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Jehovah's Witnesses
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English
Alternative forms
en Jehovah’s Witnesses Jehovah’s witnesses Jehovah's witnesses
Etymology
From en Jehovah, the personal name of God in the Hebrew Scriptures; the name was adopted in 1931 and inspired by the Biblical verse of Isaiah 43#Verse 10 Isaiah 43:10: You are my witnesses.
Pronunciation
en /d͡ʒəˈhoʊ.vəz ˈwɪt.nə.sɪz/ GA
en /d͡ʒəˈhəʊ.vəz ˈwɪt.nə.sɪz/ RP
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Jehovah's Witnesses.wav Southern England
Proper noun
Jehovah's Witnesses
A monotheistic and nontrinitarian Restoration Christian denomination founded by Charles Taze Russell in 1879 as a small Bible study group.
en Bible Students International Bible Students former name former name Jovie's Australia, informal.
Translations
denomination
Afrikaans: af Jehovah se Getuies
Arabic: ar شُهُودُ يَهْوَه m
Armenian: hy Եհովայի վկաներ p
Asturian: ast Testigos de Xehová
Azerbaijani: az Јеһованын Шаһидләри Yehovanın Şahidləri
Bulgarian: bg Свидетелите на Йехова
Catalan: ca Testimonis de Jehovà
Cebuano: ceb Mga Saksi ni Jehová
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 耶和華見證人 je4 wo4 waa4 gin3 zing3 jan4
Mandarin: cmn 耶和華見證人 Yēhéhuá Jiànzhèngrén
Cornish: kw Dustunyoryon Yehovah
Danish: da Jehovas Vidner n-p
Dutch: nl Jehovah's Getuigen p
Faroese: fo Jehova Vitni
Finnish: fi Jehovan todistajat
Flemish: nl Getuigen van Jehova p
French: fr Témoins de Jéhovah m-p
Georgian: ka იეჰოვას მოწმეები
German: de Zeugen Jehovas m-p
Greek: el Μάρτυρες του Ιεχωβά p
Hebrew: he עֵדִי־יְהֹוָה m Edi-Yehovah
Hiligaynon: hil Mga Saksi ni Jehová
Hindi: hi यहोवा के साक्षी m
Hungarian: hu Jehova Tanúi p
Ibanag: ibg Saksi ira ni Jehová
Icelandic: is Vottar Jehóva p
Ilocano: ilo Dagiti Saksi ni Jehová
Indonesian: id Saksi-Saksi Yehuwa
Interlingua: ia Testes de Jehovah p
Italian: it Testimoni di Geova m-p
Japanese: ja エホバの証人 Ehoba no Shōnin
Kazakh: kk Ехоба куәгерлері Exoba kwägerleri
Khmer: km សាក្សីព្រះយេហូវ៉ា
Korean: ko ^여호와-의 ^증인
Latin: la Testēs Jehōvae
Latvian: lv Jehovas liecinieki p
Macedonian: mk Јеховини сведоци m-p
Nicobarese:
Car Nicobarese: caq Vamënyen Yāvē
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb Jehovas vitner n-p
Nynorsk: nn Jehovas vitne n-p
Pangasinan: pag Saray Tasi nen Jehová
Papiamentu: pap Testigunan di Yehova
Polish: pl Świadkowie Jehowy m
Portuguese: pt Testemunhas de Jeová f-p
Romanian: ro Martorii lui Iehova
Russian: ru Свиде́тели Иего́вы m-p
Slovene: sl Jehovove priče f-p
Spanish: es Testigos de Jehová m-p
Swahili: sw Mashahidi wa Yehova
Swedish: sv Jehovas vittnen, sv Jehovas colloquial
Tagalog: tl Mga Saksi ni Jehová
Ukrainian: uk Свідки Єгови m-p
Urdu: ur یہوواہ کے گواہ yahovā ke gavāh
Vietnamese: vi Nhân chứng Giê-hô-va, vi Nhân Chứng Giê-hô-va (vi 人證支呼𠇕)
Noun
en noun form Jehovah's Witnesses
en Jehovah's Witness
See also
en Jehovah's Witnessism non-Witness
Further reading
Jehovah's Witnesses
en Christianity