| 单词 | jehovah |
| 释义 | Jehovah[ ji-hoh-vuh ] / dʒɪˈhoʊ və / SEE SYNONYMS FOR Jehovah ON THESAURUS.COM nouna name of God in the Old Testament, a rendering of the ineffable name, JHVH, in the Hebrew Scriptures. (in modern Christian use) God. OTHER WORDS FROM JehovahJe·ho·vic [ji-hoh-vik], /dʒɪˈhoʊ vɪk/, adjectiveWords nearby JehovahJeh, jehad, Jehoiada, Jehol, Jehoshaphat, Jehovah, Jehovah God, Jehovah's Witness, Jehovah's Witnesses, Jehovist, Jehu Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for JehovahJehovah / (dʒɪˈhəʊvə) / nounOld Testament the personal name of God, revealed to Moses on Mount Horeb (Exodus 3) Word Origin for JehovahC16: from Medieval Latin, from Hebrew YHVH: the original vocalization was considered too sacred to be pronounced and the vowels of Eloah (God) were therefore substituted in the Masoretic text, whence Yetto Vah Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Cultural definitions for JehovahJehovah Another name for God; an approximation of the holiest name of God in Hebrew (the name was held so sacred that it was never written or spoken, and scholars are not sure exactly how it should be pronounced). It means “I am that I am,” or “I am the one who is.” In the incident of the burning bush in the Book of Exodus, God, speaking out of the bush, tells Moses that this is his name. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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