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25961 Handbook for Bible Students, p. 177.6 (General Conference of SDA)
… the Jehovah of the Hebrews, is unknown to me. I find nothing even remotely resembling him in the savages of modern times. I cannot invent for myself a primitive …
25962 Handbook for Bible Students, p. 183.4 (General Conference of SDA)
… to Jehovah-than he would think of eating without drinking, or of sleeping without reclining. Fasting was invariably attended with prayer, though prayer …
25963 Handbook for Bible Students, p. 209.5 (General Conference of SDA)
… to Jehovah were in valleys.
25964 Handbook for Bible Students, p. 212 (General Conference of SDA)
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25965 Handbook for Bible Students, p. 212.3 (General Conference of SDA)
… name Jehovah [Hebrew word] occurs about 5,500 times in the Old Testament. It is found in thirty-six out of thirty-nine books, the exceptions being Esther, Ecclesiastes …
25966 Handbook for Bible Students, p. 212.4 (General Conference of SDA)
… , O Jehovah, endureth forever; thy memorial, O Jehovah, throughout all generations;” also Hosea 12:5, “Jehovah is his memorial.” The name is full of memories, and it …
25967 Handbook for Bible Students, p. 214.6 (General Conference of SDA)
… deities. Jehovah is not a common but a proper noun. It belongs to the true God alone, and is his characteristic name, by which he is distinguished from all others …
25968 Handbook for Bible Students, p. 215.1 (General Conference of SDA)
… name Jehovah shines out conspicuously at three marked epochs, while in the intervals between them it is dimmed and but rarely appears. Jehovah is almost …
25969 Handbook for Bible Students, p. 215.2 (General Conference of SDA)
… , and Jehovah, translated “Lord.” Elohim is the plural of Eloah (in Arabic, Allah); it is often used in the short form El (a word signifying strength), as in El-Shaddai …
25970 Handbook for Bible Students, p. 216.1 (General Conference of SDA)
… God. Jehovah denotes specifically the one true God, whose people the Jews were, and who made them the guardians of his truth. The name is never applied to a false …
25971 Handbook for Bible Students, p. 216.2 (General Conference of SDA)
… name “Jehovah” with the Hebrew substantive verb to be, with the inference that it expresses the essential, eternal, unchangeable being of Jehovah. But more …
25972 Handbook for Bible Students, p. 216.3 (General Conference of SDA)
… name Jehovah designates his nature as he stands in relation to man, as the only almighty, true, personal, holy Being, a spirit and “the Father of spirits” ( Numbers …
25973 Handbook for Bible Students, p. 222.2 (General Conference of SDA)
… from Jehovah. The whole attitude of the two documents is, however, different. Hammurapi, in spite of the picture, takes credit, both in the prologue and in the …
25974 Handbook for Bible Students, p. 249.2 (General Conference of SDA)
… not Jehovah nor the works he had done for Israel, swerved from the plain path of their fathers, and were caught in the toils of the foreigner. Judges 2. From this …
25975 Handbook for Bible Students, p. 278.3 (General Conference of SDA)
… of Jehovah, to which some imagine that the prophet himself alludes in chapter 8:18. The abbreviated form [Hebrew word] is never applied in Scripture to the prophet …
25976 Handbook for Bible Students, p. 283.5 (General Conference of SDA)
… of Jehovah, surrounded by the dwellings of its appointed attendants.—“ History and Significance of the Sacred Tabernacle of the Hebrews ,” Edward E. Atwater …
25977 Handbook for Bible Students, p. 286.3 (General Conference of SDA)
… of “Jehovah,” the special name by which he was henceforth to be known to the children of Israel. It is unfortunate that this sacred name has descended to the readers …
25978 Handbook for Bible Students, p. 287.2 (General Conference of SDA)
Jehovah, Meaning of.—This title occurs about 7,000 times, but it is generally rendered “the Lord,” and only occasionally “Jehovah.” The signification is, He that …
25979 Handbook for Bible Students, p. 287.3 (General Conference of SDA)
Lord, printed in our Bibles with capitals, is the translation of Jehovah; and Lord, in small letters, is the translation of the word Adon, which means Lord, Master, Possessor, or Proprietor. This distinction is important. (See Psalm 90:1 .)
25980 Handbook for Bible Students, p. 288.1 (General Conference of SDA)
“Jehovah” expresses the covenant relationship of God with his people. See Exodus 6:2-8, where God speaks unto Moses, saying, “I am Jehovah,” “I have established my …