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. Zephaniah 3:2בַּֽיהוָה֙ · in the LORD
    She heeded no voice; she accepted no correction. She does not trust in the LORD; she has not drawn near to her God.
  2. Zephaniah 3:5יְהוָ֤ה · The LORD
    The LORD within her is righteous; He does no wrong. He applies His justice morning by morning; He does not fail at dawn, yet the unjust know no shame.
  3. Zephaniah 3:8יְהוָ֔ה · the LORD
    Therefore wait for Me,” declares the LORD, “until the day I rise to testify. For My decision is to gather nations, to assemble kingdoms, to pour out upon them My indignation—all My burning anger. For all the earth will be consumed by the fire of My jealousy.
  4. Zephaniah 3:9יְהוָ֔ה · of the LORD
    For then I will restore pure lips to the peoples, that all may call upon the name of the LORD and serve Him shoulder to shoulder.
  5. Zephaniah 3:12יְהוָֽה׃ · of the LORD
    But I will leave within you a meek and humble people, and they will trust in the name of the LORD.
  6. Zephaniah 3:15יְהוָה֙ · The LORD; יְהוָה֙ · the LORD
    The LORD has taken away your punishment; He has turned back your enemy. Israel’s King, the LORD, is among you; no longer will you fear any harm.
  7. Zephaniah 3:17יְהוָ֧ה · The LORD
    The LORD your God is among you; He is mighty to save. He will rejoice over you with gladness; He will quiet you with His love; He will rejoice over you with singing.”
  8. Zephaniah 3:20יְהוָֽה׃ · the LORD
    At that time I will bring you in; yes, at that time I will gather you. For I will give you fame and praise among all the peoples of the earth when I restore your captives before your very eyes,” says the LORD.
  9. Haggai 1:1יְהוָ֜ה · of the LORD
    In the second year of the reign of Darius, on the first day of the sixth month, the word of the LORD came through Haggai the prophet to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, stating
  10. Haggai 1:2יְהוָ֥ה · the LORD; יְהוָ֖ה · of the LORD
    …that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “These people say, ‘The time has not yet come to rebuild the house of the LORD.’”
  11. Haggai 1:3יְהוָ֔ה · of the LORD
    Then the word of the LORD came through Haggai the prophet, saying:
  12. Haggai 1:5יְהוָ֣ה · the LORD
    Now this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Consider carefully your ways.
  13. Haggai 1:7יְהוָ֣ה · the LORD
    This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Consider carefully your ways.
  14. Haggai 1:8יְהוָֽה׃ · the LORD
    Go up into the hills, bring down lumber, and build the house, so that I may take pleasure in it and be glorified, says the LORD.
  15. Haggai 1:9יְהוָ֣ה · the LORD
    You expected much, but behold, it amounted to little. And what you brought home, I blew away. Why? declares the LORD of Hosts. Because My house still lies in ruins, while each of you is busy with his own house.
  16. Haggai 1:12יְהוָ֣ה · of the LORD; יְהוָ֣ה · the LORD; יְהוָֽה׃ · the LORD
    Then Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, as well as all the remnant of the people, obeyed the voice of the LORD their God and the words of the prophet Haggai, because the LORD their God had sent him. So the people feared the LORD.
  17. Haggai 1:13יְהוָ֛ה · of the LORD; יְהוָ֖ה · of the LORD; יְהוָֽה׃ · the LORD
    Haggai, the messenger of the LORD, delivered the message of the LORD to the people: “I am with you,” declares the LORD.
  18. Haggai 1:14יְהוָ֡ה · So the LORD; יְהוָ֥ה · of the LORD
    So the LORD stirred the spirit of Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, as well as the spirit of all the remnant of the people. And they came and began the work on the house of the LORD of Hosts, their God,
  19. Haggai 2:1יְהוָ֔ה · of the LORD
    On the twenty-first day of the seventh month, the word of the LORD came through Haggai the prophet, saying:
  20. Haggai 2:4יְהוָ֡ה · the LORD; יְהוָ֖ה · the LORD; יְהוָ֥ה · the LORD
    But now be strong, O Zerubbabel, declares the LORD. Be strong, O Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest. And be strong, all you people of the land, declares the LORD. Work! For I am with you, declares the LORD of Hosts.
  21. Haggai 2:6יְהוָ֣ה · the LORD
    For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Once more, in a little while, I will shake the heavens and the earth, the sea and the dry land.
  22. Haggai 2:7יְהוָ֥ה · the LORD
    I will shake all the nations, and they will come with all their treasures, and I will fill this house with glory, says the LORD of Hosts.
  23. Haggai 2:8יְהוָ֥ה · the LORD
    The silver is Mine, and the gold is Mine, declares the LORD of Hosts.
  24. Haggai 2:9יְהוָ֣ה · the LORD; יְהוָ֥ה · the LORD
    The latter glory of this house will be greater than the former, says the LORD of Hosts. And in this place I will provide peace, declares the LORD of Hosts.”
  25. Haggai 2:10יְהוָ֔ה · of the LORD
    On the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of the LORD came to Haggai the prophet, saying,
  26. Haggai 2:11יְהוָ֣ה · the LORD
    “This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Ask the priests for a ruling.
  27. Haggai 2:14יְהוָ֔ה · the LORD
    Then Haggai replied, “So it is with this people and this nation before Me, declares the LORD, and so it is with every work of their hands; whatever they offer there is defiled.
  28. Haggai 2:15יְהוָֽה׃ · of the LORD
    Now consider carefully from this day forward: Before one stone was placed on another in the temple of the LORD,
  29. Haggai 2:17יְהוָֽה׃ · the LORD
    I struck you—all the work of your hands—with blight, mildew, and hail, but you did not turn to Me, declares the LORD.
  30. Haggai 2:18יְהוָ֖ה · the foundation of the LORD’s
    Consider carefully from this day forward—from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, the day the foundation of the LORD’s temple was laid—consider carefully:
  31. Haggai 2:20יְהוָ֤ה׀ · of the LORD
    For the second time that day, the twenty-fourth day of the month, the word of the LORD came to Haggai, saying,
  32. Haggai 2:23יְהוָ֣ה · the LORD; יְהוָ֔ה · the LORD; יְהוָ֥ה · the LORD
    On that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, I will take you, My servant, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, declares the LORD, and I will make you like My signet ring, for I have chosen you, declares the LORD of Hosts.”
  33. Zechariah 1:1יְהוָ֗ה · of the LORD
    In the eighth month of the second year of Darius, the word of the LORD came to the prophet Zechariah son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo, saying:
  34. Zechariah 1:2יְהוָ֛ה · The LORD
    “The LORD was very angry with your fathers.
  35. Zechariah 1:3יְהוָ֣ה · the LORD; יְהוָ֣ה · the LORD; יְהוָ֥ה · the LORD
    So tell the people that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Return to Me, declares the LORD of Hosts, and I will return to you, says the LORD of Hosts.’
  36. Zechariah 1:4יְהוָ֣ה · the LORD
    Do not be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets proclaimed that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Turn now from your evil ways and deeds.’ But they did not listen or pay attention to Me, declares the LORD.