יהוה

LORD

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H3068 Strong's Hebrew

Yᵉhôvâh Transliteration

/yeh-ho-vaw'/ Pronunciation

Usage in the Hebrew Bible 6,518 appearances

Definition — BDB

Jehovah = "the existing One" - the proper name of the one true God - unpronounced except with the vowel pointings of H136

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Strong's H3068 — יהוה (Yᵉhôvâh), "LORD". Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB, 1906). Lemma, https://lemma.gebible.app/w/H3068.

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Grammar key — what these labels mean

Noun: A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.

Proper: A name of a specific person, place, or people (e.g. Abraham, Zion, Israel).

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2 Kings 227 verses

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יהוה (Yᵉhôvâh) is a Hebrew name most often rendered “LORD.” Scripture first uses it in Genesis 2:4. Spanning 5,518 verses in 36 books, it ranks among the most common words of the Hebrew Bible. The sections below give every occurrence and version rendering.

Gloss history

Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship

Strong's · 1890

Jehovah

Modern gloss

LORD

About this word

Strong's H3068 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.

These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →

5,518: distinct verses; The word appears in 5,518 distinct verses.
36 / 39: OT books; The word appears in 36 of 39 Old Testament books.
Genesis 2:4: first appearance; The earliest occurrence is in Genesis 2:4.
Malachi 4:5: last appearance; The latest occurrence is in Malachi 4:5.
#2: by frequency; Top 10 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 2 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).

View all 5,518 occurrences in the concordance →

Most concentrated in

Psalms 624 verses 11%
Jeremiah 614 verses 11%
Deuteronomy 438 verses 8%

By section of the Old Testament

Pentateuch 1,550 · 28%
Historical 1,615 · 29%
Wisdom 734 · 13%
Prophets 1,619 · 29%

By traditional corpus

Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 5,518 distinct verses.

Prophets (Nevi'im) 2,686 verses · 49%
Torah (Pentateuch) 1,550 verses · 28%
Writings (Ketuvim) 1,282 verses · 23%

How translations render this word

Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).

BDB lists this Strong’s number as 2 distinct words (homographs). Each count above pools all of them and is not split by sense — see the Senses section below. A low-frequency rendering may belong to a different one of those words, not the primary meaning.

King James Version: Lord 5,517×, I am the lord 145×, Lord's 73×
American Standard Version: Jehovah 5,068×, Saith jehovah 131×, I am jehovah 115×
Berean Standard Bible: Lord 5,806×, Am the lord 156×, Lord’s 110×
unfoldingWord Literal Text: Yahweh 5,807×, Yahweh of 117×, Am yahweh 82×

King James Version Public Domain

Renders H3068 across 6,518 tagged occurrences — most commonly:

“Lord” 5,517×
“I am the lord” 145×
“Lord's” 73×
“Against the lord” 60×
“I the lord” 45×
“Be the lord” 27×
“Is the lord” 22×
“Thee o lord” 22×
“Therefore the lord” 17×
“Hath the lord” 15×
“Now the lord” 15×
“All that the lord” 14×

Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 231 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 1 further occurrence.

American Standard Version Public Domain

Renders H3068 across 6,514 tagged occurrences — most commonly:

“Jehovah” 5,068×
“Saith jehovah” 131×
“I am jehovah” 115×
“Against jehovah” 55×
“Me” 47×
“Them” 40×
“Thee” 37×
“I” 33×
“Is jehovah” 28×
“Be jehovah” 27×
“Thou” 22×
“Ye jehovah” 18×

Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 398 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.

Berean Standard Bible Public Domain

Renders H3068 across 6,460 tagged occurrences — most commonly:

“Lord” 5,806×
“Am the lord” 156×
“Lord’s” 110×
“May the lord” 65×
“Surely as the lord” 39×
“Against the lord” 33×
“He” 33×
“Is the lord” 23×
“Before the lord” 15×
“Now the lord” 13×
“Him” 12×
“Has the lord” 11×

Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 49 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 62 further occurrences.

unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0

Renders H3068 across 6,226 tagged occurrences — most commonly:

“Yahweh” 5,807×
“Yahweh of” 117×
“Am yahweh” 82×
“Against yahweh” 36×
“Yahweh s” 28×
“Is yahweh” 15×
“I” 11×
“Is yahweh s” 8×
“Is” 7×
“Is to yahweh” 7×
“Belongs to yahweh” 6×
“And” 5×

Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 35 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.

17 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB

What do BDB’s symbols mean?

BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:

Symbol	Meaning
𝔊	the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX)
𝔙	the Vulgate (the Latin translation)
𝔖	the Syriac version (the Peshitta)
𝔗	the Targum (the Aramaic translation)
ψ	the Psalms
√	root (the underlying root or stem)
‖	parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel)
†	the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited

The 17 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.

יהוה I 6823 i.e. יַהְוֶה n.pr.dei Yahweh, the proper name of the God of Israel

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, and is explained thus: אֶהְיֶה עִמָּ֑ךְ I shall be with thee (v 12), which is then implied in אֶהְיֶה אֲשֶׁר אֶהְיֶה I shall be the one who will be it v 14a (i.e. with thee v 12) and then compressed into אֶהְיֶה v 14b (i.e. with thee v 12), which then is given in the nominal form יהוה He who will be it v 15 (i.e. with thee v 12). Cf. EwBTh ii. 337, 338 RSl. c., Proph. 385 ff. Other interpretations are: I am he who I am, i.e. it is no concern of yours (Le Clerc LagPsalt. Hieron. 156); I am, (this is my name), inasmuch as I am (אֲשֶׁר = כִּי; AE JDMich WeJD Th xxi, 540 = Comp. Hex. 72); Di al. I am who I am, he who is essentially unnameable, inexplicable.—E uses יהוה sparingly by the side of אלהים and האלהים in his subsequent narrative. The Ephraimitic writers in Ju S K use it in similar proportions. P abstains from the use of יהוה until he gives an account of its revelation to Moses Ex 6:3; but subsequently uses it freely. He gives no explanation of its meaning. He represents that אֵל שַׁדַּי was the God of the patriarchs. J uses יהוה from the beginning of his narrative, possibly explaining it, Gn 21:33 by אל עולם, the evergreen tamarisk being a symbol of the ever-living God; cf. De Gn 21:33. Elsewhere יהוה is the common divine name in pre-exilic writers, but in post-exilic writers gradually falls into disuse, and is supplanted by אלהים and אדני. In Job it is used 31 times in prose parts, and 12:9 (a proverb); not elsewhere in the poem. Chr apart from his sources prefers אלהים and האלהים. Dn uses יהוה only in chap. 9 (7 times); Ec not at all. In the Elohistic group of ψ 42–83 it is used 39 times (see אלהים). It occurs as the name of Israel’s God MI 18. It is doubtful whether it was used by other branches of the Shemitic family, cf. COT Gn 2:4b DlPa 158 ff. DrStud. Bib. i. 7 ff. e.g. Exodus 3:12
II.
- 1. יהוה is used with אלהים with or without suffs., especially in D;
  - a. with אֱלֹהֶיךָ in the Ten Words Ex 20:2–12 (5 times) = Dt 5:6–16; in the law of worship of JE, Ex 23:19; 34:24, 26; in D 234 times; Jos 1:9, 17; 9:9, 24 (D2); elsewhere Gn 27:20 Ex 15:26 (JE), Ju 6:26; S & K 20 times 1 Ch 11:2; 22:11, 12 2 Ch 9:8(×2); 16:7; Is 7:11; 37:4(×2); 41:13; 43:3; 51:15; 55:5; Je 40:2 + (3 times) Ho 12:10; 13:4; 14:2; Am 9:15; ψ 81:11. e.g. Exodus 20:12
  - b. with אֱלֹהֵיכֶם in D 46 times; D2 28 times; H 15 times; P 15 times; elsewhere Ex 23:25 (E); 8:24; 10:8, 16, 17 (JE); Ju 6:10; 1 S 12:12, 14; 2 K 17:39; 23:21; 1 Ch 22:18 + (10 times Chr) ψ 76:12; Je 13:16; + (5 times) Ez 20:5, 7, 19, 20; Jo 2:13 + (6 times) Zc 6:15. e.g. Exodus 23:25
  - c. with אֱלֹהֵינוּ in D 23 times; in D2 5 times; Ex 8:6 (JE) Ex 3:18; 5:3; 8:22, 23; 10:25, 26 (E) Ju 11:24; 1 S 7:8; 1 K 8:57, 59, 61, 65 2 K 18:22; 19:19 = Is 36:7; 37:20, 1 Ch 13:2 + (15 times Chr) Mi 4:5; 7:17; Is 26:13; Je 3:22 + (17 times) ψ 20:8; 90:17 (?; Baer אֲדֹנָי) 94:23; 99:5, 8, 9(×2); 105:7; 106:47; 113:5; 122:9; 123:2 Dn 9:10, 13, 14. e.g. Exodus 8:6
