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יְהֹוָה

ye.ho.vah · LORD

Hebrew · Strong's H3068 · Noun · Sounds like: yeh-ho-vaw' · 6,528 occurrences

English

Word meanings

Senses and individuals

  • LORD H3068G 6,526
  • The Lord H3068H · a Name of 1
  • (Jerusalem of) the Lord H3068I · a Part of 1

Strong's dictionary

from הָיָה; (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God; Jehovah, the Lord. Compare יָהּ, יְהֹוִה.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (public domain)

Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
יהוה c. 6823 i.e. יַהְוֶה n.pr.dei Yahweh, the proper name of the God of Israel—(1. MT יְהֹוָה 6518 (Qr אֲדֹנָי), or יֱהֹוִה 305 (Qr אֱלֹהִים) 2. Many recent scholars explain יַהְוֶה as Hiph. of הוה (= היה) the one bringing into being, life-giver)
I. יהוה is not used by E in Gn, but is given Ex 3:12-15 as the name of the God who revealed Himself to Moses at Horeb
II.
1. יהוה is used with אלהים and suffixes, especially in D
2. the phrase † אֲנִי יהוה is noteworthy
3. יהוה is also used with several predicates, to form sacred names of holy places of Yahweh

Every occurrence

  1. 2 Chronicles 1:1 וַיהוָ֤ה va.Yah.weh · A person, place or thing

    And Solomon the son of David was strengthened in his kingdom, and Jehovah his God was with him, and magnified him exceedingly.

  2. 2 Chronicles 1:3 יְהוָ֖ה Yah.weh · A person, place or thing

    So Solomon, and all the assembly with him, went to the high place that was at Gibeon; for there was the tent of meeting of God, which Moses the servant of Jehovah had made in the wilderness.

  3. 2 Chronicles 1:5 יְהוָ֑ה Yah.weh · A person, place or thing

    Moreover the brazen altar, that Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, had made, was there before the tabernacle of Jehovah: and Solomon and the assembly sought unto it.

  4. 2 Chronicles 1:6 יְהוָ֔ה Yah.weh · A person, place or thing

    And Solomon went up thither to the brazen altar before Jehovah, which was at the tent of meeting, and offered a thousand burnt-offerings upon it.

  5. 2 Chronicles 1:9 יְהוָ֣ה Yah.weh · A person, place or thing

    Now, O Jehovah God, let thy promise unto David my father be established; for thou hast made me king over a people like the dust of the earth in multitude.

  6. 2 Chronicles 2:1 יְהוָ֔ה Yah.weh · A person, place or thing

    Now Solomon purposed to build a house for the name of Jehovah, and a house for his kingdom.

  7. 2 Chronicles 2:4 יְהוָ֣ה Yah.weh · A person, place or thing

    Behold, I am about to build a house for the name of Jehovah my God, to dedicate it to him, and to burn before him incense of sweet spices, and for the continual showbread, and for the burnt-offerings morning and evening, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the set feasts of Jehovah our God. This is an ordinance for ever to Israel.

  8. 2 Chronicles 2:4 יְהוָ֣ה Yah.weh · A person, place or thing

    Behold, I am about to build a house for the name of Jehovah my God, to dedicate it to him, and to burn before him incense of sweet spices, and for the continual showbread, and for the burnt-offerings morning and evening, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the set feasts of Jehovah our God. This is an ordinance for ever to Israel.

  9. 2 Chronicles 2:11 יְהוָה֙ Yah.weh · A person, place or thing

    Then Huram the king of Tyre answered in writing, which he sent to Solomon, Because Jehovah loveth his people, he hath made thee king over them.

  10. 2 Chronicles 2:12 יְהוָה֙ Yah.weh · A person, place or thing

    Huram said moreover, Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel, that made heaven and earth, who hath given to David the king a wise son, endued with discretion and understanding, that should build a house for Jehovah, and a house for his kingdom.

  11. 2 Chronicles 2:12 לַיהוָ֔ה la.Yah.weh · A person, place or thing

    Huram said moreover, Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel, that made heaven and earth, who hath given to David the king a wise son, endued with discretion and understanding, that should build a house for Jehovah, and a house for his kingdom.

  12. 2 Chronicles 3:1 יְהוָה֙ Yah.weh · A person, place or thing

    Then Solomon began to build the house of Jehovah at Jerusalem on mount Moriah, where Jehovah appeared unto David his father, which he made ready in the place that David had appointed, in the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

  13. 2 Chronicles 4:16 יְהוָ֑ה Yah.weh · A person, place or thing

    The pots also, and the shovels, and the flesh-hooks, and all the vessels thereof, did Huram his father make for king Solomon for the house of Jehovah of bright brass.

  14. 2 Chronicles 5:1 יְהוָ֑ה ס Yah.weh · A person, place or thing

    Thus all the work that Solomon wrought for the house of Jehovah was finished. And Solomon brought in the things that David his father had dedicated, even the silver, and the gold, and all the vessels, and put them in the treasuries of the house of God.

  15. 2 Chronicles 5:2 יְהוָ֛ה Yah.weh · A person, place or thing

    Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the princes of the fathers' houses of the children of Israel, unto Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of Jehovah out of the city of David, which is Zion.

  16. 2 Chronicles 5:7 יְהוָ֧ה Yah.weh · A person, place or thing

    And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of Jehovah unto its place, into the oracle of the house, to the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubim.

  17. 2 Chronicles 5:10 יְהוָה֙ Yah.weh · A person, place or thing

    There was nothing in the ark save the two tables which Moses put there at Horeb, when Jehovah made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of Egypt.

  18. 2 Chronicles 5:13 לַיהוָה֒ la.Yah.weh · A person, place or thing

    it came to pass, when the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking Jehovah; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of music, and praised Jehovah, saying, For he is good; for his lovingkindness endureth for ever; that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of Jehovah,

  19. 2 Chronicles 5:13 לַיהוָה֙ la.Yah.weh · A person, place or thing

    it came to pass, when the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking Jehovah; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of music, and praised Jehovah, saying, For he is good; for his lovingkindness endureth for ever; that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of Jehovah,

  20. 2 Chronicles 5:13 יְהוָֽה׃ Yah.weh · A person, place or thing

    it came to pass, when the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking Jehovah; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of music, and praised Jehovah, saying, For he is good; for his lovingkindness endureth for ever; that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of Jehovah,

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