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FAQ # 191
QUESTION 191
: You quoted a
source in Chapter 6 that the name Jehovah occurred 11,600 times in bible
but only finds it way 4 times in scripture. Could you verify this?
Yes. I did some more research
and though the numbers differ, the conclusions are still the same.
A.T Pierson wrote, “The leading
name, Jehovah, occurs 11,600 times, and it is a blunder, that it finds
its way into the English translation four times only (Ex 6:3; Ps 83:18; Is 12:2; 26:4), shutting out the common reader from
the full significance of hundreds of passages, such as Psalm 8:1, which
should read, ‘O, Jehovah, our Lord.”
I then did a word search (for
Lord, God and almighty) on crosswalk.com and found out those references
come to 10,697. I thought close to 11,600. But only 6748 of that is Lord;
that is, “lord” “Lord” “LORD.” That was done early May 2003, then later
on in the month I found a Jewish site that documents and break down the
connotations of God – shema.com. I found that Jehovah (or Yahovah) occurred
7450 times out of 10306 direct and indirect references to God. Other words
like Adonai, Elohim, El, Elah and others were used for God; though Adonai
is a rabbinic replacement of the name. The above (Elohim, El, Elah, etc)
is not his name or names, but rather references to God; or, like saying
God in English with different implications – God almighty, God our savior
and so on. Jehovah (or Yahovah) is the only name God used for himself
in the Old Testament and even though it occurs approximately 7450 times,
it is still a blunder that it finds it way in the English 4 times.
And yes, everywhere you see
Lord in scripture referring to God, was translated from Yahovah or Adonai
(same as Yahovah in rabbinic form). Even if other words were used, it
was still referring to Yahovah, after Exodus. For instance, it is said
in Genesis 1 that the word God was translated from the word Elohim; that
is, “In the beginning God
created the heaven and the earth.” Isn’t Yahovah
that Elohim who made the heavens and the earth? However, people would
refer to him as Elohim and other words used for deities. But his Old Testament
name is Yahovah (Jehovah), which is revealed to us as Yahoshua (Jesus).
This Old Testament name was first used on Mt. Sinai to Moses (Ex 6:3),
though we have Gen 22:14. You see why Paul admonishes us to study!
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