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Yahweh (Adonai, God, Jehovah)

The Hebrew name for God par excellence; denotes the holy, personal, Creator and sustainer of the world

Genesis 2:4. Yahweh is the true Creator God.

Exodus 6:3. Personal God

Exodus 12:50–51. Yahweh brings Israel out of Egypt.

Exodus 33:18–19. Glory associated with God’s name

Leviticus 11:44. Yahweh’s holiness a standard for human holiness

Deuteronomy 4:24. Jealousy of Yahweh

Judges 5:11. Divine warrior

1 Samuel 2:7. The sovereign God

Psalm 8:1. Majestic name

Psalm 33:21. Trust in God’s holy name

Psalm 102:15. Glory of the Lord’s name

Isaiah 30:27. Yahweh comes to judge.

Year of Jubilee (forgiveness, homecoming, sabbatical)

Marked every fiftieth year by the release of every debt, holdings of land, and the freeing of slaves

Leviticus 25:10. Setting aside the fiftieth year

Leviticus 25:11–12. Eating spontaneous, uncultivated crop

Leviticus 25:13–14. Slaves set free

Leviticus 27:16–24. Returning property to an original owner

Numbers 36:4. Awaiting the year of jubilee

Yeast (leaven)

The leavening agent of bread; metaphorically refers to a catalyst for multiplying good or evil

Exodus 12:15. Removing yeast during Passover

Matthew 13:33. Kingdom of heaven is like yeast.

Matthew 16:6. Symbol of hypocrisy

1 Corinthians 5:6–8. Illustration using yeast

Galatians 5:9. The effects of even a small amount of yeast

Yield (deliver, give, permit)

Commonly used to refer to the transaction or transference of an object

Genesis 1:11. The earth yields crops for eating.

Genesis 4:12. Ground cursed because of the fall

Numbers 20:8. Yielding water from the rock

Deuteronomy 13:8. Not yielding to certain people

2 Chronicles 30:8. Yielding to the Lord

Hosea 10:1. Israel like a vine which yields fruit

Matthew 13:23. Someone who bears good fruit

Matthew 27:50. Yielding up his spirit

Galatians 2:5. Not yielding to false teachers

Hebrews 12:11. Yielding peace from discipline

James 3:12. Like yields like.

Revelation 22:2. Yielding various fruits

Yom Kippur (see Atonement)

Youth (adolescence, juvenile, young)

The early stages of one’s life which precede maturity or adulthood

1 Samuel 2:26. Growing and gaining favor

1 Samuel 9:2. Handsome young man

2 Kings 2:23–24. Mocking youth

2 Chronicles 13:7. Youthful inexperience

2 Chronicles 26:1. Young king

Job 32:4. Youth must wait.

Psalm 71:5. Youthful faith

Psalm 119:9. Keeping life pure from youth

Proverbs 20:29. Young men’s strength

Isaiah 9:17. Ungodly youth

Jeremiah 1:6–8. Young prophet called

1 Timothy 4:12. Do not look down on the young.

2 Timothy 2:22. Youthful lusts

1 Peter 5:5. Respecting spiritual leadership

1 John 2:13. Victory won