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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.

  • Psalms 37:9
    For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth.
  • Psalms 37:17
    For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the LORD upholdeth the righteous.
  • Psalms 37:18
    The LORD knoweth the days of the upright: and their inheritance shall be for ever.
  • Psalms 37:20
    But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD shall be as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away.
  • Psalms 37:23
    The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way.
  • Psalms 37:24
    Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the LORD upholdeth him with his hand.
  • Psalms 37:28
    For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.
  • Psalms 37:33
    The LORD will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged.
  • Psalms 37:34
    Wait on the LORD, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it.
  • Psalms 37:39
    But the salvation of the righteous is of the LORD: he is their strength in the time of trouble.