Jehovah
[dʒi'həuvə]
Definition
(n.) A Scripture name of the Supreme Being, by which he was revealed to the Jews as their covenant God or Sovereign of the theocracy; the "ineffable name" of the Supreme Being, which was not pronounced by the Jews.
Typist: Norton
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. God, Lord, Omnipotence, Omniscience, Providence, The Creator, Heaven, The Maker, The Deity, The Lord, The Godhead, The Infinite, The Eternal, The Omnipotent, The Preserver, The Trinity, the Holy Trinity, The Supreme Being, The First Cause, The Author of all things, God the Father.
Edited by Lancelot
Definition
n. the eternal or self-existent Being the chief Hebrew name of the Deity.—n. Jehō′vist one who holds that the vowel-points annexed to the word Jehovah in Hebrew are the proper vowels of the word some maintaining that they are those of the word Adonai or of Elohim: the supposed writer of the passages in the Pentateuch in which the name applied to God is Jehovah.—adj. Jehovist′ic.
Checker: Ronnie
Examples
- Father of all in every age, in every clime adored By saint, by savage and by sage, Jehovah, Jove or Lord. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Solomon then builds a palace for himself, and a temple not nearly as big for Jehovah. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- They desert the worship of their own god Jehovah,[161] and worship Baal and Ashtaroth (= Bel and Ishtar). H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Three terrible archangels ever stationed before the throne of Jehovah. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- That Eve is Jehovah's daughter, as Adam was His son. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
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