יהוה

THEOCRATICA

Restoring the Divine Name to its rightful place in Scripture

“That people may know that you, whose name is Jehovah, you alone are the Most High over all the earth.”
— Psalm 83:18 (NWT)

The Tetragrammaton

Four Hebrew letters. The most sacred name in all of Scripture.

יהוה
YHWH
“He Causes to Become” — the God who fulfills every purpose
י
Yod
Y
ה
He
H
ו
Waw
W / V
ה
He
H
6,828
Times in Hebrew Text
49
Books containing it
~1070 BCE
Earliest Inscription
237
Times in NWT Greek

Bible Study Topics

Key teachings from the Scriptures for sincere students of God's Word.

שֵׁם

God's Name

Jehovah revealed His personal name to Moses at the burning bush. Unlike titles like “God” or “Lord,” His name is unique and personal — distinguishing Him from every false god.

Exodus 3:15; Isaiah 42:8; Malachi 3:16
מלכות

God's Kingdom

A real government in heaven with Christ Jesus as King. It will replace all human governments and bring lasting peace, ending war, sickness, and even death itself.

Daniel 2:44; Matthew 6:9-10; Revelation 21:3-4
נפש

Condition of the Dead

The dead are conscious of nothing. Death is a sleep, not a passage to heaven or hell. The hope for the dead is the resurrection — a future return to life on a paradise earth.

Ecclesiastes 9:5, 10; John 11:11-14; Acts 24:15
כפר

The Ransom

Jesus gave his perfect human life as a ransom sacrifice to buy back what Adam lost. Through faith in this sacrifice, humans can gain forgiveness and the prospect of everlasting life.

Matthew 20:28; John 3:16; Romans 5:12, 18-19
עדן

Paradise Earth

God's original purpose for the earth has not changed. He will restore paradise conditions — no more suffering, no more pain, the meek will inherit the earth and live on it forever.

Psalm 37:10-11, 29; Isaiah 65:21-23; Revelation 21:4
שטן

Satan & Evil

An angel who made himself Satan (“Resister”) by rebelling against God. He challenged God's right to rule and has misled the entire world. His destruction is certain.

Genesis 3:1-5; Job 1:6-12; Revelation 12:9; 20:10
תפלה

Prayer

Prayer should be directed only to Jehovah, through Jesus Christ. God hears sincere prayers — not repetitious formulas — from those who earnestly seek to do His will.

Matthew 6:9; John 14:6; 1 John 5:14
נבואה

Bible Prophecy

Detailed prophecies about the Messiah, the fall of world empires, and conditions of the last days prove the Bible's divine authorship. We are now living in the time of the end.

Daniel 7:1-14; Matthew 24:3-14; 2 Timothy 3:1-5

The Name in Scripture

God's personal name appears throughout the Bible. Here are some of the most powerful declarations.

“I am Jehovah. That is my name; I give my glory to no one else.”
Isaiah 42:8
“This is what you are to say to the Israelites, ‘Jehovah the God of your forefathers has sent me to you.’ This is my name forever, and this is how I am to be remembered from generation to generation.”
Exodus 3:15
“Everyone who calls on the name of Jehovah will be saved.”
Romans 10:13
“Praise Jah! Praise the name of Jehovah. Give praise, you servants of Jehovah.”
Psalm 135:1
“Let them know that you, whose name is Jehovah, you alone are the Most High over all the earth.”
Psalm 83:18
“Let your name be sanctified. Let your Kingdom come. Let your will take place, as in heaven, also on earth.”
Matthew 6:9-10
“I have made your name known to them and will make it known, so that the love with which you loved me may be in them and I in union with them.”
John 17:26

Why the Name Was Removed

A brief history of how “LORD” replaced God's actual name in most Bible translations.

~1500 BCE
Moses writes the Torah. The Tetragrammaton (YHWH) appears from the very beginning, written freely in the Hebrew text.
~300 BCE
Septuagint translation into Greek. Early copies preserve YHWH in Paleo-Hebrew script within the Greek text.
~200 CE
Jewish superstitious tradition of not pronouncing the Name grows. Scribes begin substituting “Adonai” (Lord) when reading aloud.
~600 CE
Masoretes add vowel points. They place the vowels of “Adonai” under the YHWH consonants as a reading reminder, never intending to create “Jehovah.”
~1200 CE
Latin scholars read the hybrid form as “Iehovah” — the first known use of the anglicized form “Jehovah.”
1611
King James Version overwhelmingly replaces the divine name with “LORD” (small caps). YHWH appears as “Jehovah” only 4 times.
1961
New World Translation restores “Jehovah” all 6,828 times in the Hebrew Scriptures and 237 times in the Greek Scriptures.

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