This name belongs to 2 different people and places in the Bible:
Definition
from H1961; (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
Traditional renderings: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare H3050, H3069.
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
Occurrences
6,522 total
- Jeremiah 10:21יְהוָ֖ה · the LORDFor the shepherds have become senseless; they do not seek the LORD. Therefore they have not prospered, and all their flock is scattered.
- Jeremiah 10:23יְהוָ֔ה · O LORDI know, O LORD, that a man’s way is not his own; no one who walks directs his own steps.
- Jeremiah 10:24יְהוָ֖ה · O LORDCorrect me, O LORD, but only with justice—not in Your anger, or You will bring me to nothing.
- Jeremiah 11:1יְהוָ֖ה · from the LORDThis is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD:
- Jeremiah 11:3יְהוָ֖ה · the LORDYou must tell them that this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Cursed is the man who does not obey the words of this covenant,
- Jeremiah 11:5יְהוָֽה׃ס · LORDThis was in order to establish the oath I swore to your forefathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is to this day.” “Amen, LORD,” I answered.
- Jeremiah 11:6יְהוָה֙ · Then the LORDThen the LORD said to me, “Proclaim all these words in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, saying: Hear the words of this covenant and carry them out.
- Jeremiah 11:9יְהוָ֖ה · And the LORDAnd the LORD told me, “There is a conspiracy among the men of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem.
- Jeremiah 11:11יְהוָ֔ה · the LORDTherefore this is what the LORD says: ‘I am about to bring upon them a disaster that they cannot escape. They will cry out to Me, but I will not listen to them.
- Jeremiah 11:16יְהוָ֖ה · The LORDThe LORD once called you a flourishing olive tree, beautiful with well-formed fruit. But with a mighty roar He will set it on fire, and its branches will be consumed.
- Jeremiah 11:17וַיהוָ֤ה · The LORDThe LORD of Hosts, who planted you, has decreed disaster against you on account of the evil that the house of Israel and the house of Judah have brought upon themselves, provoking Me to anger by burning incense to Baal.”
- Jeremiah 11:18וַֽיהוָ֥ה · And the LORDAnd the LORD informed me, so I knew. Then You showed me their deeds.
- Jeremiah 11:20וַֽיהוָ֤ה · O LORDO LORD of Hosts, who judges righteously, who examines the heart and mind, let me see Your vengeance upon them, for to You I have committed my cause.
- Jeremiah 11:21יְהוָה֙ · the LORD; יְהוָ֔ה · of the LORDTherefore this is what the LORD says concerning the people of Anathoth who are seeking your life and saying, “You must not prophesy in the name of the LORD, or you will die by our hand.”
- Jeremiah 11:22יְהוָ֣ה · the LORDSo this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “I will punish them. Their young men will die by the sword, their sons and daughters by famine.
- Jeremiah 12:1יְהוָ֔ה · O LORDRighteous are You, O LORD, when I plead before You. Yet about Your judgments I wish to contend with You: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all the faithless live at ease?
- Jeremiah 12:3יְהוָה֙ · O LORDBut You know me, O LORD; You see me and test my heart toward You. Drag away the wicked like sheep to the slaughter and set them apart for the day of carnage.
- Jeremiah 12:12לַֽיהוָה֙ · of the LORDOver all the barren heights in the wilderness the destroyers have come, for the sword of the LORD devours from one end of the earth to the other. No flesh has peace.
- Jeremiah 12:13יְהוָֽה׃ס · of the LORDThey have sown wheat but harvested thorns. They have exhausted themselves to no avail. Bear the shame of your harvest because of the fierce anger of the LORD.”
- Jeremiah 12:14יְהוָ֗ה · the LORDThis is what the LORD says: “As for all My evil neighbors who attack the inheritance that I bequeathed to My people Israel, I am about to uproot them from their land, and I will uproot the house of Judah from among them.
- Jeremiah 12:16יְהוָ֔ה · As surely as the LORDAnd if they will diligently learn the ways of My people and swear by My name, saying, ‘As surely as the LORD lives’—just as they once taught My people to swear by Baal—then they will be established among My people.
- Jeremiah 12:17יְהוָֽה׃ס · the LORDBut if they will not obey, then I will uproot that nation; I will uproot it and destroy it, declares the LORD.”
- Jeremiah 13:1יְהוָ֜ה · the LORDThis is what the LORD said to me: “Go and buy yourself a linen loincloth and put it around your waist, but do not let it touch water.”
- Jeremiah 13:2יְהוָ֑ה · of the LORDSo I bought a loincloth in accordance with the word of the LORD, and I put it around my waist.
