יְהֹוָה

Strong’s Definition

Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

Etymology & Derivation

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

KJV Usage

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

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.the proper name of the one true god
• 2.unpronounced except with the vowel pointings of h0136

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: Yᵉhôvâh; Pronunciation: yeh-ho-vaw'

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