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Yahvist

Yahvist 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 Yahvist

pluralYahvists

Questions about Yahvist

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

Words near Yahvist in the dictionary

  1. Yahuskin
  2. Yahuskins
  3. Yahuwah
  4. Yahve
  5. Yahveh
  6. Yahvist
  7. Yahvists
  8. Yahwe
  9. Yahweh
  10. Yahwehism
  11. Yahwehist

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Yahvist (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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