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Allah vs Jah - What's the difference?

allah | jah |

Jah is a synonym of allah.

Jah is a coordinate term of allah.



As proper nouns the difference between allah and jah

is that allah is god, in Islamic or Arabic contexts while Jah is shortened form of Jehovah, God's personal name in the Bible. Often appearing as part of Biblical names as "-iah", or "Jeho-" as in Isaiah, Jeremiah, Jehoshua, and Jehosaphat, and Hebrew words like "hallelujah".

allah

Proper noun

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  • God, in Islamic or Arabic contexts
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    Derived terms

    * ayatollah, Hezbollah

    Usage notes

    While the Arabic to Islamic contexts only. Various newspaper style manuals recommend translating the Arabic word in English as God , as this better reflects Arabic usage, but the term is often left untranslated in Islamic contexts. Thus either “Allah is great” or “God is great” may be seen.

    See also

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    References

    Anagrams

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    jah

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • (religion) shortened form of Jehovah, God's personal name in the Bible. Often appearing as part of Biblical names as "-iah", or "Jeho-" as in Isaiah, Jeremiah, Jehoshua, and Jehosaphat, and Hebrew words like "hallelujah".
  • (rasta) God
  • See also

    * Jehovah * Yahweh * Tetragrammaton