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 22:34יְהוָ֖ה · the LORD
    So the Reubenites and Gadites named the altar Witness, for they said, “It is a witness between us that the LORD is God.”
  2. Joshua 23:1יְהוָ֧ה · the LORD
    A long time after the LORD had given Israel rest from all the enemies around them, when Joshua was old and well along in years,
  3. Joshua 23:3יְהוָ֧ה · the LORD; יְהוָ֣ה · was the LORD
    …“and you have seen everything that the LORD your God has done to all these nations for your sake, because it was the LORD your God who fought for you.
  4. Joshua 23:5וַיהוָ֣ה · The LORD; יְהוָ֥ה · the LORD
    The LORD your God will push them out of your way and drive them out before you, so that you can take possession of their land, as the LORD your God promised you.
  5. Joshua 23:8בַּיהוָ֥ה · to the LORD
    Instead, you shall hold fast to the LORD your God, as you have done to this day.
  6. Joshua 23:9יְהוָה֙ · The LORD
    The LORD has driven out great and powerful nations before you, and to this day no one can stand against you.
  7. Joshua 23:10יְהוָ֣ה · the LORD
    One of you can put a thousand to flight, because the LORD your God fights for you, just as He promised.
  8. Joshua 23:11יְהוָ֥ה · the LORD
    Therefore watch yourselves carefully, that you love the LORD your God.
  9. Joshua 23:13יְהוָ֣ה · the LORD; יְהוָ֖ה · the LORD
    …know for sure that the LORD your God will no longer drive out these nations before you. Instead, they will become for you a snare and a trap, a scourge in your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from this good land that the LORD your God has given you.
  10. Joshua 23:14יְהוָ֤ה · the LORD
    Now behold, today I am going the way of all the earth, and you know with all your heart and soul that not one of the good promises the LORD your God made to you has failed. Everything was fulfilled for you; not one promise has failed.
  11. Joshua 23:15יְהוָ֥ה · the LORD; יְהוָ֜ה · the LORD; יְהוָ֖ה · [He]
    But just as every good thing the LORD your God promised you has come to pass, likewise the LORD will bring upon you the calamity He has threatened, until He has destroyed you from this good land He has given you.
  12. Joshua 23:16יְהוָ֥ה · of the LORD; יְהוָה֙ · of the LORD
    If you transgress the covenant of the LORD your God, which He commanded you, and go and serve other gods and bow down to them, then the anger of the LORD will burn against you, and you will quickly perish from this good land He has given you.”
  13. Joshua 24:2יְהוָה֮ · the LORD
    And Joshua said to all the people, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Long ago your fathers, including Terah the father of Abraham and Nahor, lived beyond the Euphrates and worshiped other gods.
  14. Joshua 24:7יְהוָ֗ה · the LORD
    So your fathers cried out to the LORD, and He put darkness between you and the Egyptians, over whom He brought the sea and engulfed them. Your very eyes saw what I did to the Egyptians. Then you lived in the wilderness for a long time.
  15. Joshua 24:14יְהוָ֛ה · the LORD; יְהוָֽה׃ · the LORD
    Now, therefore, fear the LORD and serve Him in sincerity and truth; cast aside the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates and in Egypt, and serve the LORD.
  16. Joshua 24:15יְהוָ֗ה · the LORD; יְהוָֽה׃פ · the LORD
    But if it is unpleasing in your sight to serve the LORD, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living. As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD!”
  17. Joshua 24:16יְהוָ֑ה · the LORD
    The people replied, “Far be it from us to forsake the LORD to serve other gods!
  18. Joshua 24:17יְהוָ֣ה · the LORD
    For the LORD our God brought us and our fathers out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery, and performed these great signs before our eyes. He also protected us throughout our journey and among all the nations through which we traveled.
  19. Joshua 24:18יְהוָ֜ה · And the LORD; יְהוָ֔ה · the LORD
    And the LORD drove out before us all the nations, including the Amorites who lived in the land. We too will serve the LORD, because He is our God!”
  20. Joshua 24:19יְהוָ֔ה · the LORD
    But Joshua said to the people, “You are not able to serve the LORD, for He is a holy God; He is a jealous God; He will not forgive your rebellion or your sins.
  21. Joshua 24:20יְהוָ֔ה · the LORD
    If you forsake the LORD and serve foreign gods, He will turn and bring disaster on you and consume you, even after He has been good to you.”
  22. Joshua 24:21יְהוָ֖ה · the LORD
    “No!” replied the people. “We will serve the LORD!”
  23. Joshua 24:22יְהוָ֖ה · the LORD
    Then Joshua told them, “You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen to serve the LORD.” “We are witnesses!” they said.
  24. Joshua 24:23יְהוָ֖ה · the LORD
    “Now, therefore,” he said, “get rid of the foreign gods among you and incline your hearts to the LORD, the God of Israel.”
  25. Joshua 24:24יְהוָ֤ה · the LORD
    So the people said to Joshua, “We will serve the LORD our God and obey His voice.”
  26. Joshua 24:26יְהוָֽה׃ס · of the LORD
    Joshua recorded these things in the Book of the Law of God. Then he took a large stone and set it up there under the oak that was near the sanctuary of the LORD.
  27. Joshua 24:27יְהוָ֔ה · the LORD
    And Joshua said to all the people, “You see this stone. It will be a witness against us, for it has heard all the words the LORD has spoken to us, and it will be a witness against you if you ever deny your God.”
  28. Joshua 24:29יְהוָ֑ה · of the LORD
    Some time later, Joshua son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died at the age of 110.
  29. Joshua 24:31יְהוָ֔ה · the LORD; יְהוָ֔ה · the LORD
    Israel had served the LORD throughout the days of Joshua and of the elders who outlived him and who had experienced all the works that the LORD had done for Israel.
  30. Judges 1:1בַּיהוָ֖ה · of the LORD
    After the death of Joshua, the Israelites inquired of the LORD, “Who will be the first to go up and fight for us against the Canaanites?”
  31. Judges 1:2יְהוָ֖ה · the LORD
    “Judah shall go up,” answered the LORD. “Indeed, I have delivered the land into their hands.”
  32. Judges 1:4יְהוָ֛ה · the LORD
    When Judah attacked, the LORD delivered the Canaanites and Perizzites into their hands, and they struck down ten thousand men at Bezek.
  33. Judges 1:19יְהוָה֙ · The LORD
    The LORD was with Judah, and they took possession of the hill country; but they could not drive out the inhabitants of the plains because they had chariots of iron.
  34. Judges 1:22וַֽיהוָ֖ה · and the LORD
    The house of Joseph also attacked Bethel, and the LORD was with them.
  35. Judges 2:1יְהוָ֛ה · of the LORD
    Now the angel of the LORD went up from Gilgal to Bochim and said, “I brought you up out of Egypt and led you into the land that I had promised to your fathers, and I said, ‘I will never break My covenant with you,
  36. Judges 2:4יְהוָה֙ · of the LORD
    When the angel of the LORD had spoken these words to all the Israelites, the people lifted up their voices and wept.
  37. Judges 2:5לַֽיהוָֽה׃פ · to the LORD
    So they called that place Bochim and offered sacrifices there to the LORD.
  38. Judges 2:7יְהוָ֔ה · the LORD; יְהוָה֙ · the LORD
    And the people served the LORD throughout the days of Joshua and of the elders who outlived him, who had seen all the great works that the LORD had done for Israel.
  39. Judges 2:8יְהוָ֑ה · of the LORD
    And Joshua son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died at the age of 110.