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Definition of Jehovah
1. Noun. A name for the God of the Old Testament as transliterated from the Hebrew consonants YHVH.
Generic synonyms: God, Supreme Being
2. Noun. Terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God.
Generic synonyms: God, Supreme Being
Specialized synonyms: Blessed Trinity, Holy Trinity, Sacred Trinity, Trinity, Hypostasis, Hypostasis Of Christ
Derivative terms: Almighty
Definition of Jehovah
1. n. A Scripture name of the Supreme Being, by which he was revealed to the Jews as their covenant God or Sovereign of the theocracy; the "ineffable name" of the Supreme Being, which was not pronounced by the Jews.
Definition of Jehovah
1. Proper noun. (religion) The personal name of God in the Hebrew Scriptures; in Hebrew, ???? (YHVH) ¹
2. Noun. (informal) A Jehovah's Witness. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jehovah
Literary usage of Jehovah
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An exposition of the Creed by John Pearson, Apostles' creed (1843)
"It was no other than jehovah who HOB. i. 7. spake those words, (t) I will have
mercy upon the house of Judah, and will save them by the Lord (jehovah) their ..."
2. The Harvard Classics by Charles William Eliot (1910)
"[2] Ascribe unto jehovah the glory due unto his name; Worship jehovah in' holy
... [j] The voice of jehovah is upon the waters: The God of glory thundereth, ..."
3. Theology of the Old Testament by Gustav Friedrich Oehler, George Edward Day (1883)
"jehovah is an eternal God, D^iy hv>, as Abraham addresses Him in Gen. ID. ...
40, where jehovah is introduced as Himself saying, •" I live to eternity. ..."
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