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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 22:30
    On the same day it shall be eaten up; ye shall leave none of it until the morrow: I am the LORD.
  • Leviticus 22:31
    Therefore shall ye keep my commandments, and do them: I am the LORD.
  • Leviticus 22:32
    Neither shall ye profane my holy name; but I will be hallowed among the children of Israel: I am the LORD which hallow you,
  • Leviticus 22:33
    That brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the LORD.
  • Leviticus 23:1
    And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
  • Leviticus 23:2
    Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, Concerning the feasts of the LORD, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are my feasts.
  • Leviticus 23:3
    Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, an holy convocation; ye shall do no work therein: it is the sabbath of the LORD in all your dwellings.
  • Leviticus 23:4
    These are the feasts of the LORD, even holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim in their seasons.
  • Leviticus 23:5
    In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the LORD'S passover.
  • Leviticus 23:6
    And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread unto the LORD: seven days ye must eat unleavened bread.