Jehovah: meaning of the name

Jehovah in Scripture

“Jehovah” appears in 6 verses of the King James Version.

• Genesis 22:14

  And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah–jireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the Lord it shall be seen.

• Exodus 6:3

  And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by my name Jehovah was I not known to them.

• Judges 6:24

  Then Gideon built an altar there unto the Lord, and called it Jehovah–shalom: unto this day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abi–ezrites.

• Psalms 83:18

  That men may know that thou, whose name alone is Jehovah, art the most high over all the earth.

• Isaiah 12:2

  Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the Lord Jehovah is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.

• Isaiah 26:4

  Trust ye in the Lord for ever: for in the Lord Jehovah is everlasting strength: