Definition

Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

Etymology

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

Where the KJV renders it

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

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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