יְהֹוִה
Yᵉhôvih · yeh-ho-vee'
{YHWH}
Lexicon
Derivation: a variation of H3068 (יְהֹוָה) (used after H136 (אֲדֹנָי), and pronounced by Jews as H430 (אֱלֹהִים), in order to prevent the repetition of the same sound, since they elsewhere pronounce H3068 (יְהֹוָה) as H136 (אֲדֹנָי))
{YHWH}
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: God.
Letters
- 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 יְהֹוִה 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
306 occurrences · 306 OT · 0 NT · 33 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- god300 · 98%
- and unto god1 · 0%
- thou for me, o god1 · 0%
- o god1 · 0%
- are unto thee, o god1 · 0%
- the lord1 · 0%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.