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Yahweh

[ yah-we ]

noun

  1. a name of God, transliterated by scholars from the Tetragrammaton and commonly rendered Jehovah.


Yahweh

/ ˈjɑːveɪ; ˈjɑːweɪ /

noun

  1. Old Testament a vocalization of the Tetragrammaton, used esp by Christian theologians
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Yahweh1

from Hebrew, from YHVH, with conjectural vowels; perhaps related to hāwāh to be; see also Jehovah
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Example Sentences

Freud argued that this tribe eventually met another group of Egyptian emigrants, only this band worshiped a mountain god called Yahweh.

From Salon

Bob Waldridge, pastor of Yahweh Baptist Church, loaded chairs, pews and sound equipment from the damaged 100-year-old church building into a trailer.

“Yahweh will smite!!!” it continued, using an Old Testament name for God.

But where does that get us, beyond the vague suspicion that immortality—at least in the shape of the vengeful Yahweh or the spiteful Greek and Roman gods—is no guarantee of wisdom?

In May, a group of students from Stevens High School asked the school board to display an alternate version of the motto they designed that includes the names of Buddha, Yahweh and Allah.

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