Definition of Jehovist

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Jehovist
noun

One who maintains that the vowel points of the word Jehovah, in Hebrew, are the proper vowels of that word; -- opposed to adonist.
The writer of the passages of the Old Testament, especially those of the Pentateuch, in which the Supreme Being is styled Jehovah. See Elohist.
Quotations
- The characteristic manner of the differs from that of his predecessor the Elohist. He is fuller and freer in his descriptions; more reflective in his assignment of motives and causes; more artificial in mode of narration - S. Davidson
(By extension): Anyone who uses the word "Jehovah" as the name of his God in worship
(Pejorative): A member of the Jehovah's Witnesses.

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