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 (zh), 耶和华见证人 (zh) (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 (zh), 耶和华见证人 (zh) (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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Bulgarian: Свидетелите на Йехова (Svidetelite na Yekhova)

Swahili: Mashahidi wa Yehova

See also

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