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 20:26יְהוָ֔ה · the LORD; יְהוָֽה׃ · the LORD
    Then the Israelites, all the people, went up to Bethel, where they sat weeping before the LORD. That day they fasted until evening and presented burnt offerings and peace offerings to the LORD.
  2. Judges 20:27בַּֽיהוָ֑ה · of the LORD
    And the Israelites inquired of the LORD. (In those days the ark of the covenant of God was there,
  3. Judges 20:28יְהוָה֙ · The LORD
    …and Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, served before it.) The Israelites asked, “Should we again go out to battle against our brothers the Benjamites, or should we stop?” The LORD answered, “Fight, for tomorrow I will deliver them into your hand.”
  4. Judges 20:35יְהוָ֥ה׀ · The LORD
    The LORD defeated Benjamin in the presence of Israel, and on that day the Israelites slaughtered 25,100 Benjamites, all armed with swords.
  5. Judges 21:3יְהוָה֙ · O LORD
    “Why, O LORD God of Israel,” they cried out, “has this happened in Israel? Today in Israel one tribe is missing!”
  6. Judges 21:5יְהוָ֑ה · the LORD; יְהוָ֧ה · the LORD
    The Israelites asked, “Who among all the tribes of Israel did not come to the assembly before the LORD?” For they had taken a solemn oath that anyone who failed to come up before the LORD at Mizpah would surely be put to death.
  7. Judges 21:7בַֽיהוָ֔ה · by the LORD
    What should we do about wives for the survivors, since we have sworn by the LORD not to give them our daughters in marriage?”
  8. Judges 21:8יְהוָ֖ה · the LORD
    So they asked, “Which one of the tribes of Israel failed to come up before the LORD at Mizpah?” And, in fact, no one from Jabesh-gilead had come to the camp for the assembly.
  9. Judges 21:15יְהוָ֛ה · the LORD
    The people grieved for Benjamin, because the LORD had made a void in the tribes of Israel.
  10. Judges 21:19יְהוָ֨ה · to the LORD
    “But look,” they said, “there is a yearly feast to the LORD in Shiloh, which is north of Bethel east of the road that goes up from Bethel to Shechem, and south of Lebonah.”
  11. Ruth 1:6יְהוָה֙ · the LORD
    When Naomi heard in Moab that the LORD had attended to His people by providing them with food, she and her daughters-in-law prepared to leave the land of Moab.
  12. Ruth 1:8יְהוָ֤ה · May the LORD
    Then Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, “Go back, each of you to your mother’s home. May the LORD show you loving devotion, as you have shown to your dead and to me.
  13. Ruth 1:9יְהוָה֙ · May the LORD
    May the LORD enable each of you to find rest in the home of your new husband.” And she kissed them as they wept aloud
  14. Ruth 1:13יְהוָֽה׃ · of the LORD
    …would you wait for them to grow up? Would you refrain from having husbands? No, my daughters, it is much more bitter for me than for you, because the hand of the LORD has gone out against me.”
  15. Ruth 1:17יְהוָ֥ה · May the LORD
    Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. May the LORD punish me, and ever so severely, if anything but death separates you and me.”
  16. Ruth 1:21יְהוָ֑ה · but the LORD; וַֽיהוָה֙ · After all, the LORD
    I went away full, but the LORD has brought me back empty. Why call me Naomi? After all, the LORD has testified against me, and the Almighty has afflicted me.”
  17. Ruth 2:4יְהוָ֣ה · The LORD; יְהוָֽה׃ · The LORD
    Just then Boaz arrived from Bethlehem and said to the harvesters, “The LORD be with you.” “The LORD bless you,” they replied.
  18. Ruth 2:12יְהוָ֖ה · May the LORD; יְהוָה֙ · the LORD
    May the LORD repay your work, and may you receive a rich reward from the LORD, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have taken refuge.”
  19. Ruth 2:20לַיהוָ֔ה · by the LORD
    Then Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, “May he be blessed by the LORD, who has not withdrawn His kindness from the living or the dead.” Naomi continued, “The man is a close relative. He is one of our kinsman-redeemers.”
  20. Ruth 3:10לַֽיהוָה֙ · May the LORD
    Then Boaz said, “May the LORD bless you, my daughter. You have shown more kindness now than before, because you have not run after the younger men, whether rich or poor.
  21. Ruth 3:13יְהוָ֑ה · as surely as the LORD
    Stay here tonight, and in the morning, if he wants to redeem you, good. Let him redeem you. But if he does not want to redeem you, as surely as the LORD lives, I will. Now lie here until morning.”
