Yahweh

noun

ˈyä-(ˌ)wā How to pronounce Yahweh (audio)
variants also Jahveh or Yahveh
Definition of Yahwehnext
as in God
the being worshipped as the creator and ruler of the universe a count of the number of times Yahweh is mentioned in the Old Testament

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Recent Examples of Yahweh Photo: Jeenah Moon/The Washington Post via Getty Images Unlike the series of plagues Yahweh unleashed on the Egyptians in the Book of Exodus, our world has become infested with something far more annoying: celebrity look-alike contests. — Michael Savio, Vulture, 15 Nov. 2024 Even atheists would have no trouble identifying Maarten de Vos’s bearded old man as Yahweh. — Jonathon Keats, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024 Wilks, who is four years older, practices a form of Christianity that hews closely to the Old Testament at the Assembly of Yahweh, a church his family founded outside of Cisco, a town in Central Texas. — Ava Kofman, ProPublica, 2 Oct. 2024

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