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 29:39לַיהוָ֖ה · to the LORD
    You are to present these offerings to the LORD at your appointed times, in addition to your vow and freewill offerings, whether burnt offerings, grain offerings, drink offerings, or peace offerings.”
  2. Numbers 29:40יְהוָ֖ה · the LORD
    So Moses spoke all this to the Israelites just as the LORD had commanded him.
  3. Numbers 30:1יְהוָֽה׃ · the LORD
    Then Moses said to the heads of the tribes of Israel, “This is what the LORD has commanded:
  4. Numbers 30:2לַֽיהוָ֗ה · to the LORD
    If a man makes a vow to the LORD or swears an oath to obligate himself by a pledge, he must not break his word; he must do everything he has promised.
  5. Numbers 30:3לַיהוָ֑ה · to the LORD
    And if a woman in her father’s house during her youth makes a vow to the LORD or obligates herself by a pledge,
  6. Numbers 30:5וַֽיהוָה֙ · The LORD
    But if her father prohibits her on the day he hears about it, then none of the vows or pledges by which she has bound herself shall stand. The LORD will absolve her because her father has prohibited her.
  7. Numbers 30:8וַיהוָ֖ה · and the LORD
    But if her husband prohibits her when he hears of it, he nullifies the vow that binds her or the rash promise she has made, and the LORD will absolve her.
  8. Numbers 30:12וַיהוָ֖ה · and the LORD
    But if her husband nullifies them on the day he hears of them, then nothing that came from her lips, whether her vows or pledges, shall stand. Her husband has nullified them, and the LORD will absolve her.
  9. Numbers 30:16יְהוָה֙ · the LORD
    These are the statutes that the LORD commanded Moses concerning the relationship between a man and his wife, and between a father and a young daughter still in his home.
  10. Numbers 31:1יְהוָ֖ה · And the LORD
    And the LORD said to Moses,
  11. Numbers 31:3יְהוָ֖ה · the LORD’s
    So Moses told the people, “Arm some of your men for war, that they may go against the Midianites and execute the LORD’s vengeance on them.
  12. Numbers 31:7יְהוָ֖ה · the LORD
    Then they waged war against Midian, as the LORD had commanded Moses, and they killed every male.
  13. Numbers 31:16בַּיהוָ֖ה · against the LORD; יְהוָֽה׃ · of the LORD
    “Look, these women caused the sons of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to turn unfaithfully against the LORD at Peor, so that the plague struck the congregation of the LORD.
  14. Numbers 31:21יְהוָ֖ה · the LORD
    Then Eleazar the priest said to the soldiers who had gone into battle, “This is the statute of the law which the LORD has commanded Moses:
  15. Numbers 31:25יְהוָ֖ה · The LORD
    The LORD said to Moses,
  16. Numbers 31:28לַֽיהוָ֗ה · for the LORD
    Set aside a tribute for the LORD from what belongs to the soldiers who went into battle: one out of every five hundred, whether persons, cattle, donkeys, or sheep.
  17. Numbers 31:29יְהוָֽה׃ · to the LORD
    Take it from their half and give it to Eleazar the priest as an offering to the LORD.
  18. Numbers 31:30יְהוָֽה׃ · of the LORD
    From the Israelites’ half, take one out of every fifty, whether persons, cattle, donkeys, sheep, or other animals, and give them to the Levites who keep charge of the tabernacle of the LORD.”
  19. Numbers 31:31יְהוָ֖ה · the LORD
    So Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the LORD had commanded Moses,
  20. Numbers 31:37לַֽיהוָ֖ה · to the LORD
    …including a tribute to the LORD of 675,
  21. Numbers 31:38לַיהוָ֖ה · to the LORD
    …36,000 cattle, including a tribute to the LORD of 72,
  22. Numbers 31:39לַֽיהוָ֖ה · to the LORD
    …30,500 donkeys, including a tribute to the LORD of 61,
  23. Numbers 31:40לַֽיהוָ֔ה · to the LORD
    …and 16,000 people, including a tribute to the LORD of 32.
