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יְהֹוָה

ye.ho.vah · LORD

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

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. Habakkuk 1:2 יְהוָ֛ה Yah.weh · A person, place or thing

    O Jehovah, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear? I cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save.

  2. Habakkuk 1:12 יְהוָ֧ה Yah.weh · A person, place or thing

    Art not thou from everlasting, O Jehovah my God, my Holy One? we shall not die. O Jehovah, thou hast ordained him for judgment; and thou, O Rock, hast established him for correction.

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

    Art not thou from everlasting, O Jehovah my God, my Holy One? we shall not die. O Jehovah, thou hast ordained him for judgment; and thou, O Rock, hast established him for correction.

  4. Habakkuk 2:2 יְהוָה֙ Yah.weh · A person, place or thing

    And Jehovah answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tablets, that he may run that readeth it.

  5. Habakkuk 2:13 יְהוָ֣ה Yah.weh · A person, place or thing

    Behold, is it not of Jehovah of hosts that the peoples labor for the fire, and the nations weary themselves for vanity?

  6. Habakkuk 2:14 יְהוָ֑ה Yah.weh · A person, place or thing

    For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of Jehovah, as the waters cover the sea.

  7. Habakkuk 2:16 יְהוָ֔ה Yah.weh · A person, place or thing

    Thou art filled with shame, and not glory: drink thou also, and be as one uncircumcised; the cup of Jehovah's right hand shall come round unto thee, and foul shame shall be upon thy glory.

  8. Habakkuk 2:20 וַֽיהוָ֖ה va.Yah.weh · A person, place or thing

    But Jehovah is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him.

  9. Habakkuk 3:2 יְהוָ֗ה Yah.weh · A person, place or thing

    O Jehovah, I have heard the report of thee, and am afraid: O Jehovah, revive thy work in the midst of the years; In the midst of the years make it known; In wrath remember mercy.

  10. Habakkuk 3:2 יְהוָ֗ה Yah.weh · A person, place or thing

    O Jehovah, I have heard the report of thee, and am afraid: O Jehovah, revive thy work in the midst of the years; In the midst of the years make it known; In wrath remember mercy.

  11. Habakkuk 3:8 יְהוָ֔ה Yah.weh · A person, place or thing

    Was Jehovah displeased with the rivers? Was thine anger against the rivers, Or thy wrath against the sea, That thou didst ride upon thy horses, Upon thy chariots of salvation?

  12. Habakkuk 3:18 בַּיהוָ֣ה ba.Yah.weh · A person, place or thing

    Yet I will rejoice in Jehovah, I will joy in the God of my salvation.

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