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YHWH/God

יְהֹוִהStrong’s H3069

yehovih (ye-ho-vih)

Appears in 296 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Yehovih is the Hebrew word usually translated “yahweh” and “o yahweh”. It appears in 296 verses of the Old Testament.

“And the LORD shall be seen over them, and his arrow shall go forth as the lightning: and the LORD God shall blow the trumpet, and shall go with whirlwinds of the south.”
Zechariah 9:14 KJV
Meaning
  1. Jehovah-used primarily in the combination 'Lord Jehovah'equal to ye.ho.vah (יהוה "LORD" H3068) but pointed with the vowels of e.lo.him (אֱלֹהִים "God" H0430)
How it's translated
  • yahweh 302
  • o yahweh 3
  • and to yahweh 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Ezekiel 210
  • Isaiah 25
  • Amos 20
  • Jeremiah 13
  • Psalms 8
  • 2 Samuel 6

16 books in all.

Explore in Scripture
All 296 verses, by book
Genesis 2
15:215:8
Deuteronomy 2
3:249:26
Joshua 1
7:7
Judges 2
6:2216:28
1 Kings 2
2:268:53
Ezekiel 210
2:43:113:274:145:55:75:85:116:36:117:27:58:19:811:711:811:1311:1611:1711:2112:1012:1912:2312:2512:2813:313:813:913:1313:1613:1813:2014:414:614:1114:1414:1614:1814:2014:2114:2315:615:816:316:816:1416:1916:2316:3016:3616:4316:4816:5916:6317:317:917:1617:1917:2218:318:918:2318:3018:3220:320:520:2720:3020:3120:3320:3620:3920:4020:4420:4720:4921:721:1321:2421:2621:2822:322:1222:1922:2822:3123:2223:2823:3223:3423:3523:4623:4924:324:624:924:1424:2124:2425:325:625:825:1225:1325:1425:1525:1626:326:526:726:1426:1526:1926:2127:328:228:628:1028:1228:2228:2428:2529:329:829:1329:1629:1929:2030:230:630:1030:1330:2231:1031:1531:1832:332:832:1132:1432:1632:3132:3233:1133:2533:2734:234:834:1034:1134:1534:1734:2034:3034:3135:335:635:1135:1436:236:336:436:536:636:736:1336:1436:1536:2236:2336:3236:3336:3737:337:537:937:1237:1937:2138:338:1038:1438:1738:1838:2139:139:539:839:1039:1339:1739:2039:2539:2943:1843:1943:2744:644:944:1244:1544:2745:945:1545:1846:146:1647:1347:2348:29
Obadiah 1
1:1
Micah 1
1:2
Habakkuk 1
3:19
Zephaniah 1
1:7
Zechariah 1
9:14
Hebrew dictionary

יְהֹוִה yehovih · YHWH/God

1) Jehovah-used primarily in the combination 'Lord Jehovah' 1a) equal to ye.ho.vah (יהוה "LORD" H3068) but pointed with the vowels of e.lo.him (אֱלֹהִים "God" H0430)

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.