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4581 Handbook for Bible Students, p. 212 (General Conference of SDA)
2. Jehovah
4582 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 …
4583 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 …
4584 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 …
4585 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 …
4586 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 …
4587 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 …
4588 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 …
4589 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 …
4590 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 …
4591 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 …
4592 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 …
4593 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 …
4594 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 …
4595 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 …
4596 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 .)
4597 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 …
4598 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 …
4599 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 …
4600 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 …