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Jehovah
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Jéhovah
English
Etymology
en he יְהֹוָה yəhōwā, the Masoretic vocalization of the en hbo יהוה (variously pronounced).
The Masoretic vocalization is a so-called qere perpetuum, the deliberate insertion of the vowels of another word than the one represented by the consonant text, in this case he 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
en /d͡ʒəˈhoʊ.və/ GA
en /d͡ʒəˈhəʊ.və/ RP
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Jehovah.wav Southern England
jə-hōˈ-və
en əʊvə 3
en Je ho vah
Proper noun
en religion A transliteration of the Masoretic pronunciation of the Tetragrammaton.
Exodus 6 2 3 2 And God spake vnto Moses, and said vnto him, I am the Lord.3 And I appeared vnto Abraham, vnto Isaac, and vnto Iacob, by the Name of God Almighty, but by my name IEHOVAH was I not knowen to them.
en July 11, 2015 Kimberly Winston Serena Williams’ secret weapon: The surprising faith of the Wimbledon champ w:The Washington Post https://web.archive.org/web/20150714133529/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2015/07/11/the-surprising-faith-of-tennis-champ-serena-williams/ 0190-8286 2269358 Acts of Faith After Serena Williams’ win at Wimbledon today, she will likely say — as she usually does after a big win — “I want to thank Jehovah God.”“I have to thank Jehovah God for this,” Serena Williams told the crowd after receiving the trophy at the Australian Open in January, her sixth win there.
en 1979 w:Monty Python's Life of Brian Scene 5: Premature Ejection w:John Cleese High Priest Stop! Stop, will you?! Stop that! Stop it! Now, look! No one is to stone anyone until I blow this whistle! Do you understand?! Even, and I want to make this absolutely clear, even if they do say Jehovah.
en rare en male Hebrew.
Derived terms
en Jehovian Jehovan Jehovic Jehovie Jehovism Jehovist Jehovy
Descendants
yue 耶和華 1
cmn 耶和華 1
mi Ihowā 1
tkl Ieova 1
Translations
transliteration of the Masoretic vocalization of the Tetragrammaton
Afrikaans: af Jehovah
Albanian: sq Jehovai
Amharic: am የይሖዋ
Arabic: ar يَهْوَه m, ar يهوه m yahwa
Armenian: hy Եհովա
Asturian: ast Xehová
Azerbaijani: az Yehova
Basque: eu Yahveh
Belarusian: be Его́ва m
Bulgarian: bg Йехо́ва m
Catalan: ca Jehovà m
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 耶和華 je4 wo4 waa4
Eastern Min: cdo 耶和華 Ià-huò-huà, cdo 雅威 Ngā-ŭi
Hakka: hak Yâ-fò-fà
Hokkien: nan-hbl 耶和華 Iâ-hô-hoa
Mandarin: cmn 耶和華 Yēhéhuá
Cornish: kw Yehovah
Danish: da Jehova
Dutch: nl Jehova m
Esperanto: eo Jehovo
Estonian: et Jehoova
Fijian: fj Jiova
Finnish: fi Jehova
French: fr Jéhovah
Friulian: fur Jeova
Galician: gl Xehová
Georgian: ka იეჰოვა
German: de Jehova
Greek: el Ιεχωβά m, el Ιεχοβά m, el Γιεχωβά m
Ancient Greek: grc Ιεηωουα
Gujarati: gu યહોવા
Gun: guw Jehovah
Haitian Creole: ht Jewova
Hebrew: he יְהֹוָה m yahwe
Hindi: hi यहोवा m
Igbo: ig Jehova, ig Jehovah
Indonesian: id Yehuwa
Interlingua: ia Jehovah
Italian: it Geova
Japanese: ja エホバ Ehoba
Kannada: kn ಯೆಹೋವಾ
Kazakh: kk Құдай Ие, kk Иеһова
Khmer: km យេហូវ៉ា
Korean: ko ^여호와
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ckb یەهۆوا
Northern Kurdish: kmr Yehowa
Latin: la Iehova, la Iova m
Lithuanian: lt Jehova
Macedonian: mk Јехо́ва m
Malagasy: mg Jehovah
Malayalam: ml യഹോവ
Maltese: mt Ġeħova
Manx: gv Yahvey m
Māori: mi Ihowā
Mingrelian: xmf იეჰოვა, xmf ჲაჰვე
Mirandese: mwl Jeobá
Navajo: nv Jiihóvah
Ossetian: os Йегъовӕ Йегъовæ
Pangasinan: pag Jehova
Polish: pl Jehowa m
Portuguese: pt Jeová m
Quechua: qu Yihowa m
Russian: ru Иего́ва m
Rwanda-Rundi: rw Yehova
Samoan: sm Ieova
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Јехова m
Latin: sh Jehova m
Sicilian: scn Javè m
Spanish: es Jehová m, es Jehovah m
Swahili: sw Yehova
Swedish: sv Jehova, sv Jehovah
Tagalog: tl Jehova, tl Jehovah
Tamil: ta ஜெஹோவா, ta யாவே
Tatar: tt Йәһвә
Telugu: te యెహోవా
Thai: th พระยาห์เวห์ phrayawe, th พระเยโฮวาห์ phrayehowa, th พระยะโฮวา phra yahowa
Tongan: to Jihova
Turkish: tr Yehova, tr Yehovah
Ukrainian: uk Єго́ва m, uk Ягве
Uzbek: uz Yahova
Vietnamese: vi Giê-hô-va, vi Jehovah
Welsh: cy Jehofa
Xhosa: xh uYehova
Zulu: zu uJehova
Yahweh
Slovak: sk Jehova m
Noun
en informal A Jehovah's Witness.
en I've never had Jehovahs at my door, but the other day two Mormons came to my door.
Translations
Jehovah's Witness
See also
en hallelujah
en Jah
en Yahuwah
en Yahweh
en Yehovah
en YHWH
en terms derived from the Bible
en God Gods
Afrikaans
af:
Proper noun
en Jehovah
af Gods
Portuguese
Proper noun
m
Jeová 11 43
Spanish
Pronunciation
Jehová +
Proper noun
m
es Jehová