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HebrewH3068Noun (Technical/Title)

יְהֹוָה

ye.ho.vah

5,096Occurrences
H3068Strong's #
Noun (Technical/Title)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

from H1961 (הָיָה); (the) self-Existent or Eternal;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
Jehovah = "the existing One" 1) the proper name of the one true a) unpronounced except with the vowel pointings of a.do.na (*אֲדֹנָי *"Lord" H0136)

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Technical/Title)

Morphology Code

N:N--T

Full Description

Proper Noun, Technical/Title

Occurrences

יְהֹוָה appears 5,096 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Jeremiah
601
Psalms
414
Deuteronomy
403
Isaiah
364
Numbers
329
Exodus
322
2 Chronicles
295
Leviticus
267

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 10:13BSB

So Saul died for his unfaithfulness to the LORD, because he did not keep the word of the LORD and even consulted a medium for guidance,

2 Kings 23:12BSB

He pulled down the altars that the kings of Judah had set up on the roof near the upper chamber of Ahaz, and the altars that Manasseh had set up in the two courtyards of the house of the LORD. The king pulverized them there and threw their dust into the Kidron Valley.

Ezk 17:21BSB

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Jeremiah 21:14BSB

I will punish you as your deeds deserve,declares the LORD.I will kindle a fire in your forestthat will consume everything around you.’”

Micah 2:3BSB

Therefore this is what the LORD says:“I am planning against this nation a disasterfrom which you cannot free your necks.Then you will not walk so proudly,for it will be a time of calamity.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.