Jehova — meaning in English

English meaning

• Jehovah noun A traditional English rendering of the Hebrew name of God found in the Old Testament.
• yhwh name The deity worshipped in Abrahamitic religions, Yahweh, called Adonai in Judaism due to a taboo on using the full name, and God and the Lord in Christianity.

Senses

Jehova is used for these senses in English:

• Jehovah (religion) A transliteration of the Masoretic pronunciation of the Tetragrammaton.
• YHWH Known as the "Tetragrammaton", the four Hebrew letters יהוה which are transliterated into the Latin alphabet as YHWH (also IHVH, JHVH, or YHVH). Usually vowels are added to produce the spelling Jehovah, Yehovah or Yahweh (Jahaveh, Jahve, Jahveh, Jahweh, Yahve, Yahveh, Yahwe).

Jehovah — full definition

1. noun A traditional English rendering of the Hebrew name of God found in the Old Testament.
2. noun Informally, a member of the Jehovah's Witnesses religious group.

yhwh — full definition

1. name The deity worshipped in Abrahamitic religions, Yahweh, called Adonai in Judaism due to a taboo on using the full name, and God and the Lord in Christianity.
2. name Known as the "Tetragrammaton", the four Hebrew letters יהוה which are transliterated into the Latin alphabet as YHWH (also IHVH, JHVH, or YHVH). Usually vowels are added to produce the spelling Jehovah, Yehovah or Yahweh (Jahaveh, Jahve, Jahveh, Jahweh, Yahve, Yahveh, Yahwe).

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