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Jehovah
[ ji-hoh-vuh ]
noun
- a name of God in the Old Testament, a rendering of the ineffable name, JHVH, in the Hebrew Scriptures.
- (in modern Christian use) God.
Jehovah
/ dʒɪˈhəʊvə /
noun
- Old Testament the personal name of God, revealed to Moses on Mount Horeb (Exodus 3)
Jehovah
- Another name for God; an approximation of the holiest name of God in Hebrew (the name was held so sacred that it was never written or spoken, and scholars are not sure exactly how it should be pronounced). It means “I am that I am,” or “I am the one who is.” In the incident of the burning bush in the Book of Exodus , God, speaking out of the bush, tells Moses that this is his name.
Other Words From
- Je·ho·vic [ji-, hoh, -vik], adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of Jehovah1
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Example Sentences
In the wake of that decision, Jehovah’s Witnesses were assaulted in communities across the country, often with members of the American Legion as leading local vigilantes.
Long before becoming a founding member of the indie rock band Corporal, Shannon recalled being in his first band at age 15, The Jehovah’s Suspects.
Nineteen-year-old Jesse is bright and a devout Jehovah’s Witness.
The list currently names 33 organizations, including Islamic State, The Taliban and Jehovah’s Witnesses.
He said they were Jehovah’s Witnesses who had come knocking.
Their guide and comforter, through this waste howling wilderness, was the third person of the Triune-Jehovah.
They were distinguished as Jehovah-worshipers, and as such stood apart from the more thoroughly apostate and degenerate world.
The sender is Jehovah-God; the commission and the message are from Him.
Many people think that it is blasphemous to tell your real opinion of the Jewish Jehovah.
It was neither the Olympus of the common people, nor the Semitic Jehovah, but rather the conscious and inevitable order of nature.
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