- Jeremiah 13:3יְהוָ֛ה · of the LORDThen the word of the LORD came to me a second time:
- Jeremiah 13:5יְהוָ֖ה · the LORDSo I went and hid it at Perath, as the LORD had commanded me.
- Jeremiah 13:6יְהוָ֜ה · the LORDMany days later the LORD said to me, “Arise, go to Perath, and get the loincloth that I commanded you to hide there.”
- Jeremiah 13:8יְהוָ֖ה · of the LORDThen the word of the LORD came to me:
- Jeremiah 13:9יְהוָ֑ה · the LORD“This is what the LORD says: In the same way I will ruin the pride of Judah and the great pride of Jerusalem.
- Jeremiah 13:11יְהוָ֔ה · the LORDFor just as a loincloth clings to a man’s waist, so I have made the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah cling to Me, declares the LORD, so that they might be My people for My renown and praise and glory. But they did not listen.
- Jeremiah 13:12יְהוָה֙ · the LORDTherefore you are to tell them that this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Every wineskin shall be filled with wine.’ And when they reply, ‘Don’t we surely know that every wineskin should be filled with wine?’
- Jeremiah 13:13יְהוָ֗ה · the LORD…then you are to tell them that this is what the LORD says: ‘I am going to fill with drunkenness all who live in this land—the kings who sit on David’s throne, the priests, the prophets, and all the people of Jerusalem.
- Jeremiah 13:14יְהוָ֑ה · the LORDI will smash them against one another, fathers and sons alike, declares the LORD. I will allow no mercy or pity or compassion to keep Me from destroying them.’”
- Jeremiah 13:15יְהוָ֖ה · the LORDListen and give heed. Do not be arrogant, for the LORD has spoken.
- Jeremiah 13:16לַיהוָ֨ה · to the LORDGive glory to the LORD your God before He brings darkness, before your feet stumble on the dusky mountains. You wait for light, but He turns it into deep gloom and thick darkness.
- Jeremiah 13:17יְהוָֽה׃ס · the LORD’sBut if you do not listen, I will weep in secret because of your pride. My eyes will overflow with tears, because the LORD’s flock has been taken captive.
- Jeremiah 13:25יְהוָ֑ה · the LORDThis is your lot, the portion I have measured to you,” declares the LORD, “because you have forgotten Me and trusted in falsehood.
- Jeremiah 14:1יְהוָה֙ · of the LORDThis is the word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought:
- Jeremiah 14:7יְהוָ֕ה · O LORDAlthough our iniquities testify against us, O LORD, act for the sake of Your name. Indeed, our rebellions are many; we have sinned against You.
- Jeremiah 14:9יְהוָ֗ה · O LORDWhy are You like a man taken by surprise, like a warrior powerless to save? Yet You are among us, O LORD, and we are called by Your name. Do not forsake us!
- Jeremiah 14:10יְהוָ֜ה · the LORD; וַיהוָה֙ · So the LORDThis is what the LORD says about this people: “Truly they love to wander; they have not restrained their feet. So the LORD does not accept them; He will now remember their iniquity and punish them for their sins.”
- Jeremiah 14:11יְהוָ֖ה · Then the LORDThen the LORD said to me, “Do not pray for the well-being of this people.
- Jeremiah 14:14יְהוָ֜ה · the LORD“The prophets are prophesying lies in My name,” replied the LORD. “I did not send them or appoint them or speak to them. They are prophesying to you a false vision, a worthless divination, the futility and delusion of their own minds.
- Jeremiah 14:15יְהוָ֗ה · the LORDTherefore this is what the LORD says about the prophets who prophesy in My name: I did not send them, yet they say, ‘No sword or famine will touch this land.’ By sword and famine these very prophets will meet their end!
- Jeremiah 14:20יְהוָ֛ה · O LORDWe acknowledge our wickedness, O LORD, the guilt of our fathers; indeed, we have sinned against You.
- Jeremiah 14:22יְהוָ֤ה · O LORDCan the worthless idols of the nations bring rain? Do the skies alone send showers? Is this not by You, O LORD our God? So we put our hope in You, for You have done all these things.
- Jeremiah 15:1יְהוָה֙ · Then the LORDThen the LORD said to me: “Even if Moses and Samuel should stand before Me, My heart would not go out to this people. Send them from My presence, and let them go!
- Jeremiah 15:2יְהוָ֗ה · the LORDIf they ask you, ‘Where shall we go?’ you are to tell them that this is what the LORD says: ‘Those destined for death, to death; those destined for the sword, to the sword; those destined for famine, to famine; and those destined for captivity, to captivity.’