Yahweh
noun
a name of God, transliterated by scholars from the Tetragrammaton and commonly rendered Jehovah.
Yahwe,
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a variation of
Yahweh.
Example Sentences
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Yahwe becomes the first and mightiest, and is identified with El, the supreme god of the Semites, whose individuality is vague.
From The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations by Zelia Nuttall
The inconsistency between the view held of Yahwe and the limitation of his power was not, however, always recognized.
From The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria by Morris Jastrow
In the temple the image of Yahwe represented him in human form or, as in Dan or Bethel, in that of a bull.
From The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations by Zelia Nuttall
It was not until about 750 B.C., however, that the national god Yahwe became the acknowledged sole god of the universe next to whom all other gods were as mere phantoms....
From The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations by Zelia Nuttall
The rivalry and the struggle for religious and political supremacy between the priests, prophets and followers of Yahwe, the god of heaven, and Baal, the lord of earth, culminated in about B.C.
From The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations by Zelia Nuttall
