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The many changes from Yahshua to Jesus

~ HBR Bible Notes in italics.

The name “Jesus” has no such entomology in Greek and comes from “Ieasous” which is the masculine form of the pagan goddess of healing Ieasa. Act 4:12
Act 4:12 And there is salvation in no other man, for neither is there any other name under Heaven having been given among men by which we must be saved†.

~ Clearly if there is only one name where people can be saved it is the name “YAHSHUA” which means Yahweh's salvation. (Exo 23:21, Php 2:9, Joh 17:11, Mat 1:21, 1Jn 2:12)

From Wikipedia : from Yahshua to Jesus.
Jesus (/ˈdʒiːzəs/) is a masculine given name derived from Iēsous (Ἰησοῦς; Iesus in Classical Latin) the Ancient Greek form of the Hebrew and Aramaic name Yeshua (ישוע).[1][2] As its roots lie in the name Isho in Aramaic and Yeshua in Hebrew, it is etymologically related to another biblical name, Joshua.[3]
The nominative form Jesu and Iesu, was commonly used in religious texts and prayers during the Middle Ages, particularly in England, but gradually declined in usage as English language evolved.

Jesus is usually not used as a given name in the English-speaking world, while its counterparts have had longstanding popularity among people with other language backgrounds, such as the Spanish Jesús.

This early biblical Hebrew name יְהוֹשֻׁעַ‎ (Yehoshuaʿ) underwent a shortening into later biblical יֵשׁוּעַ‎ (Yeshuaʿ), as found in the Hebrew text of verses Ezra 2:2, 2:6, 2:36, 2:40, 3:2, 3:8, 3:9, 3:10, 3:18, 4:3, 8:33; Nehemiah 3:19, 7:7, 7:11, 7:39, 7:43, 8:7, 8:17, 9:4, 9:5, 11:26, 12:1, 12:7, 12:8, 12:10, 12:24, 12:26; 1 Chronicles 24:11; and 2 Chronicles 31:15 – as well as in Biblical Aramaic at verse Ezra 5:2. These Bible verses refer to ten individuals (in Nehemiah 8:17, the name refers to Joshua son of Nun).

This historical change may have been due to a phonological shift whereby guttural phonemes weakened, including [h].[9] Usually, the traditional theophoric element יהו‎ (Yahu) was shortened at the beginning of a name to יו‎ (Yo-), and at the end to יה‎ (-yah). In the contraction of Yehoshuaʿ to Yeshuaʿ, the vowel is instead fronted (perhaps due to the influence of the y in the triliteral root y-š-ʿ). Yeshua was in common use by Jews during the Second Temple period and many Jewish religious figures bear the name, including Joshua in the Hebrew Bible and Jesus in the New Testament.[2][1]

During the post-biblical period the further shortened form Yeshu was adopted by Hebrew speaking Jews to refer to the Christian Jesus, however Yehoshua continued to be used for the other figures called Jesus.[10] However, both the Western and Eastern Syriac Christian traditions use the Aramaic name ܝܫܘܥ (in Heb. ישוע) Yeshuʿ and Yishoʿ, respectively, including the ʿayin.[11]

The name Jesus is derived from the Hebrew name Yeshua, which is based on the Semitic root y-ڑ-ʕ (Hebrew: ישע), meaning "to deliver; to rescue."[12][13][14] Likely originating in proto-Semitic (yṯ'), it appears in several Semitic personal names outside of Hebrew, like in the Aramaic name Hadad Yith'i, meaning "Hadad is my salvation". Its oldest recorded use is in an Amorite personal name from 2048 B.C.[15]

