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. Numbers 15:31יְהוָה֙ · of the LORD
    He shall certainly be cut off, because he has despised the word of the LORD and broken His commandment; his guilt remains on him.”
  2. Numbers 15:35יְהוָה֙ · And the LORD
    And the LORD said to Moses, “The man must surely be put to death. The whole congregation is to stone him outside the camp.”
  3. Numbers 15:36יְהוָ֖ה · the LORD
    So the whole congregation took the man outside the camp and stoned him to death, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
  4. Numbers 15:37יְהוָ֖ה · And the LORD
    And the LORD said to Moses,
  5. Numbers 15:39יְהוָ֔ה · of the LORD
    These will serve as tassels for you to look at, so that you may remember all the commandments of the LORD, that you may obey them and not prostitute yourselves by following your own heart and your own eyes.
  6. Numbers 15:41יְהוָ֣ה · am the LORD; יְהוָ֥ה · am the LORD
    I am the LORD your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt to be your God. I am the LORD your God.”
  7. Numbers 16:3יְהוָ֑ה · and the LORD; יְהוָֽה׃ · of the LORD
    They came together against Moses and Aaron and told them, “You have taken too much upon yourselves! For everyone in the entire congregation is holy, and the LORD is in their midst. Why then do you exalt yourselves above the assembly of the LORD?”
  8. Numbers 16:5יְהוָ֧ה · the LORD
    Then he said to Korah and all his followers, “Tomorrow morning the LORD will reveal who belongs to Him and who is holy, and He will bring that person near to Himself. The one He chooses He will bring near to Himself.
  9. Numbers 16:7יְהוָה֙ · of the LORD; יְהוָ֖ה · the LORD
    …and tomorrow you are to place fire and incense in them in the presence of the LORD. Then the man the LORD chooses will be the one who is holy. It is you sons of Levi who have taken too much upon yourselves!”
  10. Numbers 16:9יְהוָ֔ה · at the LORD’s
    Is it not enough for you that the God of Israel has separated you from the congregation of Israel and brought you near to Himself to perform the work at the LORD’s tabernacle, and to stand before the congregation to minister to them?
  11. Numbers 16:11יְהוָ֑ה · the LORD
    Therefore, it is you and all your followers who have conspired against the LORD! As for Aaron, who is he that you should grumble against him?”
  12. Numbers 16:15יְהוָ֔ה · the LORD
    Then Moses became very angry and said to the LORD, “Do not regard their offering. I have not taken one donkey from them or mistreated a single one of them.”
  13. Numbers 16:16יְהוָ֑ה · the LORD
    And Moses said to Korah, “You and all your followers are to appear before the LORD tomorrow—you and they and Aaron.
  14. Numbers 16:17יְהוָה֙ · the LORD
    Each man is to take his censer, place incense in it, and present it before the LORD—250 censers. You and Aaron are to present your censers as well.”
  15. Numbers 16:19יְהוָ֖ה · of the LORD
    When Korah had gathered his whole assembly against them at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, the glory of the LORD appeared to the whole congregation.
  16. Numbers 16:20יְהוָ֔ה · And the LORD
    And the LORD said to Moses and Aaron,
  17. Numbers 16:23יְהוָ֖ה · Then the LORD
    Then the LORD said to Moses,
  18. Numbers 16:28יְהוָ֣ה · the LORD
    Then Moses said, “This is how you will know that the LORD has sent me to do all these things, for it was not my own doing:
  19. Numbers 16:29יְהוָ֖ה · then the LORD
    If these men die a natural death, or if they suffer the fate of all men, then the LORD has not sent me.
  20. Numbers 16:30יְהוָ֗ה · the LORD; יְהוָֽה׃ · the LORD {with contempt}
    But if the LORD brings about something unprecedented, and the earth opens its mouth and swallows them and all that belongs to them so that they go down alive into Sheol, then you will know that these men have treated the LORD with contempt.”
  21. Numbers 16:35יְהוָ֑ה · from the LORD
    And fire came forth from the LORD and consumed the 250 men who were offering the incense.
  22. Numbers 16:36יְהוָ֖ה · Then the LORD
    Then the LORD said to Moses,
  23. Numbers 16:38יְהוָ֖ה · the LORD
    As for the censers of those who sinned at the cost of their own lives, hammer them into sheets to overlay the altar, for these were presented before the LORD, and so have become holy. They will serve as a sign to the Israelites.”
