This name belongs to 2 different people and places in the Bible:
Definition
from H1961; (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
Traditional renderings: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare H3050, H3069.
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
Occurrences
6,522 total
- Deuteronomy 12:4לַיהוָ֖ה · the LORDYou shall not worship the LORD your God in this way.
- Deuteronomy 12:5יְהוָ֤ה · the LORDInstead, you must seek the place the LORD your God will choose from among all your tribes to establish as a dwelling for His Name, and there you must go.
- Deuteronomy 12:7יְהוָ֣ה · of the LORD; יְהוָ֥ה · the LORDThere, in the presence of the LORD your God, you and your households shall eat and rejoice in all you do, because the LORD your God has blessed you.
- Deuteronomy 12:9יְהוָ֥ה · the LORDFor you have not yet come to the resting place and the inheritance that the LORD your God is giving you.
- Deuteronomy 12:10יְהוָ֥ה · the LORDWhen you cross the Jordan and live in the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, and He gives you rest from all the enemies around you and you dwell securely,
- Deuteronomy 12:11יְהוָ֨ה · then the LORD; לַֽיהוָֽה׃ · to the LORD…then the LORD your God will choose a dwelling for His Name. And there you are to bring everything I command you: your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and special gifts, and all the choice offerings you vow to the LORD.
- Deuteronomy 12:12יְהוָ֣ה · the LORDAnd you shall rejoice before the LORD your God—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within your gates, since he has no portion or inheritance among you.
- Deuteronomy 12:14יְהוָה֙ · the LORD…you must offer them only in the place the LORD will choose in one of your tribal territories, and there you shall do all that I command you.
- Deuteronomy 12:15יְהוָ֧ה · the LORDBut whenever you want, you may slaughter and eat meat within any of your gates, according to the blessing the LORD your God has given you. Both the ceremonially clean and unclean may eat it as they would a gazelle or deer,
- Deuteronomy 12:18יְהוָ֨ה · of the LORD; יְהוָ֣ה · the LORD; יְהוָ֣ה · the LORDInstead, you must eat them in the presence of the LORD your God at the place the LORD your God will choose—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within your gates. Rejoice before the LORD your God in all you do,
- Deuteronomy 12:20יְהוָ֨ה · the LORDWhen the LORD your God expands your territory as He has promised, and you crave meat and say, “I want to eat meat,” you may eat it whenever you want.
- Deuteronomy 12:21יְהוָ֣ה · the LORD; יְהוָה֙ · HeIf the place where the LORD your God chooses to put His Name is too far from you, then you may slaughter any of the herd or flock He has given you, as I have commanded you, and you may eat it within your gates whenever you want.
- Deuteronomy 12:25יְהוָֽה׃ · of the LORDDo not eat it, so that it may go well with you and your children after you, because you will be doing what is right in the eyes of the LORD.
- Deuteronomy 12:26יְהוָֽה׃ · the LORDBut you are to take your holy things and your vow offerings and go to the place the LORD will choose.
- Deuteronomy 12:27יְהוָ֣ה · of the LORD; יְהוָ֣ה · of the LORDPresent the meat and blood of your burnt offerings on the altar of the LORD your God. The blood of your other sacrifices must be poured out beside the altar of the LORD your God, but you may eat the meat.
- Deuteronomy 12:28יְהוָ֥ה · of the LORDBe careful to obey all these things I command you, so that it may always go well with you and your children after you, because you will be doing what is good and right in the eyes of the LORD your God.
- Deuteronomy 12:29יְהוָ֨ה · the LORDWhen the LORD your God cuts off before you the nations you are entering to dispossess, and you drive them out and live in their land,
- Deuteronomy 12:31לַיהוָ֖ה · the LORD; יְהוָ֜ה · the LORDYou must not worship the LORD your God in this way, because they practice for their gods every abomination which the LORD hates. They even burn their sons and daughters in the fire as sacrifices to their gods.
