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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.

  • Leviticus 19:36
    Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I am the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt.
  • Leviticus 19:37
    Therefore shall ye observe all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: I am the LORD.
  • Leviticus 20:1
    And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
  • Leviticus 20:7
    Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy: for I am the LORD your God.
  • Leviticus 20:8
    And ye shall keep my statutes, and do them: I am the LORD which sanctify you.
  • Leviticus 20:24
    But I have said unto you, Ye shall inherit their land, and I will give it unto you to possess it, a land that floweth with milk and honey: I am the LORD your God, which have separated you from other people.
  • Leviticus 20:26
    And ye shall be holy unto me: for I the LORD am holy, and have severed you from other people, that ye should be mine.
  • Leviticus 21:1
    And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto the priests the sons of Aaron, and say unto them, There shall none be defiled for the dead among his people:
  • Leviticus 21:6
    They shall be holy unto their God, and not profane the name of their God: for the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and the bread of their God, they do offer: therefore they shall be holy.
  • Leviticus 21:8
    Thou shalt sanctify him therefore; for he offereth the bread of thy God: he shall be holy unto thee: for I the LORD, which sanctify you, am holy.