  - d. c. אֱלֹהֵיהֶם Ex 10:7 (J) Ex 29:46(×2) Lv 26:44 (P) Ju 3:7; 8:34; 1 S 12:9; 1 K 9:9; 2 K 17:7, 9, 14, 16, 19; 18:12 2 Ch 31:6; 33:17; 34:33; Ne 9:3(×2), 4; Je 3:21; 22:9; 30:9; 43:1(×2) 50:4; Ez 28:26; 34:30; 39:22, 28 Ho 1:7; 3:5; 7:10; Zp 2:7; Hag 1:12(×2) Zc 9:16; 10:6. e.g. Exodus 10:7
  - e. with אֱלֹהָיו Nu 23:21 (E) Ex 32:11 (J) Lv 4:22 (P) Dt 17:19; 18:7; 1 S 30:6; 1 K 5:17; 11:4; 15:3, 4; 2 K 5:11; 16:2; 2 Ch 1:1; + 13 times Chr; Mi 5:3; Je 7:28; ψ 33:12; 144:15; 146:5; Jon 2:2. e.g. Numbers 23:21
  - f. with אֱלֹהַי Nu 22:18 (JE) Dt 4:5; 18:16; 26:14; Jos 14:8, 9; 2 S 24:24; 1 K 3:7; 5:18, 19; 8:28; 17:20, 21; 1 Ch 21:17; 22:7; 2 Ch 2:3; 6:19; Ezr 7:28; 9:5; ψ 7:2, 4; 13:4; 18:29; 30:3, 13; 35:24; 40:6; 104:1; 109:26; Is 25:1; Je 31:18; Dn 9:4, 20; Jon 2:7; Hab 1:12; Zc 11:4; 13:9; 14:5. e.g. Numbers 22:18
  - g. with אֱלֹהַיִךְ Is 60:9 Je 2:17, 19; 3:13; Mi 7:10; Zp 3:17. e.g. Isaiah 60:9
  - h. with אלהים, probably always due to later editors, or to a Qr which has crept into the text Gn 2:4b—3:23 (J, 20 times either אלהים inserted by RP as Di De; or יהוה inserted by J in an older source); Ex 9:30 (J, but not in 𝔊 Sam.; Sam. אדני יהוה; possibly MT from earlier Qr, & Sam. from later Qr); 2 S 7:22, 25 (𝔊 אדני יהוה and 1 Ch 17:20–23 only יהוה); 1 Ch 17:16, 17 (but 2 S 7:18, 19 אדני יהוה) 1 Ch 28:20; 29:1; 2 Ch 1:9; 6:41(×2), 42; 26:18 (but in the original ψ 132:8 stood יהוה (so ℌ), or else no divine name); ψ 72:18 (the late doxology) 84:12 (but it makes the line too long); Jon 4:6. For the combinations with other divine names see those names. e.g. Exodus 9:30
- 2. the phrase †אֲנִי יהוה is noteworthy:—
  - a. after אמר either alone Ex 6:2, 29 (P) or before relative and other clauses: Gn 28:13 (J) 15:7 (R) Ex 6:6 (P) with אלהיכם Ju 6:10; Ez 20:5. e.g. Exodus 6:2
  - b. after ידע כי (α) Ex 7:17; 8:18; 10:2 (J); Ex 7:5; 14:4, 18 (P); 1 K 20:13, 28; Je 24:7 Ez 6:7 + 4:8 times Ez; (β) with אלהיכם Ex 6:7; 16:12; Dt 29:5 (P) Ez 20:20; Jo 4:17; (γ) with אלהיהם Ex 29:46 (P) Ez 28:26; 34:30; 39:22, 28; (δ) before relative and other clauses Is 45:3; 49:23, 26; 60:16 Ez 7:9; 17:24; 21:10; 22:22; 35:12; 36:36; (ε) with various forms of קדשׁ Ex 31:13 (P) Ez 20:12; 37:28; 39:7; (ζ) with דברתי Ez 5:13; 17:21, cf. יֵדְעוּ אשׁר אני י׳ Ez 20:26. e.g. Exodus 7:17
  - c. after כִּי in various combinations Lv 11:44, 45; Nu 35:34 (P), Lv 20:7, 26; 21:8, 15, 23; 22:16; 24:22; 25:17; 26:1, 44 (all H); Ex 15:26 (R) Is 41:13; 43:3; 61:8; Je 9:23; Ez 12:25; 21:4 Zc 10:6; Mal 3:6. e.g. Leviticus 11:44
  - d. emphatic Ex 6:8; 12:12 Lv 26:2, 45; Nu 3:13, 41, 45 (all P); Lv 18:5, 6, 21; 19:12, 14, 16, 18, 28, 30, 32, 37; 21:12; 22:2, 3, 8, 30, 31, 33 (all H) Is 43:15; with אלהיהם Ex 29:46; with אלהיךָ Is 48:17; with אלהיכם Lv 23:43; 25:38, 55; Nu 10:10; 15:41(×2) (P) Lv 18:2, 4, 30; 19:2, 3, 4, 10, 25, 31, 34, 36; 20:24; 23:22; 26:13 (all H) Ez 20:7, 19 Jo 2:27; with מְקַדֵּשׁ Lv 20:8; 22:9, 32 (H), with דברתי Nu 14:35 (P) Ez 5:15 + (11 times Ez); with clauses Is 27:3; 41:4, 17; 42:6, 8; 45:5, 6, 7, 8, 18, 19, 21; 60:22 Je 17:10; 32:27; Ez 14:4, 7, 9; 34:24; †אָנֹכִי יהוה is used in the Ten Words Ex 20:2, 5 = Dt 5:6, 9 cited ψ 81:11 Ho 12:10; 13:4; elsewhere only Ex 4:11 (J) Is 43:11; 44:24; 51:15. e.g. Exodus 6:8
- 3. יהוה is also used with several predicates, to form sacred names of holy places of Yahweh יהוה יראה Gn 22:14 (J); יהוה נסי Ex 17:15 (E) יהוה שׁלום Ju 6:24 יהוה צדקנו Je 33:16 (cf. 23:6 where it is applied to the Messiah); יהוה שָׁ֑מָּה Ez 48:35.—On combinations such as הַר י׳, י׳ צְבָאוֹת etc., v. הַר, צָבָא, etc. e.g. Genesis 22:14
—BonkZAW 1891, 126 ff. seems to shew that as prefix, in comp. n.pr., יְהוֹ is the oldest and the latest form and that יוֹ is intermediate, belonging to the earlier post-exilic period until the time of Chr; occasional copyists’ mistakes being taken into the account.

