of
himself. 2. That he is eternal and unchangeable, and always the
same, yesterday, to-day, and for ever. 3. That he is
incomprehensible; we cannot by searching find him out: this name
checks all bold and curious inquiries concerning God. 4. That he
is faithful and true to all his promises, unchangeable in his
word as well as in his nature; let Israel know this, I AM hath
sent me unto you. I am, and there is none else besides me. All
else have their being from God, and are wholly dependent upon
him. Also, here is a name that denotes what God is to his
people. The Lord God of your fathers sent me unto you. Moses
must revive among them the religion of their fathers, which was
almost lost; and then they might expect the speedy performance
of the promises made unto their fathers.
Matthew Henry Commenting on Exodus 3:11-15
The New Testament
Many argue that Jehovah entirely leaves the New Testament seen and this is why it’s use should be discontinued. Some would go onto argue that in the New Covenant we ought to no longer use it because of our closer relationship to the Lord.
Yet Jehovah was a name that came entirely from the revelation of God into the Hebrew language. Unlike other words, how could it be replaced? As opposed to finding a man-made word for God made personal title they simply stuck with “Lord” in the Greek language. Yet during this time the Jews and early Christians read from the Hebrew Old Testament and worship with the Hebrew psalms. The New Testament might not directly use it, but they imply it constantly .

Jesus is Jehovah!
2424 Iesous {ee-ay-sooce'}
of Hebrew origin 03091; TDNT - 3:284,360; n pr m
AV - Jesus 972, Jesus (Joshua) 2, Jesus (Justus) 1; 975
Jesus = "Jehovah is salvation" 1) Jesus, the Son of God, the Saviour of mankind, God incarnate 2) Jesus Barabbas was the captive robber whom the Jews begged Pilate to release instead of Christ 3) Joshua was the famous captain of the Israelites, Moses' successor (Ac. 7:45, Heb. 4:8) 4) Jesus, son of Eliezer, one of the ancestors of Christ (Lu. 3:29) 5) Jesus, surnamed Justus, a Jewish Christian, an associate with Paul in the preaching of the gospel (Col. 4:11)
03091 Y@howshuwa` {yeh-ho-shoo'-ah} or Y@howshu`a {yeh-ho-shoo'-ah}
from 03068 and 03467;
AV - Joshua 218; 218
Joshua or Jehoshua = "Jehovah is salvation" n pr m 1) son of Nun of the tribe of Ephraim and successor to Moses as the leader of the children of Israel; led the conquest of Canaan 2) a resident of Beth-shemesh on whose land the Ark of the Covenant came to a stop after the Philistines returned it 3) son of Jehozadak and high priest after the restoration 4) governor of Jerusalem under king Josiah who gave his name to a gate of the city of Jerusalem (Strong’s Greek and Hebrew Dictionary)
Therefore emphases on the name of Jesus is implicitly emphasis on the divine name Jehovah.

Jesus implies himself as Jehovah

The “I am” sayings of Christ

These are traditionally known as the “I am” sayings of Christ. They are statements that point to the nature of Christ, many Bible scholars have found there to be a figurative allusions to the Tetragrammaton.
Joh 6:35 And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.
Joh 6:41 The Jews then murmured at him, because he said, I am the bread which came down from heaven.
Joh 6:48 I am that bread of life.

Joh 8:12 Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
Joh 9:5 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.
Joh 9:39 And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind.

Joh 10:7 Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep.
Joh 10:9 I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.
Joh 10:10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.

Joh 10:11 I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.
Joh 10:14 I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine.
Joh 10:36 Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God?
Joh 11:25 Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:

Joh 12:46 I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.
Joh 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

Joh 15:1 I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.
Joh 15:5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.

The following are statements using the “I am” phrase that appear to allude to the divine name.
Joh 5:43 I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.
Joh 7:29 But I know him: for I am from him, and he hath sent me.
Joh 8:23 And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world.
Joh 8:58 Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.
Joh 13:13 Ye call me Master and Lord: and ye say well; for so I am.
Joh 14:10 Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.
Joh 14:11 Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works' sake.
Joh 18:6 As soon then as he had said unto them, I am he, they went backward, and fell to the ground.

The Alpha and Omega of revelation
In pronounce his eternal nature in conjunction with the divine phrase “I Am”. This implies the Divine name.
Rev 1:8 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.
Rev 1:11 Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.

Rev 1:17 And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last:
Rev 1:18 I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.

The Alleluias
Rev 19:1 And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our God:
Rev 19:3 And again they said, Alleluia And her smoke rose up for ever and ever.
Rev 19:4 And the four and twenty elders and the four beasts fell down and worshiped God that sat on the throne, saying, Amen; Alleluia.
Rev 19:6 And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.
Rev 19:6 And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.
Alleluia is the Greek word for “Hallelujah” which means “praise the Jehovah” The use of Lord God if it were translated to Hebrew would almost certainly be Jehovah Adonai.

What does this mean?
Before anything else it should be recognized that we are not saved by the correct pronunciation of a code word. Anyone calls upon Jesus and has faith in the God of the Bible will be saved and may have a great communion with the Lord. Yet, knowing the Divine name of Jehovah is a special intimacy with God that every Christian has a right to have. I believe that hiding the name was the work of Satan and I believe it was sinful for Bible scholars and translators to knowingly with hold it. But I wrote this article so that God’s children may have the blessing of know Gods name.

In Christ,

Matt