Bible Discussion Thread

Can you explain why the only word in the KJV that is all capitalized

is the word "LORD"?

Hi Kevin, Deut 10:17 is a good example of this with LORD and Lord and lord in the same verse.

"For the LORD your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward:" Deuteronomy 10:17 KJV

GiGi is correct that the uppercase LORD is YHWH as the transliteration from Hebrew- known as Jehovah. The lowercase Lord and lord is Adon or Adoni. I learned this by clicking on the verse and you see it broken down.

Anonymous...Alex1939...Adam Gbu but in the original Hebrew.As far back as we can go there were no upper case or lower case...It was the Greek language that brough in the lower case and upper case which is erroneous...And there were no upper case or lower case in the original 10 commandments....God is God and Lord is Lord...And when David said the Lord said unto my Lord sit thou at my right hand till i make your enemies your footstool there are no upper case or lower case in the original Hebrew scripture... Psalms 110...ok No pun intented....Just the truth....But we have no originals we only have copies of copies...But as farback as scholars can go there are no lower case or upper case in the original Hebrew Scripture...Not even in the fragmented dead seas scrolls...

Hello Alex1939, it seems you made a strawman fallacy. I didn't claim the original Hebrew was upper and lowercase, so you refuted an argument I didn't make.

Hello Kevin, My understanding is that the capitalized LORD is what is used to denote the name YHWH.