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. 1 Samuel 1:28לַֽיהוָ֔ה · to the LORD; לַֽיהוָ֑ה · to the LORD; לַיהוָֽה׃פ · the LORD
    I now dedicate the boy to the LORD. For as long as he lives, he is dedicated to the LORD.” So they worshiped the LORD there.
  2. 1 Samuel 2:1בַּֽיהוָ֔ה · in the LORD; בַּֽיהוָ֑ה · in the LORD
    At that time Hannah prayed: “My heart rejoices in the LORD; my horn is exalted in the LORD. My mouth speaks boldly against my enemies, for I rejoice in Your salvation.
  3. 1 Samuel 2:2כַּיהוָ֖ה · like the LORD
    There is no one holy like the LORD. Indeed, there is no one besides You! And there is no Rock like our God.
  4. 1 Samuel 2:3יְהוָ֔ה · the LORD
    Do not boast so proudly, or let arrogance come from your mouth, for the LORD is a God who knows, and by Him actions are weighed.
  5. 1 Samuel 2:6יְהוָ֖ה · The LORD
    The LORD brings death and gives life; He brings down to Sheol and raises up.
  6. 1 Samuel 2:7יְהוָ֖ה · The LORD
    The LORD sends poverty and wealth; He humbles and He exalts.
  7. 1 Samuel 2:8לַֽיהוָה֙ · are the LORD’s
    He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap. He seats them among princes and bestows on them a throne of honor. For the foundations of the earth are the LORD’s, and upon them He has set the world.
  8. 1 Samuel 2:10יְהוָ֞ה · the LORD; יְהוָ֖ה · The LORD
    Those who oppose the LORD will be shattered. He will thunder from heaven against them. The LORD will judge the ends of the earth and will give power to His king. He will exalt the horn of His anointed.”
  9. 1 Samuel 2:11יְהוָ֔ה · the LORD
    Then Elkanah went home to Ramah, but the boy began ministering to the LORD before Eli the priest.
  10. 1 Samuel 2:12יְהוָֽה׃ · for the LORD
    Now the sons of Eli were wicked men; they had no regard for the LORD
  11. 1 Samuel 2:17יְהוָ֑ה · of the LORD; יְהוָֽה׃ · {were treating} the LORD’s
    Thus the sin of these young men was severe in the sight of the LORD, for they were treating the LORD’s offering with contempt.
  12. 1 Samuel 2:18יְהוָ֑ה · the LORD
    Now Samuel was ministering before the LORD—a boy wearing a linen ephod.
  13. 1 Samuel 2:20יְהוָ֨ה · May the LORD; לַֽיהוָ֑ה · the LORD
    And Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife, saying, “May the LORD give you children by this woman in place of the one she dedicated to the LORD.” Then they would go home.
  14. 1 Samuel 2:21יְהוָה֙ · the LORD; יְהוָֽה׃ס · the LORD
    So the LORD attended to Hannah, and she conceived and gave birth to three sons and two daughters. Meanwhile, the boy Samuel grew up in the presence of the LORD.
  15. 1 Samuel 2:24יְהוָֽה׃ · the LORD’s
    No, my sons; it is not a good report I hear circulating among the LORD’s people.
  16. 1 Samuel 2:25לַֽיהוָה֙ · against the LORD; יְהוָ֖ה · the LORD
    If a man sins against another man, God can intercede for him; but if a man sins against the LORD, who can intercede for him?” But they would not listen to their father, since the LORD intended to put them to death.
  17. 1 Samuel 2:26יְהוָ֔ה · the LORD
    And the boy Samuel continued to grow in stature and in favor with the LORD and with man.
  18. 1 Samuel 2:27יְהוָ֔ה · the LORD
    Then a man of God came to Eli and told him, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Did I not clearly reveal Myself to your father’s house when they were in Egypt under Pharaoh’s house?
  19. 1 Samuel 2:30יְהוָה֮ · the LORD; יְהוָה֙ · the LORD
    Therefore, the LORD, the God of Israel, declares: ‘I did indeed say that your house and the house of your father would walk before Me forever. But now the LORD declares: Far be it from Me! For I will honor those who honor Me, but those who despise Me will be disdained.
  20. 1 Samuel 3:1יְהוָ֖ה · the LORD; יְהוָ֗ה · of the LORD
    And the boy Samuel ministered to the LORD before Eli. Now in those days the word of the LORD was rare, and visions were scarce.
  21. 1 Samuel 3:3יְהוָ֔ה · of the LORD
    Before the lamp of God had gone out, Samuel was lying down in the temple of the LORD, where the ark of God was located.
  22. 1 Samuel 3:4יְהוָ֛ה · Then the LORD
    Then the LORD called to Samuel, and he answered, “Here I am.”
  23. 1 Samuel 3:6יְהוָ֗ה · the LORD
    Once again the LORD called, “Samuel!” So Samuel got up, went to Eli, and said, “Here I am, for you have called me.” “My son, I did not call,” Eli replied. “Go back and lie down.”
  24. 1 Samuel 3:7יְהוָ֑ה · the LORD; יְהוָֽה׃ · of the LORD
    Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD, because the word of the LORD had not yet been revealed to him.
  25. 1 Samuel 3:8יְהוָ֥ה · the LORD; יְהוָ֖ה · that it was the LORD
    Once again, for the third time, the LORD called to Samuel. He got up, went to Eli, and said, “Here I am, for you have called me.” Then Eli realized that it was the LORD who was calling the boy.
  26. 1 Samuel 3:9יְהוָ֔ה · LORD
    “Go and lie down,” he said to Samuel, “and if He calls you, say, ‘Speak, LORD, for Your servant is listening.’” So Samuel went and lay down in his place.
  27. 1 Samuel 3:10יְהוָה֙ · Then the LORD
    Then the LORD came and stood there, calling as before, “Samuel! Samuel!” And Samuel answered, “Speak, for Your servant is listening.”
  28. 1 Samuel 3:11יְהוָה֙ · Then the LORD
    Then the LORD said to Samuel, “I am about to do something in Israel at which the ears of all who hear it will tingle.
  29. 1 Samuel 3:15יְהוָ֑ה · of the LORD
    Samuel lay down until the morning; then he opened the doors of the house of the LORD. He was afraid to tell Eli the vision,
  30. 1 Samuel 3:18יְהוָ֣ה · is the LORD
    So Samuel told him everything and did not hide a thing from him. “He is the LORD,” replied Eli. “Let Him do what is good in His eyes.”
  31. 1 Samuel 3:19וַֽיהוָה֙ · and the LORD
    And Samuel grew, and the LORD was with him, and He let none of Samuel’s words fall to the ground.
  32. 1 Samuel 3:20לַיהוָֽה׃ · of the LORD
    So all Israel from Dan to Beersheba knew that Samuel was confirmed as a prophet of the LORD.
  33. 1 Samuel 3:21יְהוָ֖ה · And the LORD; יְהוָ֧ה · He; יְהוָֽה׃פ · by His
    And the LORD continued to appear at Shiloh, because there He revealed Himself to Samuel by His word.
  34. 1 Samuel 4:3יְהוָ֛ה · has the LORD; יְהוָ֔ה · of the LORD
    When the troops returned to the camp, the elders of Israel asked, “Why has the LORD brought defeat on us before the Philistines today? Let us bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD from Shiloh, so that it may go with us to save us from the hand of our enemies.”
  35. 1 Samuel 4:4יְהוָ֛ה · of the LORD
    So the people sent men to Shiloh, and they brought back the ark of the covenant of the LORD of Hosts, who sits enthroned between the cherubim. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.