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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

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  • 2 Samuel 21:9
    And he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them in the hill before the LORD: and they fell all seven together, and were put to death in the days of harvest, in the first days, in the beginning of barley harvest.
  • 2 Samuel 22:1
    And David spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the day that the LORD had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul:
  • 2 Samuel 22:2
    And he said, The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;
  • 2 Samuel 22:4
    I will call on the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.
  • 2 Samuel 22:7
    In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried to my God: and he did hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry did enter into his ears.
  • 2 Samuel 22:14
    The LORD thundered from heaven, and the most High uttered his voice.
  • 2 Samuel 22:16
    And the channels of the sea appeared, the foundations of the world were discovered, at the rebuking of the LORD, at the blast of the breath of his nostrils.
  • 2 Samuel 22:19
    They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay.
  • 2 Samuel 22:21
    The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness: according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
  • 2 Samuel 22:22
    For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.