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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. Genesis 8:21 יְהוָה֮ Yah.weh · A person, place or thing

    And Jehovah smelled the sweet savor; and Jehovah said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake, for that the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more everything living, as I have done.

  2. Genesis 8:21 יְהוָ֜ה Yah.weh · A person, place or thing

    And Jehovah smelled the sweet savor; and Jehovah said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake, for that the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more everything living, as I have done.

  3. Genesis 9:26 יְהֹוָ֖ה Yah.weh · A person, place or thing

    And he said, Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Shem; And let Canaan be his servant.

  4. Genesis 10:9 יְהוָ֑ה Yah.weh · A person, place or thing

    He was a mighty hunter before Jehovah: wherefore it is said, Like Nimrod a mighty hunter before Jehovah.

  5. Genesis 10:9 יְהוָֽה׃ Yah.weh · A person, place or thing

    He was a mighty hunter before Jehovah: wherefore it is said, Like Nimrod a mighty hunter before Jehovah.

  6. Genesis 11:5 יְהוָ֔ה Yah.weh · A person, place or thing

    And Jehovah came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.

  7. Genesis 11:6 יְהוָ֗ה Yah.weh · A person, place or thing

    And Jehovah said, Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language; and this is what they begin to do: and now nothing will be withholden from them, which they purpose to do.

  8. Genesis 11:8 יְהוָ֥ה Yah.weh · A person, place or thing

    So Jehovah scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off building the city.

  9. Genesis 11:9 יְהוָ֖ה Yah.weh · A person, place or thing

    Therefore was the name of it called Babel; because Jehovah did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did Jehovah scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.

  10. Genesis 11:9 יְהוָ֔ה Yah.weh · A person, place or thing

    Therefore was the name of it called Babel; because Jehovah did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did Jehovah scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.

  11. Genesis 12:1 יְהוָה֙ Yah.weh · A person, place or thing

    Now Jehovah said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto the land that I will show thee:

  12. Genesis 12:4 יְהוָ֔ה Yah.weh · A person, place or thing

    So Abram went, as Jehovah had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.

  13. Genesis 12:7 יְהוָה֙ Yah.weh · A person, place or thing

    And Jehovah appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto Jehovah, who appeared unto him.

  14. Genesis 12:7 לַיהוָ֖ה la.Yah.weh · A person, place or thing

    And Jehovah appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto Jehovah, who appeared unto him.

  15. Genesis 12:8 לַֽיהוָ֔ה la.Yah.weh · A person, place or thing

    And he removed from thence unto the mountain on the east of Beth-el, and pitched his tent, having Beth-el on the west, and Ai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto Jehovah, and called upon the name of Jehovah.

  16. Genesis 12:8 יְהוָֽה׃ Yah.weh · A person, place or thing

    And he removed from thence unto the mountain on the east of Beth-el, and pitched his tent, having Beth-el on the west, and Ai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto Jehovah, and called upon the name of Jehovah.

  17. Genesis 12:17 יְהוָ֧ה׀ Yah.weh · A person, place or thing

    And Jehovah plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai, Abram's wife.

  18. Genesis 13:4 יְהוָֽה׃ Yah.weh · A person, place or thing

    unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and there Abram called on the name of Jehovah.

  19. Genesis 13:10 יְהוָ֗ה Yah.weh · A person, place or thing

    And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the Plain of the Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before Jehovah destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, like the garden of Jehovah, like the land of Egypt, as thou goest unto Zoar.

  20. Genesis 13:10 יְהוָה֙ Yah.weh · A person, place or thing

    And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the Plain of the Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before Jehovah destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, like the garden of Jehovah, like the land of Egypt, as thou goest unto Zoar.

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