Jehovah

See also: Jéhovah

English

Etymology

Transliteration of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Hebrew יְהֹוָה (yəhōwā), the Masoretic vocalization of the Biblical Hebrew יהוה (variously pronounced). The Masoretic vocalization is a so-called qeri perpetuum, the deliberate insertion of the vowels of another word than the one represented by the consonant text, in this case אֲדֹנָי (“my lord”) ('Adonai').

Continuing earlier Iehoua. In English, the name is first attested in 1530, in Tyndale's Bible: I appeared vnto Abraham Isaac and Iacob an allmightie God: but in my name Iehouah was I not knowne vnto them (Exodus 6:3). Tyndale used Iehouah instead of Wycliffe's Adonay. The KJV also has JEHOVAH in this verse specifically, while it uses LORD otherwise. Young's Literal Translation (1898) has Jehovah. The New King James Version (1982) has LORD.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʒəˈhoʊvə/

Proper noun

Jehovah

1. (religion) The personal name of God in the Hebrew Scriptures; in Hebrew, יהוה (YHVH)

Derived terms

• Jehovist

Translations

transliteration of the Masoretic vocalization of the Tetragrammaton

• Afrikaans: Jehovah
• Albanian: Jehovai
• Arabic: يَهْوَه m (yahwah), يهوه m (yahwa)
• Armenian: Եհովա (hy) (Ehova)
• Belarusian: Его́ва m (Jehóva)
• Bulgarian: Йехо́ва (bg) m (Jehóva)
• Catalan: Jehovà m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 耶和華／耶和华 (je⁴ wo⁴ waa⁴), 耶和华 (je⁴ wo⁴ waa⁴)

  Mandarin: 耶和華／耶和华 (zh) (Yēhéhuá), 耶和华 (zh) (Yēhéhuá)

  Min Nan: 耶和華／耶和华, 耶和华 (Iâ-hô-hoa)

• Danish: Jehova
• Esperanto: Jehovo (eo)
• Estonian: Jehoova
• Fijian: Jiova
• Finnish: Jehova (fi)
• French: Jéhovah (fr)
• Georgian: იეჰოვა (iehova)
• German: Jehova (de)
• Greek: Ιεχωβά (el) m (Iechová)

  Ancient: Ιεηωουα (Ieēōoua)

• Gujarati: યહોવા (yahovā)
• Hebrew: יְהֹוָה (he) m (yahwe)
• Igbo: Jehova
• Italian: Geova (it)
• Japanese: エホバ (Ehoba)
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• Korean: 여호와 (Yeohowa)
• Latin: Iehova
• Lithuanian: Jehova
• Macedonian: Јехо́ва m (Jehóva)
• Malagasy: Jehovah
• Malayalam: യഹോവ (ml) (yahōva)
• Manx: Yahvey m
• Maori: Ihowā
• Navajo: Jiihóvah
• Ossetian: Йегъовӕ (Jeǧovæ)
• Pangasinan: Jehova
• Polish: Jehowa (pl) m
• Portuguese: Jeová (pt) m
• Quechua: Yihowa m
• Russian: Иего́ва (ru) m (Ijegóva)
• Samoan: Ieova
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Јехова m

  Roman: Jehova (sh) m

• Spanish: Jehová (es) m
• Swahili: Yehova
• Swedish: Jehova
• Telugu: యెహోవా (yehōvā)
• Tongan: Jihova
• Ukrainian: Єго́ва m (Jehóva)
• Vietnamese: Giê-hô-va (vi)
• Xhosa: uYehova
• Zulu: uJehova

Yahweh — see Yahweh

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• Slovak: ^{(please verify)} Jehova m
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Noun

Jehovah (plural Jehovahs)

1. (informal) A Jehovah's Witness.
   • I've never had Jehovahs at my door, but the other day two Mormons came to my door.

Translations

Jehovah's Witness — see Jehovah's Witness

See also

• hallelujah
• Jah
• Yahuwah
• Yahweh
• YHWH

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Jehovah m

1. Archaic spelling of Jeová.

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xeˈoba/ [xeˈo.β̞a]

Proper noun

Jehovah m

1. Jehovah