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also Jahveh
or Yahveh
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
Even atheists would have no trouble identifying Maarten de Vos’s bearded old man as Yahweh.
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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
The higher power in the Bible goes by many names — God, Jesus Christ, Jehovah, Yahweh, the Messiah.
—Jessica Van Egeren, Journal Sentinel, 19 July 2024
Whom would you rather be fathered by, Job or Yahweh?
—James Wood, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2024
In Israel, the hero figure evolved into Yahweh — the Hebrew name for god — fighting a leviathan, Uehlinger said.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 22 Feb. 2024
This is because the ancient Hebrew name for God, Yahweh or YHWH, when written resembles four ones.
—Naydeline Mejia, Women's Health, 7 Aug. 2023
Prieto's secret code name was Harmony, while Jordan went by Yahweh.
—Effie Orfanides, Peoplemag, 26 June 2023
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
The higher power in the Bible goes by many names — God, Jesus Christ, Jehovah, Yahweh, the Messiah.
—Jessica Van Egeren, Journal Sentinel, 19 July 2024
Whom would you rather be fathered by, Job or Yahweh?
—James Wood, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2024
In Israel, the hero figure evolved into Yahweh — the Hebrew name for god — fighting a leviathan, Uehlinger said.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 22 Feb. 2024
This is because the ancient Hebrew name for God, Yahweh or YHWH, when written resembles four ones.
—Naydeline Mejia, Women's Health, 7 Aug. 2023
Prieto's secret code name was Harmony, while Jordan went by Yahweh.
—Effie Orfanides, Peoplemag, 26 June 2023
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“Yahweh.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Yahweh. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.
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