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

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Occurrences

6,522 total
  1. 1 Samuel 14:23יְהוָ֛ה · So the LORD
    So the LORD saved Israel that day, and the battle moved on beyond Beth-aven.
  2. 1 Samuel 14:33לַֽיהוָ֖ה · against the LORD
    Then someone reported to Saul: “Look, the troops are sinning against the LORD by eating meat with the blood still in it.” “You have broken faith,” said Saul. “Roll a large stone over here at once.”
  3. 1 Samuel 14:34לַֽיהוָ֖ה · against the LORD
    Then he said, “Go among the troops and tell them, ‘Each man must bring me his ox or his sheep, slaughter them in this place, and then eat. Do not sin against the LORD by eating meat with the blood still in it.’” So that night everyone brought his ox and slaughtered it there.
  4. 1 Samuel 14:35לַֽיהוָ֑ה · to the LORD; לַֽיהוָֽה׃פ · to the LORD
    Then Saul built an altar to the LORD; it was the first time he had built an altar to the LORD.
  5. 1 Samuel 14:39יְהוָ֗ה · the LORD
    As surely as the LORD who saves Israel lives, even if it is my son Jonathan, he must die!” But not one of the troops said a word.
  6. 1 Samuel 14:41יְהוָ֛ה · the LORD
    So Saul said to the LORD, the God of Israel, “Why have You not answered Your servant this day? If the fault is with me or my son Jonathan, respond with Urim, but if the fault is with the men of Israel, respond with Thummim.” And Jonathan and Saul were selected, but the people were cleared of the charge.
  7. 1 Samuel 14:45יְהוָה֙ · As surely as the LORD
    But the people said to Saul, “Must Jonathan die—he who accomplished such a great deliverance for Israel? Never! As surely as the LORD lives, not a hair of his head will fall to the ground, for with God’s help he has accomplished this today.” So the people rescued Jonathan, and he did not die.
  8. 1 Samuel 15:1יְהוָה֙ · The LORD; יְהוָֽה׃ס · of the LORD
    Then Samuel said to Saul, “The LORD sent me to anoint you king over His people Israel. Now therefore, listen to the words of the LORD.
  9. 1 Samuel 15:2יְהוָ֣ה · the LORD
    This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘I witnessed what the Amalekites did to the Israelites when they opposed them on their way up from Egypt.
  10. 1 Samuel 15:10יְהוָ֔ה · of the LORD
    Then the word of the LORD came to Samuel, saying,
  11. 1 Samuel 15:11יְהוָ֖ה · the LORD
    “I regret that I have made Saul king, for he has turned away from following Me and has not carried out My instructions.” And Samuel was distressed and cried out to the LORD all that night.
  12. 1 Samuel 15:13לַֽיהוָ֔ה · May the LORD; יְהוָֽה׃ · the LORD’s
    When Samuel reached him, Saul said to him, “May the LORD bless you. I have carried out the LORD’s instructions.”
  13. 1 Samuel 15:15לַיהוָ֣ה · to the LORD
    Saul answered, “The troops brought them from the Amalekites; they spared the best sheep and cattle to sacrifice to the LORD your God, but the rest we devoted to destruction.”
  14. 1 Samuel 15:16יְהוָ֛ה · the LORD
    “Stop!” exclaimed Samuel. “Let me tell you what the LORD said to me last night.” “Tell me,” Saul replied.
  15. 1 Samuel 15:17יְהוָ֛ה · The LORD
    And Samuel said, “Although you were once small in your own eyes, have you not become the head of the tribes of Israel? The LORD anointed you king over Israel
  16. 1 Samuel 15:18יְהוָ֖ה
    …and sent you on a mission, saying, ‘Go and devote to destruction the sinful Amalekites. Fight against them until you have wiped them out.’
  17. 1 Samuel 15:19יְהוָ֑ה · the LORD; יְהוָֽה׃ס · of the LORD
    So why did you not obey the LORD? Why did you rush upon the plunder and do evil in the sight of the LORD?”
  18. 1 Samuel 15:20יְהוָ֔ה · the LORD; יְהוָ֑ה · the LORD
    “But I did obey the LORD,” Saul replied. “I went on the mission that the LORD gave me. I brought back Agag king of Amalek and devoted the Amalekites to destruction.
  19. 1 Samuel 15:21לַֽיהוָ֥ה · to the LORD
    The troops took sheep and cattle from the plunder, the best of the things devoted to destruction, in order to sacrifice them to the LORD your God at Gilgal.”
