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Definition of Yahweh
1. Noun. A name for the God of the Old Testament as transliterated from the Hebrew consonants YHVH.
Generic synonyms: God, Supreme Being
Definition of Yahweh
1. n. A modern transliteration of the Hebrew word translated Jehovah in the Bible; -- used by some critics to discriminate the tribal god of the ancient Hebrews from the Christian Jehovah. Yahweh or Yahwe is the spelling now generally adopted by scholars.
2. n. A modern transliteration of the Hebrew word translated Jehovah in the Bible; -- used by some critics to discriminate the tribal god of the ancient Hebrews from the Christian Jehovah. Yahweh or Yahwe is the spelling now generally adopted by scholars.
Definition of Yahweh
1. Proper noun. (context: history of religion) the name of the God of Israel worshipped by the Jahwist prophets in the kingdoms of Israel and Judah in antiquity ¹
2. Proper noun. (context: biblical) in "Sacred Name Bibles", translating the Tetragrammaton ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
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