Je-hō'vist, n.

n. 1. (Heb. Gram.) One who maintains that the vowel-points annexed to the word Jehovah, in Hebrew, are the proper vowels of the word, and express the true pronunciation. ☞ The Jehovists are opposed to the Adonists, who hold that the points annexed to the word Jehovah are the vowels of the word Adonai. 2. The supposed writer of the Jehovistic passages of the Old Testament, especially those of the Pentateuch. See ELOHIST. The characteristic manner of the Jehovist 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.