Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
Jehovah .
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It has been said … that the name Jahveh is of Indo-European origin …
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- Jahveh is said to be a merely artificial form introduced to put meaning into the name of the national god … the common and popular name of God is said to have been Yahu or Yah, the letter I being the essential Divine element in the name. ..
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… The view that Jahveh is of Hebrew origin is the most satisfactory. … commentators … maintain that the name was revealed for the first time to Moses on Mount Horeb.
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The theory that Jahveh is of Egyptian origin may have a certain amount of a priori probability, as Moses was educated in Egypt.
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It has been said by Vatke (Die Religion des Alten Test., 1835, p. 672) and J.G. Müller (Die Semiten in ihrem Verhältniss zu Chamiten und Japhetiten, 1872, p. 163) that the name Jahveh is of
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913
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The opinion that the name Jahveh was adopted by the Jews from the
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913
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The opinion that the name Jahveh was adopted by the Jews from the Chanaanites, has been defended … but has been rejected … It is antecedently improbable that Jahveh, the irreconcilable enemy of the Chanaanites, should be originally a Chanaanite god …
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Theol., p. 38) that the Indo-Europeans furnished at least the idea contained in the name Jahveh, even if they did not originate the name itself, is without any value.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913
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Messianic character of which is recognized by both Rabbinical interpreters and New Testament writers (see Condamin, "Le livre d'Isaie" Paris, 1905), graphically describes the servant of Jahveh, that is the Messias, Himself innocent yet chastized by God, because
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913
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He whom the Apura name Jahveh hath passed yonder by the
The World's Desire Henry Rider Haggard 1890
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