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Jahveh
[ yah-ve ]
Jahveh
/ ˈjɑːveɪ; ˈjɑːweɪ /
noun
- variant of Yahweh
Example Sentences
According to him, Jahveh announces the Deluge to Noah only seven days beforehand.
And now, if we keep count of the time between the announcing of the cataclysm by Jahveh and its commencement, the figures of the Jehovist are in all 7 × 2 × 7 + 7 days, and those of the system of the Chaldean poem 7 × 7.
It appears certain that the names of the Hebrew deity bear the sense I have indicated; El, the root of Elhoim, the name under which God was known to the Israelites prior to their entry into Canaan, signifying the masculine sex only; while Jahveh, or Jehovah, denotes both sexes in combination.
The God of the Old Testament, Jahveh, was, like Zeus, a nature-god, and took revenge as men did.
The poor Pharisees tried to obey the law as given by Jahveh; their reward was to be condemned by his son.
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