Yᵉhôvih — H3069

H3069 · Hebrew — יהוה

Pronunciation: yeh-ho-vee'

Definition

deity proper noun

YHWH

  1. Jehovah-used primarily in the combination 'Lord Jehovah'
    1. equal to H03068 but pointed with the vowels of H0430

Usually translated as

God

Origin

a variation of H3068 (used after H136, and pronounced by Jews as H430, in order to prevent the repetition of the same sound, since they elsewhere pronounce H3068 as H136)

Occurrences

Yᵉhôvih occurs 302 times in 291 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (2), Deuteronomy (2), Joshua (1), Judges (2), 2 Samuel (5), Psalms (8), Isaiah (24), Jeremiah (13), Ezekiel (210), Amos (20), Obadiah (1), Micah (1), Zephaniah (1), Zechariah (1)

Strong's Lexicon — Y