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 3 Oct. 2026.

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