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 18:25יְהוָ֖ה · And the LORD
    And the LORD instructed Moses,
  2. Numbers 18:26יְהוָ֔ה · to the LORD
    “Speak to the Levites and tell them: ‘When you receive from the Israelites the tithe that I have given you as your inheritance, you must present part of it as an offering to the LORD—a tithe of the tithe.
  3. Numbers 18:28יְהוָ֔ה · to the LORD; יְהוָ֔ה · the LORD’s
    So you are to present an offering to the LORD from all the tithes you receive from the Israelites, and from these you are to give the LORD’s offering to Aaron the priest.
  4. Numbers 18:29יְהוָ֑ה · due the LORD
    You must present the offering due the LORD from all the best of every gift, the holiest part of it.’
  5. Numbers 19:1יְהוָ֔ה · Then the LORD
    Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron,
  6. Numbers 19:2יְהוָ֖ה · the LORD
    “This is the statute of the law that the LORD has commanded: Instruct the Israelites to bring you an unblemished red heifer that has no defect and has never been placed under a yoke.
  7. Numbers 19:13יְהוָה֙ · of the LORD
    Anyone who touches a human corpse and fails to purify himself defiles the tabernacle of the LORD. That person must be cut off from Israel. He remains unclean, because the water of purification has not been sprinkled on him, and his uncleanness is still on him.
  8. Numbers 19:20יְהוָ֜ה · of the LORD
    But if a person who is unclean does not purify himself, he will be cut off from the assembly, because he has defiled the sanctuary of the LORD. The water of purification has not been sprinkled on him; he is unclean.
  9. Numbers 20:3יְהוָֽה׃ · the LORD
    The people quarreled with Moses and said, “If only we had perished with our brothers before the LORD!
  10. Numbers 20:4יְהוָ֔ה · the LORD’s
    Why have you brought the LORD’s assembly into this wilderness for us and our livestock to die here?
  11. Numbers 20:6יְהוָ֖ה · of the LORD
    Then Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. They fell facedown, and the glory of the LORD appeared to them.
  12. Numbers 20:7יְהוָ֖ה · And the LORD
    And the LORD said to Moses,
  13. Numbers 20:9יְהוָ֑ה · from the LORD’s
    So Moses took the staff from the LORD’s presence, just as he had been commanded.
  14. Numbers 20:12יְהוָה֮ · But the LORD
    But the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “Because you did not trust Me to show My holiness in the sight of the Israelites, you will not bring this assembly into the land that I have given them.”
  15. Numbers 20:13יְהוָ֑ה · the LORD
    These were the waters of Meribah, where the Israelites quarreled with the LORD, and He showed His holiness among them.
  16. Numbers 20:16יְהוָה֙ · the LORD
    …and when we cried out to the LORD, He heard our voice, sent an angel, and brought us out of Egypt. Now look, we are in Kadesh, a city on the edge of your territory.
  17. Numbers 20:23יְהוָ֛ה · the LORD
    And at Mount Hor, near the border of the land of Edom, the LORD said to Moses and Aaron,
  18. Numbers 20:27יְהוָ֑ה · the LORD
    So Moses did as the LORD had commanded, and they climbed Mount Hor in the sight of the whole congregation.
  19. Numbers 21:2לַֽיהוָ֖ה · to the LORD
    So Israel made a vow to the LORD: “If You will deliver this people into our hands, we will devote their cities to destruction.”
  20. Numbers 21:3יְהוָ֜ה · And the LORD
    And the LORD heard Israel’s plea and delivered up the Canaanites. Israel devoted them and their cities to destruction; so they named the place Hormah.
  21. Numbers 21:6יְהוָ֜ה · So the LORD
    So the LORD sent venomous snakes among the people, and many of the Israelites were bitten and died.
  22. Numbers 21:7בַֽיהוָה֙ · against the LORD; יְהוָ֔ה · the LORD
    Then the people came to Moses and said, “We have sinned by speaking against the LORD and against you. Intercede with the LORD so He will take the snakes away from us.” So Moses interceded for the people.
  23. Numbers 21:8יְהוָ֜ה · Then the LORD
    Then the LORD said to Moses, “Make a fiery serpent and mount it on a pole. When anyone who is bitten looks at it, he will live.”
  24. Numbers 21:14יְהוָ֑ה · of the LORD
    Therefore it is stated in the Book of the Wars of the LORD: “Waheb in Suphah and the wadis of the Arnon,
  25. Numbers 21:16יְהוָה֙ · the LORD
    From there they went on to Beer, the well where the LORD said to Moses, “Gather the people so that I may give them water.”
