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 16:14יְהוָֽה׃ · the LORD
    Now the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and a spirit of distress from the LORD began to torment him.
  2. 1 Samuel 16:18וַיהוָ֖ה · and the LORD
    One of the servants answered, “I have seen a son of Jesse of Bethlehem who knows how to play the harp. He is a mighty man of valor, a warrior, eloquent and handsome, and the LORD is with him.”
  3. 1 Samuel 17:37יְהוָ֗ה · The LORD; וַֽיהוָ֖ה · and may the LORD
    David added, “The LORD, who delivered me from the claws of the lion and the bear, will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine.” “Go,” said Saul, “and may the LORD be with you.”
  4. 1 Samuel 17:45יְהוָ֣ה · of the LORD
    But David said to the Philistine, “You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the LORD of Hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.
  5. 1 Samuel 17:46יְהוָ֨ה · the LORD
    This day the LORD will deliver you into my hand. This day I will strike you down, cut off your head, and give the carcasses of the Philistine army to the birds of the air and the creatures of the earth. Then the whole world will know that there is a God in Israel.
  6. 1 Samuel 17:47יְהוָ֑ה · that the LORD; לַֽיהוָה֙ · the LORD’s
    And all those assembled here will know that it is not by sword or spear that the LORD saves; for the battle is the LORD’s, and He will give all of you into our hands.”
  7. 1 Samuel 18:12יְהוָה֙ · the LORD
    So Saul was afraid of David, because the LORD was with David but had departed from Saul.
  8. 1 Samuel 18:14וַֽיהוָ֖ה · because the LORD
    …and he continued to prosper in all his ways, because the LORD was with him.
  9. 1 Samuel 18:17יְהוָ֑ה · the LORD’s
    Then Saul said to David, “Here is my older daughter Merab. I will give her to you in marriage. Only be valiant for me and fight the LORD’s battles.” But Saul was thinking, “I need not raise my hand against him; let the hand of the Philistines be against him.”
  10. 1 Samuel 18:28יְהוָ֖ה · the LORD
    When Saul realized that the LORD was with David and that his daughter Michal loved David,
  11. 1 Samuel 19:5יְהוָ֜ה · and the LORD
    He took his life in his hands when he struck down the Philistine, and the LORD worked a great salvation for all Israel. You saw it and rejoiced, so why would you sin against innocent blood by killing David for no reason?”
  12. 1 Samuel 19:6יְהוָ֖ה · As surely as the LORD
    Saul listened to the voice of Jonathan and swore an oath: “As surely as the LORD lives, David will not be put to death.”
  13. 1 Samuel 19:9יְהוָ֤ה׀ · from the LORD
    But as Saul was sitting in his house with his spear in his hand, a spirit of distress from the LORD came upon him. While David was playing the harp,
  14. 1 Samuel 20:3יְהוָה֙ · the LORD
    But David again vowed, “Your father knows very well that I have found favor in your eyes, and he has said, ‘Jonathan must not know of this, or he will be grieved.’ As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, there is but a step between me and death.”
  15. 1 Samuel 20:8יְהוָ֔ה · you before the LORD
    Therefore show kindness to your servant, for you have brought me into a covenant with you before the LORD. If there is iniquity in me, then kill me yourself; why should you bring me to your father?”
  16. 1 Samuel 20:12יְהוָ֞ה · By the LORD
    …and Jonathan said, “By the LORD, the God of Israel, I will sound out my father by this time tomorrow or the next day. If he is favorable toward you, will I not send for you and tell you?
  17. 1 Samuel 20:13יְהוָ֨ה · then may the LORD; יְהוָה֙ · May the LORD
    But if my father intends to bring evil on you, then may the LORD punish me, and ever so severely, if I do not tell you and send you on your way in safety. May the LORD be with you, just as He has been with my father.
  18. 1 Samuel 20:14יְהוָ֖ה · with the LORD’s
    And as long as I live, treat me with the LORD’s loving devotion, that I may not die,
  19. 1 Samuel 20:15יְהוָה֙ · even when the LORD
    …and do not ever cut off your loving devotion from my household—not even when the LORD cuts off every one of David’s enemies from the face of the earth.”
  20. 1 Samuel 20:16יְהוָ֔ה · May the LORD
    So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, “May the LORD hold David’s enemies accountable.”
  21. 1 Samuel 20:21יְהוָֽה׃ · as surely as the LORD
    Then I will send a boy and say, ‘Go, find the arrows!’ Now, if I expressly say to him, ‘Look, the arrows are on this side of you; bring them,’ then come, because as surely as the LORD lives, it is safe for you, and there is no danger.
