Questions tagged [tetragrammaton]
Questions relating to the four letter Hebrew name of God, יהוה - commonly transliterated as YHWH
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The Name of God in Hebrew
I've heard Hebrew scholars state that in the conversation between Moses and God in Exodus [3:14], God states his name as the Hebrew for "I am" or "I will be." And then tells Moses ...
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Is Peter’s assertion in Acts 4:12, upon the saving “Name”, tied to understanding the unique nature of “Joshua” in the Pentateuch?
Note,it is important to discern the precise form. Exodus 17:9, “יהושע” is the first occurrence, but Numbers 13:8,16, demonstrates the compound design of this name. Names in the Bible are important and ...
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Why is the Tetragrammaton transliterated as "Yahweh"?
Where do scholars get the name “Yahweh” from? I’ve looked at the Tetragrammaton throughout the Bible. All uses of the Tetragrammaton seem to be pointed as “y’hovah” (third person of “I am”) except ...
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Does Matthew says, that YHWH in Old Testament is "the Father" in New Testament?
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This is not systematic theology question. I am asking about specific passages content, and how and why they correlate. Hermeneutics allows to make exegesis on narrations, also, not only on ...
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About the word יהוה (yahweh) [duplicate]
According to the Bible, God names himself «Ehyeh» which means «I am»
God said to Moses, "I AM (אהיה Ehyeh) WHO "I AM (אהיה Ehyeh)"; and He said, "Thus you shall say to the sons of ...
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Do ascriptions to Jesus in John 8 say that YHWH in Old Testament is Jesus Christ in New Testament, according to Exodus 3? [closed]
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This is not systematic theology question. I am asking about specific passages content, and how and why they correlate. Hermeneutics allows to make exegesis on narrations, also, not only ...
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According to Hebrews 1:4, is Jesus only superior to the angels because he has inherited the Tetragrammaton?
Hebrews 1:4 BSB
So he became as far superior to the angels as the Name he has
inherited is excellent beyond theirs.
Does this passage imply that Jesus is only superior to all the other angels ...
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Is "Lord, Lord" in the New Testament better translated "Lord YHWH" as found in the Old Testament?
The peculiar rendering "Lord, Lord" can be found in four verses within the New Testament, as seen below:
Matthew 7:21-22 ESV
“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the ...
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Why does the KJV say JAH in Psalm 68:4?
While reading Psalm 68 this morning, I came across this verse which uses the name "JAH":
Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name JAH, and ...
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Why is YHWH, the name of the God, replaced by a title, "the LORD", why is the article "the" used? The 1st of thousands of references, Gen 2:4
I've looked through much of the "similar questions" section, but my search goes deeper, I believe, it goes to the idea of one's name and what it represents. And then to see that most ...
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Luke 4:18, Did Jesus utter the Tetragrammaton?
Luke 4:17-18 He stood up to read, and the scroll of the prophet
Isaiah was handed to him. Unrolling it, he found the place where it is
written: The Spirit of the Lord is on me because he has anointed ...
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Translation of Matt 22:44, "The Lord said to my Lord ... "
There have been several people asserting on this site that in obvious places such as Matt 22:44 the sacred name of "Jehovah/YHWH" or equivalent should be used giving a version like, "...
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If יהּ is a distinct name, can אהיה be parsed both as א ה יה, I-the-JAH and I AM, א היה?
The name of God is most often written as YHVH, יהוה. Sometimes it is written as YH, יהּ.
Exodus 15
1 Then Moses and the people of Israel sang this song to the LORD יהוה, saying, “I will sing to the ...
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Why did the New Testament writers, when quoting the Old Testament, refrain from using the Tetragrammaton (YHWH)?
The New Testament writers often quote the Old Testament. When quoting the Old Testament passages that contain the Name (i.e., the Tetragrammaton), they use the substitution Greek word typically found ...
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Is Jesus called YHWH in Joel 2:32/Romans 10:13?
In Romans 10, Paul is discussing the Lord Jesus, and in verse 13, he writes (NKJV, emphasis mine):
For “whoever calls on the name of the LORD shall be saved.”
The reason "LORD" is ...
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