Where does “Ιεχωβά” come from?

Ιεχωβά (Greek) comes from Hebrew יְהֹוָה, from Hebrew יהוה, from Proto-Semitic *haway- — to be, to become, to fall, to happen.

Ιεχωβά (Greek): Jehovah

Definitions

  1. Jehovah

Ancestry of “Ιεχωβά”, step by step

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