Meanings
Jehovah's Witnesses1
alternative Jehovah’s Witnesses · alternative Jehovah’s witnesses · alternative Jehovah's witnesses
- A monotheistic and nontrinitarian Restoration Christian denomination founded by Charles Taze Russell in 1879 as a small Bible study group.
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Synonyms: Bible Students, International Bible Students, Jovie's
alternative Jehovah’s Witnesses · alternative Jehovah’s witnesses · alternative Jehovah's witnesses
- pluralplural of Jehovah's Witness
Jehovah's witnesses2
- pluralplural of Jehovah's witness
- alternativeAlternative form of Jehovah's Witnesses.
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounA monotheistic and nontrinitarian Restoration Christian denomination founded by Charles Taze Russell in 1879 as a small Bible study group.
Origin
From Jehovah, the personal name of God in the Hebrew Scriptures; the name was adopted in 1931 and inspired by the Biblical verse of Isaiah 43:10: You are my witnesses.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans Jehovah se Getuies
- Jehovah se Getuiesdenomination
Arabic شُهُودُ يَهْوَه
- شُهُودُ يَهْوَه (šuhūdu yahwah)denomination
Bulgarian Свидетелите на Йехова
- Свидетелите на Йехова (Svidetelite na Jehova)denomination
Catalan Testimonis de Jehovà
- Testimonis de Jehovàdenomination
Chinese Cantonese 耶和華見證人 /耶和华见证人
- 耶和華見證人 /耶和华见证人 (je⁴ wo⁴ waa⁴ gin³ zing³ jan⁴)denomination
Chinese Mandarin 耶和華見證人 /耶和华见证人
- 耶和華見證人 /耶和华见证人 (Yēhéhuá Jiànzhèngrén)denomination
Danish Jehovas Vidner
- Jehovas Vidnerdenomination
Dutch Jehovah's Getuigen
- Jehovah's Getuigendenomination
Finnish Jehovan todistajat
- Jehovan todistajatdenomination
Flemish Getuigen van Jehova
- Getuigen van Jehovadenomination
French Témoins de Jéhovah
- Témoins de Jéhovahdenomination
German Zeugen Jehovas
- Zeugen Jehovasdenomination
Greek Μάρτυρες του Ιεχωβά
- Μάρτυρες του Ιεχωβά (Mártyres tou Iechová)denomination
Hebrew עֵדִי־יְהֹוָה
- עֵדִי־יְהֹוָה (Edi-Yehovah)denomination
Hindi यहोवा के साक्षी
- यहोवा के साक्षी (yahovā ke sākṣī)denomination
Hungarian Jehova Tanúi
- Jehova Tanúidenomination
Icelandic Vottar Jehóva
- Vottar Jehóvadenomination
Indonesian Saksi-Saksi Yehuwa
- Saksi-Saksi Yehuwadenomination
Italian Testimoni di Geova
- Testimoni di Geovadenomination
Japanese エホバの証人
- エホバの証人 (Ehoba no Shōnin)denomination
Korean 여호와의 증인
- 여호와의 증인 (Yeohowa-ui Jeung'in)denomination
Latin Testēs Jehōvae
- Testēs Jehōvaedenomination
Latvian Jehovas liecinieki
- Jehovas lieciniekidenomination
Norwegian Bokmål Jehovas vitner
- Jehovas vitnerdenomination
Polish Świadkowie Jehowy
- Świadkowie Jehowydenomination
Portuguese Testemunhas de Jeová
- Testemunhas de Jeovádenomination
Romanian Martorii lui Iehova
- Martorii lui Iehovadenomination
Russian Свиде́тели Иего́вы
- Свиде́тели Иего́вы (Svidételi Ijegóvy)denomination
Spanish Testigos de Jehová
- Testigos de Jehovádenomination
Swahili Mashahidi wa Yehova
- Mashahidi wa Yehovadenomination
Swedish Jehovas vittnen, Jehovas
- Jehovas vittnendenomination
- Jehovasdenomination
Tagalog Mga Saksi ni Jehová
- Mga Saksi ni Jehovádenomination
Ukrainian Свідки Єгови
- Свідки Єгови (Svidky Jehovy)denomination
Urdu یہوواہ کے گواہ
- یہوواہ کے گواہ (yahovā ke gavāh)denomination
Vietnamese Nhân chứng Giê-hô-va, Nhân Chứng Giê-hô-va
- Nhân chứng Giê-hô-vadenomination
- Nhân Chứng Giê-hô-vadenomination
Cite this entry
Jehovah's Witnesses. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Jehovah's%20Witnesses
“Jehovah's Witnesses.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Jehovah's%20Witnesses. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Jehovah's Witnesses,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Jehovah's%20Witnesses.
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