"Jehovah's Witnesses" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: From Jehovah, the personal name of God in the Hebrew Scriptures; name adopted in 1931 and inspired by the Bible verse of Isaiah 43:10 "You are my witnesses." Head templates: {{en-proper noun|head=Jehovah's Witnesses}} Jehovah's Witnesses
  1. A monotheistic and nontrinitarian Restoration Christian denomination founded by Charles Taze Russell in 1879 as a small Bible study group. Originally known as International Bible Students or Bible Students. Translations (denomination): Jehovah se Getuies (Afrikaans), شُهُودُ يَهْوَه (šuhūdu yahwah) [masculine] (Arabic), Եհովայի վկաներ (Ehovayi vkaner) [plural] (Armenian), Testigos de Xehová (Asturian), Yehovanın Şahidləri (Azerbaijani), Свидетелите на Йехова (Svidetelite na Jehova) (Bulgarian), Vamënyen Yāvē (Car Nicobarese), Testimonis de Jehovà (Catalan), 耶和華見證人 (Chinese Cantonese), 耶和华见证人 (je⁴ wo⁴ waa⁴ gin³ zing³ jan⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 耶和華見證人 (Chinese Mandarin), 耶和华见证人 (Yēhéhuá Jiànzhèngrén) (Chinese Mandarin), Dustunyoryon Yehovah (Cornish), Jehovas Vidner [neuter, plural] (Danish), Jehovah's Getuigen [plural] (Dutch), Jehova Vitni (Faroese), Jehovan todistajat (Finnish), Getuigen van Jehova [plural] (Flemish), Témoins de Jéhovah [masculine, plural] (French), იეჰოვას მოწმეები (iehovas moc̣meebi) (Georgian), Zeugen Jehovas [masculine, plural] (German), Μάρτυρες του Ιεχωβά (Mártyres tou Iechová) [plural] (Greek), यहोवा के साक्षी (yahovā ke sākṣī) [masculine] (Hindi), Jehova Tanúi [plural] (Hungarian), Vottar Jehóva [plural] (Icelandic), Saksi-Saksi Yehuwa (Indonesian), Testes de Jehovah [plural] (Interlingua), Testimoni di Geova [masculine, plural] (Italian), エホバの証人 (Ehoba no Shōnin) (Japanese), សាក្សីព្រះយេហូវ៉ា (saksəy-prĕəh-yeihouvaa) (Khmer), 여호와의 증인 (Yeohowa-ui Jeung'in) (Korean), Testes Iehova (Latin), Jehovas liecinieki [plural] (Latvian), Јеховини сведоци (Jehovini svedoci) [masculine, plural] (Macedonian), Jehovas vitner [neuter, plural] (Norwegian Bokmål), Jehovas vitne [neuter, plural] (Norwegian Nynorsk), Testigunan di Yehova (Papiamentu), świadkowie Jehowy [masculine] (Polish), Testemunhas de Jeová [feminine, plural] (Portuguese), Martorii lui Iehova (Romanian), Свиде́тели Иего́вы (Svidételi Ijegóvy) [masculine, plural] (Russian), Jehovove priče [feminine, plural] (Slovene), Testigos de Jehová [masculine, plural] (Spanish), Mashahidi wa Yehova (Swahili), Jehovas vittnen (Swedish), Jehovas [colloquial] (Swedish), Mga Saksi ni Jehova (Tagalog), Mga Saksi ni Hehoba (Tagalog), Свідки Єгови (Svidky Jehovy) [masculine, plural] (Ukrainian), یہوواہ کے گواہ (yahovā ke gavāh) (Urdu), Nhân chứng Giê-hô-va (Vietnamese), Nhân Chứng Giê-hô-va (Vietnamese)
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Noun

Etymology: From Jehovah, the personal name of God in the Hebrew Scriptures; name adopted in 1931 and inspired by the Bible verse of Isaiah 43:10 "You are my witnesses." Head templates: {{head|en|noun form|head=Jehovah's Witnesses}} Jehovah's Witnesses
  1. plural of Jehovah's Witness Tags: form-of, plural Form of: Jehovah's Witness Categories (topical): Christianity Synonyms: Jehovah’s Witnesses, Jehovah’s witnesses, Jehovah's witnesses (english: former spellings) [obsolete] Related terms: Jehovah’s Witnessism, Jehovah's Witnessism, non-Witness
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      "word": "Jehovah’s witnesses"
    },
    {
      "english": "former spellings",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "Jehovah's witnesses"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Isaiah 43#Verse 10"
  ],
  "word": "Jehovah's Witnesses"
}

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