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Jahwist

Jahwist is the alternative form of Jehovist.

Meaning of Jehovist

Noun

Jehovist (plural Jehovists)

  1. One who maintains that the vowel points of the word Jehovah, in Hebrew, are the proper vowels of that word; opposed to adonist.
  2. (derogatory) A member of the Jehovah's Witnesses.
  3. Anyone who uses the word "Jehovah" as the name of God in worship.

See all 4 meanings of Jehovist

Forms of Jahwist

pluralJahwists

Questions about Jahwist

What is Jahwist the alternative form of?
Jahwist is the alternative form of Jehovist.

Words near Jahwist in the dictionary

  1. Jahvistic
  2. Jahvists
  3. Jahwe
  4. Jahweh
  5. Jahwism
  6. Jahwist
  7. Jahwistic
  8. Jahwists
  9. Jai
  10. jai alai
  11. Jai Hind

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Jahwist (page history and authors); Jehovist (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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