יְהֹוָה yehovah

Hebrew word for “LORD” · Strong’s H3068 · used 6,522 times in 5,521 verses

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Meaning

Jehovah = "the existing One";

Senses in the lexicon

• LORD (6,520)
• (Jerusalem of) the Lord (1)
• The Lord (1)

How it is translated

Glosses given for yehovah in context, with how often each is used:

• yahweh 6,496
• against yahweh 16
• like yahweh 4
• will belong to yahweh 2
• yahweh of hosts 1
• ¿ is yahweh 1
• have been yahweh 1
• will be yahweh 1

Where it is used

Also in 24 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Deuteronomy 28 (34), Leviticus 23 (31), Jeremiah 23 (29), 1 Kings 8 (28), Jeremiah 31 (27), Jeremiah 51 (27), 2 Kings 17 (25), Numbers 15 (24), Deuteronomy 4 (24), Psalms 119 (24)

Forms

• יהוה 5,701
• ליהוה 577
• ביהוה 105
• ויהוה 100
• מיהוה 24
• כיהוה 4
• ומיהוה 4
• וביהוה 2
• וליהוה 2
• יהוה צבאות 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with yehovah more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• דָּבָר davar “word” 556
• מֹשֶׁה mosheh “Moses” 449
• דָבַר davar “to speak” 470
• כֹּה koh “thus” 328
• שָׁמַע shama “to hear” 371
• צָבָא tsava “Hosts” 289
• נְאֻם neum “utterance” 269
• זֶה zeh “this” 363
• אֲנִי ani “I” 332
• אַתָּה attah “you(m.s.)” 330
• צָוָה tsavah “to command” 259
• יָדַע yada “to know” 303

Key verses

The verses using yehovah that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Exodus 20:5 — Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto…
• 1 Chronicles 28:9 — And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and…
• Psalms 27:1 — [A Psalm of David.] The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
• Isaiah 53:10 — Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his…
• Isaiah 55:6 — Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
• Isaiah 61:1 — The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to…
• Jeremiah 23:5 — Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and…
• Jeremiah 31:18 — I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed turn thou me, and I shall be turned;…
• Zechariah 13:7 — Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith the LORD of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and…
• Zechariah 13:9 — And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name,…
• Malachi 1:11 — For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto…
• Malachi 3:5 — And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.