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 33:1יְהוָ֛ה · of the LORD
    While Jeremiah was still confined in the courtyard of the guard, the word of the LORD came to him a second time:
  2. Jeremiah 33:2יְהוָ֖ה · the LORD; יְהוָ֗ה · the LORD; יְהוָ֥ה · the LORD
    “Thus says the LORD who made the earth, the LORD who formed it and established it, the LORD is His name:
  3. Jeremiah 33:4יְהוָה֙ · the LORD
    For this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says about the houses of this city and the palaces of the kings of Judah that have been torn down for defense against the siege ramps and the sword:
  4. Jeremiah 33:10יְהוָ֗ה · the LORD
    This is what the LORD says: In this place you say is a wasteland without man or beast, in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem that are deserted—inhabited by neither man nor beast—there will be heard again
  5. Jeremiah 33:11יְהוָ֨ה · to the LORD; יְהוָה֙ · the LORD; יְהוָ֑ה · of the LORD; יְהוָֽה׃ס · the LORD
    …the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of the bride and bridegroom, and the voices of those bringing thank offerings into the house of the LORD, saying: ‘Give thanks to the LORD of Hosts, for the LORD is good; His loving devotion endures forever.’ For I will restore the land from captivity as in former times, says the LORD.
  6. Jeremiah 33:12יְהוָ֣ה · the LORD
    This is what the LORD of Hosts says: In this desolate place, without man or beast, and in all its cities, there will once more be pastures for shepherds to rest their flocks.
  7. Jeremiah 33:13יְהוָֽה׃ס · the LORD
    In the cities of the hill country, the foothills, and the Negev, in the land of Benjamin and the cities surrounding Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, the flocks will again pass under the hands of the one who counts them, says the LORD.
  8. Jeremiah 33:14יְהוָ֑ה · the LORD
    Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will fulfill the gracious promise that I have spoken to the house of Israel and the house of Judah.
  9. Jeremiah 33:16יְהוָ֥ה׀ · The LORD
    In those days Judah will be saved, and Jerusalem will dwell securely, and this is the name by which it will be called: The LORD Our Righteousness.
  10. Jeremiah 33:17יְהוָ֑ה · the LORD
    For this is what the LORD says: David will never lack a man to sit on the throne of the house of Israel,
  11. Jeremiah 33:19יְהוָ֔ה · of the LORD
    And the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah:
  12. Jeremiah 33:20יְהוָ֔ה · the LORD
    “This is what the LORD says: If you can break My covenant with the day and My covenant with the night, so that day and night cease to occupy their appointed time,
  13. Jeremiah 33:23יְהוָ֔ה · of the LORD
    Moreover, the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah:
  14. Jeremiah 33:24יְהוָ֛ה · The LORD
    “Have you not noticed what these people are saying: ‘The LORD has rejected the two families He had chosen’? So they despise My people and no longer regard them as a nation.
  15. Jeremiah 33:25יְהוָ֔ה · the LORD
    This is what the LORD says: If I have not established My covenant with the day and the night and the fixed order of heaven and earth,
  16. Jeremiah 34:1יְהוָ֑ה · from the LORD
    This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, all his army, all the earthly kingdoms under his control, and all the other nations were fighting against Jerusalem and all its surrounding cities.
  17. Jeremiah 34:2יְהוָה֙ · The LORD; יְהוָ֔ה · the LORD
    The LORD, the God of Israel, told Jeremiah to go and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah and tell him that this is what the LORD says: “Behold, I am about to deliver this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will burn it down.
  18. Jeremiah 34:4יְהוָ֔ה · of the LORD; יְהוָה֙ · the LORD
    Yet hear the word of the LORD, O Zedekiah king of Judah. This is what the LORD says concerning you: You will not die by the sword;
  19. Jeremiah 34:5יְהוָֽה׃ס · the LORD
    …you will die in peace. As spices were burned for your fathers, the former kings who preceded you, so people will burn spices for you and lament, ‘Alas, O master!’ For I Myself have spoken this word, declares the LORD.”
