dictionary definitions for "jehovah"


From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:

  Jehovah
      n 1: a name for the God of the Old Testament as transliterated
           from the Hebrew consonants YHVH [syn: Yahweh, YHWH,
           Yahwe, Yahveh, YHVH, Yahve, Wahvey, Jahvey,
           Jahweh, Jehovah, JHVH]
      2: terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God [syn: Godhead,
         Lord, Creator, Maker, Divine, God Almighty,
         Almighty, Jehovah]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Jehovah \Je*ho"vah\, n. [Heb. usually y[e^]h[=o]v[=a]h (with the
     vowel points of [a^]d[=o]n[=a]i Lord), sometimes (to avoid
     repetition) y[e^]h[=o]vih (with the vowel points of
     [e^]l[=o]h[imac]m God); but only the four Heb, consonants
     yhvh are conceded to be certainly known.]
     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.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Yahweh \Yah"weh\ (y[aum]"w[e^]), Yahwe \Yah"we\, prop. n. Also
  Jahveh \Jah"veh\ (y[aum]"w[e^]), Jahve \Jah"ve\, Yahve \Yahve\,
  Yahveh \Yahveh\, etc.
     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.
  
     Syn: Yahwe, Yahveh, Wahvey, Jahve, Jahveh, Jahvey, Jahweh,
          Jehovah.
          [Webster 1913 Suppl. +WordNet 1.5 +CM] Jahvism


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