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. Jeremiah 28:9יְהוָ֖ה · as one the LORD
    As for the prophet who prophesies peace, only if the word of the prophet comes true will the prophet be recognized as one the LORD has truly sent.”
  2. Jeremiah 28:11יְהוָה֒ · the LORD
    And in the presence of all the people Hananiah proclaimed, “This is what the LORD says: ‘In this way, within two years I will break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon off the neck of all the nations.’” At this, Jeremiah the prophet went on his way.
  3. Jeremiah 28:12יְהוָ֖ה · of the LORD
    But shortly after Hananiah the prophet had broken the yoke off his neck, the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah:
  4. Jeremiah 28:13יְהוָ֔ה · the LORD
    “Go and tell Hananiah that this is what the LORD says: ‘You have broken a yoke of wood, but in its place you have fashioned a yoke of iron.’
  5. Jeremiah 28:14יְהוָ֨ה · the LORD
    For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘I have put a yoke of iron on the neck of all these nations to make them serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and they will serve him. I have even given him control of the beasts of the field.’”
  6. Jeremiah 28:15יְהוָ֔ה · The LORD
    Then the prophet Jeremiah said to the prophet Hananiah, “Listen, Hananiah! The LORD did not send you, but you have persuaded this people to trust in a lie.
  7. Jeremiah 28:16יְהוָ֔ה · the LORD; יְהוָֽה׃ · the LORD
    Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘I am about to remove you from the face of the earth. You will die this year because you have preached rebellion against the LORD.’”
  8. Jeremiah 29:4יְהוָ֥ה · the LORD
    This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says to all the exiles who were carried away from Jerusalem to Babylon:
  9. Jeremiah 29:7יְהוָ֑ה · the LORD
    Seek the prosperity of the city to which I have sent you as exiles. Pray to the LORD on its behalf, for if it prospers, you too will prosper.”
  10. Jeremiah 29:8יְהוָ֤ה · the LORD
    For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Do not be deceived by the prophets and diviners among you, and do not listen to the dreams you elicit from them.
  11. Jeremiah 29:9יְהוָֽה׃ס · the LORD
    For they are falsely prophesying to you in My name; I have not sent them, declares the LORD.”
  12. Jeremiah 29:10יְהוָ֔ה · the LORD
    For this is what the LORD says: “When Babylon’s seventy years are complete, I will attend to you and confirm My promise to restore you to this place.
  13. Jeremiah 29:11יְהוָ֑ה · the LORD
    For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, to give you a future and a hope.
  14. Jeremiah 29:14יְהוָה֒ · the LORD; יְהוָ֑ה · the LORD
    I will be found by you, declares the LORD, and I will restore you from captivity and gather you from all the nations and places to which I have banished you, declares the LORD. I will restore you to the place from which I sent you into exile.”
  15. Jeremiah 29:15יְהוָ֛ה · The LORD
    Because you may say, “The LORD has raised up for us prophets in Babylon,”
  16. Jeremiah 29:16יְהוָ֗ה · the LORD
    …this is what the LORD says about the king who sits on David’s throne and all the people who remain in this city, your brothers who did not go with you into exile—
  17. Jeremiah 29:17יְהוָ֣ה · the LORD
    …this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “I will send against them sword and famine and plague, and I will make them like rotten figs, so bad they cannot be eaten.
  18. Jeremiah 29:19יְהוָ֑ה · the LORD; יְהוָֽה׃ · the LORD
    I will do this because they have not listened to My words, declares the LORD, which I sent to them again and again through My servants the prophets. And neither have you exiles listened, declares the LORD.”
  19. Jeremiah 29:20יְהוָ֑ה · of the LORD
    So hear the word of the LORD, all you exiles I have sent away from Jerusalem to Babylon.
  20. Jeremiah 29:21יְהוָ֨ה · the LORD
    This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says about Ahab son of Kolaiah and Zedekiah son of Maaseiah, who are prophesying to you lies in My name: “I will deliver them to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and he will kill them before your very eyes.
  21. Jeremiah 29:22יְהוָה֙ · May the LORD
    Because of them, all the exiles of Judah who are in Babylon will use this curse: ‘May the LORD make you like Zedekiah and Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire!’
