יְהֹוָה

ye.ho.vahLORD
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.

Glossary entries

Zion Lord Jerusalem Righteousness Eli, Eli, Lema Sabachthani? Jebus, Jebusite

Where it occurs

Old TestamentNew Testament

Occurrences

6,522 total
  1. Genesis 32:9יְהוָ֞ה · the LORD
    Then Jacob declared, “O God of my father Abraham, God of my father Isaac, the LORD who told me, ‘Go back to your country and to your kindred, and I will make you prosper,’
  2. Genesis 38:7 (2×)יְהוָ֑ה · of the LORD; יְהוָֽה׃ · so the LORD
    But Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; so the LORD put him to death.
  3. Genesis 38:10יְהוָ֖ה · of the LORD
    What he did was wicked in the sight of the LORD, so He put Onan to death as well.
  4. Genesis 39:2יְהוָה֙ · And the LORD
    And the LORD was with Joseph, and he became a successful man, serving in the household of his Egyptian master.
  5. Genesis 39:3 (2×)יְהוָ֖ה · the LORD; יְהוָ֖ה · [and]
    When his master saw that the LORD was with him and made him prosper in all he did,
  6. Genesis 39:5 (2×)יְהוָ֛ה · the LORD; יְהוָה֙ · The LORD’s
    From the time that he put Joseph in charge of his household and all he owned, the LORD blessed the Egyptian’s household on account of him. The LORD’s blessing was on everything he owned, both in his house and in his field.
  7. Genesis 39:21יְהוָה֙ · the LORD
    …the LORD was with him and extended kindness to him, granting him favor in the eyes of the prison warden.
  8. Genesis 39:23 (2×)יְהוָ֖ה · the LORD; יְהוָ֥ה
    The warden did not concern himself with anything under Joseph’s care, because the LORD was with Joseph and gave him success in whatever he did.
  9. Genesis 49:18יְהוָֽה׃ · O LORD
    I await Your salvation, O LORD.
  10. Exodus 3:2יְהֹוָ֥ה · of the LORD
    There the angel of the LORD appeared to him in a blazing fire from within a bush. Moses saw the bush ablaze with fire, but it was not consumed.
  11. Exodus 3:4יְהוָ֖ה · When the LORD
    When the LORD saw that he had gone over to look, God called out to him from within the bush, “Moses, Moses!” “Here I am,” he answered.
  12. Exodus 3:7יְהוָ֔ה · The LORD
    The LORD said, “I have indeed seen the affliction of My people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their oppressors, and I am aware of their sufferings.
  13. Exodus 3:15יְהוָ֞ה · The LORD
    God also told Moses, “Say to the Israelites, ‘The LORD, the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob—has sent me to you.’ This is My name forever, and this is how I am to be remembered in every generation.
  14. Exodus 3:16יְהוָ֞ה · The LORD
    Go, assemble the elders of Israel and say to them, ‘The LORD, the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—has appeared to me and said: I have surely attended to you and have seen what has been done to you in Egypt.
  15. Exodus 3:18 (2×)יְהוָ֞ה · The LORD; לַֽיהוָ֥ה · to the LORD
    The elders of Israel will listen to what you say, and you must go with them to the king of Egypt and tell him, ‘The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us. Now please let us take a three-day journey into the wilderness, so that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God.’
  16. Exodus 4:1יְהוָֽה׃ · The LORD
    Then Moses answered, “What if they do not believe me or listen to my voice? For they may say, ‘The LORD has not appeared to you.’”
  17. Exodus 4:2יְהוָ֖ה · And the LORD
    And the LORD asked him, “What is that in your hand?” “A staff,” he replied.
  18. Exodus 4:4יְהוָה֙ · the LORD
    “Stretch out your hand and grab it by the tail,” the LORD said to Moses, who reached out his hand and caught the snake, and it turned back into a staff in his hand.
  19. Exodus 4:5יְהוָ֖ה · the LORD
    “This is so that they may believe that the LORD, the God of their fathers—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob—has appeared to you.”
  20. Exodus 4:6יְהוָ֨ה · the LORD
    Furthermore, the LORD said to Moses, “Put your hand inside your cloak.” So he put his hand inside his cloak, and when he took it out, his hand was leprous, white as snow.
  21. Exodus 4:10יְהוָה֮
    “Please, Lord,” Moses replied, “I have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor since You have spoken to Your servant, for I am slow of speech and tongue.”
