יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâh
יהוה: proper name [of deity]: Yahweh, the proper name of the God of Israel
Pronunciation: yeh-ho-vaw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3068
Meanings
1. nomen ineffabile, Jehovah (Exodus 20:7; Leviticus 24:11; Psalms 74:6)
2. the one bringing into being, life-giver, giver of existence, creator (Genesis 3:20)
I. I shall be with thee, I shall be the one who will be (Exodus 3:12-15; Exodus 3:12; Exodus 3:14)
׳: proper name: compounded with, see below יהוה above
יהוה: proper name [of deity]: see below הוה
׳: proper name: compounded with, see below יהוה above: — namely יוֺאָב, יוֺאָח, יוֺאָחָז, יוֺאֵל, יוֺאָשׁ, יוֺיָכִין, יוֺיָקִים, יוֺיָרִיב, יוֺעֵד, יוֺעָשׁ, יוֺקִים, יוֺרָם, יוֺתָם, etc.
Same root
- הָיָהhâyâh · H1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
- אֶלְיְהוֹעֵינַיʼElyᵉhôwʻêynay · H454Eljehoenai or Eljoenai, the name of seven Israelites
- הוֹשָׁמָעHôwshâmâʻ · H1953Hoshama, an Israelite
- יָהּYâhh · H3050Jah, the sacred name
- יֵהוּאYêhûwʼ · H3058Jehu, the name of five Israelites
- יְהוֹאָחָזYᵉhôwʼâchâz · H3059Jehoachaz, the name of three Israelites
- יְהוֹאָשׁYᵉhôwʼâsh · H3060Jehoash, the name of two Israelite kings
- יְהֹוִהYᵉhôvih · H3069{YHWH}
Where it appears
Appears 6,522 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 2:4 This is the account of the creation of the heavens and the earth. When the Lord God made the earth and the heavens,
- Genesis 2:5 neither wild plants nor grains were growing on the earth. For the Lord God had not yet sent rain to water the earth, and there were no people to cultivate the soil.
- Genesis 2:7 Then the Lord God formed the man from the dust of the ground. He breathed the breath of life into the man’s nostrils, and the man became a living person.
- Genesis 2:8 Then the Lord God planted a garden in Eden in the east, and there he placed the man he had made.
- Genesis 2:9 The Lord God made all sorts of trees grow up from the ground—trees that were beautiful and that produced delicious fruit. In the middle of the garden he placed the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
- Genesis 2:15 The Lord God placed the man in the Garden of Eden to tend and watch over it.
See every passage
- Genesis 141 verses
- Exodus 342 verses
- Leviticus 281 verses
- Numbers 350 verses
- Deuteronomy 438 verses
- Joshua 169 verses
- Judges 137 verses
- Ruth 15 verses
- 1 Samuel 240 verses
- 2 Samuel 124 verses
- 1 Kings 210 verses
- 2 Kings 227 verses
- 1 Chronicles 144 verses
- 2 Chronicles 182 verses
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).