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Jehovah

  • /d͡ʒəˈhoʊ.və/ US
  • /d͡ʒəˈhəʊ.və/ UK

Rhymes with -əʊvə

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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.

proper noun

  1. A 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.
  2. rare A male given name from Hebrew.

noun Jehovahs

  1. informal A Jehovah's Witness. I've never had Jehovahs at my door, but the other day two Mormons came to my door.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: yahweh, godhead, divine, god almighty, yahveh, almighty, yahve, yahwe, lord, creator, jahvey, jahweh, wahvey, elohim, god, witness

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name transliteration of the Masoretic vocalization of the Tetragrammaton

EspañolJehová, Jehovah
한국어여호와 Yeohowa
日本語エホバ Ehoba
中文耶和華 /耶和华 Yēhéhuá
हिन्दीयहोवा yahovā
KiswahiliYehova
PortuguêsJeová
FrançaisJéhovah
DeutschJehova
ItalianoGeova
ΕλληνικάΙεχωβά Iechová, Ιεχοβά Iechová, Γιεχωβά Giechová
РусскийИего́ва Ijegóva
Tiếng ViệtGiê-hô-va, Jehovah
العربيةيَهْوَه yahwah, يهوه yahwa
עבריתיְהֹוָה yahwe

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"Jehovah." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/jehovah. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{jehovah_2026,
  title = {Jehovah},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/jehovah},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}