יהוה II dei, v. sub הוה p. 217 ff.

Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.

Word origin

I. 6823 i.e. יַהְוֶה n.pr.dei Yahweh, the proper name of the God of Israel—(1. MT יְהוָֹה6518 (Qr אֲדֹנָי), or יֱהוִֹה305 (Qr אֱלֹהִים), in the combinations אדני יהוה & יהוה אדני (vid. אֲדֹנָי), and with prep. בַּיהוָֹה, לַיהוָֹה, מֵיהוָֹה (Qr בַּאדֹנָי, לַאדֹנָי, מֵאדֹנָי), do not give the original form. 𝔊 and other Vrss follow the Qr. On the basis of Ex 20:7; Lv 24:11 יהוה was regarded as a nomen ineffabile (vid. Philo de Vita Mosis iii, 519, 529), called by the Jews הַשֵּׁם and by the Samaritans שׁימא. The pronunciation Jehovah was unknown until 1520, when it was introduced by Galatinus; but it was contested by Le Mercier, J. Drusius, and L. Capellus, as against grammatical and historical propriety (cf. Bö§ 88). The traditional Ἰαβέ of Theodoret and Epiphanius, the ־יָהוּ, יְהוֹ־ of compound n.pr. and the contracted form יָהּ, all favour יַהְוֶה (cf. יַהֲלֹמ֑וּן ψ 74:6; תַּהֲרוּ Is 33:11), v. LagSym. i. 14 BaudissinStudien i. 179 ff.; DrStud. Bib. i. 1 ff. For Jeve v. StaZAW 1881, 346 De ib. 1882, 173 f. & Gn. Excurs. ii. 2. on liter. of interpret. v. NesEg 67 Drl.c..—Many recent scholars explain יַהְוֶה as Hiph. of הוה (= היה) the one bringing into being, life-giver (cf. הַוָּה Gn 3:20) Schr HSch; giver of existence, creator, Kue Tiele; he who brings to pass (so already Le Clerc), performer of his promises, Lag, Nes.Eg 88 (but NesEg. 91 inclines to Qal as RSBrit. & For. Ev. Rev. v. infr.); or from הוה he who causes to fall, rain or lightning RSOTJC ed. 1, 423; om. ed. 2, 245, cf. WeSkizzen iii. 175; ‘Fäller,’ destroying foes, StaG. i. 429 (dubiously). But most take it as Qal of היה (= היה); the one who is: i.e. the absolute and unchangeable one, Ri; the existing, ever-living, as self-consistent and unchangeable, Di; or the one ever coming into manifestation as the God of redemption, De Oehl; cf. also RSBrit. & For. Ev. Rev. 1876, he will be it, i.e. all that his servants look for (cf. Ewinfr.), he will approve himself (give evidence of being, assert his being Drl. c. 17)). theories of non-Heb. or non-Sem. origin. opposed (in their older forms) by BauRel i. 181 ff. (v. especially 230); DlPa 162 ff. claimed Bab. origin for יהו, against this KueNational religions, etc., Note iv (Eng. Trans. 329 ff.) JastrJBL xiii (1894), 103 f. cf. HptBAS i. 170 N; Dl Babel u. Bibel, 46 f., 73 f. makes same claim for יהוה, agst. this v. especially HirschZAW xxiii (1903), 355 ff. ZimKAT 3, 465 ff.; SpiegelbergZMG liii (1899), 633 ff. proposes (improb.) Egyptian etymol. for יהוה; further discussions see in KöEB Names, § 112 and n. 3. ‘Jehovah’ found in Jacob (? Johann.) Wessel († 1480), according to SchwallyThLZ, 1905, col. 612.

