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Jehovah

[ji-hoh-vuh]

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noun

a name of God in the Old Testament, a rendering of the ineffable name, JHVH, in the Hebrew Scriptures.
(in modern Christian use) God.

Jehovah

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noun

Old Testament the personal name of God, revealed to Moses on Mount Horeb (Exodus 3)

Jehovah

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.

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Jehovic adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Jehovah¹

C16: 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

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Like Junaid, Martin Riley - who was brought up a Jehovah's Witness - was also ostracised by his family.

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Lemon was a Jehovah’s Witness and declined to receive blood transfusions.

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Born in 1952 in Cincinnati, Lemon grew up in Minneapolis in a family of Jehovah’s Witnesses.

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He was 19 when he came out to his parents, who are practising Jehovah's Witnesses to this day.

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How does a skinny, gay Welsh kid raised in a strict Jehovah’s Witnesses community become a famous Hollywood action movie star with credits on “Clash of the Titans” and the “Fast & Furious” franchise?

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Jehoshaphat Jehovah God

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