Synonyms

Yahweh

American

[yah-we] / ˈyɑ wɛ /

Also Yahwe,

noun

a name of God, transliterated by scholars from the Tetragrammaton and commonly rendered Jehovah.

Yahweh British

/ ˈjɑːveɪ, ˈjɑːweɪ /

noun

Old Testament a vocalization of the Tetragrammaton, used esp by Christian theologians

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Etymology

Origin of Yahweh

from Hebrew, from YHVH, with conjectural vowels; perhaps related to hāwāh to be; see also _Jehovah

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Example Sentences

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Many portions of the Bible describe how the Hebrews frequently fell away from Yahweh and back into their polytheistic traditions.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

And of course there were important rules about the worship of Yahweh, including loving him, fearing him, emulating him, and not profaning his name.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

The prophets were hostile to both the political power structure and to deviation from the exclusive worship of Yahweh.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2020

The impact of this event was enormous, because it led to the belief that Yahweh could not be bound to a single place.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2020

And religion—whether you believe in God or Yahweh or Allah or something else, odds are that at heart you want the same things.

From "Every Day" by David Levithan

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