Jehovah

[ ji-hoh-vuh ]

noun

1. a name of God in the Old Testament, a rendering of the ineffable name, JHVH, in the Hebrew Scriptures.
2. (in modern Christian use) God.

Jehovah

/ dʒɪˈhəʊvə /

noun

1. Old Testament the personal name of God, revealed to Moses on Mount Horeb (Exodus 3)

Jehovah

1. Another name for God; an approximation of the holiest name of God in Hebrew (the name was held so sacred that it was never written or spoken, and scholars are not sure exactly how it should be pronounced). It means “I am that I am,” or “I am the one who is.” In the incident of the burning bush in the Book of Exodus , God, speaking out of the bush, tells Moses that this is his name.

Other Words From

• Je·ho·vic [ji-, hoh, -vik], adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of Jehovah¹

C16: from Medieval Latin, from Hebrew YHVH: the original vocalization was considered too sacred to be pronounced and the vowels of Eloah (God) were therefore substituted in the Masoretic text, whence Yetto Vah

Example Sentences

Their guide and comforter, through this waste howling wilderness, was the third person of the Triune-Jehovah.

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They were distinguished as Jehovah-worshipers, and as such stood apart from the more thoroughly apostate and degenerate world.

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The sender is Jehovah-God; the commission and the message are from Him.

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Many people think that it is blasphemous to tell your real opinion of the Jewish Jehovah.

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It was neither the Olympus of the common people, nor the Semitic Jehovah, but rather the conscious and inevitable order of nature.

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