Yahweh

Meaning

(history of religion) The name of the God of Israel worshipped by the Jahwist prophets in the kingdoms of Israel and Judah in antiquity.

(biblical) In "Sacred Name Bibles", a transliteration of the Tetragrammaton.

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Examples

An atheist is just somebody who feels about Yahweh the way any decent Christian feels about Thor or Baal or the golden calf. As has been said before, we are all atheists about most of the gods that humanity has ever believed in. Some of us just go one god further. Richard Dawkins

A Hebrew belief asserted that if Yahweh lays aside his bow and hangs it in the clouds, this is a sign that his anger has subsided. Carl B. Boyer

Monotheism is just one of the myths by which we live, and Yahweh is just one of the deities who populate these stories. James K. Morrow

When I destroyed my unwanted children, it was murder. When Yahweh did the same, it was eugenics. Do you approve of the universe, Ham? James K. Morrow

The God of Jesus differs fundamentally from the Jehovah presented in many sections of the Old Testament, where Yahweh is frequently pictured as authorizing pillage and slaughter and... as... an active participant in war... Kirby Page

"1:2 Yahweh, how long will I cry, and you will not hear? Source: Internet