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 11:9יְהוָ֛ה · and the LORD
    But Jephthah asked them, “If you take me back to fight the Ammonites and the LORD gives them to me, will I really be your leader?”
  2. Judges 11:10יְהוָ֗ה · The LORD
    And the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, “The LORD is our witness if we do not do as you say.”
  3. Judges 11:11יְהוָ֖ה · of the LORD
    So Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him their leader and commander. And Jephthah repeated all his terms in the presence of the LORD at Mizpah.
  4. Judges 11:21יְהוָ֨ה · Then the LORD
    Then the LORD, the God of Israel, delivered Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel, who defeated them. So Israel took possession of all the land of the Amorites who inhabited that country,
  5. Judges 11:23יְהוָ֣ה׀ · the LORD
    Now since the LORD, the God of Israel, has driven out the Amorites from before His people Israel, should you now possess it?
  6. Judges 11:24יְהוָ֧ה · the LORD
    Do you not possess whatever your god Chemosh grants you? So also, we possess whatever the LORD our God has granted us.
  7. Judges 11:27יְהוָ֤ה · May the LORD
    I have not sinned against you, but you have done me wrong by waging war against me. May the LORD, the Judge, decide today between the Israelites and the Ammonites.”
  8. Judges 11:29יְהוָ֔ה · of the LORD
    Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jephthah, and he passed through Gilead and Manasseh, then through Mizpah of Gilead. And from there he advanced against the Ammonites.
  9. Judges 11:30לַיהוָ֖ה · to the LORD
    Jephthah made this vow to the LORD: “If indeed You will deliver the Ammonites into my hand,
  10. Judges 11:31לַֽיהוָ֔ה · the LORD
    …then whatever comes out the door of my house to greet me on my triumphant return from the Ammonites will belong to the LORD, and I will offer it up as a burnt offering.”
  11. Judges 11:32יְהוָ֖ה · and the LORD
    So Jephthah crossed over to the Ammonites to fight against them, and the LORD delivered them into his hand.
  12. Judges 11:35יְהוָ֔ה · the LORD
    As soon as Jephthah saw her, he tore his clothes and said, “No! Not my daughter! You have brought me to my knees! You have brought great misery upon me, for I have given my word to the LORD and cannot take it back.”
  13. Judges 11:36יְהוָ֔ה · the LORD; יְהוָ֧ה · the LORD
    “My father,” she replied, “you have given your word to the LORD. Do to me as you have said, for the LORD has avenged you of your enemies, the Ammonites.”
  14. Judges 12:3יְהוָ֖ה · and the LORD
    When I saw that you would not save me, I risked my life and crossed over to the Ammonites, and the LORD delivered them into my hand. Why then have you come today to fight against me?”
  15. Judges 13:1יְהוָ֑ה · of the LORD; יְהוָ֛ה · so [He]
    Again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD, so He delivered them into the hand of the Philistines for forty years.
  16. Judges 13:3יְהוָ֖ה · of the LORD
    The angel of the LORD appeared to the woman and said to her, “It is true that you are barren and have no children; but you will conceive and give birth to a son.
  17. Judges 13:8יְהוָ֖ה · the LORD
    Then Manoah prayed to the LORD, “Please, O Lord, let the man of God You sent us come to us again to teach us how to raise the boy who is to be born.”
  18. Judges 13:13יְהוָ֖ה · of the LORD
    So the angel of the LORD answered Manoah, “Your wife is to do everything I told her.
  19. Judges 13:15יְהוָ֑ה · of the LORD
    “Please stay here,” Manoah said to the angel of the LORD, “and we will prepare a young goat for you.”
  20. Judges 13:16יְהוָ֜ה · of the LORD; לַיהוָ֖ה · to the LORD; יְהוָ֖ה · of the LORD
    And the angel of the LORD replied, “Even if I stay, I will not eat your food. But if you prepare a burnt offering, offer it to the LORD.” For Manoah did not know that it was the angel of the LORD.
  21. Judges 13:17יְהוָ֖ה · of the LORD
    Then Manoah said to the angel of the LORD, “What is your name, so that we may honor you when your word comes to pass?”
  22. Judges 13:18יְהוָ֔ה · of the LORD
    “Why do you ask my name,” said the angel of the LORD, “since it is beyond comprehension?”
  23. Judges 13:19לַֽיהוָ֑ה · to the LORD
    Then Manoah took a young goat and a grain offering and offered them on a rock to the LORD. And as Manoah and his wife looked on, the LORD did a marvelous thing.
