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. Joshua 9:14יְהוָ֖ה · of the LORD
    Then the men of Israel sampled their provisions but did not seek the counsel of the LORD.
  2. Joshua 9:18בַּֽיהוָ֖ה · by the LORD
    But the Israelites did not attack them, because the leaders of the congregation had sworn an oath to them by the LORD, the God of Israel. And the whole congregation grumbled against the leaders.
  3. Joshua 9:19בַּֽיהוָ֖ה · by the LORD
    All the leaders answered, “We have sworn an oath to them by the LORD, the God of Israel, and now we cannot touch them.
  4. Joshua 9:24יְהוָ֤ה · the LORD
    The Gibeonites answered, “Your servants were told clearly that the LORD your God had commanded His servant Moses to give you all the land and wipe out all its inhabitants before you. So we greatly feared for our lives because of you, and that is why we have done this.
  5. Joshua 9:27יְהוָה֙ · of the LORD
    On that day he made them woodcutters and water carriers, as they are to this day for the congregation of the LORD and for the altar at the place He would choose.
  6. Joshua 10:8יְהוָ֤ה · The LORD
    The LORD said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid of them, for I have delivered them into your hand. Not one of them shall stand against you.”
  7. Joshua 10:10יְהוָה֙ · And the LORD
    And the LORD threw them into confusion before Israel, who defeated them in a great slaughter at Gibeon, pursued them along the ascent to Beth-horon, and struck them down as far as Azekah and Makkedah.
  8. Joshua 10:11וַֽיהוָ֡ה · the LORD
    As they fled before Israel along the descent from Beth-horon to Azekah, the LORD cast down on them large hailstones from the sky, and more of them were killed by the hailstones than by the swords of the Israelites.
  9. Joshua 10:12לַֽיהוָ֔ה · the LORD; יְהוָה֙ · to the LORD
    On the day that the LORD gave the Amorites over to the Israelites, Joshua spoke to the LORD in the presence of Israel: “O sun, stand still over Gibeon, O moon, over the Valley of Aijalon.”
  10. Joshua 10:14יְהוָ֖ה · when the LORD; יְהוָ֔ה · the LORD
    There has been no day like it before or since, when the LORD listened to the voice of a man, because the LORD fought for Israel.
  11. Joshua 10:19יְהוָ֥ה · the LORD
    But you, do not stop there. Pursue your enemies and attack them from behind. Do not let them reach their cities, for the LORD your God has delivered them into your hand.”
  12. Joshua 10:25יְהוָה֙ · the LORD
    “Do not be afraid or discouraged,” Joshua said. “Be strong and courageous, for the LORD will do this to all the enemies you fight.”
  13. Joshua 10:30יְהוָ֨ה · And the LORD
    And the LORD also delivered that city and its king into the hand of Israel, and Joshua put all the people to the sword, leaving no survivors. And he did to the king of Libnah as he had done to the king of Jericho.
  14. Joshua 10:32יְהוָ֨ה · And the LORD
    And the LORD delivered Lachish into the hand of Israel, and Joshua captured it on the second day. He put all the people to the sword, just as he had done to Libnah.
  15. Joshua 10:40יְהוָ֖ה · the LORD
    So Joshua conquered the whole region—the hill country, the Negev, the foothills, and the slopes, together with all their kings—leaving no survivors. He devoted to destruction everything that breathed, just as the LORD, the God of Israel, had commanded.
  16. Joshua 10:42יְהוָה֙ · the LORD
    And because the LORD, the God of Israel, fought for Israel, Joshua captured all these kings and their land in one campaign.
  17. Joshua 11:6יְהוָ֣ה · Then the LORD
    Then the LORD said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid of them, for by this time tomorrow I will deliver all of them slain before Israel. You are to hamstring their horses and burn up their chariots.”
  18. Joshua 11:8יְהוָ֥ה · and the LORD
    …and the LORD delivered them into the hand of Israel, who struck them down and pursued them all the way to Greater Sidon and Misrephoth-maim, and eastward as far as the Valley of Mizpeh. They struck them down, leaving no survivors.
  19. Joshua 11:9יְהוָ֑ה · the LORD
    Joshua treated them as the LORD had told him; he hamstrung their horses and burned up their chariots.
  20. Joshua 11:12יְהוָֽה׃ · the LORD’s
    Joshua captured all these kings and their cities and put them to the sword. He devoted them to destruction, as Moses the LORD’s servant had commanded.
  21. Joshua 11:15יְהוָה֙ · the LORD; יְהוָ֖ה · the LORD
    As the LORD had commanded His servant Moses, so Moses commanded Joshua. That is what Joshua did, leaving nothing undone of all that the LORD had commanded Moses.