By the time the New Testament was written, the Septuagint had already transliterated ישוע (Yeshuaʿ) into Koine Greek as closely as possible in the 3rd-century BCE, the result being Ἰησοῦς (Iēsous). Since Greek had no equivalent to the Semitic letter ש‎ shin [ʃ], it was replaced with a σ sigma [s], and a masculine singular ending [-s] was added in the nominative case, in order to allow the name to be inflected for case (nominative, accusative, etc.) in the grammar of the Greek language. The diphthongal [a] vowel of Masoretic Yehoshuaʿ or Yeshuaʿ would not have been present in Hebrew/Aramaic pronunciation during this period, and some scholars believe some dialects dropped the pharyngeal sound of the final letter ע‎ ʿayin [ʕ], which in any case had no counterpart in ancient Greek. The Greek writings of Philo of Alexandria[16] and Josephus frequently mention this name. In the Panarion of Epiphanius of Salamis, the name Iēsous comes from Hebrew/Aramaic and means "healer or physician, and saviour," and that the earliest Christians were named Jessaeans based on this name before they were called Christians. This etymology of 'physician' may derive from the sect of the θεραπευταί (Therapeutae), of which Ephanius was familiar.[17]

From Greek, Ἰησοῦς (Iēsous) moved into Latin at least by the time of the Vetus Latina. The morphological jump this time was not as large as previous changes between language families. Ἰησοῦς (Iēsous) was transliterated to Latin IESVS, where it stood for many centuries. The Latin name has an irregular declension, with a genitive, dative, ablative, and vocative of Jesu, accusative of Jesum, and nominative of Jesus. Minuscule (lower case) letters were developed around 800 and some time later the U was invented to distinguish the vowel sound from the consonantal sound and the J to distinguish the consonant from I. Similarly, Greek minuscules were invented about the same time, prior to that the name was written in capital letters (ΙΗϹΟΥϹ) or abbreviated as (ΙΗϹ) with a line over the top, see also Christogram.

Modern English Jesus derives from Early Middle English Iesu (attested from the 12th century). The name participated in the Great Vowel Shift in late Middle English (15th century). The letter J was first distinguished from 'I' by the Frenchman Pierre Ramus in the 16th century, but did not become common in Modern English until the 17th century, so that early 17th century works such as the first edition of the King James Version of the Bible (1611) continued to print the name with an I.

References:
1. - Liddell and Scott. A Greek–English Lexicon, p. 824.
2. - Catholic encyclopedia: Origin of the name Jesus Christ
3. - Robinson 2005; Stegemann 2006.
9. - Elisha Qimron, The Hebrew of the Dead Sea Scrolls (Harvard Semitic Studies: Scholars Press 1986), p.25
10. - Robert E. Van Voorst Jesus outside the New Testament 2000 ISBN 978-0-8028-4368-5 p124 "This is likely an inference from the Talmud and other Jewish usage, where Jesus is called Yeshu, and other Jews with the same name are called by the fuller name Yeshua and Yehoshua, "Joshua""
11. - Jennings
12. - Brown Driver Briggs Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon; Hendrickson Publishers 1996
13. - "Strong's Hebrew: 3467. יָשַׁע (yasha) -- to deliver". biblehub.com. Retrieved 2018-10-29.
14. - Brown Driver Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon; Hendrickson Publishers 1996 ISBN 1-56563-206-0.
15. - "A.2 The Proto-Semitic root *yṯ' now seems to lie behind Hebrew [ישָׁע], being attested in proper names in NWSem and most of the ESA languages. The Ug evidence attests to the second consonant being ṯ (Sawyer 1975:78). This new evidence counters some earlier interpretations based on Arb (see B.1). The main arguments outlined by Sawyer (1975) are the evidence of proper names in NW Sem (A.3, A.4, B.3), the collocation of yṯ' terms with deities’ names (as with ישׁע; see A.1, 3, 5, 7-10; also Syntagmatics A.1), chronological evidence (see A.5, 7-10) and phonological equivalence (B.1). Earlier KB (412, along with wasiʿa), Huffmon (1965: 215) and Stolz (1971: 786, citing Sawyer 1965:475-76, 485) had supported this view; and at the conference where Sawyer originally presented his paper T.L. Fenton and H.W.F. Saggs had indicated their strong agreement with it (Sawyer 1975: 83-84). Significantly this view was adopted in the latest Hebrew lexicon to incorporate philological data (Ges18: 510 [1995])." (Aitken & Davies, 2016)
16. - Philo Judaeus, "De ebrietate" in Philonis Alexandrini opera quae supersunt ed. P. Wendland, Berlin: Reimer, 1897 (repr. De Gruyter, 1962) vol. 2:170-214, Section 96, Line 2.
17. - Williams, Frank; translator. "Introduction". The Panarion of Epiphanius of Salamis, Book I (Sects 1-46). 1987. (E.J. Brill, Leiden) ISBN 90-04-07926-2.

