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. Jonah 2:6יְהוָ֥ה · O LORD
    To the roots of the mountains I descended; the earth beneath me barred me in forever! But You raised my life from the pit, O LORD my God!
  2. Jonah 2:7יְהוָ֖ה · the LORD
    As my life was fading away, I remembered the LORD. My prayer went up to You, to Your holy temple.
  3. Jonah 2:9לַיהוָֽה׃ס · is from the LORD
    But I, with the voice of thanksgiving, will sacrifice to You. I will fulfill what I have vowed. Salvation is from the LORD!”
  4. Jonah 2:10יְהוָ֖ה · And the LORD
    And the LORD commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.
  5. Jonah 3:1יְהוָ֛ה · of the LORD
    Then the word of the LORD came to Jonah a second time:
  6. Jonah 3:3יְהוָ֑ה · of the LORD
    This time Jonah got up and went to Nineveh, in accordance with the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, requiring a three-day journey.
  7. Jonah 4:2יְהוָ֜ה · the LORD; יְהוָה֙ · LORD
    So he prayed to the LORD, saying, “O LORD, is this not what I said while I was still in my own country? This is why I was so quick to flee toward Tarshish. I knew that You are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion—One who relents from sending disaster.
  8. Jonah 4:3יְהוָ֔ה · O LORD
    And now, O LORD, please take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.”
  9. Jonah 4:4יְהוָ֔ה · But the LORD
    But the LORD replied, “Have you any right to be angry?”
  10. Jonah 4:6יְהוָֽה־ · So the LORD
    So the LORD God appointed a vine, and it grew up to provide shade over Jonah’s head to ease his discomfort, and Jonah was greatly pleased with the plant.
  11. Jonah 4:10יְהוָ֔ה · But the LORD
    But the LORD said, “You cared about the plant, which you neither tended nor made grow. It sprang up in a night and perished in a night.
  12. Micah 1:1יְהוָ֣ה׀ · of the LORD
    This is the word of the LORD that came to Micah the Moreshite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah—what he saw regarding Samaria and Jerusalem:
  13. Micah 1:3יְהוָ֖ה · the LORD
    For behold, the LORD comes forth from His dwelling place; He will come down and tread on the high places of the earth.
  14. Micah 1:12יְהוָ֔ה · the LORD
    For the dwellers of Maroth pined for good, but calamity came down from the LORD, even to the gate of Jerusalem.
  15. Micah 2:3יְהוָ֔ה · the LORD
    Therefore this is what the LORD says: “I am planning against this nation a disaster from which you cannot free your necks. Then you will not walk so proudly, for it will be a time of calamity.
  16. Micah 2:5יְהוָֽה׃ · of the LORD
    Therefore, you will have no one in the assembly of the LORD to divide the land by lot.
  17. Micah 2:7יְהוָ֔ה · of the LORD
    Should it be said, O house of Jacob, “Is the Spirit of the LORD impatient? Are these the things He does?” Do not My words bring good to him who walks uprightly?
  18. Micah 2:13וַיהוָ֖ה · the LORD
    One who breaks open the way will go up before them; they will break through the gate, and go out by it. Their King will pass through before them, the LORD as their leader.
  19. Micah 3:4יְהוָ֔ה · the LORD
    Then they will cry out to the LORD, but He will not answer them. At that time He will hide His face from them because of the evil they have done.
  20. Micah 3:5יְהוָ֔ה · the LORD
    This is what the LORD says: “As for the prophets who lead My people astray, who proclaim peace while they chew with their teeth, but declare war against one who puts nothing in their mouths:
  21. Micah 3:8יְהוָ֔ה · of the LORD
    As for me, however, I am filled with power by the Spirit of the LORD, with justice and courage, to declare to Jacob his transgression and to Israel his sin.
  22. Micah 3:11יְהוָה֙ · the LORD; יְהוָה֙ · the LORD
    Her leaders judge for a bribe, her priests teach for a price, and her prophets practice divination for money. Yet they lean upon the LORD, saying, “Is not the LORD among us? No disaster can come upon us.”
  23. Micah 4:1יְהוָ֤ה · of the LORD
    In the last days the mountain of the house of the LORD will be established as the chief of the mountains; it will be raised above the hills, and the peoples will stream to it.
