Where does “Jehovah” come from?

Jehovah is an English rendering of the Biblical Hebrew יהוה and Hebrew יהוה, a divine name whose original meaning and pronunciation remain uncertain.

Jehovah (English): A Jehovah's Witness

Definitions

  1. A Jehovah's Witness

Ancestry of “Jehovah”, step by step

Jehovah traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hebrew יְהֹוָה

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hebrewיְהֹוָה—
2HebrewיהוהYHWH, Yahweh, Jehovah; God; Yahweh
3Proto-Semitic*haway-to be, to become, to fall, to happen

via Biblical Hebrew יהוה

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Biblical Hebrewיהוה—

Words derived from “Jehovah”

Every word from Proto-Semitic *haway- →Every word from Hebrew יהוה →Every word from Hebrew יְהֹוָה →