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. Deuteronomy 2:17יְהוָ֖ה · the LORD
    …the LORD said to me,
  2. Deuteronomy 2:21יְהוָה֙ · But the LORD
    They were a people great and many, as tall as the Anakites. But the LORD destroyed them from before the Ammonites, who drove them out and settled in their place,
  3. Deuteronomy 2:29יְהוָ֥ה · the LORD
    …just as the descendants of Esau who live in Seir and the Moabites who live in Ar did for us, until we cross the Jordan into the land that the LORD our God is giving us.”
  4. Deuteronomy 2:30יְהוָ֨ה · the LORD
    But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass through, for the LORD your God had made his spirit stubborn and his heart obstinate, that He might deliver him into your hand, as is the case this day.
  5. Deuteronomy 2:31יְהוָה֙ · Then the LORD
    Then the LORD said to me, “See, I have begun to deliver Sihon and his land over to you. Now begin to conquer and possess his land.”
  6. Deuteronomy 2:33יְהוָ֥ה · And the LORD
    And the LORD our God delivered him over to us, and we defeated him and his sons and his whole army.
  7. Deuteronomy 2:36יְהוָ֥ה · The LORD
    From Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along with the city in the valley, even as far as Gilead, not one city had walls too high for us. The LORD our God gave us all of them.
  8. Deuteronomy 2:37יְהוָ֥ה · the LORD
    But you did not go near the land of the Ammonites, or the land along the banks of the Jabbok River, or the cities of the hill country, or any place that the LORD our God had forbidden.
  9. Deuteronomy 3:2יְהוָ֤ה · But the LORD
    But the LORD said to me, “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.”
  10. Deuteronomy 3:3יְהוָ֨ה · So the LORD
    So the LORD our God also delivered Og king of Bashan and his whole army into our hands. We struck them down until no survivor was left.
  11. Deuteronomy 3:18יְהוָ֣ה · The LORD
    At that time I commanded you: “The LORD your God has given you this land to possess. All your men of valor are to cross over, armed for battle, ahead of your brothers, the Israelites.
  12. Deuteronomy 3:20יְהוָ֥ה׀ · the LORD; יְהוָ֧ה · the LORD
    …until the LORD gives rest to your brothers as He has to you, and they too have taken possession of the land that the LORD your God is giving them across the Jordan. Then each of you may return to the possession I have given you.”
  13. Deuteronomy 3:21יְהוָ֤ה · the LORD; יְהוָה֙ · The LORD
    And at that time I commanded Joshua: “Your own eyes have seen all that the LORD your God has done to these two kings. The LORD will do the same to all the kingdoms you are about to enter.
  14. Deuteronomy 3:22יְהוָ֣ה · the LORD
    Do not be afraid of them, for the LORD your God Himself will fight for you.”
  15. Deuteronomy 3:23יְהוָ֑ה · with the LORD
    At that time I also pleaded with the LORD:
  16. Deuteronomy 3:26יְהוָ֥ה · But the LORD; יְהוָ֤ה · the LORD
    But the LORD was angry with me on account of you, and He would not listen to me. “That is enough,” the LORD said to me. “Do not speak to Me again about this matter.
  17. Deuteronomy 4:1יְהוָ֛ה · the LORD
    Hear now, O Israel, the statutes and ordinances I am teaching you to follow, so that you may live and may enter and take possession of the land that the LORD, the God of your fathers, is giving you.
  18. Deuteronomy 4:2יְהוָ֣ה · of the LORD
    You must not add to or subtract from what I command you, so that you may keep the commandments of the LORD your God that I am giving you.
  19. Deuteronomy 4:3יְהוָ֖ה · the LORD; יְהוָ֥ה · the LORD
    Your eyes have seen what the LORD did at Baal-peor, for the LORD your God destroyed from among you all who followed Baal of Peor.
  20. Deuteronomy 4:4בַּיהוָ֖ה · to the LORD
    But you who held fast to the LORD your God are alive to this day, every one of you.
  21. Deuteronomy 4:5יְהוָ֣ה · the LORD
    See, I have taught you statutes and ordinances just as the LORD my God has commanded me, so that you may follow them in the land that you are about to enter and possess.