  26. Numbers 21:34יְהוָ֤ה · But the LORD
    But the LORD said to Moses, “Do not fear him, for I have delivered him into your hand, along with all his people and his land. Do to him as you did to Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon.”
  27. Numbers 22:8יְהוָ֖ה · the LORD
    “Spend the night here,” Balaam replied, “and I will give you the answer that the LORD speaks to me.” So the princes of Moab stayed with Balaam.
  28. Numbers 22:13יְהוָ֔ה · the LORD
    So Balaam got up the next morning and said to Balak’s princes, “Go back to your homeland, because the LORD has refused to let me go with you.”
  29. Numbers 22:18יְהוָ֣ה · of the LORD
    But Balaam replied to the servants of Balak, “If Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not do anything small or great to go beyond the command of the LORD my God.
  30. Numbers 22:19יְהוָ֖ה · the LORD
    So now, please stay here overnight as the others did, that I may find out what else the LORD has to tell me.”
  31. Numbers 22:22יְהוָ֛ה · of the LORD
    Then God’s anger was kindled because Balaam was going along, and the angel of the LORD stood in the road to oppose him. Balaam was riding his donkey, and his two servants were with him.
  32. Numbers 22:23יְהוָ֜ה · of the LORD
    When the donkey saw the angel of the LORD standing in the road with a drawn sword in his hand, she turned off the path and went into a field. So Balaam beat her to return her to the path.
  33. Numbers 22:24יְהוָ֔ה · of the LORD
    Then the angel of the LORD stood in a narrow passage between two vineyards, with walls on either side.
  34. Numbers 22:25יְהוָ֗ה · of the LORD
    And the donkey saw the angel of the LORD and pressed herself against the wall, crushing Balaam’s foot against it. So he beat her once again.
  35. Numbers 22:26יְהוָ֖ה · of the LORD
    And the angel of the LORD moved on ahead and stood in a narrow place where there was no room to turn to the right or left.
  36. Numbers 22:27יְהוָ֔ה · of the LORD
    When the donkey saw the angel of the LORD, she lay down under Balaam, and he became furious and beat her with his staff.
  37. Numbers 22:28יְהוָ֖ה · Then the LORD
    Then the LORD opened the donkey’s mouth, and she said to Balaam, “What have I done to you that you have beaten me these three times?”
  38. Numbers 22:31יְהוָה֮ · Then the LORD; יְהוָה֙ · of the LORD
    Then the LORD opened Balaam’s eyes, and he saw the angel of the LORD standing in the road with a drawn sword in his hand. And Balaam bowed low and fell facedown.
  39. Numbers 22:32יְהוָ֔ה · of the LORD
    The angel of the LORD asked him, “Why have you beaten your donkey these three times? Behold, I have come out to oppose you, because your way is perverse before me.
  40. Numbers 22:34יְהוָה֙ · of the LORD
    “I have sinned,” Balaam said to the angel of the LORD, “for I did not realize that you were standing in the road to confront me. And now, if this is displeasing in your sight, I will go back home.”
  41. Numbers 22:35יְהוָ֜ה · of the LORD
    But the angel of the LORD said to Balaam, “Go with the men, but you are to speak only what I tell you.” So Balaam went with the princes of Balak.
  42. Numbers 23:3יְהוָה֙ · the LORD
    “Stay here by your burnt offering while I am gone,” Balaam said to Balak. “Perhaps the LORD will meet with me. And whatever He reveals to me, I will tell you.” So Balaam went off to a barren height,
  43. Numbers 23:5יְהוָ֛ה · Then the LORD
    Then the LORD put a message in Balaam’s mouth, saying, “Return to Balak and give him this message.”
  44. Numbers 23:8יְהוָֽה׃ · the LORD
    How can I curse those whom God has not cursed? How can I denounce those whom the LORD has not denounced?
  45. Numbers 23:12יְהוָה֙ · the LORD
    But Balaam replied, “Should I not speak exactly what the LORD puts in my mouth?”
  46. Numbers 23:16יְהוָה֙ · And the LORD
    And the LORD met with Balaam and put a message in his mouth, saying, “Return to Balak and speak what I tell you.”
  47. Numbers 23:17יְהוָֽה׃ · did the LORD
    So he returned to Balak, who was standing there by his burnt offering with the princes of Moab. “What did the LORD say?” Balak asked.