יְהֹוָה

ye.ho.vahLORDHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentTitle6,522 occurrences36 books5,520 verses
This name belongs to 2 different people and places in the Bible:
  • Jerusalem: The capital of Israel, a holy city for three religions
  • LORD: Names or title used to refer to God

Definition

from H1961; (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
Traditional renderings: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare H3050, H3069.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders יְהֹוָה:

Glossary entries

Zion Lord Jerusalem Righteousness Eli, Eli, Lema Sabachthani? Jebus, Jebusite

Usage patterns

Old TestamentNew Testament

Occurrences

6,522 total
  1. Isaiah 57:19יְהוָ֖ה · the LORD
    …bringing praise to their lips. Peace, peace to those far and near,” says the LORD, “and I will heal them.”
  2. Isaiah 58:5לַיהוָֽה׃ · to the LORD
    Is this the fast I have chosen: a day for a man to deny himself, to bow his head like a reed, and to spread out sackcloth and ashes? Will you call this a fast and a day acceptable to the LORD?
  3. Isaiah 58:8יְהוָ֖ה · of the LORD
    Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will come quickly. Your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the LORD will be your rear guard.
  4. Isaiah 58:9וַיהוָ֣ה · and the LORD
    Then you will call, and the LORD will answer; you will cry out, and He will say, ‘Here I am.’ If you remove the yoke from your midst, the pointing of the finger and malicious talk,
  5. Isaiah 58:11יְהוָה֮ · The LORD
    The LORD will always guide you; He will satisfy you in a sun-scorched land and strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail.
  6. Isaiah 58:13יְהוָה֙ · and the LORD’s
    If you turn your foot from breaking the Sabbath, from doing as you please on My holy day, if you call the Sabbath a delight, and the LORD’s holy day honorable, if you honor it by not going your own way or seeking your own pleasure or speaking idle words,
  7. Isaiah 58:14יְהוָ֔ה · the LORD; יְהוָ֖ה · of the LORD
    …then you will delight yourself in the LORD, and I will make you ride on the heights of the land and feed you with the heritage of your father Jacob.” For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.
  8. Isaiah 59:1יְהוָ֖ה · of the LORD
    Surely the arm of the LORD is not too short to save, nor His ear too dull to hear.
  9. Isaiah 59:13בַּֽיהוָ֔ה · the LORD
    …rebelling and denying the LORD, turning away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering lies from the heart.
  10. Isaiah 59:15יְהוָ֛ה · The LORD
    Truth is missing, and whoever turns from evil becomes prey. The LORD looked and was displeased that there was no justice.
  11. Isaiah 59:19יְהוָ֔ה · of the LORD; יְהוָ֖ה · of the LORD
    So shall they fear the name of the LORD where the sun sets, and His glory where it rises. For He will come like a raging flood, driven by the breath of the LORD.
  12. Isaiah 59:20יְהוָֽה׃ · the LORD
    “The Redeemer will come to Zion, to those in Jacob who turn from transgression,” declares the LORD.
  13. Isaiah 59:21יְהוָ֔ה · the LORD; יְהוָ֔ה · the LORD
    “As for Me, this is My covenant with them,” says the LORD. “My Spirit will not depart from you, and My words that I have put in your mouth will not depart from your mouth or from the mouths of your children and grandchildren, from now on and forevermore,” says the LORD.
  14. Isaiah 60:1יְהוָ֖ה · of the LORD
    Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD rises upon you.
  15. Isaiah 60:2יְהוָ֔ה · but the LORD
    For behold, darkness covers the earth, and thick darkness is over the peoples; but the LORD will rise upon you, and His glory will appear over you.
  16. Isaiah 60:6יְהוָ֖ה · of the LORD
    Caravans of camels will cover your land, young camels of Midian and Ephah, and all from Sheba will come, bearing gold and frankincense and proclaiming the praises of the LORD.
  17. Isaiah 60:9יְהוָ֣ה · of the LORD
    Surely the islands will wait for Me, with the ships of Tarshish in the lead, to bring your children from afar, with their silver and gold, to the honor of the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, for He has glorified you.
  18. Isaiah 60:14יְהוָ֔ה · of the LORD
    The sons of your oppressors will come and bow down to you; all who reviled you will fall facedown at your feet and call you the City of the LORD, Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
  19. Isaiah 60:16יְהוָה֙ · the LORD
    You will drink the milk of nations and nurse at the breasts of royalty; you will know that I, the LORD, am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.
  20. Isaiah 60:19יְהוָה֙ · for the LORD
    No longer will the sun be your light by day, nor the brightness of the moon shine on your night; for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your splendor.
  21. Isaiah 60:20יְהוָ֗ה · the LORD
