SPECIAL TOPIC: YHWH IS GREAT

"The Lord (YHWH) is great in Zion" This ADJECTIVE "great" (BDB (BDB 152) is used often of YHWH.

  1. His person ‒ Deut. 7:21; Neh. 1:5; 8:6; 9:32; Ps. 86:10; 145:3; 147:5; Isa. 12:6; Jer. 10:6; 32:18; Dan. 9:4
  2. His name ‒ Josh. 7:9; 1 Sam. 12:22; 1 Kgs. 8:42; 2 Chr. 6:32; Ps. 76:1; 99:3; Jer. 10:6; 44:26; Ezek. 36:23; Mal. 1:11
  3. His works ‒ Deut. 11:7; Jdgs. 2:7; Ps. 111:2
  4. His glory ‒ Ps. 21:5; 138:5
  5. His mercy (hesed) ‒ 1 Kgs. 3:6; 2 Chr. 1:8; Ps. 57:10; 86:13; 108:4
  6. His goodness ‒ Neh. 9:25
  7. His compassion ‒ Isa. 54:7
  8. greater than all gods ‒ Exod. 18:11; Deut. 10:17; 1 Chr. 16:25; 2 Chr. 2:5; Ps. 77:13; 95:3; 96:4; 135:5

The NOUN (BDB 152) is also used of YHWH in Deut. 3:24; 5:24; 9:26; 11:2; 32:3; Ps. 105:2.

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