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Is Jesus called YHWH in Joel 2:32/Romans 10:13?
In the old testament (and in many ANE cultures), "name" was a synecdoche for the person, but with the connotation that this is the mechanism by which the person was known. In modern English, ...
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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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Why isn't the Tetragrammaton used in Exodus 3:14?
Exo 3:14 and 15 has two verbal forms of the same stem (hwh). The answer in 3:14 is explanatory, but in 3:15 it is literal—YHWH is given as the name. Moses asked about the name and the explanatory ...
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Is Jesus called YHWH in Joel 2:32/Romans 10:13?
Several modern versions do capitalize Lord in Rom 10:13 such as NLT, NKJV, LSV, etc.
This is somewhat justified as the Rom 10:13 passage is unambiguously referencing Joel 2:32 as the OP has correctly ...
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Who first interpretated John 8:58 ego eimi as Yahweh claim?
So there are perhaps two angles to this question:
What's the first literal claim of 'I Am' = 'Yahweh' in reference to this verse?
How early was this understood as a claim to divinity?
I introduce ...
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(Genesis 1:31 - 2:1) Acrostic YHWH stamp at the end of day six
A few thoughts:
(1) יוֹם הַשִּׁשִּׁי (yom hash-shish-shi) is a construct phrase where the adjective שִׁשִּׁי acts as a noun. The phrase literally means "the day of the sixth" or "the sixth'...
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Why isn't the Tetragrammaton used in Exodus 3:14?
It is very odd that Moses would ask in Exodus 3:14,
“If I go to the Israelites and tell them, ‘The God of your fathers has
sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is his name?’—what should I
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Since the earliest copies of the Jewish LXX translation to Greek contains YHWH, what reasons do modern translations give for replacing it with LORD?
There are two reasons for this English practice for translating the tetragrammaton (YHWH) as "LORD":
The Septuagint and the New Testament consistently translate OT passages containing the ...
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Does the New Testament use the divine name "Yahweh"?
In a word, No – the divine name, YHWH, does not appear in any NT text, nor does any NT writer allude to it. Of the many OT quotations in the NT that include the divine name in the original Hebrew ...
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How many YHWH are there according to Mark 12:29 and Deuteronomy 6:4? What does the word "one" mean on both verses?
Great Question! The word in Deut 6:4 is a complex word, אֶחָֽד׃ (’e·ḥāḏ). One of the best known and quoted occurrences of this word is in Gen 2:24
That is why a man leaves his father and mother ...
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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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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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What was the name given in Acts 4:12? Was it the Tetragrammaton or the name ''Jesus''?
The answer to the question is actually given both locally (in the text) and more generally by consideration of the following:
Locally in the text: (Acts 4:8-12)
Then Peter, filled with the Holy ...
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Luke 4:18, Did Jesus utter the Tetragrammaton?
It is very unlikely that Jesus uttered the tetragrammaton when reading this text. We are not sure if He read the text in Greek or Hebrew (or even Aramaic?) but let us assume that He read it in the ...
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Translation of Matt 22:44, "The Lord said to my Lord ... "
I will post an answer here to begin the discussion and hope others will contribute.
First, Matt 22:44 is not alone in quoting Ps 110:1. It is also quoted in Mark 12:36, Luke 20:42, Acts 2:34. In all ...
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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 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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Why does the KJV say JAH in Psalm 68:4?
I expect opinions on this question to vary, and perhaps there is no firm answer. From my 2+ years of Hebrew study, the following represents my own conclusions.
There are only a handful of verses with ...
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Does the New Testament use the divine name "Yahweh"?
The NT does not mention the Tetragrammaton itself, but Rev 4:8 mentions its meaning as revealed in Ex 3:14-15.
God said to Moses, "I AM WHO I AM"; and He said, "Thus you shall say
to the sons of ...
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Luke 4:18, Did Jesus utter the Tetragrammaton?
From the description of events, one concludes Jesus read from the scroll of Isaiah:
16 And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up. And as was his custom, he went to the synagogue on the ...
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(Malachi 1:12) No tetragrammaton, but capitalised LORD in KJV
In the Massorah, by Christian David Ginsburg (Ktav Publishing House, New York, 1975 [reprint], vol. IV, p. 28, § 115), we are informed about an amount of changes some ancient scribes (sopherim) ...
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Doesn’t Moses hypothetical response of the Israelites in (4:1) answer his proposed question in (3:13), then “I AM” is an assurance as in Exodus 3:12?
Answer Summarized
The difference in Exodus between 3:13 and 4:1 is 3:13 gave a name to YHWH distinguished from the Egyptian deities with his superiority later shown by the 10 plagues. God's response ...
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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
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
Notice what the Benson Commentary has to say on the topic ...
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Analyze , & expound upon whether Hebrew translation of Isaiah 26:3a added emphasis on "steadfast"/"mind on" being on God or Does Not
Ellicott captures the essence of Isa 26:3 when he says:
(3) Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace.—The italics show that the
English version is made up with several interpolated words. More
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Why is YHWH Elohim never punctuated to demonstrate apposition?
Of note is the fact that only God is spoken of in the opening chapter of Genesis, and the first three verses of chapter 2. This establishes categorically that the God who created everything is the God ...
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Why does the KJV say JAH in Psalm 68:4?
This is rather uncomplicated. The name יָהּ (Yah) is simply a shortened form of יְהוָֹה (YHWH), the latter is called, "The Tetragrammaton" = "four letters" denoting the sacred ...
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Does Matthew 4:10 teach that only YHWH/Jehovah can be worshiped?
It is true that in some version of the NKJV, "LORD" is fully capitalized in Matt 4:10, but only because the OT source, Deut 6:13, translated the tetragrammaton.
Deut 6:13 (from Hebrew) - ...
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Doesn’t Moses hypothetical response of the Israelites in (4:1) answer his proposed question in (3:13), then “I AM” is an assurance as in Exodus 3:12?
Two eternal truths about יְהֹוָה HaShem are delivered by the מַלְאַ֨ךְ יְהֹוָ֥ה Mal’ak YHVH to Moshe משֶׁ֔ה (Moses) between Exodus 3:6-14.
[#1.] “Anoki” אָֽנֹכִי֙ (I Am) stated in Exodus 3:6 ; [#2.] “...
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(Malachi 1:12) No tetragrammaton, but capitalised LORD in KJV
The problem is less complicated that it appears. There are two versions of "Lord" in Hebrew as follows:
אָדוֹן (adon) = "Lord", or "master", etc.
אֲדֹנָי (adonai) = an ...
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