  24. Micah 4:2יְהוָ֗ה · of the LORD; יְהוָ֖ה · of the LORD
    And many nations will come and say: “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us His ways, so that we may walk in His paths.” For the law will go forth from Zion and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
  25. Micah 4:4יְהוָ֥ה · of the LORD
    And each man will sit under his own vine and under his own fig tree, with no one to frighten him. For the mouth of the LORD of Hosts has spoken.
  26. Micah 4:5יְהוָ֥ה · of the LORD
    Though all the nations may walk in the name of their gods, yet we will walk in the name of the LORD our God forever and ever.
  27. Micah 4:6יְהוָ֗ה · the LORD
    “On that day,” declares the LORD, “I will gather the lame; I will assemble the outcast, even those whom I have afflicted.
  28. Micah 4:7יְהוָ֤ה · Then the LORD
    And I will make the lame into a remnant, the outcast into a strong nation. Then the LORD will rule over them in Mount Zion from that day and forever.
  29. Micah 4:10יְהוָ֔ה · the LORD
    Writhe in agony, O Daughter of Zion, like a woman in labor. For now you will leave the city and camp in the open fields. You will go to Babylon; there you will be rescued; there the LORD will redeem you from the hand of your enemies!
  30. Micah 4:12יְהוָ֔ה · of the LORD
    But they do not know the thoughts of the LORD or understand His plan, for He has gathered them like sheaves to the threshing floor.
  31. Micah 4:13לַֽיהוָה֙ · to the LORD
    Rise and thresh, O Daughter of Zion, for I will give you horns of iron and hooves of bronze to break to pieces many peoples. Then you will devote their gain to the LORD, their wealth to the Lord of all the earth.
  32. Micah 5:4יְהוָ֔ה · of the LORD; יְהוָ֣ה · of the LORD
    He will stand and shepherd His flock in the strength of the LORD, in the majestic name of the LORD His God. And they will dwell securely, for then His greatness will extend to the ends of the earth.
  33. Micah 5:7יְהוָ֔ה · the LORD
    Then the remnant of Jacob will be in the midst of many peoples like dew from the LORD, like showers on the grass, which do not wait for man or linger for mankind.
  34. Micah 5:10יְהוָ֔ה · the LORD
    “In that day,” declares the LORD, “I will remove your horses from among you and wreck your chariots.
  35. Micah 6:1יְהוָ֖ה · the LORD
    Hear now what the LORD says: “Arise, plead your case before the mountains, and let the hills hear your voice.
  36. Micah 6:2יְהוָ֔ה · the LORD’s; לַֽיהוָה֙ · the LORD
    Hear, O mountains, the LORD’s indictment, you enduring foundations of the earth. For the LORD has a case against His people, and He will argue it against Israel:
  37. Micah 6:5יְהוָֽה׃ · of the LORD
    My people, remember what Balak king of Moab counseled and what Balaam son of Beor answered. Remember your journey from Shittim to Gilgal, so that you may acknowledge the righteousness of the LORD.’”
  38. Micah 6:6יְהוָ֔ה · the LORD
    With what shall I come before the LORD when I bow before the God on high? Should I come to Him with burnt offerings, with year-old calves?
  39. Micah 6:7יְהוָה֙ · Would the LORD
    Would the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousand rivers of oil? Shall I present my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
  40. Micah 6:8יְהוָ֞ה · does the LORD
    He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?
  41. Micah 6:9יְהוָה֙ · of the LORD
    The voice of the LORD calls out to the city (and it is sound wisdom to fear Your name): “Heed the rod and the One who ordained it.
  42. Micah 7:7בַּיהוָ֣ה · to the LORD
    But as for me, I will look to the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me.
  43. Micah 7:8יְהוָ֖ה · the LORD
    Do not gloat over me, my enemy! Though I have fallen, I will arise; though I sit in darkness, the LORD will be my light.
  44. Micah 7:9יְהוָה֙ · of the LORD
    Because I have sinned against Him, I must endure the rage of the LORD, until He argues my case and executes justice for me. He will bring me into the light; I will see His righteousness.
  45. Micah 7:10יְהוָ֣ה · is the LORD
    Then my enemy will see and will be covered with shame—she who said to me, “Where is the LORD your God?” My eyes will see her; at that time she will be trampled like mud in the streets.