The Holman Christian Standard Bible (Biblia.com)

1. The names of God

The HCSB OT consistently translates the Hebrew names for God as follows:

HCSB English:	Hebrew original:
God	Elohim
Lord	YHWH (Yahweh)
Lord	Adonai
Lord God	Adonai Yahweh
Lord of Hosts	Yahweh Sabaoth
God Almighty	El Shaddai

However, the HCSB OT uses Yahweh, the personal name of God in Hebrew, when a biblical text emphasizes Yahweh as a name: “His name is Yahweh” (Ps 68:4). Yahweh is also used in places of His self-identification as in “I am Yahweh” (Is 42:8). Yahweh is used more often in the HCSB than in most Bible translations because the word Lord in English is a title of God and does not accurately convey to modern readers the emphasis on God’s personal name in the original Hebrew.

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