  22. Joshua 11:20יְהוָ֣ה׀ · the LORD; יְהוָ֖ה · the LORD
    For it was of the LORD to harden their hearts to engage Israel in battle, so that they would be set apart for destruction and would receive no mercy, being annihilated as the LORD had commanded Moses.
  23. Joshua 11:23יְהוָה֮ · the LORD
    So Joshua took the entire land, in keeping with all that the LORD had spoken to Moses. And Joshua gave it as an inheritance to Israel according to the allotments to their tribes. Then the land had rest from war.
  24. Joshua 12:6יְהוָ֛ה · of the LORD; יְהוָ֜ה
    Moses, the servant of the LORD, and the Israelites had struck them down and given their land as an inheritance to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.
  25. Joshua 13:1יְהוָ֜ה · and the LORD
    Now Joshua was old and well along in years, and the LORD said to him, “You are old and well along in years, but very much of the land remains to be possessed.
  26. Joshua 13:8יְהוָֽה׃ · of the LORD
    The other half of Manasseh, along with the Reubenites and Gadites, had received the inheritance Moses had given them beyond the Jordan to the east, just as Moses the servant of the LORD had assigned to them:
  27. Joshua 13:14יְהוָ֜ה · to the LORD
    To the tribe of Levi, however, Moses had given no inheritance. The food offerings to the LORD, the God of Israel, are their inheritance, just as He had promised them.
  28. Joshua 13:33יְהוָ֞ה · The LORD
    To the tribe of Levi, however, Moses had given no inheritance. The LORD, the God of Israel, is their inheritance, just as He had promised them.
  29. Joshua 14:2יְהוָה֙ · the LORD
    Their inheritance was assigned by lot for the nine and a half tribes, as the LORD had commanded through Moses.
  30. Joshua 14:5יְהוָה֙ · the LORD
    So the Israelites did as the LORD had commanded Moses, and they divided the land.
  31. Joshua 14:6יְהוָ֜ה · the LORD
    Then the sons of Judah approached Joshua at Gilgal, and Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, “You know what the LORD said to Moses the man of God at Kadesh-barnea about you and me.
  32. Joshua 14:7יְהוָ֥ה · of the LORD
    I was forty years old when Moses the servant of the LORD sent me from Kadesh-barnea to spy out the land, and I brought back to him an honest report.
  33. Joshua 14:8יְהוָ֥ה · the LORD
    Although my brothers who went with me made the hearts of the people melt with fear, I remained loyal to the LORD my God.
  34. Joshua 14:9יְהוָ֥ה · the LORD
    On that day Moses swore to me, saying, ‘Surely the land on which you have set foot will be an inheritance to you and your children forever, because you have wholly followed the LORD my God.’
  35. Joshua 14:10יְהוָ֣ה׀ · [He]; יְהוָ֜ה · [He]
    Now behold, as the LORD promised, He has kept me alive these forty-five years since He spoke this word to Moses, while Israel wandered in the wilderness. So here I am today, eighty-five years old,
  36. Joshua 14:12יְהוָ֖ה · the LORD; יְהוָ֤ה · with the LORD’s; יְהוָֽה׃ · the LORD
    Now therefore give me this hill country that the LORD promised me on that day, for you yourself heard then that the Anakim were there, with great and fortified cities. Perhaps with the LORD’s help I will drive them out, as the LORD has spoken.”
  37. Joshua 14:14יְהוָ֖ה · the LORD
    Therefore Hebron belongs to Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite as an inheritance to this day, because he wholly followed the LORD, the God of Israel.
  38. Joshua 15:13יְהוָ֖ה · to the LORD’s
    According to the LORD’s command to him, Joshua gave Caleb son of Jephunneh a portion among the sons of Judah—Kiriath-arba, that is, Hebron. (Arba was the forefather of Anak.)
  39. Joshua 17:4יְהוָה֙ · The LORD; יְהוָה֙ · the LORD
    They approached Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the leaders, and said, “The LORD commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brothers.” So Joshua gave them an inheritance among their father’s brothers, in keeping with the command of the LORD.
  40. Joshua 17:14יְהוָֽה׃ · the LORD
    Then the sons of Joseph said to Joshua, “Why have you given us only one portion as an inheritance? We have many people, because the LORD has blessed us abundantly.”
  41. Joshua 18:3יְהוָ֖ה · the LORD
    So Joshua said to the Israelites, “How long will you put off entering and possessing the land that the LORD, the God of your fathers, has given you?