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. Judges 2:10יְהוָ֔ה · the LORD
    After that whole generation had also been gathered to their fathers, another generation rose up who did not know the LORD or the works that He had done for Israel.
  2. Judges 2:11יְהוָ֑ה · of the LORD
    And the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD and served the Baals.
  3. Judges 2:12יְהוָ֣ה׀ · the LORD; יְהוָֽה׃ · the LORD {to anger}
    Thus they forsook the LORD, the God of their fathers, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt, and they followed after various gods of the peoples around them. They bowed down to them and provoked the LORD to anger,
  4. Judges 2:13יְהוָ֑ה · Him
    …for they forsook Him and served Baal and the Ashtoreths.
  5. Judges 2:14יְהוָה֙ · of the LORD
    Then the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He delivered them into the hands of those who plundered them. He sold them into the hands of their enemies all around, whom they were no longer able to resist.
  6. Judges 2:15יְהוָה֙ · of the LORD; יְהוָ֔ה · He; יְהוָ֖ה
    Wherever Israel marched out, the hand of the LORD was against them to bring calamity, just as He had sworn to them. So they were greatly distressed.
  7. Judges 2:16יְהוָ֖ה · Then the LORD
    Then the LORD raised up judges, who saved them from the hands of those who plundered them.
  8. Judges 2:17יְהוָ֖ה · to the LORD’s
    Israel, however, did not listen to their judges. Instead, they prostituted themselves with other gods and bowed down to them. They quickly turned from the way of their fathers, who had walked in obedience to the LORD’s commandments; they did not do as their fathers had done.
  9. Judges 2:18יְהוָ֥ה׀ · the LORD; יְהוָה֙ · [He]; יְהוָה֙ · for the LORD
    Whenever the LORD raised up a judge for the Israelites, He was with that judge and saved them from the hands of their enemies while the judge was still alive; for the LORD was moved to pity by their groaning under those who oppressed them and afflicted them.
  10. Judges 2:20יְהוָ֖ה · of the LORD
    So the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He said, “Because this nation has transgressed the covenant I laid down for their fathers and has not heeded My voice,
  11. Judges 2:22יְהוָ֜ה · of the LORD
    In this way I will test whether Israel will keep the way of the LORD by walking in it as their fathers did.”
  12. Judges 2:23יְהוָה֙ · That is why the LORD
    That is why the LORD had left those nations in place and had not driven them out immediately by delivering them into the hand of Joshua.
  13. Judges 3:1יְהוָ֔ה · the LORD
    These are the nations that the LORD left to test all the Israelites who had not known any of the wars in Canaan,
  14. Judges 3:4יְהוָ֔ה · of the LORD
    These nations were left to test the Israelites, to find out whether they would keep the commandments of the LORD, which He had given their fathers through Moses.
  15. Judges 3:7יְהוָ֔ה · of the LORD; יְהוָ֣ה · the LORD
    So the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD; they forgot the LORD their God and served the Baals and the Asherahs.
  16. Judges 3:8יְהוָה֙ · of the LORD
    Then the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He sold them into the hand of Cushan-rishathaim king of Aram-naharaim, and the Israelites served him eight years.
  17. Judges 3:9יְהוָ֔ה · the LORD; יְהוָ֥ה · [He]
    But when the Israelites cried out to the LORD, He raised up Othniel son of Caleb’s younger brother Kenaz as a deliverer to save them.
  18. Judges 3:10יְהוָה֮ · of the LORD; יְהוָה֙ · And the LORD
    The Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he became Israel’s judge and went out to war. And the LORD delivered Cushan-rishathaim king of Aram into the hand of Othniel, who prevailed against him.
  19. Judges 3:12יְהוָ֑ה · of the LORD; יְהוָ֜ה · So He; יְהוָֽה׃ · of the LORD
    Once again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD. So He gave Eglon king of Moab power over Israel, because they had done evil in the sight of the LORD.
  20. Judges 3:15יְהוָה֒ · the LORD; יְהוָ֨ה · and He
    And again they cried out to the LORD, and He raised up Ehud son of Gera, a left-handed Benjamite, as their deliverer. So they sent him with tribute to Eglon king of Moab.
  21. Judges 3:28יְהוָ֧ה · the LORD
    “Follow me,” he told them, “for the LORD has delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand.” So they followed him down and seized the fords of the Jordan leading to Moab, and they did not allow anyone to cross over.
  22. Judges 4:1יְהוָ֑ה · of the LORD
    After Ehud died, the Israelites again did evil in the sight of the LORD.
  23. Judges 4:2יְהוָ֗ה · So the LORD
    So the LORD sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor. The commander of his forces was Sisera, who lived in Harosheth-hagoyim.
  24. Judges 4:3יְהוָ֑ה · the LORD
    Then the Israelites cried out to the LORD, because Jabin had nine hundred chariots of iron, and he had harshly oppressed the Israelites for twenty years.
  25. Judges 4:6יְהוָ֣ה · the LORD
    She summoned Barak son of Abinoam from Kedesh in Naphtali and said to him, “Surely the LORD, the God of Israel, is commanding you: ‘Go and march to Mount Tabor, taking with you ten thousand men of Naphtali and Zebulun.
  26. Judges 4:9יְהוָ֖ה · the LORD
    “I will certainly go with you,” Deborah replied, “but the road you are taking will bring you no honor, because the LORD will be selling Sisera into the hand of a woman.” So Deborah got up and went with Barak to Kedesh,
  27. Judges 4:14יְהוָ֤ה · the LORD; יְהוָ֖ה · the LORD
    Then Deborah said to Barak, “Arise, for this is the day that the LORD has delivered Sisera into your hand. Has not the LORD gone before you?” So Barak came down from Mount Tabor with ten thousand men following him.
  28. Judges 4:15יְ֠הוָה · the LORD
    And in front of him the LORD routed with the sword Sisera, all his charioteers, and all his army. Sisera abandoned his chariot and fled on foot.
  29. Judges 5:2יְהוָֽה׃ · the LORD
    “When the princes take the lead in Israel, when the people volunteer, bless the LORD.
  30. Judges 5:3לַֽיהוָה֙ · to the LORD; לַֽיהוָ֖ה · to the LORD
    Listen, O kings! Give ear, O princes! I will sing to the LORD; I will sing praise to the LORD, the God of Israel.
  31. Judges 5:4יְהוָ֗ה · O LORD
    O LORD, when You went out from Seir, when You marched from the land of Edom, the earth trembled, the heavens poured out rain, and the clouds poured down water.
  32. Judges 5:5יְהוָ֑ה · the LORD; יְהוָ֖ה · the LORD
    The mountains quaked before the LORD, the One of Sinai, before the LORD, the God of Israel.
  33. Judges 5:9יְהוָֽה׃ · the LORD
    My heart is with the princes of Israel, with the volunteers among the people. Bless the LORD!
  34. Judges 5:11יְהוָ֔ה · of the LORD; יְהוָֽה׃ · of the LORD
    …the voices of the singers at the watering places. There they shall recount the righteous acts of the LORD, the righteous deeds of His villagers in Israel. Then the people of the LORD went down to the gates:
  35. Judges 5:13יְהוָ֕ה · of the LORD
    Then the survivors came down to the nobles; the people of the LORD came down to me against the mighty.