  22. Jeremiah 29:23יְהוָֽה׃ס · the LORD
    For they have committed an outrage in Israel by committing adultery with the wives of their neighbors and speaking lies in My name, which I did not command them to do. I am He who knows, and I am a witness, declares the LORD.”
  23. Jeremiah 29:25יְהוָ֧ה · the LORD
    …this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “In your own name you have sent out letters to all the people of Jerusalem, to the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah, and to all the priests. You said to Zephaniah:
  24. Jeremiah 29:26יְהוָ֞ה · The LORD; יְהוָ֔ה · of the LORD
    ‘The LORD has appointed you priest in place of Jehoiada, to be the chief officer in the house of the LORD, responsible for any madman who acts like a prophet—you must put him in stocks and neck irons.
  25. Jeremiah 29:30יְהוָ֔ה · of the LORD
    Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah:
  26. Jeremiah 29:31יְהוָ֔ה · the LORD
    “Send a message telling all the exiles what the LORD says concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite. Because Shemaiah has prophesied to you—though I did not send him—and has made you trust in a lie,
  27. Jeremiah 29:32יְהוָ֗ה · the LORD; יְהוָ֑ה · the LORD; יְהוָֽה׃ס · the LORD
    …this is what the LORD says: ‘I will surely punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite and his descendants. He will have no one left among this people, nor will he see the good that I will bring to My people, declares the LORD, for he has preached rebellion against the LORD.’”
  28. Jeremiah 30:1יְהוָ֖ה · the LORD
    This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD:
  29. Jeremiah 30:2יְהוָ֛ה · the LORD
    “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Write in a book all the words that I have spoken to you.
  30. Jeremiah 30:3יְהוָ֔ה · the LORD; יְהוָ֑ה · the LORD
    For behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will restore from captivity My people Israel and Judah, declares the LORD. I will restore them to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they will possess it.’”
  31. Jeremiah 30:4יְהוָ֛ה · the LORD
    These are the words that the LORD spoke concerning Israel and Judah.
  32. Jeremiah 30:5יְהוָ֔ה · the LORD
    Yes, this is what the LORD says: “A cry of panic is heard—a cry of terror, not of peace.
  33. Jeremiah 30:8יְהוָ֣ה · the LORD
    On that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, I will break the yoke off their necks and tear off their bonds, and no longer will strangers enslave them.
  34. Jeremiah 30:9יְהוָ֣ה · the LORD
    Instead, they will serve the LORD their God and David their king, whom I will raise up for them.
  35. Jeremiah 30:10יְהֹוָה֙ · the LORD
    As for you, O Jacob My servant, do not be afraid, declares the LORD, and do not be dismayed, O Israel. For I will surely save you out of a distant place, your descendants from the land of their captivity! Jacob will return to quiet and ease, with no one to make him afraid.
  36. Jeremiah 30:11יְהוָ֖ה · the LORD
    For I am with you to save you, declares the LORD. Though I will completely destroy all the nations to which I have scattered you, I will not completely destroy you. Yet I will discipline you justly, and will by no means leave you unpunished.”
  37. Jeremiah 30:12יְהוָ֖ה · the LORD
    For this is what the LORD says: “Your injury is incurable; your wound is grievous.
  38. Jeremiah 30:17יְהוָ֑ה · the LORD
    But I will restore your health and heal your wounds, declares the LORD, because they call you an outcast, Zion, for whom no one cares.”
  39. Jeremiah 30:18יְהוָ֗ה · the LORD
    This is what the LORD says: “I will restore the fortunes of Jacob’s tents and have compassion on his dwellings. And the city will be rebuilt on her own ruins, and the palace will stand in its rightful place.
  40. Jeremiah 30:21יְהוָֽה׃ · the LORD
    Their leader will be one of their own, and their ruler will arise from their midst. And I will bring him near, and he will approach Me, for who would dare on his own to approach Me?” declares the LORD.
  41. Jeremiah 30:23יְהוָ֗ה · of the LORD
    Behold, the storm of the LORD has gone out with fury, a whirlwind swirling down upon the heads of the wicked.
  42. Jeremiah 30:24יְהוָ֔ה · of the LORD
    The fierce anger of the LORD will not turn back until He has fully accomplished the purposes of His heart. In the days to come you will understand this.
  43. Jeremiah 31:1יְהוָ֔ה · the LORD
    “At that time,” declares the LORD, “I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they will be My people.”