From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Jehovah \Je*ho"vah\, n. [Heb. usually y[e^]h[=o]v[=a]h (with the
vowel points of [a^]d[=o]n[=a]i Lord), sometimes (to avoid
repetition) y[e^]h[=o]vih (with the vowel points of
[e^]l[=o]h[imac]m God); but only the four Heb, consonants
yhvh are conceded to be certainly known.]
A Scripture name of the Supreme Being, by which he was
revealed to the Jews as their covenant God or Sovereign of
the theocracy; the "ineffable name" of the Supreme Being,
which was not pronounced by the Jews.
[1913 Webster]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Yahweh \Yah"weh\ (y[aum]"w[e^]), Yahwe \Yah"we\, prop. n. Also
Jahveh \Jah"veh\ (y[aum]"w[e^]), Jahve \Jah"ve\, Yahve \Yahve\,
Yahveh \Yahveh\, etc.
A modern transliteration of the Hebrew word translated
{Jehovah} in the Bible; -- used by some critics to
discriminate the tribal god of the ancient Hebrews from the
Christian Jehovah. Yahweh or {Yahwe} is the spelling now
generally adopted by scholars.
Syn: Yahwe, Yahveh, Wahvey, Jahve, Jahveh, Jahvey, Jahweh,
Jehovah.
[Webster 1913 Suppl. +WordNet 1.5 +CM] Jahvism
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Jehovah
n 1: a name for the God of the Old Testament as transliterated
from the Hebrew consonants YHVH [syn: {Yahweh}, {YHWH},
{Yahwe}, {Yahveh}, {YHVH}, {Yahve}, {Wahvey}, {Jahvey},
{Jahweh}, {Jehovah}, {JHVH}]
2: terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God [syn: {Godhead},
{Lord}, {Creator}, {Maker}, {Divine}, {God Almighty},
{Almighty}, {Jehovah}]
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