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. Joel 2:17יְהוָ֑ה · before the LORD; יְהוָ֣ה · O LORD
    Let the priests who minister before the LORD weep between the portico and the altar, saying, “Spare Your people, O LORD, and do not make Your heritage a reproach, an object of scorn among the nations. Why should they say among the peoples, ‘Where is their God?’”
  2. Joel 2:18יְהוָ֖ה · Then the LORD
    Then the LORD became jealous for His land, and He spared His people.
  3. Joel 2:19יְהוָ֜ה · And the LORD
    And the LORD answered His people: “Behold, I will send you grain, new wine, and oil, and by them you will be satisfied. I will never again make you a reproach among the nations.
  4. Joel 2:21יְהוָ֖ה · the LORD
    Do not be afraid, O land; rejoice and be glad, for the LORD has done great things.
  5. Joel 2:23בַּיהוָ֣ה · in the LORD
    Be glad, O children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God, for He has given you the autumn rains for your vindication. He sends you showers, both autumn and spring rains, as before.
  6. Joel 2:26יְהוָה֙ · of the LORD
    You will have plenty to eat, until you are satisfied. You will praise the name of the LORD your God, who has worked wonders for you. My people will never again be put to shame.
  7. Joel 2:27יְהוָ֥ה · am the LORD
    Then you will know that I am present in Israel and that I am the LORD your God, and there is no other. My people will never again be put to shame.
  8. Joel 2:31יְהוָ֔ה · of the LORD
    The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and awesome Day of the LORD.
  9. Joel 2:32יְהוָ֖ה · of the LORD; יְהוָ֔ה · the LORD; יְהוָ֖ה · by the LORD
    And everyone who calls on the name of the LORD will be saved; for on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be deliverance, as the LORD has promised, among the remnant called by the LORD.
  10. Joel 3:8יְהוָ֖ה · the LORD
    I will sell your sons and daughters into the hands of the people of Judah, and they will sell them to the Sabeans—to a distant nation.” Indeed, the LORD has spoken.
  11. Joel 3:11יְהוָ֖ה · O LORD
    Come quickly, all you surrounding nations, and gather yourselves. Bring down Your mighty ones, O LORD.
  12. Joel 3:14יְהוָ֔ה · of the LORD
    Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the Day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.
  13. Joel 3:16וַיהוָ֞ה · The LORD; וַֽיהוָה֙ · But the LORD
    The LORD will roar from Zion and raise His voice from Jerusalem; heaven and earth will tremble. But the LORD will be a refuge for His people, a stronghold for the people of Israel.
  14. Joel 3:17יְהוָה֙ · am the LORD
    Then you will know that I am the LORD your God, who dwells in Zion, My holy mountain. Jerusalem will be holy, never again to be overrun by foreigners.
  15. Joel 3:18יְהוָה֙ · of the LORD
    And in that day the mountains will drip with sweet wine, and the hills will flow with milk. All the streams of Judah will run with water, and a spring will flow from the house of the LORD to water the Valley of Acacias.
  16. Joel 3:21וַֽיהוָ֖ה · For the LORD
    For I will avenge their blood, which I have not yet avenged.” For the LORD dwells in Zion.
  17. Amos 1:2יְהוָה֙ · The LORD
    He said: “The LORD roars from Zion and raises His voice from Jerusalem; the pastures of the shepherds mourn, and the summit of Carmel withers.”
  18. Amos 1:3יְהוָ֔ה · the LORD
    This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Damascus, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they threshed Gilead with sledges of iron.
  19. Amos 1:5יְהוָֽה׃פ · the LORD
    I will break down the gates of Damascus; I will cut off the ruler from the Valley of Aven and the one who wields the scepter in Beth-eden. The people of Aram will be exiled to Kir,” says the LORD.
  20. Amos 1:6יְהוָ֔ה · the LORD
    This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Gaza, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they exiled a whole population, delivering them up to Edom.
  21. Amos 1:9יְהוָ֔ה · the LORD
    This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Tyre, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they delivered up a whole congregation of exiles to Edom and broke a covenant of brotherhood.
