Jehovah

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/dʒɪˈhəʊvə/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/dʒɪˈhoʊvə/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling( ji hō′və)


WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
Je•ho•vah /dʒɪˈhoʊvə/USA pronunciation   n. [proper noun]
  1. Judaisma name of God in the Old Testament.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
Je•ho•vah  ( ji hō′və),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Judaisma name of God in the Old Testament, a rendering of the ineffable name, JHVH, in the Hebrew Scriptures.
  2. Religion(in modern Christian use) God.
Je•ho•vic  ( ji hō′vik),USA pronunciation adj. 
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
Jehovah / dʒɪˈhəʊvə/
  1. the personal name of God, revealed to Moses on Mount Horeb (Exodus 3)
Etymology: 16th Century: from Medieval Latin, from Hebrew YHVH: the original vocalization was considered too sacred to be pronounced and the vowels of Eloah (God) were therefore substituted in the Masoretic text, whence Yetto Vah
'Jehovah' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Babel - Elohist - Jehoshaphat - Jehovah God - Jehovah's Witness - Jehovah's Witnesses - Kingdom Hall - Lord of hosts - Russell - Russellite - Rutherford - Temple - Tetragrammaton - YHVH - Yahweh - king of kings - lord - peace offering - witness

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