Bible word study

Yhwh (Strong’s H3068): Meaning in the Bible

Yhwh (יְהֹוָה) is the Hebrew (proper name) word numbered H3068 in Strong’s concordance of the Bible. Strong’s defines it as (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God. In the King James Bible it is translated Jehovah, the Lord. Compare H3050, H3069..

יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh · Hebrew (proper name)
Strong’s H3068 · yeh-ho-vaw'

The full Strong’s definition

(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God

Derivation. from H1961;

How the King James Bible translates it

Jehovah, the Lord. Compare H3050, H3069.

And Christ

The personal name of God, spoken to Moses at the bush, means he simply is, the One who was and is and will be. Christians hear its echo when Jesus says the words I am.

The lexical data on this page comes from the public-domain Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890), a Hebrew and Greek dictionary keyed to the King James Bible. It is a reference tool, not a settled verdict: no single word decides a doctrine, and meaning is finally shaped by how a word is used in its sentences. Read the passages themselves, prayerfully, and in full.

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