  22. Amos 1:11יְהוָ֔ה · the LORD
    This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Edom, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because he pursued his brother with the sword and stifled all compassion; his anger raged continually, and his fury flamed incessantly.
  23. Amos 1:13יְהוָ֔ה · the LORD
    This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of the Ammonites, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they ripped open the pregnant women of Gilead in order to enlarge their territory.
  24. Amos 1:15יְהוָֽה׃פ · the LORD
    Their king will go into exile—he and his princes together,” says the LORD.
  25. Amos 2:1יְהוָ֔ה · the LORD
    This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Moab, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because he burned to lime the bones of Edom’s king.
  26. Amos 2:3יְהוָֽה׃פ · the LORD
    I will cut off the ruler of Moab and kill all the officials with him,” says the LORD.
  27. Amos 2:4יְהוָ֔ה · the LORD; יְהוָ֗ה · of the LORD
    This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Judah, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they reject the Law of the LORD and fail to keep His statutes; they are led astray by the lies in which their fathers walked.
  28. Amos 2:6יְהוָ֔ה · the LORD
    This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Israel, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they sell the righteous for silver and the needy for a pair of sandals.
  29. Amos 2:11יְהוָֽה׃ · the LORD
    I raised up prophets from your sons and Nazirites from your young men. Is this not true, O children of Israel?” declares the LORD.
  30. Amos 2:16יְהוָֽה׃פ · the LORD
    Even the bravest of mighty men will flee naked on that day,” declares the LORD.
  31. Amos 3:1יְהוָ֛ה · the LORD
    Hear this word that the LORD has spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family that I brought up out of the land of Egypt:
  32. Amos 3:6וַיהוָ֖ה · the LORD
    If a ram’s horn sounds in a city, do the people not tremble? If calamity comes to a city, has not the LORD caused it?
  33. Amos 3:10יְהוָ֑ה · the LORD
    “For they know not how to do right,” declares the LORD. “They store up violence and destruction in their citadels.”
  34. Amos 3:12יְהוָה֒ · the LORD
    This is what the LORD says: “As the shepherd snatches from the mouth of the lion two legs or a piece of an ear, so the Israelites dwelling in Samaria will be rescued having just the corner of a bed or the cushion of a couch.
  35. Amos 3:15יְהוָֽה׃ס · the LORD
    I will tear down the winter house along with the summer house; the houses of ivory will also perish, and the great houses will come to an end,” declares the LORD.
  36. Amos 4:3יְהוָֽה׃ · the LORD
    You will go out through broken walls, each one straight ahead of her, and you will be cast out toward Harmon,” declares the LORD.
  37. Amos 4:6יְהוָֽה׃ · the LORD
    “I afflicted all your cities with cleanness of teeth and all your towns with lack of bread, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.
  38. Amos 4:8יְהוָֽה׃ · the LORD
    People staggered from city to city for water to drink, but they were not satisfied; yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.
  39. Amos 4:9יְהוָֽה׃ס · the LORD
    “I struck you with blight and mildew in your growing gardens and vineyards; the locust devoured your fig and olive trees, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.
  40. Amos 4:10יְהוָֽה׃ · the LORD
    “I sent plagues among you like those of Egypt; I killed your young men with the sword, along with your captured horses. I filled your nostrils with the stench of your camp, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.
  41. Amos 4:11יְהוָֽה׃ס · the LORD
    “Some of you I overthrew as I overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and you were like a firebrand snatched from a blaze, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.
  42. Amos 4:13יְהוָ֥ה · the LORD
    For behold, He who forms the mountains, who creates the wind and reveals His thoughts to man, who turns the dawn to darkness and strides on the heights of the earth—the LORD, the God of Hosts, is His name.”
  43. Amos 5:4יְהוָ֖ה · the LORD
    For this is what the LORD says to the house of Israel: “Seek Me and live!
  44. Amos 5:6יְהוָ֖ה · the LORD
    Seek the LORD and live, or He will sweep like fire through the house of Joseph; it will devour everything, with no one at Bethel to extinguish it.
  45. Amos 5:8יְהוָ֥ה · the LORD
    He who made the Pleiades and Orion, who turns darkness into dawn and darkens day into night, who summons the waters of the sea and pours them over the face of the earth—the LORD is His name—