Why do most Bibles omit Yahweh's name?

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I had to dust off some old study folders I had on Aed I had created a thread on it back in 20007.
With that aside, here is a link:
[I may need to go back thru it, as I didn't have the Greek/Hebrew resources available as I do now.]

Genesis 1:2 and Hebrew word "Hayah" question

01961 hayah {haw-yaw} a primitive root [compare 01933]; TWOT - 491; v
1) to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out 1a) (Qal) 1a1) ----

Exodus 3:
12 And He is saying: "That I Shall Be/am being/01961 hayah with thee,...........
13 ........And they have said to me, 'What Name of Him'? What shall I say to them"?
14 And 'Elohim is saying to Mosheh, "I-shall-be<01961 hayah> which I am being<01961 hayah>".
And-He saying "Thus you shall say to sons of Yisra'el, 'I-shall-be/am being<01961 hayah>, He-sent-me unto-you'".



1510.
eimi i-mee' the first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb;
I exist (used only when emphatic):--am, have been, X it is I, was. See also 1488, 1498, 1511, 1527, 2258, 2071, 2070, 2075, 2076, 2771, 2468, 5600.

John 8:
57 The Judeans then said toHim "fifty years not as-yet Thou are having and Abraham Thou has seen"
58 Said to them Jesus "verily verily I am saying to ye, before Abraham's to be becoming/genesqai <1096> (5635) I/egw<1473> AM/eimi<1510>

John 8:58
Jesus said to them "Verily, verily, I am saying to ye, before Abraham's to be becoming/generated <1096> (5635) --I/egw<1473> AM/eimi<1510>

Revelation 1:17
And when I saw him, I did fall at his feet as dead, and he placed his right hand upon me, saying to me, 'Be not afraid; I/egw<1473> AM/eimi<1510> the First and the Last,

01961 hayah {haw-yaw} a primitive root [compare 01933]; TWOT - 491; v
1) to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out 1a) (Qal) 1a1) -----

1096. ginomai a prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb;
to cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e. (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.):--

1510. eimi i-mee' the first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb;
I exist (used only when emphatic):--am, have been, X it is I, was. See also 1488, 1498, 1511, 1527, 2258, 2071, 2070, 2075, 2076, 2771, 2468, 5600.

John 4:26
Jesus saith to her, "I/egw<1473> AM/eimi<1510> He who am speaking to thee" [woman at the well]
John 6:20 and He saith to them, 'I/egw<1473> AM/eimi<1510> He, be not afraid" [Jesus walking on water]

Revelation 1:17
And when I saw him, I did fall at his feet as dead, and he placed his right hand upon me, saying to me, 'Be not afraid; I/egw<1473> AM/eimi<1510> the First and the Last,

Revelation 2:23

and her children I will kill in death,
and know shall all the assemblies that I/egw<1473> AM/eimi<1510> He who is searching reins and hearts; and I will give to you -- to each -- according to your works.

Revelaton 22:16
'I, Jesus did send my messenger to testify to you these things concerning the assemblies;
I/egw<1473> AM/eimi<1510> the root and the offspring of David, the bright and morning star!




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The word God came from a Germanic tribe of Goths
Yes because they don't speak Hebrew. Nor do the Chinese and the English language is derived from Germanic and Latin languages. I have to ask....so what? The NT was written in Koine Greek not Hebrew.

Vine's Expository:
God


[ 1,,G2316, theos ]

(I) in the polytheism of the Greeks, denoted a god or deity," e.g., Acts 14:11; Acts 19:26; Acts 28:6; 1 Corinthians 8:5; Galatians 4:8.

(II)
(a) Hence the word was appropriated by Jews and retained by Christians to denote "the one true God." In the Sept. theos translates (with few exceptions) the Hebrew words Elohim and Jehovah, the former indicating His power and preeminence, the latter His unoriginated, immutable, eternal and self-sustained existence.

In the NT, these and all the other Divine attributes are predicated of Him. To Him are ascribed, e.g., His unity, or monism, e.g., Mark 12:29; 1 Timothy 2:5; self-existence, John 5:26; immutability, James 1:17; eternity, Romans 1:20; universality, Matthew 10:29; Acts 17:26-Acts 17:28; almighty power, Matthew 19:26; infinite knowledge, Acts 2:23; Acts 15:18; Romans 11:33; creative power, Romans 11:36; 1 Corinthians 8:6; Ephesians 3:9; Revelation 4:11; Revelation 10:6; absolute holiness, 1 Peter 1:15; 1 John 1:5; righteousness, John 17:25; faithfulness, 1 Corinthians 1:9; 1 Corinthians 10:13; 1 Thessalonians 5:24; 2 Thessalonians 3:3; 1 John 1:9; love, 1 John 4:8,16; mercy, Romans 9:15,18; truthfulness, Titus 1:2; Hebrews 6:18. See GOOD, No. 1
(b).


(b) The Divine attributes are likewise indicated or definitely predicated of Christ, e.g., Matthew 20:18,19; John 1:1-John 1:3; John 1:18, RV, marg.; John 5:22-John 5:29; John 8:58; John 14:6; John 17:22-John 17:24; John 20:28; Romans 1:4; Romans 9:5; Philippians 3:21; Colossians 1:15; Colossians 2:3; Titus 2:13, RV; Hebrews 1:3; Hebrews 13:8; 1 John 5:20; Revelation 22:12,13.


(c) Also of the Holy Spirit, e.g., Matthew 28:19; Luke 1:35; John 14:16; John 15:26; John 16:7-John 16:14; Romans 8:9,26; 1 Corinthians 12:11; 2 Corinthians 13:14.


(d) Theos is used

(1) with the definite article,

(2) without (i.e., as an anarthrous noun). "The English may or may not have need of the article in translation. But that point cuts no figure in the Greek idiom. Thus in Acts 27:23 ('the God whose I am,' RV) the article points out the special God whose Paul is, and is to be preserved in English. In the very next verse (ho theos) we in English do not need the articles" (A. T. Robertson, Gram. of Greek, NT, p. 758).

As to this latter it is usual to employ the article with a proper name, when mentioned a second time. There are, of course, exceptions to this, as when the absence of the article serves to lay stress upon, or give precision to, the character or nature of what is expressed in the noun. A notable instance of this is in John 1:1, "and the Word was God;" here a double stress is on theos, by the absence of the article and by the emphatic position. To translate it literally, "a god was the Word," is entirely misleading. Moreover, that "the Word" is the subject of the sentence, exemplifies the rule that the subject is to be determined by its having the article when the predicate is anarthrous (without the article). In Romans 7:22, in the phrase "the law of God," both nouns have the article; in Romans 7:25, neither has the article. This is in accordance with a general rule that if two nouns are united by the genitive case (the "of" case), either both have the article, or both are without. Here, in the first instance, both nouns, "God" and "the law" are definite, whereas in Romans 7:25 the word "God" is not simply titular; the absence of the article stresses His character as lawgiver.

Where two or more epithets are applied to the same person or thing, one article usually serves for both (the exceptions being when a second article lays stress upon different aspects of the same person or subject, e.g., Revelation 1:17). In Titus 2:13 the RV correctly has "our great God and Savior Jesus Christ." Moulton (Prol., p.84) shows, from papyri writings of the early Christian era, that among Greek-speaking Christians this was "a current formula" as applied to Christ. So in 2 Peter 1:1 (cp. 2 Peter 1:11; 2 Peter 3:18).

In the following titles God is described by certain of His attributes; the God of glory, Acts 7:2; of peace, Romans 15:33; Romans 16:20; Philippians 4:9; 1 Thessalonians 5:23; Hebrews 13:20; of love and peace, 2 Corinthians 13:11; of patience and comfort, Romans 15:5; of all comfort, 2 Corinthians 1:3; of hope, Romans 15:13; of all grace, 1 Peter 5:10. These describe Him, not as in distinction from other persons, but as the source of all these blessings; hence the employment of the definite article. In such phrases as "the God of a person," e.g., Matthew 22:32, the expression marks the relationship in which the person stands to God and God to him.


(e) In the following the nominative case is used for the vocative, and always with the article; Mark 15:34; Luke 18:11,13; John 20:28; (Acts 4:24 in some mss.); Hebrews 1:8; Hebrews 10:7.


(f) The phrase "the things of God" (translated literally or otherwise) stands for

(1) His interests, Matthew 16:23; Mark 8:33;

(2) His counsels, 1 Corinthians 2:11;

(3) things which are due to Him, Matthew 22:21; Mark 12:17; Luke 20:25. The phrase "things pertaining to God," Romans 15:17; Hebrews 2:17; Hebrews 5:1, describes, in the Heb. passages, the sacrificial service of the priest; in the Rom. passage the Gospel ministry as an offering to God.

(III) The word is used of Divinely appointed judges in Israel, as representing God in His authority, John 10:34, quoted from Psalms 82:6, which indicates that God Himself sits in judgment on those whom He has appointed. The application of the term to the Devil, 2 Corinthians 4:4, and the belly, Philippians 3:19, virtually places these instances under
(I).
God - Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words

So if we want to get technical on names and being sure we are saying them properly we should follow the Apostles who wrote the New Testament in Koine Greek. That means using Theos for the One True God and Kurios Iésous Christos for Lord Jesus Christ and Hagios Pneuma for Holy Spirit.

I guess according to you we all need to hit the Koine Greek and call up our Eastern Orthodox friends to get some liturgy from them.

However, It is Written that all tribes and peoples of all languages will serve Him:

Revelation 5:9-10 ESV
And they sang a new song, saying, “Worthy are you to take the scroll and to open its seals, for you were slain, and by your blood you ransomed people for God from every tribe and language and people and nation, and you have made them a kingdom and priests to our God, and they shall reign on the earth.”

Revelation 7:9 ESV
After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands,

Daniel 7:14 ESV
And to him was given dominion and glory and a kingdom, that all peoples, nations, and languages should serve him; his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom one that shall not be destroyed.

Revelation 14:6 ESV
Then I saw another angel flying directly overhead, with an eternal gospel to proclaim to those who dwell on earth, to every nation and tribe and language and people.

So should we be evangelizing to Arabs and Chinese and Indians in Hebrew or Greek? Let's get real here...The reason The Holy Spirit chose Koine Greek for the NT was because it was the lingua franca of the Roman Empire. Imposing Hebrew on all the nations is akin to the Roman Catholic Church imposing Latin on the Western church which did not change until Vatican II in the 1960s.
 
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I know quite a few Christians who have no idea they worship Yahweh. They just say God. God is his title, not his name. By saying God in your prayers, literally any other god (Odin, Zeus, etc) could claim you are praying to them instead.

There aren't any other gods.

Besides, we're not casting magic spells here. A prayer is not a magic spell that has to get every word right or the magic doesn't work.

God knows what is in our minds and hearts. He knows if the God we're reading about in the bible is the one in our minds as we pray.

The only name we're told to use as Christians is the name of Jesus.

Jesus gave us direct instructions to use His name in order to communicate with the Father. If you're trying to use any other name, you're already in disobedience.

If there is going to be any discussion about names, it should be about His.
 
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