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 48:40יְהוָ֔ה · the LORD
    For this is what the LORD says: “Behold, an eagle swoops down and spreads his wings against Moab.
  2. Jeremiah 48:42יְהוָ֖ה · the LORD
    Moab will be destroyed as a nation because he vaunted himself against the LORD.
  3. Jeremiah 48:43יְהוָֽה׃ · the LORD
    Terror and pit and snare await you, O dweller of Moab,” declares the LORD.
  4. Jeremiah 48:44יְהוָֽה׃ · the LORD
    “Whoever flees the panic will fall into the pit, and whoever climbs from the pit will be caught in the snare. For I will bring upon Moab the year of their punishment,” declares the LORD.
  5. Jeremiah 48:47יְהוָ֑ה · the LORD
    Yet in the latter days I will restore Moab from captivity,” declares the LORD. Here ends the judgment on Moab.
  6. Jeremiah 49:1יְהוָ֔ה · the LORD
    Concerning the Ammonites, this is what the LORD says: “Has Israel no sons? Is he without heir? Why then has Milcom taken possession of Gad? Why have his people settled in their cities?
  7. Jeremiah 49:2יְהוָ֗ה · the LORD; יְהוָֽה׃ · the LORD
    Therefore, behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will sound the battle cry against Rabbah of the Ammonites. It will become a heap of ruins, and its villages will be burned. Then Israel will drive out their dispossessors, says the LORD.
  8. Jeremiah 49:6יְהוָֽה׃ס · the LORD
    Yet afterward I will restore the Ammonites from captivity,” declares the LORD.
  9. Jeremiah 49:7יְהוָ֣ה · the LORD
    Concerning Edom, this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Is there no longer wisdom in Teman? Has counsel perished from the prudent? Has their wisdom decayed?
  10. Jeremiah 49:12יְהוָ֗ה · the LORD
    For this is what the LORD says: “If those who do not deserve to drink the cup must drink it, can you possibly remain unpunished? You will not go unpunished, for you must drink it too.
  11. Jeremiah 49:13יְהוָ֔ה · the LORD
    For by Myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, that Bozrah will become a desolation, a disgrace, a ruin, and a curse, and all her cities will be in ruins forever.”
  12. Jeremiah 49:14יְהוָ֔ה · from the LORD
    I have heard a message from the LORD; an envoy has been sent to the nations: “Assemble yourselves to march against her! Rise up for battle!”
  13. Jeremiah 49:16יְהוָֽה׃ · the LORD
    The terror you cause and the pride of your heart have deceived you, O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks, O occupiers of the mountain summit. Though you elevate your nest like the eagle, even from there I will bring you down,” declares the LORD.
  14. Jeremiah 49:18יְהוָ֑ה · the LORD
    As Sodom and Gomorrah were overthrown along with their neighbors,” says the LORD, “no one will dwell there; no man will abide there.
  15. Jeremiah 49:20יְהוָ֗ה · the LORD
    Therefore hear the plans that the LORD has drawn up against Edom and the strategies He has devised against the people of Teman: Surely the little ones of the flock will be dragged away; certainly their pasture will be made desolate because of them.
  16. Jeremiah 49:26יְהוָ֥ה · the LORD
    For her young men will fall in the streets, and all her warriors will be silenced in that day,” declares the LORD of Hosts.
  17. Jeremiah 49:28יְהוָ֑ה · the LORD
    Concerning Kedar and the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon defeated, this is what the LORD says: “Rise up, advance against Kedar, and destroy the people of the east!
  18. Jeremiah 49:30יְהוָ֑ה · the LORD
    Run! Escape quickly! Lie low, O residents of Hazor,” declares the LORD, “for Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has drawn up a plan against you; he has devised a strategy against you.
  19. Jeremiah 49:31יְהוָ֑ה · the LORD
    Rise up, advance against a nation at ease, one that dwells securely,” declares the LORD. “They have no gates or bars; they live alone.
  20. Jeremiah 49:32יְהוָֽה׃ · the LORD
    Their camels will become plunder, and their large herds will be spoil. I will scatter to the wind in every direction those who shave their temples; I will bring calamity on them from all sides,” declares the LORD.
  21. Jeremiah 49:34יְהוָ֛ה · of the LORD
    This is the word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning Elam at the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah.
  22. Jeremiah 49:35יְהוָ֣ה · the LORD
    This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Behold, I will shatter Elam’s bow, the mainstay of their might.
  23. Jeremiah 49:37יְהוָ֑ה · the LORD
    So I will shatter Elam before their foes, before those who seek their lives. I will bring disaster upon them, even My fierce anger,” declares the LORD. “I will send out the sword after them until I finish them off.
  24. Jeremiah 49:38יְהוָֽה׃ · the LORD
    I will set My throne in Elam, and destroy its king and officials,” declares the LORD.