  24. Judges 13:20יְהוָ֖ה · of the LORD
    When the flame went up from the altar to the sky, the angel of the LORD ascended in the flame. When Manoah and his wife saw this, they fell facedown to the ground.
  25. Judges 13:21יְהוָ֔ה · of the LORD; יְהוָ֖ה · of the LORD
    And when the angel of the LORD did not appear again to Manoah and his wife, Manoah realized that it had been the angel of the LORD.
  26. Judges 13:23יְהוָ֤ה · the LORD
    But his wife replied, “If the LORD had intended to kill us, He would not have accepted the burnt offering and the grain offering from our hands, nor would He have shown us all these things or spoken to us this way.”
  27. Judges 13:24יְהוָֽה׃ · and the LORD
    So the woman gave birth to a son and named him Samson. The boy grew, and the LORD blessed him.
  28. Judges 13:25יְהוָ֔ה · of the LORD
    And the Spirit of the LORD began to stir him at Mahaneh-dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.
  29. Judges 14:4מֵיְהוָה֙ · the LORD
    (Now his father and mother did not know this was from the LORD, who was seeking an occasion to move against the Philistines; for at that time the Philistines were ruling over Israel.)
  30. Judges 14:6יְהוָ֗ה · of the LORD
    …and the Spirit of the LORD came powerfully upon him, and he tore the lion apart with his bare hands as one would tear a young goat. But he did not tell his father or mother what he had done.
  31. Judges 14:19יְהוָ֗ה · of the LORD
    Then the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and he went down to Ashkelon, killed thirty of their men, took their apparel, and gave their clothes to those who had solved the riddle. And burning with anger, Samson returned to his father’s house,
  32. Judges 15:14יְהוָ֗ה · of the LORD
    When Samson arrived in Lehi, the Philistines came out shouting against him. And the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him. The ropes on his arms became like burnt flax, and the bonds broke loose from his hands.
  33. Judges 15:18יְהוָה֙ · the LORD
    And being very thirsty, Samson cried out to the LORD, “You have accomplished this great deliverance through Your servant. Must I now die of thirst and fall into the hands of the uncircumcised?”
  34. Judges 16:20יְהוָ֖ה · the LORD
    Then she called out, “Samson, the Philistines are here!” When Samson awoke from his sleep, he thought, “I will escape as I did before and shake myself free.” But he did not know that the LORD had departed from him.
  35. Judges 16:28יְהוָ֖ה · the LORD
    Then Samson called out to the LORD: “O Lord GOD, please remember me. Strengthen me, O God, just once more, so that with one vengeful blow I may pay back the Philistines for my two eyes.”
  36. Judges 17:2לַיהוָֽה׃ · by the LORD
    …said to his mother, “The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from you and about which I heard you utter a curse—I have the silver here with me; I took it.” Then his mother said, “Blessed be my son by the LORD!”
  37. Judges 17:3לַיהוָ֨ה · to the LORD
    And when he had returned the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, she said, “I wholly dedicate the silver to the LORD for my son’s benefit, to make a graven image and a molten idol. Therefore I will now return it to you.”
  38. Judges 17:13יְהוָ֖ה · the LORD
    Then Micah said, “Now I know that the LORD will be good to me, because a Levite has become my priest.”
  39. Judges 18:6יְהוָ֔ה · The LORD
    And the priest told them, “Go in peace. The LORD is watching over your journey.”
  40. Judges 19:18יְהוָה֙ · of the LORD
    The Levite replied, “We are traveling from Bethlehem in Judah to the remote hill country of Ephraim, where I am from. I went to Bethlehem in Judah, and now I am going to the house of the LORD; but no one has taken me into his home,
  41. Judges 20:1יְהוָ֖ה · the LORD
    Then all the Israelites from Dan to Beersheba and from the land of Gilead came out, and the congregation assembled as one man before the LORD at Mizpah.
  42. Judges 20:18יְהוָ֖ה · the LORD
    The Israelites set out, went up to Bethel, and inquired of God, “Who of us shall go up first to fight against the Benjamites?” “Judah will be first,” the LORD replied.
  43. Judges 20:23יְהוָה֮ · the LORD; בַֽיהוָה֙ · of Him; יְהוָ֖ה · And the LORD
    They went up and wept before the LORD until evening, inquiring of Him, “Should we again draw near for battle against our brothers the Benjamites?” And the LORD answered, “Go up against them.”