Quotes: The Messiah’s True Name
Encyclopedia Americana (Vol.16, p. 41)
“Originally, the name of the Messiah was , pronounced Yahushua or (Yehoshua). This is the Messiah’s original name. …the Messiah’s name is actually the same name as Joshua, Son of Nun… correctly pronounced “Yahushua”. It is quite evident that the modern form “Jesus” doesn’t even remotely resemble the original name that the disciples used.. This is a fact. ” “Jesus Christ….Matthew (1:21) interprets the name originally as Jehoshua, that is, ‘Jehovah is Salvation,'”

Is the name “Jesus” holy? Baruch Ben Daniel.
“The name Jesus is NOT a derivative of YHWH (Jehovah). There is great cause for alarm when this hybrid Greek name is being plied onto Messiah because not only is it NOT the sanctified given name of Yeshua (Jehoshua) but prophetic and sanctified unity within the Word of YHWH is lost!
Early Christo-Pagans syncretized Greek culture into Greek Christianity, which “smoothed” the way for Christo-Paganism to become the “state” religion.”

The Origin of Christianity by A.B. Traina.
“They (the Graeco-Roman World) had worshipped Zeus as the supreme deity. Their savior was Zeus, so now they were ready to accept Jehoshua as Jesus – Iesous, meaning – hail Zeus. Now our translated scriptures say that Jahwah’s (Jehovah’s) Son’s name is Jesus, which is a compound word made up of Ie and Zeus (Hail Zeus).”
“This name of the true Messiah, Jahshuwah (Jehoshua), being Hebrew, was objectionable to the Greeks and Romans, who hated the Judeans (Jews), and so it was deleted from the records, and a new name inserted. Jahshuwah (Jehoshua) was thus replaced by Ie-Sous (hail Zeus), now known to us as Jesus.”

Gospel of The Kingdom, True Names and Title, Dr. Henry Clifford Kinley, 1931 – Ohio USA.
“It is simply amazing to think that all these years, hundreds of years, mankind has been calling the Saviour by the wrong name!!
It’s hard to give up the name of Jesus because it’s so deeply ingrained in us and much has been said and done in that name.”

Dictionary of Christian Lore and Legend, Professor J. C. J. Metford.
Some scholars think that Jesus name was corrupted by the early Roman Apostasy – in order to make his name look more Graeco – Roman rather than “Jewish”.
After the Apostles and Jesus had been removed from the Jewish scene – Rome took over the Christian Faith and attempted to Mould and conform it to her own Graeco-Roman heritage and Flavour.
Zeus was one of the most popular gods at that time. And conjecture has it that perhaps Jesus name was changed to please the pagans in the empire – who were reluctant to accept the New Faith – of the Roman Emperor.
Look at some of the Findings “It is known that the Greek name endings with sus, seus, and sous were attached by the Greeks to names and geographical areas as means to give honour to their supreme deity, Zeus.”

Gospel of The Kingdom, True Names and Title, Dr. Henry Clifford Kinley, 1931 – Ohio USA.
“In the 1611 KJ New Testament the name Yahshua (Yehoshua) appeared originally wherever the Messiah was spoken of. Yehoshua means Yehovah’s (Jehovah’s) Salvation. Later the Messiah’s name was replaced with Iesus (Greek) which later in the 1600’s it became Jesus starting with the new English letter “J” which was introduced at that time. Further, the Greek “Iesus” comes from the name Zeus, the ruling God in the Greek pantheon.”

“Yeshua” or “Jesus” — Which? Biblical Research Institute; 1996, by Les Aron Gosling.
“Some authorities, who have spent their entire lives studying the origins of names believe that “Jesus” actually means – “Hail Zeus!”
For Iesous in Greek IS “Hail Zeus.”
“Ie” translates as “Hail” and “sous” or “sus” translates as Zeus.
The English name “Jesus”, therefore, stems etymologically from “Jupiter-Zeus” the chief god of the ancient Greek Olympus.”

