variants also Jahveh or Yahveh
Definition of Yahwehnext
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. 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

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“Yahweh.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Yahweh. Accessed 4 Aug. 2026.

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