  24. Numbers 31:41יְהוָ֔ה · for the LORD; יְהוָ֖ה · the LORD
    Moses gave the tribute to Eleazar the priest as an offering for the LORD, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
  25. Numbers 31:47יְהוָ֔ה · of the LORD; יְהוָ֖ה · the LORD
    From the Israelites’ half, Moses took one out of every fifty persons and animals and gave them to the Levites who kept charge of the tabernacle of the LORD, as the LORD had commanded him.
  26. Numbers 31:50יְהוָ֗ה · to the LORD; יְהוָֽה׃ · the LORD
    So we have brought to the LORD an offering of the gold articles each man acquired—armlets, bracelets, rings, earrings, and necklaces—to make atonement for ourselves before the LORD.”
  27. Numbers 31:52לַֽיהוָ֔ה · to the LORD
    All the gold that the commanders of thousands and of hundreds presented as an offering to the LORD weighed 16,750 shekels.
  28. Numbers 31:54יְהוָֽה׃פ · the LORD
    And Moses and Eleazar the priest received the gold from the commanders of thousands and of hundreds and brought it into the Tent of Meeting as a memorial for the Israelites before the LORD.
  29. Numbers 32:4יְהוָה֙ · the LORD
    …which the LORD conquered before the congregation of Israel, are suitable for livestock—and your servants have livestock.”
  30. Numbers 32:7יְהוָֽה׃ · the LORD
    Why are you discouraging the Israelites from crossing into the land that the LORD has given them?
  31. Numbers 32:9יְהוָֽה׃ · the LORD
    For when your fathers went up to the Valley of Eshcol and saw the land, they discouraged the Israelites from entering the land that the LORD had given them.
  32. Numbers 32:10יְהוָ֖ה · of the LORD
    So the anger of the LORD was kindled that day, and He swore an oath, saying,
  33. Numbers 32:12יְהוָֽה׃ · the LORD
    …not one except Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite and Joshua son of Nun—because they did follow the LORD wholeheartedly.’
  34. Numbers 32:13יְהוָה֙ · of the LORD; יְהוָֽה׃ · in [His]
    The anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He made them wander in the wilderness forty years, until the whole generation who had done evil in His sight was gone.
  35. Numbers 32:14יְהוָ֖ה · of the LORD
    Now behold, you, a brood of sinners, have risen up in place of your fathers to further stoke the burning anger of the LORD against Israel.
  36. Numbers 32:20יְהוָ֖ה · the LORD
    Moses replied, “If you will do this—if you will arm yourselves before the LORD for battle,
  37. Numbers 32:21יְהוָ֑ה · the LORD
    …and if every one of your armed men crosses the Jordan before the LORD, until He has driven His enemies out before Him,
  38. Numbers 32:22יְהוָה֙ · the LORD; מֵיְהוָ֖ה · of obligation to the LORD; יְהוָֽה׃ · the LORD
    …then when the land is subdued before the LORD, you may return and be free of obligation to the LORD and to Israel. And this land will belong to you as a possession before the LORD.
  39. Numbers 32:23לַיהוָ֑ה · against the LORD
    But if you do not do this, you will certainly sin against the LORD—and be assured that your sin will find you out.
  40. Numbers 32:27יְהוָ֖ה · the LORD
    But your servants are equipped for war, and every man will cross over to the battle before the LORD, just as our lord says.”
  41. Numbers 32:29יְהוָ֔ה · the LORD
    And Moses said to them, “If the Gadites and Reubenites cross the Jordan with you, with every man armed for battle before the LORD, and the land is subdued before you, then you are to give them the land of Gilead as a possession.
  42. Numbers 32:31יְהוָ֛ה · the LORD
    The Gadites and Reubenites replied, “As the LORD has spoken to your servants, so we will do.
  43. Numbers 32:32יְהוָ֖ה · the LORD
    We will cross over into the land of Canaan armed before the LORD, that we may have our inheritance on this side of the Jordan.”