II. n.pr.dei, v. sub הוה p. 217 ff.

— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.

Derived from היה (hâyâh) (H1961) — to be.

Part of speech: Proper Name TWOT: 484a

Forms in the corpus

The 179 distinct written forms H3068 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.

Form	Parsing	Example	Uses
יְהוָ֖ה	Noun, Proper	Amos 5:4	870
יְהוָ֔ה	Noun, Proper	Amos 1:3	731
יְהוָֽה	Noun, Proper	Amos 1:5	598
יְהוָה֙	Noun, Proper	Amos 1:2	568
יְהוָ֑ה	Noun, Proper	Amos 3:10	552
יְהוָ֣ה	Noun, Proper	Daniel 9:10	484
יְהוָ֥ה	Noun, Proper	Amos 4:13	358
יְהוָ֗ה	Noun, Proper	Amos 2:4	289
יְהוָ֛ה	Noun, Proper	Amos 3:1	252
יְהוָ֤ה	Noun, Proper	Deuteronomy 1:30	180
יְהוָ֜ה	Noun, Proper	Amos 5:16	172
יְ֭הוָה	Noun, Proper	Proverbs 1:7	139
יְהוָ֨ה	Noun, Proper	Deuteronomy 2:7	112
לַ/יהוָֽה	Noun, Proper	Exodus 8:8	73
יְהוָ֧ה	Noun, Proper	Amos 5:14	69
יְ֝הוָ֗ה	Noun, Proper	Proverbs 3:7	67
לַ/יהוָ֖ה	Noun, Proper	Deuteronomy 7:6	66
לַֽ/יהוָ֔ה	Noun, Proper	Exodus 12:42	61
לַ/יהוָ֑ה	Noun, Proper	Exodus 16:25	59
יְהוָה֮	Noun, Proper	Deuteronomy 9:26	50
לַ/יהוָ֣ה	Noun, Proper	Deuteronomy 5:14	42
לַֽ/יהוָה֙	Noun, Proper	Exodus 15:21	39
לַֽ/יהוָ֑ה	Noun, Proper	Exodus 12:14	32
לַֽ/יהוָֽה	Noun, Proper	Deuteronomy 12:11	32
יְֽהוָ֗ה	Noun, Proper	Proverbs 3:19	28
לַֽ/יהוָ֖ה	Noun, Proper	Deuteronomy 14:1	27
יְהוָ֞ה	Noun, Proper	Deuteronomy 1:11	25
לַ/יהוָ֔ה	Noun, Proper	Ezra 8:28	24
יְהוָה֒	Noun, Proper	Amos 3:12	23
יְהוָ֡ה	Noun, Proper	Deuteronomy 6:22	20
בַּֽ/יהוָ֔ה	Noun, Proper	Deuteronomy 33:29	18
לַ/יהוָ֥ה	Noun, Proper	Daniel 9:4	17
יְ֠הוָה	Noun, Proper	Deuteronomy 1:8	14
וַֽ/יהוָה֙	Noun, Proper	Deuteronomy 17:16	13
וַ/יהוָ֖ה	Noun, Proper	Amos 3:6	12
וַֽ/יהוָ֖ה	Noun, Proper	Deuteronomy 32:30	12
יְהוָ֕ה	Noun, Proper	1 Chronicles 17:19	12
יְהוָה֩	Noun, Proper	Deuteronomy 9:4	12
בַּ/יהוָ֑ה	Noun, Proper	2 Chronicles 28:22	10
יְהֹוָ֖ה	Noun, Proper	Deuteronomy 32:9	9
לַ/יהוָה֙	Noun, Proper	1 Chronicles 16:34	9
לַ֭/יהוָה	Noun, Proper	Psalms 9:11	9
בַּ/יהוָ֣ה	Noun, Proper	Habakkuk 3:18	8
בַּ/יהוָֽה	Noun, Proper	2 Chronicles 12:2	8
בַּֽ/יהוָ֖ה	Noun, Proper	1 Chronicles 10:14	8
וַ/יהוָ֣ה	Noun, Proper	1 Samuel 9:17	8
לַֽ/יהוָ֗ה	Noun, Proper	Exodus 12:27	8
לַֽ֭/יהוָה	Noun, Proper	Psalms 16:2	8
יְה֘וָ֤ה	Noun, Proper	Psalms 80:19	7
לַ/יהוָ֗ה	Noun, Proper	1 Chronicles 22:5	7
בַּ/יהוָ֖ה	Noun, Proper	Deuteronomy 1:32	6
בַּֽ/יהוָ֑ה	Noun, Proper	1 Samuel 2:1	6
יְה֫וָ֥ה	Noun, Proper	Proverbs 30:9	6
יְהֹוָ֑ה	Noun, Proper	Jeremiah 5:9	6
יְהֹוָ֗ה	Noun, Proper	Exodus 14:8	6
לַ֝/יהוָ֗ה	Noun, Proper	Psalms 29:1	6
וַֽ/יהוָ֔ה	Noun, Proper	1 Chronicles 19:13	5
וַֽ/יהוָ֗ה	Noun, Proper	Exodus 9:23	5
יְ֝הוָה	Noun, Proper	Job 12:9	5
לַֽ/יהוָ֥ה	Noun, Proper	Exodus 3:18	5

