One of Satan's tactics.. Many have it at Psalms 83:18.... ha ha... someone messed up.

Jewish superstition. Jews believe that you shouldn't say or write "The Name". Of course, this is not Biblical as the divine name occurs more than any other name in the Bible.

Well, the name Jehovah never appeared in the Bible to begin with, so something that was never there could not be taken out. The Hebrew Old Testament uses the words YHWH, the consonants but not the vowels, for the name of the Lord God -- because the name was so holy as to not be written. That combination of YHWH could be interpreted as "YaHWeH" or "JeHoVaH" (English spelling of similar sounds in Hebrew).

Je·ho·vah (j-hv) God, especially in Christian translations of the Old Testament. ETYMOLOGY: Blend of the letters of the Tetragrammaton and, with modification, the vowels of Adonai (from Wikipedia) The Bible as we have it today has been through many changes. Ancient Israelites represented a revolution in theological thought in that they not only believed in just one God, they also believed that God was unknowable and unnameable. They were opposed to the idol worship all around them which must have been difficult. (Think how hard it would be to give up Santa Claus.) They used a substitute sound to refer to God but did not consider this a name. This came to be used in later times as Jehovah. Jehovah was therefore never originally the name of God.

There's been some good discussion here. Logical touches the answer. So many ancient Hebrew mss contain YHWH that we know they didn't remove it from the text; many simply refused to say it. Modern 'Christian' Bibles have often gone further by removing it even from the text for fear that people may get to know the true God by name. Because so many fearless translators have retained it (JB, ASV, NWT, Byington, JP Green, etc), we can say that it has not been taken out. It's still here for all to see. The fact that it appears nearly 7000 times in the oldest mss proves that it was not a late invention, as Lynda O claims. YHWH IS the name Jehovah. It's the original spelling and we don't know how to pronounce it, but it's there. Every language has its spelling and pronunciation, but the name is the name. I'll write more another time. My time is up.

There is, therefore, no genuine basis for assigning any time earlier than the first and second centuries C.E. for the development of the superstitious view calling for discontinuance of the use of the divine name. The time did come, however, when in reading the Hebrew Scriptures in the original language, the Jewish reader substituted either ’Adho‧nai′ (Sovereign Lord) or ’Elo‧him′ (God) rather than pronounce the divine name represented by the Tetragrammaton. This is seen from the fact that when vowel pointing came into use in the second half of the first millennium C.E., the Jewish copyists inserted the vowel points for either ’Adho‧nai′ or ’Elo‧him′ into the Tetragrammaton, evidently to warn the reader to say those words in place of pronouncing the divine name. If using the Greek Septuagint translation of the Hebrew Scriptures in later copies, the reader, of course, found the Tetragrammaton completely replaced by Ky′ri‧os and The‧os′.—See LORD. Translations into other languages, such as the Latin Vulgate, followed the example of these later copies of the Greek Septuagint. The Catholic Douay Version (of 1609-1610) in English, based on the Latin Vulgate, therefore does not contain the divine name, while the King James Version (1611) uses LORD or GOD (in capital and small capitals) to represent the Tetragrammaton in the Hebrew Scriptures, except in four cases.Ps 83:18

Jehovah is simply a mispronunciation or amalgamation of the Tetregrammation YHWH or YHVH, which the Hebrews did not pronounce allowed. It is a combination of YHWH with Adonai, which they substituted. Jehovah is either an assumption for how it may have been pronounced or a rendering considered correct because it isn't YHWH.

No one can say for sure how YHWH is pronounced, Ancient Hebrew was writen without vowels. However, should this stop us from using God's name? In Bible times, the name Jesus was possibly pronounced Yeshua or maybe Yehoshua again no one can say for certain. But people all over the world use different forms of Jesus, pronouncing it in their tongue. They don't hesitate to use it just because they don't know it's 1st century pronunciation & nor did they take it out of the Bible. Just like if you went abroad your own name might sound different in another language. Hence, uncertainty about the pronuciation of God's name is no reason for not using it.

god is a celestial being , it does not have a name

He was hoping no one would recognise him.

