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. Malachi 2:16יְהוָה֙ · the LORD; יְהוָ֣ה · the LORD
    “For I hate divorce,” says the LORD, the God of Israel. “He who divorces his wife covers his garment with violence,” says the LORD of Hosts. So guard yourselves in your spirit and do not break faith.
  2. Malachi 2:17יְהוָה֙ · the LORD; יְהוָ֗ה · of the LORD
    You have wearied the LORD with your words; yet you ask, “How have we wearied Him?” By saying, “All who do evil are good in the sight of the LORD, and in them He delights,” or, “Where is the God of justice?”
  3. Malachi 3:1יְהוָ֥ה · the LORD
    “Behold, I will send My messenger, who will prepare the way before Me. Then the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to His temple—the Messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight—see, He is coming,” says the LORD of Hosts.
  4. Malachi 3:3לַֽיהוָ֔ה · to the LORD
    And He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; He will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver. Then they will present offerings to the LORD in righteousness.
  5. Malachi 3:4לַֽיהוָ֔ה · the LORD
    Then the offerings of Judah and Jerusalem will please the LORD, as in days of old and years gone by.
  6. Malachi 3:5יְהוָ֥ה · the LORD
    “Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who defraud laborers of their wages and deny justice to the foreigner but do not fear Me,” says the LORD of Hosts.
  7. Malachi 3:6יְהוָ֖ה · the LORD
    “Because I, the LORD, do not change, you descendants of Jacob have not been destroyed.
  8. Malachi 3:7יְהוָ֣ה · the LORD
    Yet from the days of your fathers, you have turned away from My statutes and have not kept them. Return to Me, and I will return to you,” says the LORD of Hosts. “But you ask, ‘How can we return?’
  9. Malachi 3:10יְהוָ֣ה · the LORD
    Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house. Test Me in this,” says the LORD of Hosts. “See if I will not open the windows of heaven and pour out for you blessing without measure.
  10. Malachi 3:11יְהוָ֥ה · the LORD
    I will rebuke the devourer for you, so that it will not destroy the fruits of your land, and the vine in your field will not fail to produce fruit,” says the LORD of Hosts.
  11. Malachi 3:12יְהוָ֥ה · the LORD
    “Then all the nations will call you blessed, for you will be a land of delight,” says the LORD of Hosts.
  12. Malachi 3:13יְהוָ֑ה · the LORD
    “Your words against Me have been harsh,” says the LORD. “Yet you ask, ‘What have we spoken against You?’
  13. Malachi 3:14יְהוָ֥ה · the LORD
    You have said, ‘It is futile to serve God. What have we gained by keeping His requirements and walking mournfully before the LORD of Hosts?
  14. Malachi 3:16יְהוָ֖ה · the LORD; יְהוָה֙ · and the LORD; יְהוָ֔ה · the LORD
    At that time those who feared the LORD spoke with one another, and the LORD listened and heard them. So a scroll of remembrance was written before Him regarding those who feared the LORD and honored His name.
  15. Malachi 3:17יְהוָ֣ה · the LORD
    “They will be Mine,” says the LORD of Hosts, “on the day when I prepare My treasured possession. And I will spare them as a man spares his own son who serves him.
  16. Malachi 4:1יְהוָ֣ה · the LORD
    “For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace, when all the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble; the day is coming when I will set them ablaze,” says the LORD of Hosts. “Not a root or branch will be left to them.”
  17. Malachi 4:3יְהוָ֥ה · the LORD
    Then you will trample the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day I am preparing,” says the LORD of Hosts.
  18. Malachi 4:5יְהוָ֔ה · of the LORD
    Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and awesome Day of the LORD.