\Je*ho"vist\, n.
1. One who maintains that the vowel points of the word
   Jehovah, in Hebrew, are the proper vowels of that word; --
   opposed to {adonist}.
2. The writer of the passages of the Old Testament,
   especially those of the Pentateuch, in which the Supreme
   Being is styled Jehovah. 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.