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Strong's numbers

יְהֹוָה H3068

Yᵉhôvâh

yeh-ho-vaw'

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

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

From Brown, Driver, and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), in the public domain.

5521 occurrences

Shown in the King James Version (KJV), whichever translation you read in — it is the text these numbers are tagged against.

  • 1 Samuel 7:12
    Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it Ebenezer, saying, Hitherto hath the LORD helped us.
  • 1 Samuel 7:13
    So the Philistines were subdued, and they came no more into the coast of Israel: and the hand of the LORD was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel.
  • 1 Samuel 7:17
    And his return was to Ramah; for there was his house; and there he judged Israel; and there he built an altar unto the LORD.
  • 1 Samuel 8:6
    But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the LORD.
  • 1 Samuel 8:7
    And the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.
  • 1 Samuel 8:10
    And Samuel told all the words of the LORD unto the people that asked of him a king.
  • 1 Samuel 8:18
    And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen you; and the LORD will not hear you in that day.
  • 1 Samuel 8:21
    And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of the LORD.
  • 1 Samuel 8:22
    And the LORD said to Samuel, Hearken unto their voice, and make them a king. And Samuel said unto the men of Israel, Go ye every man unto his city.
  • 1 Samuel 9:15
    Now the LORD had told Samuel in his ear a day before Saul came, saying,