  20. 1 Samuel 15:22לַֽיהוָה֙ · Does the LORD; יְהוָ֑ה
    But Samuel declared: “Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obedience to His voice? Behold, obedience is better than sacrifice, and attentiveness is better than the fat of rams.
  21. 1 Samuel 15:23יְהוָ֔ה · of the LORD
    For rebellion is like the sin of divination, and arrogance is like the wickedness of idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the LORD, He has rejected you as king.”
  22. 1 Samuel 15:24יְהוָ֖ה · the LORD’s
    Then Saul said to Samuel, “I have sinned; I have transgressed the LORD’s commandment and your instructions, because I feared the people and obeyed their voice.
  23. 1 Samuel 15:25לַֽיהוָֽה׃ · the LORD
    Now therefore, please forgive my sin and return with me so I can worship the LORD.”
  24. 1 Samuel 15:26יְהוָ֔ה · of the LORD; יְהוָ֔ה · and [He]
    “I will not return with you,” Samuel replied. “For you have rejected the word of the LORD, and He has rejected you as king over Israel.”
  25. 1 Samuel 15:28יְהוָ֜ה · The LORD
    So Samuel said to him, “The LORD has torn the kingdom of Israel from you today and has given it to your neighbor who is better than you.
  26. 1 Samuel 15:30לַֽיהוָ֥ה · the LORD
    “I have sinned,” Saul replied. “Please honor me now before the elders of my people and before Israel. Come back with me, so that I may worship the LORD your God.”
  27. 1 Samuel 15:31לַֽיהוָֽה׃ס · the LORD
    So Samuel went back with Saul, and Saul worshiped the LORD.
  28. 1 Samuel 15:33יְהוָ֖ה · the LORD
    But Samuel declared: “As your sword has made women childless, so your mother will be childless among women.” And Samuel hacked Agag to pieces before the LORD at Gilgal.
  29. 1 Samuel 15:35וַיהוָ֣ה · and the LORD
    And to the day of his death, Samuel never again visited Saul. Samuel mourned for Saul, and the LORD regretted that He had made Saul king over Israel.
  30. 1 Samuel 16:1יְהוָ֜ה · Now the LORD
    Now the LORD said to Samuel, “How long are you going to mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him as king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go. I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem, for I have selected from his sons a king for Myself.”
  31. 1 Samuel 16:2יְהוָ֗ה · The LORD; לַֽיהוָ֖ה · to the LORD
    “How can I go?” Samuel asked. “Saul will hear of it and kill me!” The LORD answered, “Take a heifer with you and say, ‘I have come to sacrifice to the LORD.’
  32. 1 Samuel 16:4יְהוָ֔ה · the LORD
    So Samuel did what the LORD had said and went to Bethlehem. When the elders of the town met him, they trembled and asked, “Do you come in peace?”
  33. 1 Samuel 16:5לַֽיהוָה֙ · to the LORD
    “In peace,” he replied. “I have come to sacrifice to the LORD. Consecrate yourselves and come with me to the sacrifice.” Then he consecrated Jesse and his sons and invited them to the sacrifice.
  34. 1 Samuel 16:6יְהוָ֖ה · the LORD
    When they arrived, Samuel saw Eliab and said, “Surely here before the LORD is His anointed.”
  35. 1 Samuel 16:7יְהוָ֜ה · But the LORD; וַיהוָ֖ה · but the LORD
    But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or height, for I have rejected him; the LORD does not see as man does. For man sees the outward appearance, but the LORD sees the heart.”
  36. 1 Samuel 16:8יְהוָֽה׃ · The LORD
    Then Jesse called Abinadab and presented him to Samuel, who said, “The LORD has not chosen this one either.”
  37. 1 Samuel 16:9יְהוָֽה׃ · The LORD
    Next Jesse presented Shammah, but Samuel said, “The LORD has not chosen this one either.”
  38. 1 Samuel 16:10יְהוָ֖ה · The LORD
    Thus Jesse made seven of his sons pass before Samuel, but Samuel told him, “The LORD has not chosen any of these.”
  39. 1 Samuel 16:12יְהוָ֛ה · And the LORD
    So Jesse sent for his youngest son and brought him in. He was ruddy, with beautiful eyes and a handsome appearance. And the LORD said, “Rise and anoint him, for he is the one.”
  40. 1 Samuel 16:13יְהוָה֙ · of the LORD
    So Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the presence of his brothers, and the Spirit of the LORD rushed upon David from that day forward. Then Samuel set out and went to Ramah.
  41. 1 Samuel 16:14יְהוָ֛ה · of the LORD
    Now the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and a spirit of distress from the LORD began to torment him.