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 24:12יְהוָה֙ · May the LORD; יְהוָ֖ה · and may the LORDMay the LORD judge between you and me, and may the LORD take vengeance on you, but my hand will never be against you.
- 1 Samuel 24:15יְהוָה֙ · May the LORDMay the LORD be our judge and decide between you and me. May He take notice and plead my case and deliver me from your hand.”
- 1 Samuel 24:18יְהוָ֛ה · the LORDAnd you have declared this day how you have treated me well, for when the LORD delivered me into your hand, you did not kill me.
- 1 Samuel 24:19וַֽיהוָה֙ · May the LORDWhen a man finds his enemy, does he let him go away unharmed? May the LORD reward you with good for what you have done for me this day.
- 1 Samuel 24:21בַּֽיהוָ֔ה · by the LORDSo now, swear to me by the LORD that you will not cut off my descendants or wipe out my name from my father’s house.”
- 1 Samuel 25:26יְהוָ֤ה · as surely as the LORD; יְהוָה֙ · since the LORDNow, my lord, as surely as the LORD lives and you yourself live, since the LORD has held you back from bloodshed and from avenging yourself with your own hand, may your enemies and those who seek harm for my lord be like Nabal.
- 1 Samuel 25:28יְהוָ֨ה · the LORD; יְהוָה֙ · the LORD’sPlease forgive your servant’s offense, for the LORD will surely make a lasting dynasty for my lord, because he fights the LORD’s battles. May no evil be found in you as long as you live.
- 1 Samuel 25:29יְהוָ֣ה · the LORDAnd should someone pursue you and seek your life, then the life of my lord will be bound securely by the LORD your God in the bundle of the living. But He shall fling away the lives of your enemies like stones from a sling.
- 1 Samuel 25:30יְהוָה֙ · the LORDWhen the LORD has done for my lord all the good He promised, and when He has appointed you ruler over Israel,
- 1 Samuel 25:31יְהוָה֙ · And when the LORD…then my lord will have no remorse or guilt of conscience over needless bloodshed and revenge. And when the LORD has dealt well with my lord, may you remember your servant.”
- 1 Samuel 25:32יְהוָה֙ · the LORDThen David said to Abigail, “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who sent you to meet me this day!
- 1 Samuel 25:34יְהוָה֙ · as surely as the LORDOtherwise, as surely as the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, who has restrained me from harming you, if you had not come quickly to meet me, then surely no male belonging to Nabal would have been left alive by morning light.”
- 1 Samuel 25:38יְהוָ֛ה · the LORDAbout ten days later, the LORD struck Nabal dead.
- 1 Samuel 25:39יְהוָ֡ה · the LORD; יְהוָ֖ה · the LORDOn hearing that Nabal was dead, David said, “Blessed be the LORD, who has upheld my cause against the reproach of Nabal and has restrained His servant from evil. For the LORD has brought the wickedness of Nabal down upon his own head.” Then David sent word to Abigail, asking her to become his wife.
- 1 Samuel 26:9יְהוָ֖ה · against the LORD’sBut David said to Abishai, “Do not destroy him, for who can extend a hand against the LORD’s anointed and be guiltless?”
- 1 Samuel 26:10יְהוָ֔ה · As surely as the LORD; יְהוָ֖ה · the LORD HimselfDavid added, “As surely as the LORD lives, the LORD Himself will strike him down; either his day will come and he will die, or he will go into battle and perish.
- 1 Samuel 26:11מֵֽיהוָ֔ה · But the LORD; יְהוָ֑ה · against the LORD’sBut the LORD forbid that I should extend my hand against the LORD’s anointed. Instead, take the spear and water jug by his head, and let us go.”
- 1 Samuel 26:12יְהוָ֔ה · from the LORDSo David took the spear and water jug by Saul’s head, and they departed. No one saw them or knew about it, nor did anyone wake up; they all remained asleep, because a deep sleep from the LORD had fallen on them.
