JEHOVAH

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• JEHOVAH (noun)
  The noun JEHOVAH has 2 senses:

1. a name for the God of the Old Testament as transliterated from the Hebrew consonants YHVH

2. terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God

  Familiarity information: JEHOVAH used as a noun is rare.

• JEHOVAH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A name for the God of the Old Testament as transliterated from the Hebrew consonants YHVH

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Jahvey; Jahweh; Jehovah; JHVH; Wahvey; Yahve; Yahveh; Yahwe; Yahweh; YHVH; YHWH

Instance hypernyms:

God; Supreme Being (the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Almighty; Creator; Divine; God Almighty; Godhead; Jehovah; Lord; Maker

Instance hypernyms:

God; Supreme Being (the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Jehovah"):

Blessed Trinity; Holy Trinity; Sacred Trinity; Trinity (the union of the Father and Son and Holy Ghost in one Godhead)

hypostasis; hypostasis of Christ (any of the three persons of the Godhead constituting the Trinity especially the person of Christ in which divine and human natures are united)

 Context examples 

Jehovah was anthropomorphic because he could address himself to the Jews only in terms of their understanding; so he was conceived as in their own image, as a cloud, a pillar of fire, a tangible, physical something which the mind of the Israelites could grasp.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)