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יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh · Hebrew · Strong's H3068 · 6521 occurrences
The KJV renders 2 different Hebrew words as “the lord”
What it means
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
from H1961 (הָיָה); (the) self-Existent or Eternal;
How the KJV renders it
jehovah, the lord
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“the lord”
also renders Yâhh (H3050)
Answers that weigh this word
- Was Jesus crucified on Wednesday or Friday?
- Does Colossians 2:16 abolish the Sabbath?
- Is the seventh-day Sabbath binding on Gentiles?
- Will there be a literal thousand-year reign (the millennium)?
- Does scripture permit divorce and remarriage?
- Are any foods forbidden to Christians today?
Where it appears
6521 occurrences in the Hebrew text, first 60 verses shown.
1 Chronicles 2:3 · HNp
The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, and Shelah, which three were born to him of Shua’s daughter the Canaanitess. Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in Yahweh’s sight; and he killed him.
1 Chronicles 6:15 · HNp
Jehozadak went into captivity when Yahweh carried Judah and Jerusalem away by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.
1 Chronicles 6:31 · HNp
These are they whom David set over the service of song in Yahweh’s house after the ark came to rest there.
1 Chronicles 6:32 · HNp
They ministered with song before the tabernacle of the Tent of Meeting until Solomon had built Yahweh’s house in Jerusalem. They performed the duties of their office according to their order.
1 Chronicles 9:19 · HNp
Shallum was the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his brothers, of his father’s house, the Korahites, were over the work of the service, keepers of the thresholds of the tent. Their fathers had been over Yahweh’s camp, keepers of the entry.
1 Chronicles 9:20 · HNp
Phinehas the son of Eleazar was ruler over them in time past, and Yahweh was with him.
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Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Hebrew text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.