יְהֹוָה נִסִּי

Strong’s Definition

Jehovah-Nissi, a symbolical name of an altar in the Desert

Etymology & Derivation

from H3068 (יְהֹוָה) and H5251 (נֵס) with the prononimal suffix; Jehovah (is) my banner;

KJV Usage

Jehovah-nissi.

Detailed Definition

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

• 1.the name given by moses to the altar which he built in commemoration of the discomfiture of the amalekites

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: Yᵉhôvâh niççîy; Pronunciation: yeh-ho-vaw' nis-see'