  25. Jeremiah 49:39יְהוָֽה׃ס · the LORD
    “Yet in the last days, I will restore Elam from captivity,” declares the LORD.
  26. Jeremiah 50:1יְהוָ֛ה · the LORD
    This is the word that the LORD spoke through Jeremiah the prophet concerning Babylon and the land of the Chaldeans:
  27. Jeremiah 50:4יְהוָ֔ה · the LORD; יְהוָ֥ה · the LORD
    “In those days and at that time, declares the LORD, the children of Israel and the children of Judah will come together, weeping as they come, and will seek the LORD their God.
  28. Jeremiah 50:5יְהוָ֔ה · the LORD
    They will ask the way to Zion and turn their faces toward it. They will come and join themselves to the LORD in an everlasting covenant that will never be forgotten.
  29. Jeremiah 50:7לַֽיהוָה֙ · against the LORD; יְהוָֽה׃ס · the LORD
    All who found them devoured them, and their enemies said, ‘We are not guilty, for they have sinned against the LORD, their true pasture, the LORD, the hope of their fathers.’
  30. Jeremiah 50:10יְהוָֽה׃ · the LORD
    Chaldea will be plundered; all who plunder her will have their fill,” declares the LORD.
  31. Jeremiah 50:13יְהוָה֙ · of the LORD
    Because of the wrath of the LORD, she will not be inhabited; she will become completely desolate. All who pass through Babylon will be horrified and will hiss at all her wounds.
  32. Jeremiah 50:14לַֽיהוָ֖ה · against the LORD
    Line up in formation around Babylon, all you who draw the bow! Shoot at her! Spare no arrows! For she has sinned against the LORD.
  33. Jeremiah 50:15יְהוָ֥ה · of the LORD
    Raise a war cry against her on every side! She has thrown up her hands in surrender; her towers have fallen; her walls are torn down. Since this is the vengeance of the LORD, take out your vengeance upon her; as she has done, do the same to her.
  34. Jeremiah 50:18יְהוָ֤ה · the LORD
    Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “I will punish the king of Babylon and his land as I punished the king of Assyria.
  35. Jeremiah 50:20יְהוָ֗ה · the LORD
    In those days and at that time, declares the LORD, a search will be made for Israel’s guilt, but there will be none, and for Judah’s sins, but they will not be found; for I will forgive the remnant I preserve.
  36. Jeremiah 50:21יְהוָ֔ה · the LORD
    Go up against the land of Merathaim, and against the residents of Pekod. Kill them and devote them to destruction. Do all that I have commanded you,” declares the LORD.
  37. Jeremiah 50:24בַֽיהוָ֖ה · the LORD
    I laid a snare for you, O Babylon, and you were caught before you knew it. You were found and captured because you challenged the LORD.
  38. Jeremiah 50:25יְהוָה֙ · The LORD
    The LORD has opened His armory and brought out His weapons of wrath, for this is the work of the Lord GOD of Hosts in the land of the Chaldeans.
  39. Jeremiah 50:28יְהוָ֣ה · of the LORD
    Listen to the fugitives and refugees from the land of Babylon, declaring in Zion the vengeance of the LORD our God, the vengeance for His temple.
  40. Jeremiah 50:29יְהוָ֛ה · the LORD
    Summon the archers against Babylon, all who string the bow. Encamp all around her; let no one escape. Repay her according to her deeds; do to her as she has done. For she has defied the LORD, the Holy One of Israel.
  41. Jeremiah 50:30יְהוָֽה׃ס · the LORD
    Therefore, her young men will fall in the streets, and all her warriors will be silenced in that day,” declares the LORD.
  42. Jeremiah 50:33יְהוָ֣ה · the LORD
    This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “The sons of Israel are oppressed, and the sons of Judah as well. All their captors hold them fast, refusing to release them.
  43. Jeremiah 50:34יְהוָ֤ה · the LORD
    Their Redeemer is strong; the LORD of Hosts is His name. He will fervently plead their case so that He may bring rest to the earth, but turmoil to those who live in Babylon.
  44. Jeremiah 50:35יְהוָ֑ה · the LORD
    A sword is against the Chaldeans, declares the LORD, against those who live in Babylon, and against her officials and wise men.
  45. Jeremiah 50:40יְהוָ֑ה · the LORD
    As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah along with their neighbors,” declares the LORD, “no one will dwell there; no man will abide there.
  46. Jeremiah 50:45יְהוָ֗ה · the LORD
    Therefore hear the plans that the LORD has drawn up against Babylon and the strategies He has devised against the land of the Chaldeans: Surely the little ones of the flock will be dragged away; certainly their pasture will be made desolate because of them.
  47. Jeremiah 51:1יְהוָ֔ה · the LORD
    This is what the LORD says: “Behold, I will stir up against Babylon and against the people of Leb-kamai the spirit of a destroyer.