The 60 most common forms are shown; 119 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.

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Other BDB entries built from the same root as H3068, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.

Derives from

היה hâyâh H1961 to be

Proper names from this root

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+12 more proper names from this root (not shown).

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Bible dictionary

Public-domain dictionary articles matched to this entry by name (LORD). A biblical name can be shared by more than one person or place, so an article may treat several.

Easton's Bible Dictionary · M. G. Easton, 1897

There are various Hebrew and Greek words so rendered.

(1.) Heb. Jehovah, has been rendered in the English Bible LORD, printed in small capitals. This is the proper name of the God of the Hebrews. The form "Jehovah" is retained only in Ex. 6:3; Ps. 83:18; Isa. 12:2; 26:4, both in the Authorized and the Revised Version.

(2.) Heb. adon, means one possessed of absolute control. It denotes a master, as of slaves (Gen. 24:14, 27), or a ruler of his subjects (45:8), or a husband, as lord of his wife (18:12).

The old plural form of this Hebrew word is 'adonai. From a superstitious reverence for the name "Jehovah," the Jews, in reading their Scriptures, whenever that name occurred, always pronounced it 'Adonai.

(3.) Greek kurios, a supreme master, etc. In the LXX. this is invariably used for "Jehovah" and "Adonai."

(4.) Heb. ba'al, a master, as having domination. This word is applied to human relations, as that of husband, to persons skilled in some art or profession, and to heathen deities. "The men of Shechem," literally "the baals of Shechem" (Judg. 9:2, 3). These were the Israelite inhabitants who had reduced the Canaanites to a condition of vassalage (Josh. 16:10; 17:13).

(5.) Heb. seren, applied exclusively to the "lords of the Philistines" (Judg. 3:3). The LXX. render it by satrapies. At this period the Philistines were not, as at a later period (1 Sam. 21:10), under a kingly government. (See Josh. 13:3; 1 Sam. 6:18.) There were five such lordships, viz., Gath, Ashdod, Gaza, Ashkelon, and Ekron.

Smith's Bible Dictionary · William Smith, 1863

[God]

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Septuagint verse parallels

Most of the 5,518 Hebrew verses this word occurs in also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), so the same passages can be read in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.

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יהוה

Full lexicon entry — Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)

Where this word appears

1 Kings 210 verses

2 Kings 227 verses

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