Jehovah's Witnesses

English

Etymology

Jehovah + 's + witness + -es; name adopted in 1931 and inspired by the Bible verse of Isaiah 43:10 "You are my witnesses."

Noun

Jehovah's Witnesses

1. A monotheistic and nontrinitarian Restoration Christian denomination founded by Charles Taze Russell in 1879 as a small Bible study group. Originally known as International Bible Students or Bible Students.
2. Plural form of Jehovah's Witness

Translations

denomination

• Asturian: Testigos de Xehová
• Bulgarian: Свидетелите на Йехова (Svidetelite na Yekhova)
• Catalan: Testimonis de Jehovà
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 耶和華見證人 (cmn), 耶和华见证人 (cmn) (Yēhéhuá Jiànzhèngrén)

• Cornish: Dustunyoryon Yehovah
• Danish: Jehovas Vidner (da) n pl
• Dutch: Jehovah's Getuigen pl
• Finnish: Jehovan todistajat (fi)
• Flemish: Getuigen van Jehova pl
• French: Témoins de Jéhovah m pl
• German: Zeugen Jehovas (de) m pl
• Greek: Μάρτυρες του Ιεχωβά (Mártures tou Iechová) pl
• Hungarian: Jehova Tanúi (hu) pl
• Icelandic: Vottar Jehóva (is) pl
• Interlingua: Testes de Jehovah pl
• Italian: Testimoni di Geova m pl

• Japanese: エホバの証人 (ehoba-no-shōnin)
• Korean: 여호와의 증인 (Yeohowaui Jeungin)
• Latin: Testes Iehova nominative pl, Testium Iehova genitive pl
• Latvian: Jehovas liecinieki pl
• Macedonian: Јеховини сведоци (mk) (Jehóvini svédoci) m pl
• Norwegian: Jehovas vitner (no) n
• Papiamentu: Testigunan di Yehova
• Polish: Świadkowie Jehowy pl
• Portuguese: Testemunhas de Jeová f pl
• Romanian: Martorii lui Iehova
• Russian: Свидетели Иеговы (svidételi Ijegóvy) m pl
• Slovene: Jehovove priče f pl
• Spanish: Testigos de Jehová m pl
• Swedish: Jehovas vittnen (sv)
• Tagalog: Mga Saksi ni Jehova
• Vietnamese: Nhân chứng Giê-hô-va

member of organisation

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 耶和華見證人 (cmn), 耶和华见证人 (cmn) (Yēhéhuá Jiànzhèngrén)

• Danish: Jehovas vidne (da) n
• Dutch: Jehovah's Getuige, Getuige amongst themselves
• Finnish: Jehovan todistaja (fi)
• German: Zeuge Jehovas (de) m
• Icelandic: vottur Jehóva (is) m
• Italian: Testimone di Geova m and f
• Japanese: エホバの証人 (ehoba-no-shōnin)
• Korean: 여호와의 증인 (Yeohowaui Jeungin)

• Latin: Testis Jehovah c
• Latvian: Jehovas liecinieks
• Norwegian: Jehovas vitne (no) n, Jehovas vitner (no) pl
• Papiamentu: Testigu di Yehova
• Romanian: martor al lui Iehova
• Russian: свидетель Иеговы (svidétel’ Ijegóvy) m
• Slovene: Jehovova priča f, Jehovec m (colloq.), Jehovka f (colloq.)
• Swedish: Jehovas vittne (sv)
• Tagalog: Saksi
• Vietnamese: Nhân chứng Giê-hô-va

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Translations to be checked

• Bulgarian: Свидетелите на Йехова (Svidetelite na Yekhova)

• Swahili: Mashahidi wa Yehova

See also

• Jehovah's-Witness
• non-Witness
• Wikipedia article on Jehovah's Witnesses