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 42:21יְהוָ֣ה · of the LORD
    For I have told you today, but you have not obeyed the voice of the LORD your God in all He has sent me to tell you.
  2. Jeremiah 43:1יְהוָ֣ה · of the LORD; יְהוָ֥ה · the LORD
    When Jeremiah had finished telling all the people all the words of the LORD their God—everything that the LORD had sent him to say—
  3. Jeremiah 43:2יְהוָ֤ה · The LORD
    Azariah son of Hoshaiah, Johanan son of Kareah, and all the arrogant men said to Jeremiah, “You are lying! The LORD our God has not sent you to say, ‘You must not go to Egypt to reside there.’
  4. Jeremiah 43:4יְהוָ֑ה · of the LORD
    So Johanan son of Kareah and all the commanders of the forces disobeyed the command of the LORD to stay in the land of Judah.
  5. Jeremiah 43:7יְהוָ֑ה · of the LORD
    So they entered the land of Egypt because they did not obey the voice of the LORD, and they went as far as Tahpanhes.
  6. Jeremiah 43:8יְהוָה֙ · of the LORD
    Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah at Tahpanhes:
  7. Jeremiah 43:10יְהוָ֨ה · the LORD
    Then tell them that this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and I will set his throne over these stones that I have embedded, and he will spread his royal pavilion over them.
  8. Jeremiah 44:2יְהוָ֤ה · the LORD
    “This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: You have seen all the disaster that I brought against Jerusalem and all the cities of Judah; and behold, they lie today in ruins and desolation
  9. Jeremiah 44:7יְהוָה֩ · the LORD
    So now, this is what the LORD God of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Why are you doing such great harm to yourselves by cutting off from Judah man and woman, child and infant, leaving yourselves without a remnant?
  10. Jeremiah 44:11יְהוָ֤ה · the LORD
    Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: I will set My face to bring disaster and to cut off all Judah.
  11. Jeremiah 44:16יְהוָ֑ה · of the LORD
    “As for the word you have spoken to us in the name of the LORD, we will not listen to you!
  12. Jeremiah 44:21יְהוָ֔ה · did the LORD
    “As for the incense you burned in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem—you, your fathers, your kings, your officials, and the people of the land—did the LORD not remember and bring this to mind?
  13. Jeremiah 44:22יְהוָ֨ה · So the LORD
    So the LORD could no longer endure the evil deeds and detestable acts you committed, and your land became a desolation, a horror, and an object of cursing, without inhabitant, as it is this day.
  14. Jeremiah 44:23לַיהוָ֗ה · against the LORD; יְהוָ֔ה · of the LORD
    Because you burned incense and sinned against the LORD and did not obey the voice of the LORD or walk in His instruction, His statutes, and His testimonies, this disaster has befallen you, as you see today.”
  15. Jeremiah 44:24יְהוָ֔ה · of the LORD
    Then Jeremiah said to all the people, including all the women, “Hear the word of the LORD, all those of Judah who are in the land of Egypt.
  16. Jeremiah 44:25יְהוָֽה־ · the LORD
    This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: As for you and your wives, you have spoken with your mouths and fulfilled with your hands your words: ‘We will surely perform our vows that we have made to burn incense to the Queen of Heaven and to pour out drink offerings to her.’ Go ahead, then, do what you have promised! Keep your vows!
  17. Jeremiah 44:26יְהוָ֔ה · of the LORD; יְהוָ֔ה · the LORD
    Nevertheless, hear the word of the LORD, all you people of Judah living in Egypt: Behold, I have sworn by My great name, says the LORD, that never again will any man of Judah living in the land of Egypt invoke My name or say, ‘As surely as the Lord GOD lives.’
  18. Jeremiah 44:29יְהוָ֔ה · the LORD
    This will be a sign to you that I will punish you in this place, declares the LORD, so that you may know that My threats of harm against you will surely stand.
  19. Jeremiah 44:30יְהוָ֗ה · the LORD
    This is what the LORD says: Behold, I will deliver Pharaoh Hophra king of Egypt into the hands of his enemies who seek his life, just as I delivered Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the enemy who was seeking his life.”
  20. Jeremiah 45:2יְהוָ֖ה · the LORD
    “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says to you, Baruch:
  21. Jeremiah 45:3יְהוָ֛ה · the LORD
    You have said, ‘Woe is me because the LORD has added sorrow to my pain! I am worn out with groaning and have found no rest.’”
  22. Jeremiah 45:4יְהוָ֔ה · the LORD
    Thus Jeremiah was to say to Baruch: “This is what the LORD says: Throughout the land I will demolish what I have built and uproot what I have planted.
  23. Jeremiah 45:5יְהוָ֔ה · the LORD
    But as for you, do you seek great things for yourself? Stop seeking! For I will bring disaster on every living creature, declares the LORD, but wherever you go, I will grant your life as a spoil of war.”
