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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 96:8
    Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name: bring an offering, and come into his courts.
  • Psalms 96:9
    O worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness: fear before him, all the earth.
  • Psalms 96:10
    Say among the heathen that the LORD reigneth: the world also shall be established that it shall not be moved: he shall judge the people righteously.
  • Psalms 96:13
    Before the LORD: for he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth: he shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people with his truth.
  • Psalms 97:1
    The LORD reigneth; let the earth rejoice; let the multitude of isles be glad thereof.
  • Psalms 97:5
    The hills melted like wax at the presence of the LORD, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.
  • Psalms 97:8
    Zion heard, and was glad; and the daughters of Judah rejoiced because of thy judgments, O LORD.
  • Psalms 97:9
    For thou, LORD, art high above all the earth: thou art exalted far above all gods.
  • Psalms 97:10
    Ye that love the LORD, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his saints; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.
  • Psalms 97:12
    Rejoice in the LORD, ye righteous; and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.