Meanings
- lifestyleA transliteration of the Masoretic pronunciation of the Tetragrammaton.
2 And God spake vnto Moses, and said vnto him, I am the Lord. 3 And I appeared vnto Abraham, vnto Isaac, and vnto Iacob, by the Name of God Almighty, but by my name IEHOVAH was I not knowen to them.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Exodus 6:2–32 more examples
After Serena Williams’ win at Wimbledon today, she will likely say — as she usually does after a big win — “I want to thank Jehovah God.”[…] “I have to thank Jehovah God for this,” Serena Williams told the crowd after receiving the trophy at the Australian Open in January, her sixth win there.
2015 July 11, Kimberly Winston, “Serena Williams’ secret weapon: The surprising faith of the Wimbledon champ”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 Jul 2015, Acts of FaithStop! Stop, will you?! Stop that! Stop it! Now, look! No one is to stone anyone until I blow this whistle! Do you understand?! Even, and I want to make this absolutely clear, even if they do say Jehovah.
1979, Scene 5: Premature Ejection, in Monty Python's Life of Brian, spoken by High Priest (John Cleese) - rareA male given name from Hebrew.
plural Jehovahs
- informalA Jehovah's Witness.
I've never had Jehovahs at my door, but the other day two Mormons came to my door.
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Biblical Hebrewיהוה
- EnglishJehovah
Transliteration of Hebrew יְהֹוָה (yəhōwā), the Masoretic vocalization of the Biblical Hebrew יהוה (variously pronounced). The Masoretic vocalization is a so-called qere 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.
More words from Biblical Hebrew
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans Jehovah
- Jehovahtransliteration of the Masoretic vocalization of the Tetragrammaton
Ancient Greek Ιεηωουα
- Ιεηωουα (Ieēōoua)transliteration of the Masoretic vocalization of the Tetragrammaton
Arabic يَهْوَه, يهوه
- يَهْوَه (yahwah)transliteration of the Masoretic vocalization of the Tetragrammaton
- يهوه (yahwa)transliteration of the Masoretic vocalization of the Tetragrammaton
Basque Yahveh
- Yahvehtransliteration of the Masoretic vocalization of the Tetragrammaton
Bulgarian Йехо́ва
- Йехо́ва (Jehóva)transliteration of the Masoretic vocalization of the Tetragrammaton
Catalan Jehovà
- Jehovàtransliteration of the Masoretic vocalization of the Tetragrammaton
Chinese Cantonese 耶和華 /耶和华
- 耶和華 /耶和华 (je⁴ wo⁴ waa⁴)transliteration of the Masoretic vocalization of the Tetragrammaton
Chinese Mandarin 耶和華 /耶和华
- 耶和華 /耶和华 (Yēhéhuá)transliteration of the Masoretic vocalization of the Tetragrammaton
Danish Jehova
- Jehovatransliteration of the Masoretic vocalization of the Tetragrammaton
Dutch Jehova
- Jehovatransliteration of the Masoretic vocalization of the Tetragrammaton
Esperanto Jehovo
- Jehovotransliteration of the Masoretic vocalization of the Tetragrammaton
Estonian Jehoova
- Jehoovatransliteration of the Masoretic vocalization of the Tetragrammaton
Finnish Jehova
- Jehovatransliteration of the Masoretic vocalization of the Tetragrammaton
French Jéhovah
- Jéhovahtransliteration of the Masoretic vocalization of the Tetragrammaton
German Jehova
- Jehovatransliteration of the Masoretic vocalization of the Tetragrammaton
Greek Ιεχωβά, Ιεχοβά
- Ιεχωβά (Iechová)transliteration of the Masoretic vocalization of the Tetragrammaton
- Ιεχοβά (Iechová)transliteration of the Masoretic vocalization of the Tetragrammaton
- Γιεχωβά (Giechová)transliteration of the Masoretic vocalization of the Tetragrammaton
Hebrew יְהֹוָה
- יְהֹוָה (yahwe)transliteration of the Masoretic vocalization of the Tetragrammaton
Hindi यहोवा
- यहोवा (yahovā)transliteration of the Masoretic vocalization of the Tetragrammaton
Indonesian Yehuwa
- Yehuwatransliteration of the Masoretic vocalization of the Tetragrammaton
Italian Geova
- Geovatransliteration of the Masoretic vocalization of the Tetragrammaton
Japanese エホバ
- エホバ (Ehoba)transliteration of the Masoretic vocalization of the Tetragrammaton
Korean 여호와
- 여호와 (Yeohowa)transliteration of the Masoretic vocalization of the Tetragrammaton
Latin Iehova, Iova
- Iehovatransliteration of the Masoretic vocalization of the Tetragrammaton
- Iovatransliteration of the Masoretic vocalization of the Tetragrammaton
Lithuanian Jehova
- Jehovatransliteration of the Masoretic vocalization of the Tetragrammaton
Māori Ihowā
- Ihowātransliteration of the Masoretic vocalization of the Tetragrammaton
Polish Jehowa
- Jehowatransliteration of the Masoretic vocalization of the Tetragrammaton
Portuguese Jeová
- Jeovátransliteration of the Masoretic vocalization of the Tetragrammaton
Russian Иего́ва
- Иего́ва (Ijegóva)transliteration of the Masoretic vocalization of the Tetragrammaton
Spanish Jehová, Jehovah
- Jehovátransliteration of the Masoretic vocalization of the Tetragrammaton
- Jehovahtransliteration of the Masoretic vocalization of the Tetragrammaton
Swahili Yehova
- Yehovatransliteration of the Masoretic vocalization of the Tetragrammaton
Swedish Jehova, Jehovah
- Jehovatransliteration of the Masoretic vocalization of the Tetragrammaton
- Jehovahtransliteration of the Masoretic vocalization of the Tetragrammaton
Tagalog Jehova, Jehovah
- Jehovatransliteration of the Masoretic vocalization of the Tetragrammaton
- Jehovahtransliteration of the Masoretic vocalization of the Tetragrammaton
Tamil ஜெஹோவா, யாவே
- ஜெஹோவா (jehōvā)transliteration of the Masoretic vocalization of the Tetragrammaton
- யாவே (yāvē)transliteration of the Masoretic vocalization of the Tetragrammaton
Thai พระยาห์เวห์, พระเยโฮวาห์
- พระยาห์เวห์ (phrayawe)transliteration of the Masoretic vocalization of the Tetragrammaton
- พระเยโฮวาห์ (phrayehowa)transliteration of the Masoretic vocalization of the Tetragrammaton
- พระยะโฮวา (phra yahowa)transliteration of the Masoretic vocalization of the Tetragrammaton
Turkish Yehova, Yehovah
- Yehovatransliteration of the Masoretic vocalization of the Tetragrammaton
- Yehovahtransliteration of the Masoretic vocalization of the Tetragrammaton
Ukrainian Єго́ва, Ягве
- Єго́ва (Jehóva)transliteration of the Masoretic vocalization of the Tetragrammaton
- Ягве (Jahve)transliteration of the Masoretic vocalization of the Tetragrammaton
Vietnamese Giê-hô-va, Jehovah
- Giê-hô-vatransliteration of the Masoretic vocalization of the Tetragrammaton
- Jehovahtransliteration of the Masoretic vocalization of the Tetragrammaton
Welsh Jehofa
- Jehofatransliteration of the Masoretic vocalization of the Tetragrammaton
Zulu uJehova
- uJehovatransliteration of the Masoretic vocalization of the Tetragrammaton
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with Jehovah
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Jehovah. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Jehovah
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