- 1 Samuel 26:16יְהוָ֗ה · As surely as the LORD; יְהוָ֑ה · the LORD’sThis thing you have done is not good. As surely as the LORD lives, all of you deserve to die, since you did not protect your lord, the LORD’s anointed. Now look around. Where are the king’s spear and water jug that were by his head?”
- 1 Samuel 26:19יְהוָ֞ה · the LORD; יְהוָ֔ה · of the LORD; יְהוָה֙ · of the LORDNow please, may my lord the king hear the words of his servant: If the LORD has stirred you up against me, then may He accept an offering. But if men have done it, may they be cursed in the presence of the LORD! For today they have driven me away from sharing in the inheritance of the LORD, saying, ‘Go, serve other gods.’
- 1 Samuel 26:20יְהוָ֑ה · of the LORDSo do not let my blood fall to the ground far from the presence of the LORD. For the king of Israel has come out to look for a flea, like one who hunts a partridge in the mountains.”
- 1 Samuel 26:23וַֽיהוָה֙ · May the LORD; יְהוָ֤ה׀ · the LORD; יְהוָֽה׃ · against the LORD’sMay the LORD repay every man for his righteousness and faithfulness. For the LORD delivered you into my hand today, but I would not extend my hand against the LORD’s anointed.
- 1 Samuel 26:24יְהוָ֔ה · may the LORDAs surely as I valued your life today, so may the LORD value my life and rescue me from all trouble.”
- 1 Samuel 28:6בַּֽיהוָ֔ה · of the LORD; יְהוָ֑ה · but the LORDHe inquired of the LORD, but the LORD did not answer him by dreams or Urim or prophets.
- 1 Samuel 28:10בַּֽיהוָ֖ה · by the LORD; יְהוָ֕ה · As surely as the LORDThen Saul swore to her by the LORD: “As surely as the LORD lives, no punishment shall come upon you for this.”
- 1 Samuel 28:16וַיהוָ֛ה · since the LORD“Why do you consult me,” asked Samuel, “since the LORD has turned away from you and become your enemy?
- 1 Samuel 28:17יְהוָה֙ · [He]; יְהוָ֤ה · The LORDHe has done exactly what He spoke through me: The LORD has torn the kingdom out of your hand and given it to your neighbor David.
- 1 Samuel 28:18יְהוָ֔ה · the LORD; יְהוָ֖ה · the LORDBecause you did not obey the LORD or carry out His burning anger against Amalek, the LORD has done this to you today.
- 1 Samuel 28:19יְ֠הוָה · the LORD; יְהוָ֖ה · the LORDMoreover, the LORD will deliver Israel with you into the hand of the Philistines, and tomorrow you and your sons will be with me. And the LORD will deliver the army of Israel into the hand of the Philistines.”
- 1 Samuel 29:6יְהוָ֞ה · As surely as the LORDSo Achish summoned David and told him, “As surely as the LORD lives, you have been upright, and it seems right in my sight that you should march in and out with me in the army, because I have found no fault in you from the day you came to me until this day. But you are not good in the sight of the leaders.
- 1 Samuel 30:6בַּיהוָ֖ה · in the LORDAnd David was greatly distressed because the people spoke of stoning him, because the soul of every man grieved for his sons and daughters. But David found strength in the LORD his God.
- 1 Samuel 30:8בַּֽיהוָה֙ · of the LORD…and David inquired of the LORD: “Should I pursue these raiders? Will I overtake them?” “Pursue them,” the LORD replied, “for you will surely overtake them and rescue the captives.”
- 1 Samuel 30:23יְהוָ֥ה · the LORDBut David said, “My brothers, you must not do this with what the LORD has given us. He has protected us and delivered into our hands the raiders who came against us.
- 1 Samuel 30:26יְהוָֽה׃ · of the LORD’sWhen David arrived in Ziklag, he sent some of the plunder to his friends, the elders of Judah, saying, “Here is a gift for you from the plunder of the LORD’s enemies.”