  24. Jeremiah 46:1יְהוָ֛ה · of the LORD
    This is the word of the LORD about the nations—the word that came to Jeremiah the prophet
  25. Jeremiah 46:5יְהוָֽה׃ · the LORD
    Why am I seeing this? They are terrified, they are retreating; their warriors are defeated, they flee in haste without looking back; terror is on every side!” declares the LORD.
  26. Jeremiah 46:13יְהוָ֔ה · the LORD
    This is the word that the LORD spoke to Jeremiah the prophet about the coming of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to strike the land of Egypt:
  27. Jeremiah 46:15יְהוָ֖ה · the LORD
    Why have your warriors been laid low? They cannot stand, for the LORD has thrust them down.
  28. Jeremiah 46:18יְהוָ֥ה · is the LORD
    As surely as I live, declares the King, whose name is the LORD of Hosts, there will come one who is like Tabor among the mountains and like Carmel by the sea.
  29. Jeremiah 46:23יְהוָ֔ה · the LORD
    They will chop down her forest, declares the LORD, dense though it may be, for they are more numerous than locusts; they cannot be counted.
  30. Jeremiah 46:25יְהוָ֨ה · The LORD
    The LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Behold, I am about to punish Amon god of Thebes, along with Pharaoh, Egypt with her gods and kings, and those who trust in Pharaoh.
  31. Jeremiah 46:26יְהוָֽה׃ס · the LORD
    I will deliver them into the hands of those who seek their lives—of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and his officers. But after this, Egypt will be inhabited as in days of old, declares the LORD.
  32. Jeremiah 46:28יְהוָ֔ה · the LORD
    And you, My servant Jacob, do not be afraid, declares the LORD, for I am with you. Though I will completely destroy all the nations to which I have banished you, I will not completely destroy you. Yet I will discipline you justly, and will by no means leave you unpunished.”
  33. Jeremiah 47:1יְהוָ֛ה · of the LORD
    This is the word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet about the Philistines before Pharaoh struck down Gaza.
  34. Jeremiah 47:2יְהוָ֗ה · the LORD
    This is what the LORD says: “See how the waters are rising from the north and becoming an overflowing torrent. They will overflow the land and its fullness, the cities and their inhabitants. The people will cry out, and all who dwell in the land will wail
  35. Jeremiah 47:4יְהוָה֙ · the LORD
    For the day has come to destroy all the Philistines, to cut off from Tyre and Sidon every remaining ally. Indeed, the LORD is about to destroy the Philistines, the remnant from the coasts of Caphtor.
  36. Jeremiah 47:6לַֽיהוָ֔ה · of the LORD
    ‘Alas, O sword of the LORD, how long until you rest? Return to your sheath; cease and be still!’
  37. Jeremiah 47:7וַֽיהוָ֖ה · when the LORD
    How can it rest when the LORD has commanded it? He has appointed it against Ashkelon and the shore of its coastland.”
  38. Jeremiah 48:1יְהוָ֨ה · the LORD
    Concerning Moab, this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Woe to Nebo, for it will be devastated. Kiriathaim will be captured and disgraced; the fortress will be shattered and dismantled.
  39. Jeremiah 48:8יְהוָֽה׃ · the LORD
    The destroyer will move against every city, and not one town will escape. The valley will also be ruined, and the high plain will be destroyed, as the LORD has said.
  40. Jeremiah 48:10יְהוָ֖ה · of the LORD
    Cursed is the one who is remiss in doing the work of the LORD, and cursed is he who withholds his sword from bloodshed.
  41. Jeremiah 48:12יְהוָ֔ה · the LORD
    Therefore behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will send to him wanderers, who will pour him out. They will empty his vessels and shatter his jars.
  42. Jeremiah 48:15יְהוָ֥ה · [is] the LORD
    Moab has been destroyed and its towns have been invaded; the best of its young men have gone down in the slaughter, declares the King, whose name is the LORD of Hosts.
  43. Jeremiah 48:25יְהוָֽה׃ · the LORD
    The horn of Moab has been cut off, and his arm is broken,” declares the LORD.
  44. Jeremiah 48:26יְהוָ֖ה · the LORD
    “Make him drunk, because he has magnified himself against the LORD; so Moab will wallow in his own vomit, and he will also become a laughingstock.
  45. Jeremiah 48:30יְהוָ֔ה · the LORD
    I know his insolence,” declares the LORD, “but it is futile. His boasting is as empty as his deeds.
  46. Jeremiah 48:35יְהוָ֑ה · the LORD
    In Moab, declares the LORD, I will bring an end to those who make offerings on the high places and burn incense to their gods.
  47. Jeremiah 48:38יְהוָֽה׃ · the LORD
    On all the rooftops of Moab and in the public squares, everyone is mourning; for I have shattered Moab like an unwanted jar,” declares the LORD.