H3068

יְהֹוָה

Yᵉhôvâh · yeh-ho-vaw'

Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

Lexicon

Derivation: from H1961 (הָיָה); (the) self-Existent or Eternal;

Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.

KJV renderings: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare H3050 (יָהּ), H3069 (יְהֹוִה).

Letters

Yod

Vav

יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
Concrete
hand · arm · work
Extended
a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
Concrete
a man calling out · a window · breath
Extended
behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
Concrete
nail · peg · hook
Extended
to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
Concrete
a man calling out · a window · breath
Extended
behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)

Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)

the hand that works › to reveal, behold › to fasten and establish › to reveal, behold

The hand that works that works to reveal, behold that works to fasten and establish that works to reveal, behold.

Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יְהֹוָה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.

Usage

6528 occurrences · 6528 OT · 0 NT · 207 distinct forms

KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.

the lord1635 · 30%
of the lord1550 · 28%
and the lord508 · 9%
unto the lord444 · 8%
o lord188 · 3%
which the lord172 · 3%
for the lord155 · 3%
as the lord109 · 2%
that the lord103 · 2%
that i am the lord72 · 1%
to the lord67 · 1%
against the lord57 · 1%
in the lord53 · 1%
lord47 · 1%
from the lord47 · 1%
i am the lord44 · 1%
but the lord42 · 1%
of the lord's30 · 1%
be the lord27 · 0%
because the lord26 · 0%
me, o lord22 · 0%
the lord's20 · 0%
whom the lord19 · 0%
i the lord18 · 0%
therefore the lord17 · 0%

Where it is used, by book.

Inflected forms found in the text.

יְהוָ֖ה870יְהוָ֔ה731יְהוָה֙570יְהוָ֑ה549יְהוָ֣ה460יְהוָֽה׃447יְהוָ֥ה341יְהוָ֗ה289יְהוָ֛ה252יְהוָ֜ה172יְהוָ֤ה151יְ֭הוָה139

Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.