Definition of Jehovah

1. Noun. A name for the God of the Old Testament as transliterated from the Hebrew consonants YHVH.

Exact synonyms: Jahvey, Jahweh, Jhvh, Wahvey, Yahve, Yahveh, Yahwe, Yahweh, Yhvh, Yhwh
Generic synonyms: God, Supreme Being

2. Noun. Terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God.

Definition of Jehovah

1. n. 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.

Definition of Jehovah

1. Proper noun. (religion) The personal name of God in the Hebrew Scriptures; in Hebrew, ???? (YHVH) ¹

2. Noun. (informal) A Jehovah's Witness. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Jehovah

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Jeffersonian
Jeffersonians
Jeffersons
Jeffery
Jeffo
Jeffrey
Jeffrey's pine
Jeffrey pine
Jeffs
Jeffy
Jeghers-Peutz syndrome
Jehannum
Jehoshaphat
Jehovah (current term)
Jehovah's-Witness
Jehovah's Witness
Jehovah's Witnesses
Jehovahs
Jehovist
Jehovistic
Jehu
Jeju-do
Jekyll-and-Hyde
Jekyll and Hyde
Jelambar
Jelgava
Jell-O
Jell-O shot

Literary usage of Jehovah

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An exposition of the Creed by John Pearson, Apostles' creed (1843)
"It was no other than Jehovah who HOB. i. 7. spake those words, (t) I will have mercy upon the house of Judah, and will save them by the Lord (Jehovah) their ..."

2. The Harvard Classics by Charles William Eliot (1910)
"[2] Ascribe unto Jehovah the glory due unto his name; Worship Jehovah in' holy ... [j] The voice of Jehovah is upon the waters: The God of glory thundereth, ..."

3. Theology of the Old Testament by Gustav Friedrich Oehler, George Edward Day (1883)
"Jehovah is an eternal God, D^iy hv>, as Abraham addresses Him in Gen. ID. ... 40, where Jehovah is introduced as Himself saying, •" I live to eternity. ..."

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