Winds of Praise Broadcasting, Believer or Follower? The Sound of the Shofar, By Jon Thompson.
“‘Jesus’ is a transliteration of a Latin name Ioesus, pronounced heysus – which means nothing in Hebrew, but in Latin it means ‘Hail Zeus’. If Yahshua’s name had been transliterated into our language, it would have been closer to Joshua (or Jehoshua)..”

“Man’s Great Adventure,” by Edwin W. Pharlow, professor of history, Ohio State University.
“It is interesting to note – that throughout his life – Christ never did hear himself being called by that name – “Jesus”….”

Dictionary of Christian Lore and Legend, by Professor J.C.J Melfurd (1983, pg 126).
“It is known that the Greek name endings with sus, seus, and sous which are phonetic pronunciations for the chief Greek god of Olympus – were attached by the Greeks to names and geographical areas as means to give honour to their supreme deity, Zeus.”

Seek God, The True name of Christ.
“The name of YAHshua has been replaced by the names of G-zeus (Jesus), meaning Hail Zeus (Iesus, and Iesous) which are pagan in origin.”

COME OUT OF HER MY PEOPLE, by C. J. Koster.
“research reveals that the name “Jesus” is linked to the Greek Sun-god “Zeus” ”

Winds of Praise Broadcasting, Believer or Follower? The Sound of the Shofar, By Jon Thompson.
“Jesus. That was a name given to him by the early church many years after His death. They wanted to remove any Jewishness from the new church. They eliminated His Jewish name and blended the name of Zeus into the Christian church to make it comfortable for all those who previously worshipped the Greek and Roman gods. It made it easier for the pagans to become Christians. Since Zeus was the top god of their experience, attaching the name Ioesus to Yahshua gave Him top priority in the worship hierarchy.”

Story of the Christian church, Hurlbut p 43.
“This new church adopted various deities from the heathen, and discarded the Most High (Jehovah) of the Israelite Scriptures, and they also discarded His blessed Son, Jahshuwah.”

The Origin of Christianity, by A.B. Traina.
“The pagans of Greece and Rome had worshipped Zeus as the supreme deity. Their savior was Zeus, so now they were eager to accept Jesus as Iesous, or Zeus as their saviour.”
“Our translated scripture says that Jahwah’s Son’s name is Jesus, a compound word of Ie and Zeus. The messiah’s true name – Jahshuwah – was replaced by Ie-Sous (praise or hail Zeus), now known to us as Jesus.”
“The Hebrews called their coming Savior, the Messiah, Jahshuawah. The disciples of the Savior accepted Him as such, and to them He was also known as Jahshuwah the Messiah. The Greeks, however, rejected the Hebrew name, and called Him (IESOUS-Jesus) instead.”
“The only Savior in the Scripture is Jahshuwah, (or Jehoshua) – the Son of Jahwah (Jehovah). He came in His Father’s Name and by that we must adore Him. Away with the pagan name Iesous. Away with his heathen name Jesus, and instead exalt the Savior, Jahshuwah (Jehoshua) - the Son of Jahwah (Jehovah), by His own name.”

The Faith Magazine, Volume 69.
“The plan of the Greeks was simple, they merely dropped the Hebrew terminology of names which referred to the Hebrew deity, and substituted the name, or letters, referring to the name of the supreme deity, Zeus.”

The Two Babylons, Dr. Alexander Hislop.
“It has been all along well enough known that the Greeks occasionally worshipped the supreme deity under the title of “Zeus the Saviour. . .”