Because he feared people might discover the mug shots from his youth if people knew his real name

It hasn't been. The actual name was YHWH, which is unpronounceable, and so was usually read as Adonai (Lord). LORD is the way the tetragrammaton (technical name for the YHWH) is presented in most English translations. Jehovah is not an accurate rendering of the tetragrammaton, as it is a Latinised form of a combining of the YHWH and the vowels of Adonai. Any Christian who reads their Bible and attends study knows that the Old Testament name for God was YHWH or most probably Yahweh. In the NT, the word YHWH is never used in the Greek, nor is any Hellenised form of it. It is always represented by the word Kurios (Lord). The JWs putting it in the NT is, by their standards, just as serious as what they accuse Christians of doing in the OT. As Peter says in his speech in Acts 2 "There is no other name under heaven, given among men, by which we can be saved". (And the name is JESUS)

YHWH is God's true name. When trying to translate so that it was pronouncable, they added vowels and came up with Jehovah. This is only a guess. God's name was never used as Jehovah or YHWH in the New Testament, only the Old.

Acts 4 :12 "There is no other name under heaven, given among men, by which we can be saved." Oh so true, but way too many people take one or two verses out of the bible and base their entire life on it. They even start churches based this way. If you read the ENTIRE word of God, you might discover that the only way to JEHOVAH'S salvation is through Jesus! Overlooking that small detail could cost you your life! Remember what Jesus himself said. John 14:6. "No one comes to the FATHER except through me". Don't forget, that God cannot be tempted(James 1:13) and had no beginning and no end. Jesus was created and was tempted. Jesus is a mighty god, but not the one and only Almighty God. Satan also is a god, but he was created, and is not almighty. There is only one true God (John 17:3) There are not three. Don't take my word, read the entire bible! Check out Isaiah 43:10-11. On Jeopardy they asked which bible was most accurate. The answer was the New World Translation. This bible will clear up the confusion of word games in other bibles. Most important, the third to last verse in all bibles (Rev 22:19). Just remember, that you will find the truth if you search for it. If there are questions about the things you now know, then you have not uncovered the Sacred Secret yet. Contact any witness of God/Jehovah's word. Review the supreme court decisions on door to door teaching!!! Every cult has a leader: Jim Jones Peoples Temple; David Koresh Waco Davidians; those weird alien dudes; Catholics have the Pope dude with the big hat; The Jehovah's Witnesses have Jehovah as their leader; The Amsterdam Pot religion, with marijuana as a center piece; Christendom churches with all the pastors and priests collecting money and selling god on cd/dvd inside! etc. etc. etc. Eternal life is free. Which religion mentioned above has the best leader with every one else deemed brothers and sisters? It's not obvious what's going on in the world, but it IS going on! Don't be afraid to search out the truth!

I appreciate Isa. 12:4 "Give thanks to Jehovah, you people! Call upon his name. Make known among the peoples his dealings. Make mention that his name is put on high." It makes sense by reading the bible that God does have a name not just lord or God. To have a close personal relationship we need to use his name. We know there are many Gods. So when you pray to God which God are you praying to? To discern for yourselves God (Jehovah) has provided the answers in the bible.2Tim 3:16,17 "All scripture is inspired of God and beneficial for teaching, for reproving, for setting things straight,for disciplining in righteousness, that the man of God may be fully equipped for every good work.

It wasn't. You may be referring to the practice of the scribes omitting the vowels out of that name so that it could not be used profanely. Can't cuss without vowels. :)

Because the transcribers were superstitious and believed that writing God's name was not acceptable.

God has many names. Most of them are attempts to place parameters on a metaphor. It is convenient for men to use lables for things they can not begin to understand.

it has been an evil conspiracy to erase the divine name out of the holy scriptures. however, this attempt has been a miserable failure.