Jehovist

English

Alternative forms

• Yahwist, Yahwehist

Etymology

From Jehovah ‎ -ist.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒəˈhəʊvɪst/
• (US) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒəˈhoʊvɪst/

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Proper noun

Jehovist

1. The writer of the passages of the Old Testament, especially those of the Pentateuch, in which the Supreme Being is styled Jehovah. See Elohist.
   • 1862, Samuel Davidson, An Introduction to the Old Testament, Critical, Historical, and Theological:

     The characteristic manner of the Jehovist differs from that of his predecessor [the Elohist]. He is fuller and freer in his descriptions; more reflective in his assignment of motives and causes; more artificial in mode of narration.

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.

Antonyms

• adonist

References

• “Jehovist”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.