Yahweh
a name of God, transliterated by scholars from the Tetragrammaton and commonly rendered Jehovah.
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- Also Yahwe, Yah·veh, Yah·ve [yah-ve], /ˈyɑ vɛ/, Jahveh, Jahve, Jahweh, Jahwe.
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How to use Yahweh in a sentence
The name of God we hallow, but not as did the ancient Israelites, by refusing even to mention the sacredly incommunicable Yahweh.
The Arena | VariousIn chapter v. we have a prayer for restoration: “Make us return, O Yahweh, and we shall return!”
Therefore it is said, "Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before Yahweh."
He shall offer it at the door of the Tent of Meeting, that he may be accepted before Yahweh.
He shall bring the fat with the breast, that the breast may be waved for a wave offering before Yahweh.
British Dictionary definitions for Yahweh
Jahweh Yahveh or Jahveh (ˈjɑːveɪ)
/ (ˈjɑːweɪ) /
Old Testament a vocalization of the Tetragrammaton, used esp by Christian theologians
Origin of Yahweh
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