  20. Jeremiah 34:8יְהוָ֑ה · the LORD
    After King Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people in Jerusalem to proclaim liberty, the word came to Jeremiah from the LORD
  21. Jeremiah 34:12יְהוָה֙ · of the LORD; יְהוָ֖ה · from the LORD
    Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
  22. Jeremiah 34:13יְהוָ֖ה · the LORD
    “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: I made a covenant with your forefathers when I brought them out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery, saying:
  23. Jeremiah 34:17יְהוָה֒ · the LORD; יְהוָ֗ה · the LORD
    Therefore this is what the LORD says: You have not obeyed Me; you have not proclaimed freedom, each man for his brother and for his neighbor. So now I proclaim freedom for you, declares the LORD—freedom to fall by sword, by plague, and by famine! I will make you a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.
  24. Jeremiah 34:22יְהוָ֗ה · the LORD
    Behold, I am going to give the command, declares the LORD, and I will bring them back to this city. They will fight against it, capture it, and burn it down. And I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.”
  25. Jeremiah 35:1יְהוָ֑ה · from the LORD
    This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD in the days of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah:
  26. Jeremiah 35:2יְהוָ֔ה · of the LORD
    “Go to the house of the Rechabites, speak to them, and bring them to one of the chambers of the house of the LORD to offer them a drink of wine.”
  27. Jeremiah 35:4יְהוָ֔ה · of the LORD
    …and I brought them into the house of the LORD, to a chamber occupied by the sons of Hanan son of Igdaliah, a man of God. This room was near the chamber of the officials, which was above the chamber of Maaseiah son of Shallum the doorkeeper.
  28. Jeremiah 35:12יְהוָ֔ה · of the LORD
    Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah:
  29. Jeremiah 35:13יְהוָ֤ה · the LORD; יְהוָֽה׃ · the LORD
    “This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Go and tell the men of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem: ‘Will you not accept discipline and obey My words?’ declares the LORD.
  30. Jeremiah 35:17יְהוָ֜ה · the LORD
    Therefore this is what the LORD God of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Behold, I will bring to Judah and to all the residents of Jerusalem all the disaster I have pronounced against them, because I have spoken to them but they have not obeyed, and I have called to them but they have not answered.’”
  31. Jeremiah 35:18יְהוָ֤ה · the LORD
    Then Jeremiah said to the house of the Rechabites: “This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Because you have obeyed the command of your forefather Jonadab and have kept all his commandments and have done all that he charged you to do,
  32. Jeremiah 35:19יְהוָ֥ה · the LORD
    …this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Jonadab son of Rechab will never fail to have a man to stand before Me.’”
  33. Jeremiah 36:1יְהוָ֖ה · from the LORD
    In the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the LORD:
  34. Jeremiah 36:4יְהוָ֛ה · the LORD
    So Jeremiah called Baruch son of Neriah, and at the dictation of Jeremiah, Baruch wrote on a scroll all the words that the LORD had spoken to Jeremiah.
  35. Jeremiah 36:5יְהוָֽה׃ · of the LORD
    Then Jeremiah commanded Baruch, “I am restricted; I cannot enter the house of the LORD;
  36. Jeremiah 36:6יְהוָ֜ה · of the LORD; יְהוָ֖ה · of the LORD
    …so you are to go to the house of the LORD on a day of fasting, and in the hearing of the people you are to read the words of the LORD from the scroll you have written at my dictation. Read them in the hearing of all the people of Judah who are coming from their cities.
  37. Jeremiah 36:7יְהוָ֔ה · the LORD; יְהוָ֖ה · the LORD
    Perhaps they will bring their petition before the LORD, and each one will turn from his wicked way; for great are the anger and fury that the LORD has pronounced against this people.”
  38. Jeremiah 36:8יְהוָ֖ה · of the LORD
    So Baruch son of Neriah did everything that Jeremiah the prophet had commanded him. In the house of the LORD he read the words of the LORD from the scroll.