This name belongs to 2 different people and places in the Bible:
Definition
from H1961; (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
Traditional renderings: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare H3050, H3069.
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
Occurrences
6,522 total
- 1 Samuel 4:5יְהוָה֙ · of the LORDWhen the ark of the covenant of the LORD entered the camp, all the Israelites raised such a great shout that the ground shook.
- 1 Samuel 4:6יְהוָ֔ה · of the LORDOn hearing the noise of the shout, the Philistines asked, “What is this loud shouting in the camp of the Hebrews?” And when they realized that the ark of the LORD had entered the camp,
- 1 Samuel 5:3יְהוָ֑ה · of the LORDWhen the people of Ashdod got up early the next morning, there was Dagon, fallen on his face before the ark of the LORD. So they took Dagon and returned him to his place.
- 1 Samuel 5:4יְהוָ֑ה · of the LORDBut when they got up early the next morning, there was Dagon, fallen on his face before the ark of the LORD, with his head and his hands broken off and lying on the threshold. Only the torso remained.
- 1 Samuel 5:6יְהוָ֛ה · of the LORDNow the hand of the LORD was heavy on the people of Ashdod and its vicinity, ravaging them and afflicting them with tumors.
- 1 Samuel 5:9יְהוָ֤ה׀ · the LORD’sBut after they had moved the ark to Gath, the LORD’s hand was also against that city, throwing it into great confusion and afflicting the men of the city, both young and old, with an outbreak of tumors.
- 1 Samuel 6:1יְהוָ֛ה · of the LORDWhen the ark of the LORD had been in the land of the Philistines seven months,
- 1 Samuel 6:2יְהוָ֑ה · of the LORD…the Philistines summoned the priests and diviners, saying, “What shall we do with the ark of the LORD? Tell us how to send it back to its place.”
- 1 Samuel 6:8יְהוָ֗ה · of the LORDTake the ark of the LORD, set it on the cart, and in a chest beside it put the gold objects you are sending back to Him as a guilt offering. Then send the ark on its way,
- 1 Samuel 6:11יְהוָ֖ה · of the LORDThen they put the ark of the LORD on the cart, along with the chest containing the gold rats and the images of the tumors.
- 1 Samuel 6:14לַיהוָֽה׃ס · to the LORDThe cart came to the field of Joshua of Beth-shemesh and stopped there near a large rock. The people chopped up the cart and offered the cows as a burnt offering to the LORD.
- 1 Samuel 6:15יְהוָ֗ה · of the LORD; לַֽיהוָֽה׃ · to the LORDAnd the Levites took down the ark of the LORD and the chest containing the gold objects, and they placed them on the large rock. That day the men of Beth-shemesh offered burnt offerings and made sacrifices to the LORD.
- 1 Samuel 6:17לַֽיהוָ֑ה · to the LORDAs a guilt offering to the LORD, the Philistines had sent back one gold tumor for each city: Ashdod, Gaza, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron.
- 1 Samuel 6:18יְהוָ֔ה · of the LORDThe number of gold rats also corresponded to the number of Philistine cities belonging to the five rulers—the fortified cities and their outlying villages. And the large rock on which they placed the ark of the LORD stands to this day in the field of Joshua of Beth-shemesh.
- 1 Samuel 6:19יְהוָ֔ה · of the LORD; יְהוָ֛ה · the LORDBut God struck down some of the people of Beth-shemesh because they looked inside the ark of the LORD. He struck down seventy men, and the people mourned because the LORD had struck them with a great slaughter.
- 1 Samuel 6:20יְהוָ֧ה · of the LORDThe men of Beth-shemesh asked, “Who can stand in the presence of the LORD, this holy God? To whom should the ark go up from here?”
- 1 Samuel 6:21יְהוָ֔ה · of the LORDSo they sent messengers to the people of Kiriath-jearim, saying, “The Philistines have returned the ark of the LORD. Come down and take it up with you.”
- 1 Samuel 7:1יְהוָ֔ה · of the LORD; יְהוָֽה׃פ · of the LORDThen the men of Kiriath-jearim came for the ark of the LORD and took it into Abinadab’s house on the hill. And they consecrated his son Eleazar to guard the ark of the LORD.
- 1 Samuel 7:2יְהוָֽה׃ס · the LORDAnd from that day a long time passed, twenty years in all, as the ark remained at Kiriath-jearim. And all the house of Israel mournfully sought the LORD.
- 1 Samuel 7:3יְהוָ֔ה · the LORD; יְהוָה֙ · the LORDThen Samuel said to all the house of Israel, “If you are returning to the LORD with all your hearts, then put away the foreign gods and Ashtoreths among you, prepare your hearts for the LORD, and serve Him only. And He will deliver you from the hand of the Philistines.”