Encyclopedia Americana (Vol.16, p. 41).
The Messiah’s True Name “Originally, the name of the Messiah was Hebrew name of the The Messiah , pronounced Yahushua or (Yehoshua). This is the Messiah’s original name. …the Messiah’s name is actually the same name as Joshua, Son of Nun… correctly pronounced “Yahushua”. It is quite evident that the modern form “Jesus” doesn’t even remotely resemble the original name that the disciples used.. This is a fact. “
“Jesus Christ….Matthew (1:21) interprets the name originally as Jehoshua, that is, ‘Jehovah is Salvation,'”

Encyclopedia Britannica – 15th Edition, (Vol. 10 p.149).
“the name of Christ in the New Testament means “Jehovah is salvation.” This comes from the same Hebrew word translated Joshua or Jehoshua in the Old Testament. It also means “Jehovah is salvation.” This means that the name of Jesus should have been translated into English as “Joshua (or Jehoshua)” ”
-Jesus and Joshua Had the Same Hebrew Name * The Name Of Jesus; By Paul Rusnak
“Christ name….In the Septuagint it was the common Hebrew name Joshua (or Jehoshua).”

Personal Names in the Bible, by Dr. W.F. Wilkinson, M.A.
Joint Editor of Webster and Wilkinson’s Greek Testament: pages 342-343.
“The name Joshua (or Jehoshua) derives its greatest importance and highest sanctity from the fact that it was sacredly chosen as the name to be borne by the Messiah..”

The Name Jesus - by Rav Sha’ul
In this article we are going to “reverse engineer” this name “Jesus” and when we do it traces directly back to Babylon no matter how we look at it. But what would happen if we look at the name “Jesus” as a compound English name composes (as English words are) of the Latin prefix and suffix? The prefixes “Je” and “sus”.

We must look at it that way because the true name of the Messiah was a compound name YAH (Yahuah)(ye)SHUA (salvation) in Hebrew. Supposedly “Jesus” comes from the name of the Messiah so if we break it into it component parts what does it say about “Jesus” in English. Does it identify The Passover Lamb sacrifice of YHVH or an abominable sacrifice of a pig? Does it begin to bring into focus the exact same sacrifice of The Ishtar Pig (Easter) which is the unquestioned “sacrifice” of the false religion of Christianity as well as Babylon? Let’s look at the prefix “Je” and suffix “sus” in the English dictionary.
When considering the prefix we find that “Je” is another form of “Ge” derived from the Latin/Greek word for “earth”. GE/JE is a short form of Gaia or Jee which is the “mother earth” or Roman goddess Tellus! The suffix “sus” comes from the Latin word for “pig” sous. “Sous” in Latin means pig this is where we get the pig call “soooouuuuiiii”. So in English if we examine the name Jesus as a compound name it means literally “earthly pig” or “pig of Tellus/Goddess Mother Earth”. It in no way implies or means Yahuah is Salvation. Shocking… I know.

“Jesus” literally means the Ishtar Pig
We now are coming closer to the false messiah’s sacrifice on Easter to the goddess Ishtar (a pig) in replace of The Passover Lamb. That is why we eat ham on Easter because a pig killed Ishtar’s son Tammuz later called Apollo/Hesus/Horus/Krishna then Jesus. We are taught that anyone obedient to the dietary laws of YHVH are not true Christians. So to PROVE our total lawlessness in the eyes of YHVH… we actually eat the most unclean abominable animal that is not even “food” on Ishtar day! The most abominable animal to YHVH in His Word (a pig), we eat it in defiance to a pagan god and then disobey Passover. Those who commit such an abominable sacrifice in their heart on Easter and are disobedient to The Passover are not true sons of YHVH. I will prove this next when we look at “how” and “why” Passover was changed to “Ishtar/Easter” and a pig sacrificed (eaten) instead of a lamb on Passover as YHVH instructed and Yahusha confirmed. Passover is an EVERLASTING ordinance of the Living God, YHVH.

Luke 22:19 And when he had taken some bread and given thanks (on Passover), he broke it and gave it to them, saying, “This (Passover Dinner) is my body (Passover Lamb) which is given (sacrificed) for you; do this (keep Passover) in remembrance of Me.”

Exodus 12:14 ‘So this day shall be to you a memorial; and you shall keep it as a feast to the Lord throughout your generations. You shall keep it as a feast by an everlasting ordinance.

