Jahveh
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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But in Kanaan, during the rude beginnings, though Jahveh was jealous, Ishtar, known locally as Ashtoreth, allured.
From The Lords of the Ghostland A History of the Ideal by Saltus, Edgar
Before Bel, then, the other gods faded as the Elohim did before Jahveh, with the possible difference that there were more to fade—sixty-five thousand, Assurnatsipal, in an inscription, declared.
From The Lords of the Ghostland A History of the Ideal by Saltus, Edgar
A French physician of the eighteenth century, Astruc, was the first scholar to point out that the two principal designations of God in Genesis, Elohim and Jahveh, are not used arbitrarily.
From The Necessity of Atheism by Brooks, David Marshall
Why, when Jahveh created man on the morning of the sixth day, he set about fashioning me that afternoon from the clay which was left over.
From Figures of Earth by Cabell, James Branch
The Sadducees did not believe that Jahveh had resolved to end the world and might be expected to appear in his chariot surrounded by angels blowing trumpets, bidding the dead to rise.
From The Brook Kerith A Syrian story by Moore, George (George Augustus)
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