Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: jehovah
IPA transcription: [dʒəh'oʊvə]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: Godhead, Lord, Creator, Maker, Divine, God_Almighty, Almighty, Jehovah
    Meaning: terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God
  • Synonyms: Yahweh, YHWH, Yahwe, Yahveh, YHVH, Yahve, Wahvey, Jahvey, Jahweh, Jehovah, JHVH
    Meaning: a name for the God of the Old Testament as transliterated from the Hebrew consonants YHVH
Usage examples
  • Arise, O Jehovah, And let thine enemies be scattered, And let those who hate thee flee before thee.
  • Therefore Jehovah said, I will destroy from the face of the ground man whom I have created, for I regret that I have made mankind.
  • When Jehovah saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every purpose in the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually, it was a source of regret that he had made man on the earth and it grieved him to his heart.
  • And Jehovah was with Joseph and showed kindness to him, and gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison, so that the keeper of the prison gave to Joseph's charge all the prisoners who were in the prison, and for whatever they did he was responsible.
  • Then, should our labour fail to accomplish the end for which we pray, we shall stand acquitted at the bar of Jehovah, and although we may share in the national calamities which await unrepented sins, yet that blessed approval will be ours--'Well done, good and faithful servants, enter ye into the joy of your Lord.'"