- Deuteronomy 13:3יְהוָ֤ה · the LORD; יְהוָ֣ה · [Him]…you must not listen to the words of that prophet or dreamer. For the LORD your God is testing you to find out whether you love Him with all your heart and with all your soul.
- Deuteronomy 13:4יְהוָ֧ה · the LORDYou are to follow the LORD your God and fear Him. Keep His commandments and listen to His voice; serve Him and hold fast to Him.
- Deuteronomy 13:5יְהוָ֨ה · the LORD; יְהוָ֥ה · the LORDSuch a prophet or dreamer must be put to death, because he has advocated rebellion against the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of slavery; he has tried to turn you from the way in which the LORD your God has commanded you to walk. So you must purge the evil from among you.
- Deuteronomy 13:10יְהוָ֣ה · the LORDStone him to death for trying to turn you away from the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
- Deuteronomy 13:12יְהוָ֨ה · the LORDIf, regarding one of the cities the LORD your God is giving you to inhabit, you hear it said
- Deuteronomy 13:16לַיהוָ֖ה · to the LORDAnd you are to gather all its plunder in the middle of the public square, and completely burn the city and all its plunder as a whole burnt offering to the LORD your God. The city must remain a mound of ruins forever, never to be rebuilt.
- Deuteronomy 13:17יְהוָ֜ה · the LORDNothing devoted to destruction shall cling to your hands, so that the LORD will turn from His fierce anger, grant you mercy, show you compassion, and multiply you as He swore to your fathers,
- Deuteronomy 13:18יְהוָ֣ה · the LORD; יְהוָ֥ה · of the LORD…because you obey the LORD your God, keeping all His commandments I am giving you today and doing what is right in the eyes of the LORD your God.
- Deuteronomy 14:1לַֽיהוָ֖ה · of the LORDYou are sons of the LORD your God; do not cut yourselves or shave your foreheads on behalf of the dead,
- Deuteronomy 14:2לַיהוָ֖ה · to the LORD; יְהוָ֗ה · The LORD…for you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all the peoples on the face of the earth.
- Deuteronomy 14:21לַיהוָ֖ה · belonging to the LORDYou are not to eat any carcass; you may give it to the foreigner residing within your gates, and he may eat it, or you may sell it to a foreigner. For you are a holy people belonging to the LORD your God. You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.
- Deuteronomy 14:23יְהוָ֣ה · of the LORD; יְהוָ֥ה · the LORDAnd you are to eat a tenth of your grain, new wine, and oil, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks, in the presence of the LORD your God at the place He will choose as a dwelling for His Name, so that you may learn to fear the LORD your God always.
- Deuteronomy 14:24יְהוָ֣ה · the LORD; יְהוָ֥ה · the LORDBut if the distance is too great for you to carry that with which the LORD your God has blessed you, because the place where the LORD your God will choose to put His Name is too far away,
- Deuteronomy 14:25יְהוָ֥ה · the LORD…then exchange it for money, take the money in your hand, and go to the place the LORD your God will choose.
- Deuteronomy 14:26יְהוָ֣ה · of the LORDThen you may spend the money on anything you desire: cattle, sheep, wine, strong drink, or anything you wish. You are to feast there in the presence of the LORD your God and rejoice with your household.
- Deuteronomy 14:29יְהוָ֣ה · And the LORDThen the Levite (because he has no portion or inheritance among you), the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow within your gates may come and eat and be satisfied. And the LORD your God will bless you in all the work of your hands.
- Deuteronomy 15:2לַֽיהוָֽה׃ · the LORD’sThis is the manner of remission: Every creditor shall cancel what he has loaned to his neighbor. He is not to collect anything from his neighbor or brother, because the LORD’s time of release has been proclaimed.
- Deuteronomy 15:4יְהוָ֔ה · the LORD; יְהוָ֣ה · the LORDThere will be no poor among you, however, because the LORD will surely bless you in the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess as an inheritance,