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Does the definite article 'the', occur in front of the name of God in the Hebrew language?
The Tetragram in Hebrew is a proper name, and names do not have articles in Hebrew any more than they do in English.
The article "the" arises in OP's KJV example because of the convention (beginning ...
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1 Cor 12:4-6 - Trinity or something else?
Though I've got no issues with the Trinitarian interpretation of these verses, I would suggest that there's a general risk across the New Testament of eisegesis by capitalising the 'S' in spirit. ...
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What was the name given in Acts 4:12? Was it the Tetragrammaton or the name ''Jesus''?
The answer to your question is in the text of scripture in verse 10 :
Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth ... etc [Acts 4:10 KJV]
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The name of God in ancient manuscripts
Great references @David, but after the exile there appears to be a linguistic aspect to the variations. We can begin by separating the historical phases—pre-exilic, exilic, and post-exilic periods.
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Tetragrammaton originally יהיה (yihayah) (3PersMascSing 'exist, be') and subsequently the nominal form (יהוה) (the Being)?
The Name revealed in Ex 3:15, "YHWH", comes from "hwh", an earlier variant of the root "hyh", "to be". In contrast to "Ehyeh" of Ex 3:14, it can have two possible meanings depending on its ...
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The God of Bethel?
No, Vawter is not correct.
The Hebrew does likely have two absolute Hebrew word forms next to one another in the construction of הָאֵל֙ בֵּֽית־אֵ֔ל ("the God Bethel"), which can mean an appositional ...
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Based on Zephaniah 3:9 & John 14:14, what Name should All peoples be calling & serving : "Yehovah" or "Iésous"?
This might be a different direction that you were asking (sorry if I misread)
Part of the distinction you are seeing is an important change between the Old and New Covenants with the relationship of ...
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How should the Hebrew ‘ehyeh asher ehyeh’ in Exodus 3:14 be translated in English and what does it mean?
Some would argue that English has no real future tense, only the statement of a 'willingness' for the future.
Such is Biblical Hebrew.
Earlier forms of the Hebrew language did not have strictly ...
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1 Cor 12:4-6 - Trinity or something else?
Let’s first add the context. At the start of this chapter, Paul was beginning his remarks about spiritual gifts by reminding these Corinthians that they had once been deceived into worshiping idols. ...
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The God of Bethel?
So the question is "Vawter correct?" is perhaps difficult because all I do not have his book and can neither verify Geir's attribution to him, nor determine what context it is in. But as I see it this ...
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The God of Bethel?
The Secularization (and Yahwist Rebranding) of the House of El
The purpose of translation is to render into English the intended meaning of the biblical writers. While the ancient etymology of ...
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Which words are used for God in the oldest manuscripts of the New Testament?
The oldest manuscripts of the New Testament are all in Greek. Unlike Hebrew, Greek doesn't have very many terms for God.
The Greek word for 'God' is θεός (Theos), which is used consistently ...
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Did the Word of God pre-exist as the Son of God before He was begotten of Mary?
The passage is in Aramaic and is more accurately translated as the plural, "gods:"
He answered and said, “But I see four men unbound, walking in the midst of the fire, and they are not hurt; and ...
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What was the name given in Acts 4:12? Was it the Tetragrammaton or the name ''Jesus''?
Although as Dottard's answer shows that ultimately the savior is God the Father (whose proper name is the Tetragrammaton) acting through His Son incarnate Jesus of Nazareth, and although Peter himself ...
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Matthew 27:46 Why does Jesus not address God as Father?
As a reference see Why is Psalm 22:16 not quoted in the New Testament?
The answer is Jesus simply quoted the beginning of Psalm 22 to point us to Psalm 22, which depicts the Crucifixion.
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What is the name God gave Jesus? John 17:11
The short answer - it is both.
Names of YHWH in the OT applied to Jesus:
"God" Deut 4:35, 6:4, 32:39, Isa 44:6, 45:5, 6; compare Matt 1:22, 23; John 1:1, 18, 20:28, Titus 2:13, Heb 1:8, 9, ...
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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
The reason why the publishers of the Divine Name King James Bible restored the Divine Name seems to me a good answer to this question. Here is their posting that was posted on September 2, 2015, on ...
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How is "El-Shaddai" translated in the Septuagint?
Let us take the three verses referenced
Gen 17:1 - The LXX simply has Ἐγώ εἰμι ὁ θεός σου = "I am your God". That is, "El-Shaddai" is not mentioned.
Gen 35:11 - The LXX simply ...
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1 Cor 12:4-6 - Trinity or something else?
It is hardly surprising that there were some heated arguments about this point (in a previous question). Every time a trinitarian flags up some scripture that speaks to him or her of the Trinity, anti-...
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1 Cor 12:4-6 - Trinity or something else?
I'll chime in with a non-Trinitarian view, not because I expect people to agree with me, but for just the opposite reason: the OP sought an explanation of differing viewpoints, and I am the only ...
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Who is Jesus speaking of in Mark 12:26-27? Who is Jesus referencing as "He" in verse 27?
Actually, the word "He" does not exist in the Greek text at all. Here is my literal translation of the NA28/UBS5 Greek text of Mark 12:27 -
οὐκ ἔστιν Θεὸς νεκρῶν ἀλλὰ ζώντων. πολὺ πλανᾶσθε. ...
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Does God have regret or not in 1st Samuel 15?
I think that the key here might be that the root word נחם is being used in two different ways. While the word can mean to regret (see e.g. Exodus 13:17 פֶּֽן־יִנָּחֵ֥ם הָעָ֛ם בִּרְאֹתָ֥ם מִלְחָמָ֖ה) ...
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Why isn't the Tetragrammaton used in Exodus 3:14?
The Name revealed in Ex 3:14 explains the meaning of the Tetragrammaton, either directly or indirectly depending on how the latter is vocalized.
We have to take into account two properties of Hebrew ...
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Does Hosea 1:9 contain a reference to the divine name I AM?
It is Possible, but Debated
Duane Garrett discusses this in his entry about the verse in Hosea, Joel, Vol. 19A, The New American Commentary (Nashville: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 1997)
He ...
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In Psalm 68:4 and Psalm 135:1 how are contractions formed in Hebrew and how does YHWH become Yah?
It is possible that Yah is not formed by the first two letters of YHWH, but by the first and last.
Nehemia Gordon proposes this theory to account for Yah, while disagreeing with the scholarly ...
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What is the significance of the author of Genesis using two different designations for God?
Background
As noted in the question, there is a belief that the different names are a result of different sources writing at different times. At Genesis 2:4 the notes of the NET Bible state:
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How is the New World Translation's usage of "Jehovah" controversial?
The question is, "How is the New World Translation's usage of 'Jehovah' controversial?" The concluding question is similar: "In what way is the translators’ decision controversial?"...
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Does the New Testament use the divine name "Yahweh"?
YHWH is not mentioned specifically but it is referred to numerous times in the New Testament by the use of the words name or Lord. Often when "name" is mentioned it refers to YHWH. YHWH in the New ...
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