  22. 1 Samuel 20:22יְהוָֽה׃ · the LORD
    But if I say to the young man, ‘Look, the arrows are beyond you,’ then you must go, for the LORD has sent you away.
  23. 1 Samuel 20:23יְהוָ֛ה · the LORD
    And as for the matter you and I have discussed, the LORD is a witness between you and me forever.”
  24. 1 Samuel 20:42יְהוָה֙ · of the LORD; יְהוָ֞ה · May the LORD
    And Jonathan said to David, “Go in peace, for the two of us have sworn in the name of the LORD, saying, ‘May the LORD be a witness between you and me, and between your descendants and mine forever.’” Then David got up and departed, and Jonathan went back into the city.
  25. 1 Samuel 21:6יְהוָ֔ה · the LORD
    So the priest gave him the consecrated bread, since there was no bread there but the Bread of the Presence, which had been removed from before the LORD and replaced with hot bread on the day it was taken away.
  26. 1 Samuel 21:7יְהוָ֔ה · the LORD
    Now one of Saul’s servants was there that day, detained before the LORD. And his name was Doeg the Edomite, the chief shepherd for Saul.
  27. 1 Samuel 22:10בַּֽיהוָ֔ה · of the LORD
    Ahimelech inquired of the LORD for him and gave him provisions. He also gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.”
  28. 1 Samuel 22:17יְהוָ֗ה · of the LORD; יְהוָֽה׃ס · of the LORD
    Then the king ordered the guards at his side, “Turn and kill the priests of the LORD, because they too sided with David. For they knew he was fleeing, but they did not tell me.” But the king’s servants would not lift a hand to strike the priests of the LORD.
  29. 1 Samuel 22:21יְהוָֽה׃ · of the LORD
    And Abiathar told David that Saul had killed the priests of the LORD.
  30. 1 Samuel 23:2בַּֽיהוָה֙ · of the LORD; יְהוָ֜ה · And the LORD
    So David inquired of the LORD, “Should I go and attack these Philistines?” And the LORD said to David, “Go and attack the Philistines and save Keilah.”
  31. 1 Samuel 23:4בַּֽיהוָ֔הס · of the LORD; יְהוָ֑ה · and the LORD
    Once again, David inquired of the LORD, and the LORD answered him: “Go at once to Keilah, for I will deliver the Philistines into your hand.”
  32. 1 Samuel 23:10יְהוָה֙ · O LORD
    And David said, “O LORD, God of Israel, Your servant has heard that Saul intends to come to Keilah and destroy the city on my account.
  33. 1 Samuel 23:11יְהוָה֙ · O LORD; יְהוָ֖ה · the LORD
    Will the citizens of Keilah surrender me into his hand? Will Saul come down, as Your servant has heard? O LORD, God of Israel, please tell Your servant.” “He will,” said the LORD.
  34. 1 Samuel 23:12יְהוָ֖ה · the LORD
    So David asked, “Will the citizens of Keilah surrender me and my men into the hand of Saul?” “They will,” said the LORD.
  35. 1 Samuel 23:18יְהוָ֑ה · the LORD
    So the two of them made a covenant before the LORD. And David remained in Horesh, while Jonathan went home.
  36. 1 Samuel 23:21לַֽיהוָ֑ה · by the LORD
    “May you be blessed by the LORD,” replied Saul, “for you have had compassion on me.
  37. 1 Samuel 24:4יְהוָ֣ה · the LORD
    So David’s men said to him, “This is the day about which the LORD said to you, ‘Behold, I will deliver your enemy into your hand, that you may do with him as you wish.’” Then David crept up and stealthily cut off a corner of Saul’s robe.
  38. 1 Samuel 24:6מֵֽיהוָ֗ה · The LORD; יְהוָ֔ה · the LORD’s; יְהוָ֖ה · is the LORD’s
    So he said to his men, “The LORD forbid that I should do such a thing to my master, the LORD’s anointed. May I never lift my hand against him, since he is the LORD’s anointed.”
  39. 1 Samuel 24:10יְהוָ֨ה׀ · the LORD; יְהוָ֖ה · is the LORD’s
    Behold, this day you have seen with your own eyes that the LORD delivered you into my hand in the cave. I was told to kill you, but I spared you and said, ‘I will not lift my hand against my lord, since he is the LORD’s anointed.’