Jehovah's Witness

US/d͡ʒəˈhoʊ.vəz witnəs/UK/d͡ʒəˈhəʊ.vəz witnəs/

noun

A member of a monotheistic and nontrinitarian Restoration Christian denomination founded by Charles Taze Russell in 1879 as a small Bible study group.

Meanings

Jehovah's Witness1

nounJehovah's Witness (plural Jehovah's Witnesses)

plural Jehovah's Witnesses · alternative Jehovah witness · alternative Jehovah Witness · alternative Jehovah’s Witness · alternative Jehovah’s witness · alternative Jehovah's witness

  1. A member of a monotheistic and nontrinitarian Restoration Christian denomination founded by Charles Taze Russell in 1879 as a small Bible study group.

    Synonyms: JW, one of Jehovah's Witnesses, Witness, Jehovah, Jehovian, Jehovist, Jehovie, Bible Students

Jehovah's witness2

nounJehovah's witness (plural Jehovah's witnesses)

plural Jehovah's witnesses

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Jehovah's Witness.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA member of a monotheistic and nontrinitarian Restoration Christian denomination founded by Charles Taze Russell in 1879 as a small Bible study group.

Translations

Afrikaans Jehova se Getuie
  • Jehova se Getuiemember of the Jehovah's Witnesses
Arabic شاهد يهوه
  • شاهد يهوه (šāhid yahwa)member of the Jehovah's Witnesses
Catalan testimoni de Jehovà
  • testimoni de Jehovàmember of the Jehovah's Witnesses
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)member of the Jehovah's Witnesses
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)member of the Jehovah's Witnesses
Czech svědek Jehovův
  • svědek Jehovůvmember of the Jehovah's Witnesses
Danish Jehovas vidne
  • Jehovas vidnemember of the Jehovah's Witnesses
Dutch Jehova's Getuige, Getuige
  • Jehova's Getuigemember of the Jehovah's Witnesses
  • Getuigemember of the Jehovah's Witnesses
Esperanto atestanto de Jehovo
  • atestanto de Jehovomember of the Jehovah's Witnesses
Estonian Jehoova tunnistaja
  • Jehoova tunnistajamember of the Jehovah's Witnesses
Finnish Jehovan todistaja
  • Jehovan todistajamember of the Jehovah's Witnesses
French témoin de Jéhovah
  • témoin de Jéhovahmember of the Jehovah's Witnesses
German Zeuge Jehovas, Zeugin Jehovas
  • Zeuge Jehovasmember of the Jehovah's Witnesses
  • Zeugin Jehovasmember of the Jehovah's Witnesses
Greek Μάρτυρας του Ιεχωβά, ιεχωβάς
  • Μάρτυρας του Ιεχωβά (Mártyras tou Iechová)member of the Jehovah's Witnesses
  • ιεχωβάς (iechovás)member of the Jehovah's Witnesses
  • ιεχωβίτισσα (iechovítissa)member of the Jehovah's Witnesses
Hindi यहोवा के साक्षी
  • यहोवा के साक्षी (yahovā ke sākṣī)member of the Jehovah's Witnesses
Icelandic vottur Jehóva
  • vottur Jehóvamember of the Jehovah's Witnesses
Indonesian Saksi Yehuwa
  • Saksi Yehuwamember of the Jehovah's Witnesses
Irish Finné Iáivé
  • Finné Iáivémember of the Jehovah's Witnesses
Italian Testimone di Geova
  • Testimone di Geovamember of the Jehovah's Witnesses
Japanese エホバの証人
  • エホバの証人 (Ehoba no shōnin)member of the Jehovah's Witnesses
Korean 여호와의 증인
  • 여호와의 증인 (Yeohowaui jeung'in)member of the Jehovah's Witnesses
Latin Testis Jehovah
  • Testis Jehovahmember of the Jehovah's Witnesses
Latvian Jehovas liecinieks
  • Jehovas liecinieksmember of the Jehovah's Witnesses
Norwegian Jehovas vitne
  • Jehovas vitnemember of the Jehovah's Witnesses
Polish jehowy, świadek Jehowy
  • jehowymember of the Jehovah's Witnesses
  • świadek Jehowymember of the Jehovah's Witnesses
Portuguese testemunha de Jeová
  • testemunha de Jeovámember of the Jehovah's Witnesses
Romanian martor al lui Iehova
  • martor al lui Iehovamember of the Jehovah's Witnesses
Russian свиде́тель Иего́вы, иегови́ст
  • свиде́тель Иего́вы (svidételʹ Ijegóvy)member of the Jehovah's Witnesses
  • иегови́ст (ijegovíst)member of the Jehovah's Witnesses
Spanish testigo de Jehová
  • testigo de Jehovámember of the Jehovah's Witnesses
Swedish Jehovas vittne, Jehovas
  • Jehovas vittnemember of the Jehovah's Witnesses
  • Jehovasmember of the Jehovah's Witnesses
Tagalog Saksi
  • Saksimember of the Jehovah's Witnesses
Vietnamese Nhân chứng Giê-hô-va, Nhân Chứng Giê-hô-va
  • Nhân chứng Giê-hô-vamember of the Jehovah's Witnesses
  • Nhân Chứng Giê-hô-vamember of the Jehovah's Witnesses
Cite this entry
APA

Jehovah's Witness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Jehovah's%20Witness

MLA

“Jehovah's Witness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Jehovah's%20Witness. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Jehovah's Witness,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Jehovah's%20Witness.

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