- 1 Samuel 7:4יְהוָ֖ה · the LORDSo the Israelites put away the Baals and Ashtoreths and served only the LORD.
- 1 Samuel 7:5יְהוָֽה׃ · the LORDThen Samuel said, “Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray to the LORD on your behalf.”
- 1 Samuel 7:6יְהוָ֗ה · the LORD; לַיהוָ֑ה · against the LORDWhen they had gathered at Mizpah, they drew water and poured it out before the LORD. On that day they fasted, and there they confessed, “We have sinned against the LORD.” And Samuel judged the Israelites at Mizpah.
- 1 Samuel 7:8יְהוָ֣ה · the LORD…and said to Samuel, “Do not stop crying out to the LORD our God for us, that He may save us from the hand of the Philistines.”
- 1 Samuel 7:9לַֽיהוָ֑ה · to the LORD; יְהוָה֙ · the LORD; יְהוָֽה׃ · and the LORDThen Samuel took a suckling lamb and offered it as a whole burnt offering to the LORD. He cried out to the LORD on behalf of Israel, and the LORD answered him.
- 1 Samuel 7:10יְהוָ֣ה׀ · the LORDAs the Philistines drew near to fight against Israel, Samuel was offering up the burnt offering. But that day the LORD thundered loudly against the Philistines and threw them into such confusion that they fled before Israel.
- 1 Samuel 7:12יְהוָֽה׃ · the LORDAfterward, Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen. He named it Ebenezer, saying, “Thus far the LORD has helped us.”
- 1 Samuel 7:13יְהוָה֙ · of the LORDSo the Philistines were subdued, and they stopped invading the territory of Israel. And the hand of the LORD was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel.
- 1 Samuel 7:17לַֽיהוָֽה׃פ · to the LORDThen he would return to Ramah because his home was there, and there he judged Israel and built an altar to the LORD.
- 1 Samuel 8:6יְהוָֽה׃פ · the LORDBut when they said, “Give us a king to judge us,” their demand was displeasing in the sight of Samuel; so he prayed to the LORD.
- 1 Samuel 8:7יְהוָה֙ · And the LORDAnd the LORD said to Samuel, “Listen to the voice of the people in all that they say to you. For it is not you they have rejected, but they have rejected Me as their king.
- 1 Samuel 8:10יְהוָ֑ה · of the LORDSo Samuel spoke all the words of the LORD to the people who were asking him for a king.
- 1 Samuel 8:18יְהוָ֛ה · but the LORDWhen that day comes, you will beg for relief from the king you have chosen, but the LORD will not answer you on that day.”
- 1 Samuel 8:21יְהוָֽה׃פ · of the LORDSamuel listened to all the words of the people and repeated them in the hearing of the LORD.
- 1 Samuel 8:22יְהוָ֤ה · the LORD“Listen to their voice,” the LORD said to Samuel. “Appoint a king for them.” Then Samuel told the men of Israel, “Everyone must go back to his city.”
- 1 Samuel 9:15וַֽיהוָ֔ה · the LORDNow on the day before Saul’s arrival, the LORD had revealed to Samuel,
- 1 Samuel 9:17וַיהוָ֣ה · the LORDWhen Samuel saw Saul, the LORD told him, “Here is the man of whom I spoke; he shall rule over My people.”
- 1 Samuel 10:1יְהוָ֛ה · the LORDThen Samuel took a flask of oil, poured it on Saul’s head, kissed him, and said, “Has not the LORD anointed you ruler over His inheritance?
- 1 Samuel 10:6יְהוָ֔ה · of the LORDThen the Spirit of the LORD will rush upon you, and you will prophesy with them; and you will be transformed into a different person.
- 1 Samuel 10:17יְהוָ֖ה · the LORDAfter this, Samuel summoned the people to the LORD at Mizpah
- 1 Samuel 10:18יְהוָה֙ · the LORD…and said to the Israelites, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I brought Israel up out of Egypt, and I rescued you from the hands of the Egyptians and of all the kingdoms that oppressed you.’
- 1 Samuel 10:19יְהוָ֔ה · the LORDBut today you have rejected your God, who saves you from all your troubles and afflictions, and you have said to Him, ‘No, set a king over us.’ Now therefore present yourselves before the LORD by your tribes and clans.”
- 1 Samuel 10:22בַּֽיהוָ֔ה · of the LORDSo again they inquired of the LORD, “Has the man come here yet?” And the LORD replied, “Behold, he has hidden himself among the baggage.”