God is deeply concerned about how we use His name, commanding us not to take it in vain (Exodus 20:7). The proper attitude toward His name is crucial to worshiping Him appropriately, as His names reveal aspects of His character and attributes, such as love, healer, holy, all-powerful, honorable, and glorious. The Hebrew text of the Old Testament contains many names for God, including Elohim, a plural noun referring to the God Family, and YHWH, often translated as LORD, deriving from a form of the Hebrew verb to be, meaning He exists or He causes to be. Scholars believe YHWH was originally pronounced as Yahweh, but the exact pronunciation has been lost over time since the Jews considered it too sacred to speak after the days of Ezra and Nehemiah, substituting it with Adonai, meaning Lord or Master. Some have suggested the pronunciation Jehovah, a hybrid created in AD 1520 by interjecting vowels into YHWH, but this lacks biblical basis. Other names like El, meaning mighty one, and Elah, used in Aramaic texts by Daniel and Ezra, also refer to God, showing that translations into English as God or Lord are acceptable despite similar terms being used for pagan deities. In the New Testament, Greek terms like Theos for God and Kurios for Lord are used by writers like Paul, indicating reverence for God's character over specific pronunciation. Jesus Himself, referred to as Iesous in Greek, emphasized the power and authority behind His name, not its sound, as seen in healings performed in His name (Acts 3:6). Salvation is not based on pronunciation, and God may have intentionally obscured the exact pronunciation of His name to prevent focus on sound rather than on who He is. Reverential fear and genuine respect through obedience truly honor God, far more than the sanctimonious use of a specific name or sound. Whether we use Yahweh, Elohim, the Eternal, the Creator, God, or Lord, the pronunciation is not as critical as properly revering and fearing the One behind the name, the Lord Your God.