How many times is the word Jehovah used in the bible?

Answer 1

"Jehovah" is the best known English pronunciation of the divine name as found in the Hebrew Scriptures or Old Testament of The Bible. However, the name "Yahweh" is favored by many Hebrew scholars. The oldest Hebrew manuscripts present the name of God in the form of four consonants, commonly called the Tetragrammaton which may be transliterated into English as YHWH or JHVH. The Tetragrammaton occurs 6,823 times in the Hebrew text printed in Biblia Hebraica and Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia. To answer the question then, of how many times the word Jehovah is used in the Bible, it depends entirely upon which English translation of the Bible you use and how that particular translator chose to translate the occurance of the Hebrew Tetragrammaton.

Some translations, such as the King James version (KJV) use the name Jehovah only a few times (4 in the case of the KJV). Others, such as the New World Translation (NWT) consistantly render the Tetragrammon by using the name Jehovah. Some English translations do not contain the name Jehovah at all, substituting instead the words "Lord" or "God".

New World Translation(Jehovah 6961 times)

American Standard Version(Jehovah 6823 times)

The Almeida Bible uses Jehovah thousands of times.

The Bible in Living English by Byington uses Jehovah thousands of times.

Boothroyd's Translation(Jehovah 6823 times)

The Brasileira Bible uses Jehovah thousands of times.

The Crampon Bible uses Jehovah thousands of times.

The Darby Translation(Jehovah 6823 times)

The Elberfelder Bible uses Jehova thousands of times.

The Moderna version uses Jehova thousands of times.

The Reina Valera Bible uses Jehova thousands of times.

The Literal Translation/King James 2 Version by Jay P. Green uses

Jehovah thousands of times.

The Bible in Living English-Byington(Jehovah 6823 times)

A Literal Translation of the Bible-Jay P. Green(Jehovah 5500 times)

The Recovery Version by Livings Dreams Ministry uses Jehovah thousands of times.

Sharpe's Translation(Jehovah 6823 times)

Youngs Literal Translation(Jehovah 6823 times)

The Living Bible/Protestant and Catholic editions uses Jehovah over 300 times.

The Holy Bible by J.N.Darby uses Jehovah thousands of times.

The English Revised Version uses Jehovah at Ex. 6:2,3,6,7,8, Ps. 83:18, Is. 12:2;26:4.

The King James Version** uses Jehovah at Ex.6:3, Ps.83:18, Is.12:2;26:4

The Webster Bible uses Jehovah in the same places as the KJV above.

The Modern Language Bible/New Berkeley Version uses Jehovah at Exodus 3:15; 6:3, Numbers 3:13, 45; 15:41; 21:14; 35:34, Ezra 6:21; Ps. 8:1, 9; 16:2, Is 12:2; 140:7; 141:8; 147:1, Hosea 12:5, Zech. 4:10 etc.

The New English Bible uses Jehovah at Exodus chapters 3 and 6.

The Emphatic Diaglott uses Jehovah at Matt 21:42; 22:37, 44, 23:39, Mark 11:9 and Acts 2:34

It should be noted that the frequency of the name in the original Hebrew text attests to its importance. Its use throughout the Scriptures far outnumbers that of any other name or titles given to God including the words "Lord", "Sovereign Lord" or even the word "God" itself.