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Early authorities considered other Hebrew names mere epithets or descriptions of God, and wrote that they and names in other languages may be written and erased freely. [2] Some moderns advise special care even in these cases, [3] and many Orthodox Jews have adopted the chumras of writing "G-d" instead of "God" in English or saying Ṭēt-Vav ...
St John (chap. 12.41), after quoting a certain passage from Isaiah, which there refers to Jehovah, affirms that it was a vision of the Glory of Christ (see Isa. 6.9,10). In Isa. 4.3, the preparation of the way of Jehovah is spoken of, but John the Baptist adopts it as referring to the preparation of the way of the Messiah.
Using the vowels of adonai, the composite hataf patah ( ֲ ) under the guttural alef (א ) becomes a sheva ( ְ ) under the yod (י ), the holam ( ֹ ) is placed over the first he (ה ), and the qamats ( ָ ) is placed under the vav (ו ), giving יְהֹוָה (Jehovah). When the two names, יהוה and ...
The Tetragrammaton YHWH, the name of God written in the Hebrew alphabet, All Saints Church, Nyköping, Sweden Names of God at John Knox House: "θεός, DEUS, GOD.". The Bible usually uses the name of God in the singular (e.g. Ex. 20:7 or Ps. 8:1), generally using the terms in a very general sense rather than referring to any special designation of God. [1]
Kingdom songs are the hymns sung by Jehovah's Witnesses at their religious meetings.The current hymnal used by the organization is "Sing Out Joyfully" to Jehovah. In addition to the current and previous hymnals containing sheet music and lyrics, releases in various audio formats have included vocals in several languages, piano instrumentals, and orchestral arrangements.
Deborah consents, but declares that the glory of the victory will therefore belong to a woman. As soon as the news of the rebellion reaches Sisera, he collects nine hundred chariots of iron and a host of people. [6] Then Deborah said, according to Judges 4:14: "Go! This is the day the Lord has given Sisera into your hands.
Matthew Henry considered that Jehovah-nissi (The Lord is my banner) "probably refers to the lifting up of the rod of God as a banner in this action. The presence and power of Jehovah were the banner under which they enlisted, by which they were animated and kept together, and therefore which they erected in the day of their triumph." [4]
A diagram of the names of God in Athanasius Kircher's Oedipus Aegyptiacus (1652–1654). The style and form are typical of the mystical tradition, as early theologians began to fuse emerging pre-Enlightenment concepts of classification and organization with religion and alchemy, to shape an artful and perhaps more conceptual view of God.