  22. Deuteronomy 4:7כַּיהוָ֣ה · as the LORD
    For what nation is great enough to have a god as near to them as the LORD our God is to us whenever we call on Him?
  23. Deuteronomy 4:10יְהוָ֣ה · the LORD; יְהוָ֜ה · the LORD
    The day you stood before the LORD your God at Horeb, the LORD said to me, “Gather the people before Me to hear My words, so that they may learn to fear Me all the days they live on the earth, and that they may teach them to their children.”
  24. Deuteronomy 4:12יְהוָ֛ה · And the LORD
    And the LORD spoke to you out of the fire. You heard the sound of the words but saw no form; there was only a voice.
  25. Deuteronomy 4:14יְהוָה֙ · the LORD
    At that time the LORD commanded me to teach you the statutes and ordinances you are to follow in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess.
  26. Deuteronomy 4:15יְהוָ֧ה · the LORD
    So since you saw no form of any kind on the day the LORD spoke to you out of the fire at Horeb, be careful
  27. Deuteronomy 4:19יְהוָ֤ה · the LORD
    When you look to the heavens and see the sun and moon and stars—all the host of heaven—do not be enticed to bow down and worship what the LORD your God has apportioned to all the nations under heaven.
  28. Deuteronomy 4:20יְהוָ֔ה · Yet the LORD
    Yet the LORD has taken you and brought you out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be the people of His inheritance, as you are today.
  29. Deuteronomy 4:21וַֽיהוָ֥ה · The LORD, however; יְהוָ֣ה · the LORD
    The LORD, however, was angry with me on account of you, and He swore that I would not cross the Jordan to enter the good land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance.
  30. Deuteronomy 4:23יְהוָה֙ · of the LORD; יְהוָ֥ה · He
    Be careful that you do not forget the covenant of the LORD your God that He made with you; do not make an idol for yourselves in the form of anything He has forbidden you.
  31. Deuteronomy 4:24יְהוָ֣ה · the LORD
    For the LORD your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.
  32. Deuteronomy 4:25יְהוָֽה־ · of the LORD
    After you have children and grandchildren and you have been in the land a long time, if you then act corruptly and make an idol of any form—doing evil in the sight of the LORD your God and provoking Him to anger—
  33. Deuteronomy 4:27יְהוָ֛ה · Then the LORD; יְהוָ֛ה · the LORD
    Then the LORD will scatter you among the peoples, and only a few of you will survive among the nations to which the LORD will drive you.
  34. Deuteronomy 4:29יְהוָ֥ה · the LORD
    But if from there you will seek the LORD your God, you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul.
  35. Deuteronomy 4:30יְהוָ֣ה · the LORD
    When you are in distress and all these things have happened to you, then in later days you will return to the LORD your God and listen to His voice.
  36. Deuteronomy 4:31יְהוָ֣ה · the LORD
    For the LORD your God is a merciful God; He will not abandon you or destroy you or forget the covenant with your fathers, which He swore to them by oath.
  37. Deuteronomy 4:34יְהוָ֧ה · the LORD
    Or has any god tried to take as his own a nation out of another nation—by trials, signs, wonders, and war, by a strong hand and an outstretched arm, and by great terrors—as the LORD your God did for you in Egypt, before your eyes?
  38. Deuteronomy 4:35יְהוָ֖ה · the LORD
    You were shown these things so that you would know that the LORD is God; there is no other besides Him.
  39. Deuteronomy 4:39יְהוָה֙ · the LORD
    Know therefore this day and take to heart that the LORD is God in heaven above and on the earth below; there is no other.
  40. Deuteronomy 4:40יְהוָ֧ה · the LORD
    Keep His statutes and commandments, which I am giving you today, so that you and your children after you may prosper, and that you may live long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you for all time.
  41. Deuteronomy 5:2יְהוָ֣ה · The LORD
    The LORD our God made a covenant with us at Horeb.
  42. Deuteronomy 5:3יְהוָ֖ה · He
    He did not make this covenant with our fathers, but with all of us who are alive here today.