McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Jehovah-jireh

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McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Jehovah-jireh


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(Hebrew Yehovah' Yireh', éַøְàֶä éְäåָä , Jehovah will see, i.e. provide; Sept. Êýñéïò å äåí , Vulg. Dominus videt), the symbolical epithet given by Abraham to the scene of his offering of the ram providentially supplied in place of his son (Gen_22:14), evidently with allusion to his own reply to Isaac's inquiry (Gen_22:8). SEE MORIAH.