Jahveh
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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They are four great gods diversely represented yet originally identical, and whose attributes Jahveh, in his ascensions, perhaps absorbed.
From The Lords of the Ghostland A History of the Ideal by Saltus, Edgar
As Jastrow points out, the higher religious and ethical movement began with Moses, who invested the national Jahveh with ethical traits, thus paving the way for the wider conceptions of the Prophets.
From Man, Past and Present by Haddon, Alfred Court
It was on Mount Nebo that Jahveh commanded the prophet of Israel to die.
From The Lords of the Ghostland A History of the Ideal by Saltus, Edgar
Both of these are given as the very words of Jahveh, spoken from “Horeb” or “Sinai.”
From The Christian Creed; or, What it is Blasphemy to Deny by Besant, Annie
When the sons of God met again in the council chamber of heaven, Jahveh triumphantly inquired of the Adversary what he now thought of Job's virtue and its taproot.
From The Sceptics of the Old Testament: Job - Koheleth - Agur by Dillon, Emile Joseph
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