Definitions for jehovahdʒɪˈhoʊ və

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

Je•ho•vahdʒɪˈhoʊ və(n.)

  1. a name of God in the Old Testament, a rendering of the ineffable name, JHVH, in the Hebrew Scriptures.

    Category: Judaism

  2. (in modern Christian use) God.

    Category: Religion

Je•ho′vic(adj.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. Yahweh, YHWH, Yahwe, Yahveh, YHVH, Yahve, Wahvey, Jahvey, Jahweh, Jehovah, JHVH(noun)

    a name for the God of the Old Testament as transliterated from the Hebrew consonants YHVH

  2. Godhead, Lord, Creator, Maker, Divine, God Almighty, Almighty, Jehovah(noun)

    terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God

Wiktionary

  1. Jehovah(Noun)

    A Jehovah's Witness.

  2. Jehovah(ProperNoun)

    The personal name of God in the Hebrew Scriptures; in Hebrew, u05D9u05D4u05D5u05D4 (YHVH)

  3. Origin: Transliteration of Hebrew יְהֹוָה, the Masoretic vocalization of the Biblical Hebrew יהוה.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Jehovah(noun)

    a Scripture name of the Supreme Being, by which he was revealed to the Jews as their covenant God or Sovereign of the theocracy; the "ineffable name" of the Supreme Being, which was not pronounced by the Jews

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

  1. Jehovah

    the name of God in the Hebrew Scriptures as self-existent, and the Creator and Lord of all things, in the regard of the Jews too sacred to be pronounced, and which in the Authorised Version is often rendered by the word LORD in small capital letters.


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