Bible Dictionary

Jehovah-jireh

Jehovah will see; i.e., will provide, the name given by Abraham to the scene of his offering up the ram which was caught in the thicket on Mount Moriah. The expression used in Gen. 22:14, “in the mou…

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)

, will provide, the name given by Abraham to the scene of his offering up the ram which was caught in the thicket on Mount Moriah.

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898) & Schaff's Bible Dictionary

JEHO'VAH-JI'REH (Jehovah will see, or provide), the name given by Abraham to the place on which he had been commanded to offer Isaac, Gen 22:14, and probably the same as Mount Moriah, in Jerusalem.

Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869)

the Lord will provide