Etymology of the name Je-sus, by Rav Sha’ul
I want to break down the complete Etymology of the name “Jesus”… I intend to leave no stone unturned in my search for the Truth. I fully intend that when my King returns… that I have overthrown every stronghold, every high place, that elevates itself above Yahusha my King. Anything that stands in the way of my salvation and inheritance, with the full intention to run this race to win it! No matter the cost, no matter the consequences personally. And I desire His Truth and to receive every crown and every reward promised to me in His Word. I want the highest placement in His Kingdom to come. The Apostle Paul took the Truth of YHVH and His Messiah Yahusha to a pagan Rome 2000 years ago… and I intend to do that exact same thing today to the best of my ability, the end of time as we know it.

• Je
  GE or GEO [ME “geo”, from.MF& L,from.Gk – “Ge”-“Geo”,from “Ge”] EARTH GROUND SOIL (as in) GEO/GRAPHICAL GEO/GRAPHY and GEO/POLITICS (WEBSTER’S SEVENTH NEW COLLEGIATE DICTIONARY)
  GE (je,ge) GAEA;GAIA GAEA (Jee),Noun. [Gr.Gaia derived from “Ge”, earth] in Greek mythology the earth personified as a goddess ,mother of Uranus the Titans,etc, MOTHER EARTH: identified by the Romans with Tellus: also Gala,Ge. GEO (jeo,jee) [Gr. “geo” derived from gaia,ge, the earth] a combining form meaning earth,as in geo/centric, geo/phyte. (WEBSTER’S NEW WORLD DICTIONARY) {PROPER NAME} GEORGE Gr. georgos means “EARTH WORKER” (DICTIONARY OF FIRST NAMES)
• 
  sus
  sus, sus N 3 1 NOM S C T, sus N 3 1 VOC S C T sus, suis swine; hog, pig, sow; (Latin-English-Latin Java Dictionary with Whitaker’s Wordlist) sus : swine, pig, hog. (Lynn Nelson’s Latin=English Dictionary (Hong Kong) sus, -is g.c. nomen animalis (A Latin Dictionary of Saxo Grammaticus (medireview Latin) SWINE [ME fr.OE swin; akin to OHG swin swine LATIN -SUS–more at SOW] 1: any of various stout-bodied short legged omnivorous mammals (family Suidae) with a thick bristly skin and long mobile snout; esp: a domesticated member of the species (Sus Scrofa) that includes the European wild boar-usu.used collectively 2: a contemptible person (Webster’s Seventh New Collegate Dictionary)

Conclusion
Je-SUS = earth pig or earthly swine or BEAST of the Earth… the image of corruptible man, the abominable sacrifice of a pig (Easter Sacrifice of the Earthly Swine named Jesus) that pollutes the alter and renders the Temple of YHVH (man) unfit for service or worship to YHVH, causing the oblation (daily sacrifice) to cease, that sacrifice of the Lamb that was slaughtered before YHVH whose name is Yahusha (Yahuah’s Salvation NOT Jesus the son pig sacrifice of Zeus). I.E. the Abominable Sacrifice that Causes the Desolation of the Temple of YHVH, the human body.

Why does your translation of Scripture mention the Name “YHWH” in the preface, but substitute the English word “LORD” for it in the text? If the letter “J” is less than 500 years old, why use it in the Name “Jesus”? Isn’t His real Name more like Y’shua, Yahusha, or Yahushua? To call Him “Yeh-soos” or “Yeh-zeus” may not be very good, considering “soos” is Hebrew for “horse”, and of course you know who “Zeus” is . . . . It is the God worshipped when the pig was slaughtered on the alter on Easter.

Names are extremely important. After all, there is only ONE name under Heaven whereby you may be saved. And that name Yahusha glorifies YHVH. The Pagan name Zeus too was used in many name-endings like Tarsus, Pegasus, Dionysus, Parnassus, etc., to honor Zeus phonetically. Yes, even the son of Zeus (the pig) Jesus.

The Latin name endings like sus, sous, and seus were employed to give honor to “Zeus”. “Sus” in Latin means “pig”.