    Your sun will no longer set, and your moon will not wane; for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and the days of your sorrow will cease.
  22. Isaiah 60:22יְהוָ֖ה · am the LORD
    The least of you will become a thousand, and the smallest a mighty nation. I am the LORD; in its time I will accomplish it quickly.
  23. Isaiah 61:1יְהוָ֨ה · the LORD
    The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to the prisoners,
  24. Isaiah 61:2לַֽיהוָ֔ה · of the LORD’s
    …to proclaim the year of the LORD’s favor and the day of our God’s vengeance, to comfort all who mourn,
  25. Isaiah 61:3יְהוָ֖ה · of the LORD
    …to console the mourners in Zion—to give them a crown of beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, and a garment of praise for a spirit of despair. So they will be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that He may be glorified.
  26. Isaiah 61:6יְהוָה֙ · of the LORD
    But you will be called the priests of the LORD; they will speak of you as ministers of our God; you will feed on the wealth of nations, and you will boast in their riches.
  27. Isaiah 61:8יְהוָה֙ · the LORD
    For I, the LORD, love justice; I hate robbery and iniquity; in My faithfulness I will give them their recompense and make an everlasting covenant with them.
  28. Isaiah 61:9יְהוָֽה׃ס · the LORD
    Their descendants will be known among the nations, and their offspring among the peoples. All who see them will acknowledge that they are a people the LORD has blessed.
  29. Isaiah 61:10בַּֽיהוָ֗ה · in the LORD
    I will rejoice greatly in the LORD, my soul will exult in my God; for He has clothed me with garments of salvation and wrapped me in a robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom wears a priestly headdress, as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
  30. Isaiah 62:2יְהוָ֖ה · of the LORD
    Nations will see your righteousness, and all kings your glory. You will be called by a new name that the mouth of the LORD will bestow.
  31. Isaiah 62:3יְהוָ֑ה · of the LORD
    You will be a crown of glory in the hand of the LORD, a royal diadem in the palm of your God.
  32. Isaiah 62:4יְהוָה֙ · the LORD
    No longer will you be called Forsaken, nor your land named Desolate; but you will be called Hephzibah, and your land Beulah; for the LORD will take delight in you, and your land will be His bride.
  33. Isaiah 62:6יְהוָ֔ה · on the LORD
    On your walls, O Jerusalem, I have posted watchmen; they will never be silent day or night. You who call on the LORD shall take no rest for yourselves,
  34. Isaiah 62:8יְהוָ֛ה · The LORD
    The LORD has sworn by His right hand and by His mighty arm: “Never again will I give your grain to your enemies for food, nor will foreigners drink the new wine for which you have toiled.
  35. Isaiah 62:9יְהוָ֑ה · the LORD
    For those who harvest grain will eat it and praise the LORD, and those who gather grapes will drink the wine in My holy courts.”
  36. Isaiah 62:11יְהוָ֗ה · the LORD
    Behold, the LORD has proclaimed to the ends of the earth, “Say to Daughter Zion: See, your Savior comes! Look, His reward is with Him, and His recompense goes before Him.”
  37. Isaiah 62:12יְהוָ֑ה · of The LORD
    And they will be called the Holy People, the Redeemed of The LORD; and you will be called Sought Out, A City Not Forsaken.
  38. Isaiah 63:7יְהוָ֤ה׀ · the LORD’s; יְהוָ֔ה · and [His]; יְהוָ֑ה · the LORD
    I will make known the LORD’s loving devotion and His praiseworthy acts, because of all that the LORD has done for us—the many good things for the house of Israel according to His great compassion and loving devotion.
  39. Isaiah 63:14יְהוָ֖ה · of the LORD
    Like cattle going down to the valley, the Spirit of the LORD gave them rest. You led Your people this way to make for Yourself a glorious name.
  40. Isaiah 63:16יְהוָה֙ · O LORD
    Yet You are our Father, though Abraham does not know us and Israel does not acknowledge us. You, O LORD, are our Father; our Redeemer from Everlasting is Your name.
  41. Isaiah 63:17יְהוָה֙ · O LORD
    Why, O LORD, do You make us stray from Your ways and harden our hearts from fearing You? Return, for the sake of Your servants, the tribes of Your heritage.
  42. Isaiah 64:8יְהוָ֖ה · O LORD
    But now, O LORD, You are our Father; we are the clay, and You are the potter; we are all the work of Your hand.
  43. Isaiah 64:9יְהוָה֙ · O LORD
    Do not be angry, O LORD, beyond measure; do not remember our iniquity forever. Oh, look upon us, we pray; we are all Your people!
  44. Isaiah 64:12יְהוָ֑ה · O LORD
    After all this, O LORD, will You restrain Yourself? Will You keep silent and afflict us beyond measure?
  45. Isaiah 65:7יְהוָ֔ה · the LORD
    …both for your iniquities and for those of your fathers,” says the LORD. “Because they burned incense on the mountains and scorned Me on the hills, I will measure into their laps full payment for their former deeds.”