Jehovah's Witnesses

English

Alternative forms

• Jehovah’s witnesses (former spelling, now obsolete)

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 of Jehovah's Witness

Translations

denomination

• Asturian: Testigos de Xehová
• Bulgarian: Свидетелите на Йехова (Svidetelite na Jehova)
• Car Nicobarese: Vamënyen Yāvē
• Catalan: Testimonis de Jehovà
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 耶和華見證人／耶和华见证人 (je⁴ wo⁴ waa⁴ gin³ zing³ jan⁴), 耶和华见证人 (je⁴ wo⁴ waa⁴ gin³ zing³ jan⁴)

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

• Cornish: Dustunyoryon Yehovah
• Danish: Jehovas Vidner n pl
• Dutch: Jehovah's Getuigen pl
• Faroese: Jehova Vitni
• Finnish: Jehovan todistajat
• Flemish: Getuigen van Jehova pl
• French: Témoins de Jéhovah m pl
• Georgian: იეჰოვას მოწმეები (iehovas moc̣meebi)
• German: Zeugen Jehovas m pl
• Greek: Μάρτυρες του Ιεχωβά (el) pl (Mártyres tou Iechová)
• Hindi: यहोवा के साक्षी m (yahovā ke sākṣī)
• Hungarian: Jehova Tanúi (hu) pl
• Icelandic: Vottar Jehóva pl
• Interlingua: Testes de Jehovah pl
• Italian: Testimoni di Geova m pl
• Japanese: エホバの証人 (ehoba-no-shōnin)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Korean: 여호와의 증인 (Yeohowaui Jeungin)
• Latin: Testes Iehova
• Latvian: Jehovas liecinieki pl
• Macedonian: Јеховини сведоци m pl (Jehovini svedoci)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Jehovas vitner n pl

  Nynorsk: Jehovas vitne n pl

• Papiamentu: Testigunan di Yehova
• Polish: Świadkowie Jehowy pl
• Portuguese: Testemunhas de Jeová (pt) f pl
• Romanian: Martorii lui Iehova
• Russian: Свиде́тели Иего́вы m pl (Svidételi Ijegóvy)
• Slovene: Jehovove priče f pl
• Spanish: Testigos de Jehová m pl
• Swahili: Mashahidi wa Yehova
• Swedish: Jehovas vittnen
• Tagalog: Mga Saksi ni Jehova, Mga Saksi ni Heoba
• Ukrainian: Свідки Єгови m pl (Svidky Jehovy)
• Vietnamese: Nhân chứng Giê-hô-va

See also

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