Jehovah

See also: Jéhovah

English

Etymology

Transliteration of 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): /d͡ʒəˈhoʊvə/
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Proper noun

Jehovah

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

Derived terms

Jehovist

Descendants

→ Tokelauan: Ieova

Translations

transliteration of the Masoretic vocalization of the Tetragrammaton

Afrikaans: Jehovah
Albanian: Jehovai
Arabic: يَهْوَه‎ m (yahwah), يهوه‎ m (yahwa)
Armenian: Եհովա (hy) (Ehova)
Asturian: Xehová
Azerbaijani: Yehova
Basque: Yahveh
Belarusian: Его́ва m (Jehóva)
Bulgarian: Йехо́ва (bg) m (Jehóva)
Catalan: Jehovà (ca) m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 耶和華, 耶和华 (je⁴ wo⁴ waa⁴)
Hakka: Yâ-fò-fà
Mandarin: 耶和華／耶和华 (zh) (Yēhéhuá)
Min Dong: 耶和華 (Ià-huò-huà), 雅威 (Ngā-ŭi)
Min Nan: 耶和華, 耶和华 (Iâ-hô-hoa)
Cornish: Yehovah
Danish: Jehova
Esperanto: Jehovo (eo)
Estonian: Jehoova
Fijian: Jiova
Finnish: Jehova (fi)
French: Jéhovah (fr)
Friulian: Jeova
Galician: Xehová
Georgian: იეჰოვა (iehova)
German: Jehova (de)
Greek: Ιεχωβά (el) m (Iechová), Ιεχοβά (el) m (Iechová), Γιεχωβά (el) m (Giechová)
Ancient: Ιεηωουα (Ieēōoua)
Gujarati: યહોવા (yahovā)
Gun: Jehovah (guw)
Haitian Creole: Jewova
Hebrew: יְהֹוָה‎ (he) m (yahwe)
Igbo: Jehova, Jehovah
Indonesian: Yehuwa
Interlingua: Jehovah
Italian: Geova (it)
Japanese: エホバ (Ehoba)
Kazakh: Құдай Ие (Qūdai Ie), Иеһова (Iehova)
Khmer: យេហូវ៉ា (yeihouvaa)
Korean: 여호와 (ko) (Yeohowa)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: یەهۆوا‎ (yehowa)
Northern Kurdish: Yehowa (ku)
Latin: Iehova, Iova m
Lithuanian: Jehova
Macedonian: Јехо́ва m (Jehóva)
Malagasy: Jehovah
Malayalam: യഹോവ (ml) (yahōva)
Manx: Yahvey m
Maori: Ihowā
Mingrelian: იეჰოვა (iehova), ჲაჰვე (yahve)
Mirandese: Jeobá
Navajo: Jiihóvah
Ossetian: Йегъовæ (Jeǧovæ)
Pangasinan: Jehova
Polish: Jehowa (pl) m
Portuguese: Jeová (pt) m
Quechua: Yihowa m
Russian: Иего́ва (ru) m (Ijegóva)
Rwanda-Rundi: Yehova
Samoan: Ieova
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Јехова m
Roman: Jehova (sh) m
Spanish: Jehová (es) m
Swahili: Yehova
Swedish: Jehova, Jehovah
Tagalog: Jehova, Jehovah
Tamil: ஜெஹோவா (jehōvā), யாவே (yāvē)
Tatar: Йәһвә (Yähwä)
Telugu: యెహోవా (yehōvā)
Thai: พระยาห์เวห์ (phrayawe), พระเยโฮวาห์ (phrayehowa), พระยะโฮวา (phra yahowa)
Tongan: Jihova
Turkish: Yehova (tr), Yehovah
Ukrainian: Єго́ва m (Jehóva), Ягве (Jahve)
Uzbek: Yahova
Vietnamese: Giê-hô-va (vi), Jehovah
Welsh: Jehofa
Xhosa: uYehova
Zulu: uJehova

Yahweh — see Yahweh

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Slovak: ^{(please verify)} Jehova m

Noun

Jehovah (plural Jehovahs)

(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

Portuguese

Proper noun

Jehovah m

Archaic spelling of Jeová.

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /xeˈoba/ [xeˈo.β̞a]
Rhymes: -oba
Syllabification: Je‧ho‧vah

Proper noun

Jehovah m

Jehovah