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• Jehovah-nissiBible

  Jehovah-nissi is the name Moses gave to the altar he built after Israel's victory over Amalek in Exodus 17. It means "The LORD is my banner."

• JehovahBible

  Jehovah is the proper name of the God of Israel in the Old Testament. It is written with four Hebrew consonants (YHWH), and scholars often read it as "Yahweh."

• Jehovah's WitnessesHeresies & Cults

  Jehovah's Witnesses are a religious organization that grew out of a Bible study group begun in the United States in the late nineteenth century by Charles Taze Russell. The group rejects the Trinity, and several Korean Protestant denominations have formally declared it heretical.

• Jehovah-jirehBible

  Jehovah-jireh is the name Abraham gave to the place on the mountain where he was about to offer Isaac, as recorded in Genesis 22:14. It means "the LORD sees" or "the LORD will provide."

• Jehovah-shalomBible

  Jehovah-shalom is the name Gideon gave to the altar he built at Ophrah in Judges 6:24. In Hebrew it means "the LORD is peace."

• Jehovah-shalomBible

  Jehovah-shalom, meaning "The LORD is peace," is the name the judge Gideon gave to the altar he built at Ophrah. The name appears in Judges 6:24.

• Jehovah-shammahBible

  Jehovah-shammah is a Hebrew name meaning "the LORD is there," given to the restored city in Ezekiel 48:35.

• Jehovah RaphaBible

  Jehovah Rapha, meaning "the LORD who heals," is a title of God drawn from Exodus 15:26: "for I am the LORD that healeth thee."

• The Fear of the LordBible

  The fear of the Lord is a central Old Testament expression for an attitude of reverence and awe toward God. It is presented especially in the wisdom literature, including Proverbs, Psalms, and Job, as the foundation of wisdom and knowledge.

• Names of GodBible

  The names of God are the proper name and the various titles by which God is called in the Bible. In Scripture a name is regarded not merely as a form of address but as a revelation of the character and authority of the one who bears it.

• Angel of the LordBible

  The Angel of the Lord is an Old Testament term for a being sent by God who appears to people and delivers his word. Because the angel sometimes speaks as though he were God himself, interpreters disagree about the angel's identity.

• LORD of HostsBible

  The LORD of Hosts is an Old Testament title for God that renders the Hebrew Yahweh Tseba'ot. Meaning "LORD of armies (hosts)," it expresses God's sovereignty over Israel and over all the hosts of heaven.

• TetragrammatonBible

  The Tetragrammaton is the set of four Hebrew consonants (YHWH) that form the personal name of the God of Israel in the Old Testament. Korean Bible translations render it variously as "Jehovah," "Yahweh," or "Lord."

• TetragrammatonBible

  The Tetragrammaton is the term for the four Hebrew consonants (יהוה, YHWH) that spell the proper name of God in the Old Testament. Among Korean Bible translations, the New Korean Revised Version renders this name as "Yeohowa" (Jehovah).

• Ezekiel 48Bible

  Ezekiel 48 is the final chapter of the Book of Ezekiel. It divides the restored land among the twelve tribes of Israel in long east-west strips, places the sanctuary and the city in their midst, and closes with the promise that the city will be named "Jehovah-shammah" ("The LORD is there").

• Genesis 22:12-14Bible Verses

  Genesis 22:12-14 is the passage in which God stops Abraham as he is about to offer Isaac and has him offer a ram in his son's place. It gives rise to the name "Jehovah-jireh" ("the LORD will provide"). The passage is frequently cited and preached as a text about the testing of faith and as a foreshadowing of substitutionary atonement.

• Genesis 22:2Bible Verses

  Genesis 22:2 records God's command to Abraham to offer his beloved only son Isaac as a burnt offering in the land of Moriah. The verse is read as the height of faith and obedience, and it has long been debated for the ethical implications of God commanding the sacrifice of a human being.

• Exodus 3:14Bible Verses

  Exodus 3:14 is the verse in which God, speaking from the flame of the burning bush, answers Moses' question about his name with "I AM THAT I AM." The text is closely tied to the meaning of the divine name Jehovah (Yahweh). Interpreters variously read it as a statement about God's being or as a promise of his presence.

• Isaiah 43:10–11Bible Verses

  In this passage God appoints Israel as his "witnesses" and his "servant" and declares that there is no other god and no savior besides him. It is a classic text of monotheistic faith and is frequently cited both as the basis for the name of Jehovah's Witnesses and in discussions of the deity of Jesus.

• Exodus 3:12–15Bible Verses

  In this passage God, speaking from the burning bush at Mount Horeb, promises Moses that He will be with him and reveals the names "I AM THAT I AM" and "Jehovah" (YHWH). As a central text on the name and being of God, it is frequently discussed in theology and in debates over Bible translation.