Yahweh
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9.3
- proper noun
- /ˈjɑːweɪ/
:
Yahvé
- In the Old Testament, the people of Israel worshipped Yahweh as the one true God.
- Yahweh's curse
- worship of Yahweh
- Yahweh said
And in that sense Yahweh is in control.
- And in that sense Yahweh is in control.
- That's where this idea of Yahweh, the, the one single God came from.
- So Cain had, I mean, Adam had Cain and Abel and Yahweh came back to check on his offerings one day.
- If Yahweh decided to wipe them all out by flooding the earth, why is Yahweh tasking Noah to save anybody?
- God himself was utterly familiar from his earlier manifestation as Yahweh, jealously insisting on no other gods.
- And then we have today, we have Christians being called into the world of business, which is dominated by greed to flip the worship from Baal to Yahweh.
- And so if Jesus says I am and he's referring to himself, he seems to be claiming the name of God from the book of the old, from the name of Yahweh in the Old Testament.
- We've got you didn't Thank Allah, Oh Allah or you know, Allah, Yahweh, Yahweh, Yahweh.
Examples
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Here, O Israel, Yahweh is our God, Yahweh alone.
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In this last passage, Yahweh turns Miriam into a leper for her sin of disobedience against Moses.
Academic text (1991) -
The text says the word of Yahweh is rare in those days.
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And in that sense Yahweh is in control.
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I have acquired a man with the help of Yahweh,' she said.
Academic text (1991) -
First, I'd like to thank Yahweh for giving me the gift of life.
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By a prophet, Yahweh brought Israel up from Egypt.
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Jerusalem Bible: Yahweh saw that the wickedness of man was great on the earth.
Academic text (1991) -
And Yahweh said to Abraham… leave your home, your country, your kinsmen, and your father's home and I will show you a new land.
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"Hannah prayed, and said, 'My heart exalts in Yahweh. My mouth is enlarged over my enemies...'"
Synonyms
50
7.5
A name used for God in the Old Testament
3
9.9
A sacred name for God used in the Hebrew Bible, written as YHWH
1
9.9
A sacred name for God in the Old Testament
1
9.9
A name for God in the Old Testament
A name for the God of the Old Testament that comes from the Hebrew letters YHVH
A name for God in the Hebrew Bible
A name for God in the Hebrew Bible
The holy name of God in the Hebrew Bible written with four Hebrew letters
A name for God written using the Hebrew letters YHVH
Surface Forms
Etymology
Yahweh comes from the Hebrew consonants YHVH, the special name for God in the Old Testament. Because people later avoided saying it 'out loud', scholars use Yahweh as a likely form, and you can still see the short form Yah in hallelujah, which helps you remember it is a name for God.