  22. Ruth 4:11יְהוָ֨ה · May the LORD
    “We are witnesses,” said the elders and all the people at the gate. “May the LORD make the woman entering your home like Rachel and Leah, who together built up the house of Israel. May you be prosperous in Ephrathah and famous in Bethlehem.
  23. Ruth 4:12יְהוָה֙ · the LORD
    And may your house become like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah, because of the offspring the LORD will give you by this young woman.”
  24. Ruth 4:13יְהוָ֥ה · the LORD
    So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife. And when he had relations with her, the LORD enabled her to conceive, and she gave birth to a son.
  25. Ruth 4:14יְהוָ֔ה · the LORD
    Then the women said to Naomi, “Blessed be the LORD, who has not left you this day without a kinsman-redeemer. May his name become famous in Israel.
  26. 1 Samuel 1:3לַיהוָ֥ה · to the LORD; לַיהוָֽה׃ · to the LORD
    Year after year Elkanah would go up from his city to worship and sacrifice to the LORD of Hosts at Shiloh, where Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, were priests to the LORD.
  27. 1 Samuel 1:5וַֽיהוָ֖ה · even though the LORD
    But to Hannah he would give a double portion, for he loved her even though the LORD had closed her womb.
  28. 1 Samuel 1:6יְהוָ֖ה · the LORD
    Because the LORD had closed Hannah’s womb, her rival would provoke her viciously to taunt her.
  29. 1 Samuel 1:7יְהוָ֔ה · of the LORD
    And this went on year after year. Whenever Hannah went up to the house of the LORD, her rival taunted her until she wept and would not eat.
  30. 1 Samuel 1:9יְהוָֽה׃ · of the LORD
    So after they had finished eating and drinking in Shiloh, Hannah stood up. Now Eli the priest was sitting on a chair by the doorpost of the temple of the LORD.
  31. 1 Samuel 1:10יְהוָ֖ה · the LORD
    In her bitter distress, Hannah prayed to the LORD and wept with many tears.
  32. 1 Samuel 1:11יְהוָ֨ה · O LORD; לַֽיהוָה֙ · to the LORD
    And she made a vow, saying, “O LORD of Hosts, if only You will look upon the affliction of Your maidservant and remember me, not forgetting Your maidservant but giving her a son, then I will dedicate him to the LORD all the days of his life, and no razor shall ever touch his head.”
  33. 1 Samuel 1:12יְהוָ֑ה · the LORD
    As Hannah kept on praying before the LORD, Eli watched her mouth.
  34. 1 Samuel 1:15יְהוָֽה׃ · the LORD
    “No, my lord,” Hannah replied. “I am a woman troubled in spirit. I have not had any wine or strong drink, but I have poured out my soul before the LORD.
  35. 1 Samuel 1:19יְהוָ֔ה · the LORD; יְהוָֽה׃ · and the LORD
    The next morning they got up early to bow in worship before the LORD, and then they returned home to Ramah. And Elkanah had relations with his wife Hannah, and the LORD remembered her.
  36. 1 Samuel 1:20מֵיְהוָ֖ה · from the LORD
    So in the course of time, Hannah conceived and gave birth to a son. She named him Samuel, saying, “Because I have asked for him from the LORD.”
  37. 1 Samuel 1:21לַֽיהוָ֛ה · to the LORD
    Then Elkanah and all his house went up to make the annual sacrifice to the LORD and to fulfill his vow,
  38. 1 Samuel 1:22יְהוָ֔ה · the LORD
    …but Hannah did not go. “After the boy is weaned,” she said to her husband, “I will take him to appear before the LORD and to stay there permanently.”
  39. 1 Samuel 1:23יְהוָ֖ה · may the LORD
    “Do what you think is best,” her husband Elkanah replied, “and stay here until you have weaned him. Only may the LORD confirm His word.” So Hannah stayed and nursed her son until she had weaned him.
  40. 1 Samuel 1:24יְהוָ֖ה · of the LORD
    Once she had weaned him, Hannah took the boy with her, along with a three-year-old bull, an ephah of flour, and a skin of wine. Though the boy was still young, she brought him to the house of the LORD at Shiloh.
  41. 1 Samuel 1:26יְהוָֽה׃ · the LORD
    “Please, my lord,” said Hannah, “as surely as you live, my lord, I am the woman who stood here beside you praying to the LORD.
  42. 1 Samuel 1:27יְהוָ֥ה · and since the LORD
    I prayed for this boy, and since the LORD has granted me what I asked of Him,