  24. Numbers 16:40יְהוָ֑ה · the LORD; יְהוָ֛ה · the LORD
    …just as the LORD commanded him through Moses. This was to be a reminder to the Israelites that no outsider who is not a descendant of Aaron should approach to offer incense before the LORD, lest he become like Korah and his followers.
  25. Numbers 16:41יְהוָֽה׃ · the LORD’s
    The next day the whole congregation of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron, saying, “You have killed the LORD’s people!”
  26. Numbers 16:42יְהוָֽה׃ · of the LORD
    But when the congregation gathered against them, Moses and Aaron turned toward the Tent of Meeting, and suddenly the cloud covered it and the glory of the LORD appeared.
  27. Numbers 16:44יְהוָ֖ה · and the LORD
    …and the LORD said to Moses,
  28. Numbers 16:46יְהוָ֖ה · the LORD
    Moses said to Aaron, “Take your censer, place fire from the altar in it, and add incense. Go quickly to the congregation and make atonement for them, because wrath has come out from the LORD; the plague has begun.”
  29. Numbers 17:1יְהוָ֖ה · And the LORD
    And the LORD said to Moses,
  30. Numbers 17:7יְהוָ֑ה · the LORD
    Then Moses placed the staffs before the LORD in the Tent of the Testimony.
  31. Numbers 17:9יְהוָ֔ה · from the LORD’s
    Then Moses brought out all the staffs from the LORD’s presence to all the Israelites. They saw them, and each man took his own staff.
  32. Numbers 17:10יְהוָ֜ה · The LORD
    The LORD said to Moses, “Put Aaron’s staff back in front of the Testimony, to be kept as a sign for the rebellious, so that you may put an end to their grumbling against Me, lest they die.”
  33. Numbers 17:11יְהוָ֛ה · the LORD
    So Moses did as the LORD had commanded him.
  34. Numbers 17:13יְהוָ֖ה · of the LORD
    Anyone who comes near the tabernacle of the LORD will die. Are we all going to perish?”
  35. Numbers 18:1יְהוָה֙ · So the LORD
    So the LORD said to Aaron, “You and your sons and your father’s house must bear the iniquity involving the sanctuary. And you and your sons alone must bear the iniquity involving your priesthood.
  36. Numbers 18:6לַֽיהוָ֔ה · to the LORD
    Behold, I Myself have selected your fellow Levites from the Israelites as a gift to you, dedicated to the LORD to perform the service for the Tent of Meeting.
  37. Numbers 18:8יְהוָה֮ · Then the LORD
    Then the LORD said to Aaron, “Behold, I have put you in charge of My offerings. As for all the sacred offerings of the Israelites, I have given them to you and your sons as a portion and a permanent statute.
  38. Numbers 18:12לַֽיהוָ֖ה · to the LORD
    I give you all the freshest olive oil and all the finest new wine and grain that the Israelites give to the LORD as their firstfruits.
  39. Numbers 18:13לַיהוָ֖ה · to the LORD
    The firstfruits of everything in their land that they bring to the LORD will belong to you. Every ceremonially clean person in your household may eat them.
  40. Numbers 18:15לַֽיהוָ֛ה · to the LORD
    The firstborn of every womb, whether man or beast, that is offered to the LORD belongs to you. But you must surely redeem every firstborn son and every firstborn male of unclean animals.
  41. Numbers 18:17לַֽיהוָֽה׃ · to the LORD
    But you must not redeem the firstborn of an ox, a sheep, or a goat; they are holy. You are to splatter their blood on the altar and burn their fat as a food offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.
  42. Numbers 18:19לַֽיהוָה֒ · to the LORD; יְהוָ֔ה · the LORD
    All the holy offerings that the Israelites present to the LORD I give to you and to your sons and daughters as a permanent statute. It is a permanent covenant of salt before the LORD for you and your offspring.”
  43. Numbers 18:20יְהוָ֜ה · Then the LORD
    Then the LORD said to Aaron, “You will have no inheritance in their land, nor will you have any portion among them. I am your portion and your inheritance among the Israelites.
  44. Numbers 18:24לַֽיהוָה֙ · to the LORD
    For I have given to the Levites as their inheritance the tithe that the Israelites present to the LORD as a contribution. That is why I told them that they would not receive an inheritance among the Israelites.”