  22. Exodus 4:11 (2×)יְהוָ֜ה · And the LORD; יְהוָֽה׃ · the LORD
    And the LORD said to him, “Who gave man his mouth? Or who makes the mute or the deaf, the sighted or the blind? Is it not I, the LORD?
  23. Exodus 4:14יְהוָ֜ה · of the LORD
    Then the anger of the LORD burned against Moses, and He said, “Is not Aaron the Levite your brother? I know that he can speak well, and he is now on his way to meet you. When he sees you, he will be glad in his heart.
  24. Exodus 4:19יְהוָ֤ה · Now the LORD
    Now the LORD had said to Moses in Midian, “Go back to Egypt, for all the men who sought to kill you are dead.”
  25. Exodus 4:21יְהוָה֮ · The LORD
    The LORD instructed Moses, “When you go back to Egypt, see that you perform before Pharaoh all the wonders that I have put within your power. But I will harden his heart so that he will not let the people go.
  26. Exodus 4:22יְהוָ֔ה · the LORD
    Then tell Pharaoh that this is what the LORD says: ‘Israel is My firstborn son,
  27. Exodus 4:24יְהוָ֔ה · the LORD
    Now at a lodging place along the way, the LORD met Moses and was about to kill him.
  28. Exodus 4:27יְהוָה֙ · Meanwhile, the LORD
    Meanwhile, the LORD had said to Aaron, “Go and meet Moses in the wilderness.” So he went and met Moses at the mountain of God and kissed him.
  29. Exodus 4:28יְהוָ֖ה · the LORD
    And Moses told Aaron everything the LORD had sent him to say, and all the signs He had commanded him to perform.
  30. Exodus 4:30יְהוָ֖ה · the LORD
    …and Aaron relayed everything the LORD had said to Moses. And Moses performed the signs before the people,
  31. Exodus 4:31יְהוָ֜ה · the LORD
    …and they believed. And when they heard that the LORD had attended to the Israelites and had seen their affliction, they bowed down and worshiped.
  32. Exodus 5:1יְהוָה֙ · the LORD
    After that, Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Let My people go, so that they may hold a feast to Me in the wilderness.’”
  33. Exodus 5:2 (2×)יְהוָה֙ · is the LORD; יְהוָ֔ה · the LORD
    But Pharaoh replied, “Who is the LORD that I should obey His voice and let Israel go? I do not know the LORD, and I will not let Israel go.”
  34. Exodus 5:3לַֽיהוָ֣ה · to the LORD
    “The God of the Hebrews has met with us,” they answered. “Please let us go on a three-day journey into the wilderness to sacrifice to the LORD our God, or He may strike us with plagues or with the sword.”
  35. Exodus 5:17לַֽיהוָֽה׃ · to the LORD
    “You are slackers!” Pharaoh replied. “Slackers! That is why you keep saying, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to the LORD.’
  36. Exodus 5:21יְהוָ֛ה · May the LORD
    “May the LORD look upon you and judge you,” the foremen said, “for you have made us a stench before Pharaoh and his officials; you have placed in their hand a sword to kill us!”
  37. Exodus 5:22יְהוָ֖ה · the LORD
    So Moses returned to the LORD and asked, “Lord, why have You brought trouble upon this people? Is this why You sent me?
  38. Exodus 6:1יְהוָה֙ · But the LORD
    But the LORD said to Moses, “Now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh, for because of My mighty hand he will let the people go; because of My strong hand he will drive them out of his land.”
  39. Exodus 6:2יְהוָֽה׃ · am the LORD
    God also told Moses, “I am the LORD.
  40. Exodus 6:3יְהוָ֔ה · the LORD
    I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob as God Almighty, but by My name the LORD I did not make Myself known to them.
  41. Exodus 6:6יְהוָה֒ · am the LORD
    Therefore tell the Israelites: ‘I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians and deliver you from their bondage. I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with mighty acts of judgment.
  42. Exodus 6:7יְהוָה֙ · am the LORD
    I will take you as My own people, and I will be your God. Then you will know that I am the LORD your God, who brought you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians.
  43. Exodus 6:8יְהוָֽה׃ · am the LORD
    And I will bring you into the land that I swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. I will give it to you as a possession. I am the LORD!’”