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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

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  • Proverbs 19:3
    The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the LORD.
  • Proverbs 19:14
    House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife is from the LORD.
  • Proverbs 19:17
    He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.
  • Proverbs 19:21
    There are many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand.
  • Proverbs 19:23
    The fear of the LORD tendeth to life: and he that hath it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.
  • Proverbs 20:10
    Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the LORD.
  • Proverbs 20:12
    The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even both of them.
  • Proverbs 20:22
    Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee.
  • Proverbs 20:23
    Divers weights are an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance is not good.
  • Proverbs 20:24
    Man's goings are of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?