Excluding the Greek word/name, this Latin word for SWINE i.e. pig—“SUS” is identical in writing to the suffix of the Latin and the English transliteration “Ie-SUS” and “Je-SUS”. “SUS” pronounced “SOOCE” or “ZUS” in English! In Latin it means “SWINE” i.e. PIG, and has the same sound as the Greek suffix in the word/name “Ie-SOUS” , pronounced “SOOCE” Here are some more interesting parallels In the Spanish translations of the scriptures such as in Mexico for example the name is written “Je-sus” but it is pronounced He or HEY – SOOCE. Both the suffix spelling and sound of the suffix is the same for the Latin word “SUS”,which means SWINE. (According to the dictionary this word SWINE can also mean a CONTEMPTIBLE Person) THE LITERAL WRITTEN PARALLELS ARE THERE! THE LITERAL PHONETIC PARALLELS ARE THERE!

Pig (pĭg)
n.

• Any of several mammals of the family Suidae, having short legs, cloven hooves, bristly hair, and a cartilaginous snout used for digging, especially the domesticated hog, Sus scrofa domesticus (Latin), when young or of comparatively small size.
• The edible parts of one of these mammals.
• Informal. A person regarded as being piglike, greedy, or gross.

Swine
[ME fr.OE swin; akin to OHG swin swine LATIN –SUS–more at SOW]

1. any of various stout-bodied short legged omnivorous mammals (family Suidae) with a thick bristly skin and long mobile snout; esp: a domesticated member of the species (Sus Scrofa) that includes the European wild boar-usu.used collectively
2. a contemptible person
   (Webster’s Seventh New Collegate Dictionary)

Baal / Lord - https://www.britannica.com/topic/Baal-ancient-deity
Baal, god worshipped in many ancient Middle Eastern communities, especially among the Canaanites, who apparently considered him a fertility deity and one of the most important gods in the pantheon. As a Semitic common noun baal (Hebrew baʿal) meant “owner” or “lord,” although it could be used more generally; for example, a baal of wings was a winged creature, and, in the plural, baalim of arrows indicated archers. Yet such fluidity in the use of the term baal did not prevent it from being attached to a god of distinct character. As such, Baal designated the universal god of fertility, and in that capacity his title was Prince, Lord of the Earth. He was also called the Lord of Rain and Dew, the two forms of moisture that were indispensable for fertile soil in Canaan. In Ugaritic and Hebrew, Baal’s epithet as the storm god was He Who Rides on the Clouds. In Phoenician he was called Baal Shamen, Lord of the Heavens.
Baal was also worshipped by various communities as a local god. The Hebrew scriptures speak frequently of the Baal of a given place or refers to Baalim in the plural, suggesting the evidence of local deities, or “lords,” of various locales. It is not known to what extent the Canaanites considered those various Baalim identical, but the Baal of Ugarit does not seem to have confined his activities to one city, and doubtless other communities agreed in giving him cosmic scope.

God - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_(word)
The English word god comes from the Old English god, which itself is derived from the Proto-Germanic *gudą. Its cognates in other Germanic languages include guþ, gudis (both Gothic), guð (Old Norse), god (Old Saxon, Old Frisian, and Old Dutch), and got (Old High German).
The Proto-Germanic meaning of *gudą and its etymology is uncertain. It is generally agreed that it derives from a Proto-Indo-European neuter passive perfect participle *ǵʰu-tó-m.[1]: 193–194 
Depending on which possibility is preferred, the pre-Christian meaning of the Germanic term may either have been (in the "pouring" case) "libation" or "that which is libated upon, idol" — or, as Watkins[2] opines in the light of Greek χυτη γαια "poured earth" meaning "tumulus", "the Germanic form may have referred in the first instance to the spirit immanent in a burial mound" — or (in the "invoke" case) "invocation, prayer" (compare the meanings of Sanskrit brahman) or "that which is invoked".
The development of English orthography was dominated by Christian texts. Capitalized, "God" was first used to refer to the Abrahamic God and may now signify any monotheistic conception of God, including the translations of the Arabic Allāh, Persian Khuda, Indic Ishvara and the Maasai Ngai.
In the English language, capitalization is used for names by which a god is known, including "God". Consequently, its capitalized form is not used for multiple gods or when referring to the generic idea of a deity.[11][12]
Pronouns referring to a god are also often capitalized by adherents to a religion as an indication of reverence, and are traditionally in the masculine gender ("He", "Him", "His" etc) unless specifically referring to a goddess.[13][14]

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