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25981 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 …
25982 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 …
25983 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 …
25984 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 …
25985 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 …
25986 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 …
25987 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 …
25988 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 …
25989 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 …
25990 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 …
25991 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 …
25992 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 …
25993 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 .)
25994 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 …
25995 Handbook for Bible Students, p. 288.2 (General Conference of SDA)
… )?” To this we can only reply, that God’s name in relationship to the patriarchs was El Shaddai (God Almighty), just as now his name to us is “Father.” Jehovah was …
25996 Handbook for Bible Students, p. 288.3 (General Conference of SDA)
… of Jehovah,” or “the salvation of Jehovah,” or “Jehovah the Saviour.” This name was given by divine command (see Matthew 1:21 ), and it is his only name, all other names …
25997 Handbook for Bible Students, p. 288.5 (General Conference of SDA)
… in Jehovah. He says to the elders when they come to request him to be leader: “The Lord deliver them before me.” Again: “The Lord shall be witness between us,” in his …
25998 Handbook for Bible Students, p. 289.1 (General Conference of SDA)
And lastly, where was the altar to Jehovah on which she could be sacrificed? Altars in plenty to Chemosh; but neither Jephthah nor she worshiped that false god!
25999 Handbook for Bible Students, p. 317.4 (General Conference of SDA)
… of Jehovah in Jerusalem, only a very small band of captives returned; the greater part remained scattered among the heathen. Even those who went home from …
26000 Handbook for Bible Students, p. 359.7 (General Conference of SDA)
… to Jehovah. In the other case, as in the sin and trespass offerings, where the offerer came as a sinner with confession, the offerer in his offering surrendered …