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

    Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth; for Jehovah hath spoken: I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.

  2. Isaiah 1:4 יְהוָ֗ה Yah.weh · A person, place or thing

    Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evil-doers, children that deal corruptly! they have forsaken Jehovah, they have despised the Holy One of Israel, they are estranged and gone backward.

  3. Isaiah 1:9 יְהוָ֣ה Yah.weh · A person, place or thing

    Except Jehovah of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, we should have been like unto Gomorrah.

  4. Isaiah 1:10 יְהוָ֖ה Yah.weh · A person, place or thing

    Hear the word of Jehovah, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah.

  5. Isaiah 1:11 יְהוָ֔ה Yah.weh · A person, place or thing

    What unto me is the multitude of your sacrifices? saith Jehovah: I have had enough of the burnt-offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he-goats.

  6. Isaiah 1:18 יְהוָ֑ה Yah.weh · A person, place or thing

    Come now, and let us reason together, saith Jehovah: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

  7. Isaiah 1:20 יְהוָ֖ה Yah.weh · A person, place or thing

    but if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword; for the mouth of Jehovah hath spoken it.

  8. Isaiah 1:24 יְהוָ֣ה Yah.weh · A person, place or thing

    Therefore saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, the Mighty One of Israel, Ah, I will ease me of mine adversaries, and avenge me of mine enemies;

  9. Isaiah 1:28 יְהוָ֖ה Yah.weh · A person, place or thing

    But the destruction of transgressors and sinners shall be together, and they that forsake Jehovah shall be consumed.

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

    And it shall come to pass in the latter days, that the mountain of Jehovah's house shall be established on the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it.

  11. Isaiah 2:3 יְהוָ֗ה Yah.weh · A person, place or thing

    And many peoples shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of Jehovah, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of Jehovah from Jerusalem.

  12. Isaiah 2:3 יְהוָ֖ה Yah.weh · A person, place or thing

    And many peoples shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of Jehovah, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of Jehovah from Jerusalem.

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

    O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of Jehovah.

  14. Isaiah 2:10 יְהוָ֔ה Yah.weh · A person, place or thing

    Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, from before the terror of Jehovah, and from the glory of his majesty.

  15. Isaiah 2:11 יְהוָ֛ה Yah.weh · A person, place or thing

    The lofty looks of man shall be brought low, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and Jehovah alone shall be exalted in that day.

  16. Isaiah 2:12 לַיהוָ֧ה la.Yah.weh · A person, place or thing

    For there shall be a day of Jehovah of hosts upon all that is proud and haughty, and upon all that is lifted up; and it shall be brought low;

  17. Isaiah 2:17 יְהוָ֛ה Yah.weh · A person, place or thing

    And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be brought low; and Jehovah alone shall be exalted in that day.

  18. Isaiah 2:19 יְהוָה֙ Yah.weh · A person, place or thing

    And men shall go into the caves of the rocks, and into the holes of the earth, from before the terror of Jehovah, and from the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake mightily the earth.

  19. Isaiah 2:21 יְהוָה֙ Yah.weh · A person, place or thing

    to go into the caverns of the rocks, and into the clefts of the ragged rocks, from before the terror of Jehovah, and from the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake mightily the earth.

  20. Isaiah 3:1 יְהוָ֣ה Yah.weh · A person, place or thing

    For, behold, the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah stay and staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water;

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