1869, hypothetical reconstruction of the tetragrammaton YHWH (see Jehovah), based on the assumption that the tetragrammaton is the imperfective of Hebrew verb hawah, earlier form of hayah "was,&q [..]

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(n) a name for the God of the Old Testament as transliterated from the Hebrew consonants YHVH

A vocalization. favored by most theologians, of the tetragammaton -- the name of God ("JHWH") found throughout the Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament). An alternate pronounciation is Jehovah. (Religious Tolerance). God of the Hebrews, believed to be the creator and sustainer of the world and all within it; demanded that the Hebrews, his cho [..]

The personal name of the one true God, the God of Israel, as revealed to Moses. The meaning eludes scholars, though God described himself to Moses as “I am who I am” (Exodus 3:14).

(history of religion) the name of the God of Israel worshipped by the Jahwist prophets in the kingdoms of Israel and Judah in antiquity * '''1913''' "No certain evidence for the pre-Mosaic use of t [..]

A name of the Hebrew God, represented in Hebrew by the Tetragrammaton ("four letters") יהוה (Yod Heh Vav Heh), which was transliterated into Roman script as Y H W H. Because it was c [..]