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Jehovah's Witnesses

/d͡ʒəˈhəʊ.vəz ˈwɪt.nə.sɪz/US/d͡ʒəˈhoʊ.vəz ˈwɪt.nə.sɪz/

Jehovah's Witnesses proper noun: a monotheistic and nontrinitarian Restoration Christian denomination founded by Charles Taze Russell in 1879 as a small Bible study group. Also the plural of Jehovah's Witness.

Proper noun (1)

Jehovah's Witnesses

  1. A monotheistic and nontrinitarian Restoration Christian denomination founded by Charles Taze Russell in 1879 as a small Bible study group.
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Noun capitalized: Jehovah's witnesses

Jehovah's witnesses

  1. (plural) plural of Jehovah's witness

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Jehovah's witnesses

Jehovah's witnesses

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of Jehovah's Witnesses.

Also used as

Jehovah's Witnesses is also the plural of Jehovah's Witness.

Jehovah's Witnesses meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Tagalog and Arabic

Jehovah's Witnesses in Hindi

denomination
यहोवा के साक्षी yahovā ke sākṣī

Jehovah's Witnesses in Urdu

denomination
یہوواہ کے گواہ yahovā ke gavāh

Jehovah's Witnesses in Tagalog

denomination
Mga Saksi ni Jehová

Jehovah's Witnesses in Arabic

denomination
شُهُودُ يَهْوَه šuhūdu yahwah
More languagesFewer languages
Jehovah's Witnesses in Indonesian
Saksi-Saksi Yehuwa
Jehovah's Witnesses in Vietnamese
Nhân chứng Giê-hô-va, Nhân Chứng Giê-hô-va

Synonyms of Jehovah's Witnesses

Forms of Jehovah's Witnesses

alternative formJehovah’s Witnesses
alternative formJehovah’s witnesses
alternative formJehovah's witnesses

Origin of Jehovah's Witnesses

From Jehovah, the personal name of God in the Hebrew Scriptures; the name was adopted in 1931 and inspired by the Biblical verse of Isaiah 43:10: You are my witnesses.

Questions about Jehovah's Witnesses

What does Jehovah's Witnesses mean?
Jehovah's Witnesses means a monotheistic and nontrinitarian Restoration Christian denomination founded by Charles Taze Russell in 1879 as a small Bible study group.
What is Jehovah's Witnesses in Hindi?
Jehovah's Witnesses in Hindi is यहोवा के साक्षी (yahovā ke sākṣī). See Jehovah's Witnesses meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Jehovah's Witnesses?
Jehovah's Witnesses can be a proper noun or a noun.
How do you pronounce Jehovah's Witnesses?
Jehovah's Witnesses is pronounced /d͡ʒəˈhoʊ.vəz ˈwɪt.nə.sɪz/ (US).

Words near Jehovah's Witnesses in the dictionary

  1. Jehoshaphat
  2. Jehosophat
  3. Jehovah
  4. Jehovah Witness
  5. Jehovah's Witness
  6. Jehovah's Witnesses
  7. Jehovah's Witnessism
  8. Jehovah's-Witness
  9. Jehovah's-Witnesses
  10. Jehovahs
  11. Jehovah’s Witness

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