Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A name for God thought to represent the original pronunciation of the Tetragrammaton among the ancient Hebrews.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- A modern transliteration of the Hebrew word translated
Jehovah in the Bible; -- used by some critics to discriminate the tribal god of the ancient Hebrews from the ChristianJehovah .Yahweh orYahwe is the spelling now generally adopted by scholars.
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- proper noun the name of the God of Israel worshipped by the Jahwist prophets in the kingdoms of Israel and Judah in antiquity
- proper noun biblical in "Sacred Name Bibles", translating the
Tetragrammaton
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a name for the God of the Old Testament as transliterated from the Hebrew consonants YHVH
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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YISRAYL HAWKINS, LEADER OF THE HOUSE OF YAHWEH, FACING UP TO 100 YEARS FOR BIGAMY: Yahweh is allowing sin to take place.
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For Christians, the name Jesus does not point to an invisible, enthroned deity who can save—as the name Yahweh did.
THE NAMES OF JESUS RUBEL SHELLY 1999
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For Christians, the name Jesus does not point to an invisible, enthroned deity who can save—as the name Yahweh did.
THE NAMES OF JESUS RUBEL SHELLY 1999
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Like the Hebrews who refused to utter the name of Yahweh, the Bushmen have long known the wisdom of having respect names.
The Bushman Way of Tracking God PhD Bradford Keeney 2010
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Does it matter whether you believe in Yahweh or Vishnu?
Attached to Strings 2009
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Yahweh is a Johnny-come-lately among the ancient gods.
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The assumption that Yahweh is derived from the verb “to be”, as seems to be implied in Exod.iii. 14 seq., is not free from difficulty.
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So either disavow that "proof" or accept that Yahweh is not the supreme being.
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Theologically, House of Yahweh is a cult of Christianity
House of Yahweh leader claims sect is unfairly targeted 2009
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The only reason people believe that Yahweh is “male” is because he was the “son” of the mother goddess Asherah the “true god (dess) and creator” of the Caananite religion.
Think Progress » ACLU will sue high school that canceled prom to stop lesbians from attending. 2010
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