Modern Name ‘Jesus’ Not Found in 1611 KJV

Isaiah chapter 9










Today we are walking in: Modern Name “Jesus” Not Found in 1611 KJV







Job 36:4




For truly my words shall not be false: H8267 he that is perfect in knowledge is with thee.



















FALSE







Today we look to the word H8267 sheqer--lie, deception, disappointment, falsehood; deception (what deceives or disappoints or betrays one)















The Torah testifies...............






Exodus 20:17




Thou shalt not bear false H8267 witness against thy neighbour.







Exodus 23:7




Keep thee far from a false H8267 matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked







Deuteronomy 19:16




If a false H8267 witness rise up against any man to testify against him that which is wrong;















The prophets proclaim..................







Jeremiah 5:31




The prophets prophesy falsely, H8267 and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?









Jeremiah 23:32




Behold, I am against them that prophesy false H8267 dreams, saith the LORD, and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by their lightness; yet I sent them not, nor commanded them: therefore they shall not profit this people at all, saith the LORD.







Jeremiah 37:14




Then said Jeremiah, It is false H8267; I fall not away to the Chaldeans. But he hearkened not to him: so Irijah took Jeremiah, and brought him to the princes.



















The writings bear witness...........................







Psalm 7:14




Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood. H8267







Proverbs 11:1




A false H8267 balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight.







Proverbs 14:5




A faithful witness will not lie: but a false H8267 witness will utter lies.












The name of our Saviour is precious, and is the name above every name! It is thus vitally important that we study the Scriptures to find His name! And as we study carefully, here is what we find.

The modern name ‘Jesus’ (Jee’-zus) is not used in the original 1611 King James Version of the Bible. Nor is the modern name ‘Jehovah’ (Juh-ho’-vah) found in the original 1611 KJV.

Instead, the name of the Saviour is written as ‘Iesus’ (Yay-soos), having a closer phonetic sound to the Hebrew name of ‘Yehoshua,’ and is pronounced by some as (Yeh-shu’-ah, Yah-shu’-ah or Yahu’-shu’-ah), with many minor variations in vowel-sounds.

The modern name ‘Jehovah’ appears 4 times in the modern KJV versions. In the 1611 KJV, however, this name is absent. Instead it appears as ‘IEHOVAH’ (Yay-ho’-vah), and is pronounced by many today with variations both in the vowel-sounds, and in the use of the ancient consonant ‘waw’ in place of the more modern ‘vav.’

The proper name of the Creator appears more than 6,800 times in both early and later versions of the KJV. Curiously, this name is hidden in most places by use of the word ‘LORD’ in all-capital letters to denote the proper name.

The Creator’s name appears in the modern KJV as ‘JEHOVAH’ in four places (Ex 6:3, Ps 83:18, Isa 12:2, Isa 26:4), having escaped the translator’s attempts to cloak the name with the word ‘LORD’ spelled with all-capital letters.

Moreover, in the 1611 KJV, the name ‘IEHOVAH’ appears 3 times, and ‘IEHOUAH’ once, revealing a variation in the ‘waw’ and ‘vav’ sound, coming close to the Hebrew pronunciation (Yah-Hu’-Wah).

And so we are presented with two immediate questions that demand answers: “Who changed the name?” and, “What is His Name according to Scripture?”
Who Changed the Name?

Many have seen that the modern name ‘Jesus’ is not the same as the name ‘Iesus’ found in the 1611 KJV [Compare the 1611 KJV side-by-side with the 1769 KJV]. So who changed the name?

The use of the letter ‘J’ and its corresponding phonetic sound as a soft ‘G’ is a modern invention of man, and is a recent linguistic addition. So who changed the Name that is above every name? Should we not know and use His given Name, if we desire to know Him?

Perhaps the Names in Scripture have changed, not because of anyone’s conscious efforts, but because of evolution of the English language in its linguistic and spelling variations. There may be many opinions. One must wonder, however, that the adversary’s name has not changed over time, but the Saviour’s Covenant identity remains mostly unknown today, and the Creator’s revealed Name is hidden to all but those who seek.

I’m sure He will acknowledge any name we use, in our ignorance. But perhaps those who desire to know Him want to know His true, Biblical name. Not knowing where this name change came from, it may be good to go back to the Bible, and use the Hebrew Name given to our Saviour by His Hebrew mother, which name was prophesied throughout the Hebrew Scriptures! We must then ask, “What is that Hebrew name?”
What is His Name According to Scripture

If the Saviour’s Name was not originally ‘Jesus’ (pronounced as ‘Jee’-zus’), then what is His Name — and how is it pronounced, according to Scripture?

In the Book of Proverbs, there is an enigmatic and highly prophetic passage directed to Believers of this generation:

…what is his name, and what is his son’s name, if thou canst tell? (Proverbs 30:4b)

In order to find the answers to these questions, we must seek them out in the Scriptures. We must become as the Bereans, who searched the Scriptures daily for themselves, to see whether the things the apostle Paul said were true (Acts 17:10-11).

Many are doing as the Bereans did. They are going back to the Hebrew Scriptures — the Torah (that was their Bible), to find the foundational Truths of the New Covenant — and are discovering the Biblical Hebrew names of our Saviour and of the Creator!

For a brief look at how the Bereans might have discovered the true Biblical names of the Father and the Son hidden in Scripture, see What Is His Name, and What Is His Son’s Name — If You can Tell?.
Conclusion

Many today see the modern name ‘Jesus’ in the modern Bibles, and do not realise this name does not appear in the KJV 1611 Bible. Many are wanting to find the Truth of His Name!

Many are doing as the Bereans did. They are going back to the Hebrew Scriptures — the Torah (that was their Bible), to find the foundational Truths of the New Covenant — and are discovering the Biblical Hebrew names of our Saviour and of the Creator!