Does God Have a Personal Name?

God of the bible is a relational God referred to by many names. Yet lord, and god, are not his names; but generic titles.

This is so with nearly all world religions; where deities are generically referred to as gods and lords.

Thus lord, and god, are NOT real names referring to God of the Bible.

Does this mean He doesn’t have a personal name?

Well, in Roman 1:20 we read; “For the invisible things of Him…are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead.

The word Godhead means Divinity; it refers to God the Father; the Son; and the Holy Spirit.

The name for Godhead is Elohim, (Mighty Ones); a plural noun used over 2600 times in the Bible.

However, YHWH (Jehovah); is a personal noun that proclaims the personal name of God.

Wikipedia further explains; “Jehovah is a Latinization and vocalization of the Hebrew Tetragrammaton (YHWH)”; derived from the Hebrew verb “to be”… as was revealed to Moses: “And God said to Moses, ‘I AM WHO I AM; and He said, thus you shall say to the children of Israel, I AM has sent me to you…and this is My eternal name, and this is how I am to be recalled for all generations. (Exodus 3:15 to 17).

Thus, YHWH the eternal and personal name of God; transliterated as Jehovah, is used 6,823 times in previous editions of the bibles.

However, in 1901, the eternal and personal name of God; was replaced with “LORD” or “GOD”; both in capital letters; depending on, if the Hebrew of the verse in question is read “Adonai”, or “Elohim”.

Thus, Jehovah does not appear in most mainstream English translations; yet some use Yahweh.

However, most use Lord, with only letter L in capital; or LORD all in capital letters; to represent the Tetragrammaton (YHWH).