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. 2 Samuel 1:12יְהוָה֙ · of the LORD
    They mourned and wept and fasted until evening for Saul and his son Jonathan, and for the people of the LORD and the house of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword.
  2. 2 Samuel 1:14יְהוָֽה׃ · the LORD’s
    So David asked him, “Why were you not afraid to lift your hand to destroy the LORD’s anointed?”
  3. 2 Samuel 1:16יְהוָֽה׃ס · the LORD’s
    For David had said to the Amalekite, “Your blood be on your own head because your own mouth has testified against you, saying, ‘I killed the LORD’s anointed.’”
  4. 2 Samuel 2:1בַּֽיהוָ֤ה׀ · of the LORD; יְהוָ֛ה · the LORD
    Some time later, David inquired of the LORD, “Should I go up to one of the towns of Judah?” “Go up,” the LORD answered. Then David asked, “Where should I go?” “To Hebron,” replied the LORD.
  5. 2 Samuel 2:5לַֽיהוָ֔ה · The LORD
    So David sent messengers to the men of Jabesh-gilead to tell them, “The LORD bless you, because you showed this kindness to Saul your lord when you buried him.
  6. 2 Samuel 2:6יְהוָ֥ה · may the LORD
    Now may the LORD show you loving devotion and faithfulness, and I will also show you the same favor because you have done this.
  7. 2 Samuel 3:9יְהוָה֙ · the LORD
    May God punish Abner, and ever so severely, if I do not do for David what the LORD has sworn to him:
  8. 2 Samuel 3:18יְהוָ֗ה · the LORD
    Now take action, because the LORD has said to David, ‘Through My servant David I will save My people Israel from the hands of the Philistines and of all their enemies.’”
  9. 2 Samuel 3:28יְהוָ֖ה · the LORD
    Afterward, David heard about this and said, “I and my kingdom are forever guiltless before the LORD concerning the blood of Abner son of Ner.
  10. 2 Samuel 3:39יְהוָ֛ה · May the LORD
    And I am weak this day, though anointed as king, and these men, the sons of Zeruiah, are too fierce for me. May the LORD repay the evildoer according to his evil!”
  11. 2 Samuel 4:8יְ֠הוָה · the LORD
    They brought the head of Ish-bosheth to David at Hebron and said to the king, “Here is the head of Ish-bosheth son of Saul, your enemy who sought your life. Today the LORD has granted vengeance to my lord the king against Saul and his offspring.”
  12. 2 Samuel 4:9יְהוָ֕ה · As surely as the LORD
    But David answered Rechab and his brother Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, “As surely as the LORD lives, who has redeemed my life from all distress,
  13. 2 Samuel 5:2יְהוָ֜ה · the LORD
    Even in times past, while Saul was king over us, you were the one who led Israel out and brought them back. And to you the LORD said, ‘You will shepherd My people Israel, and you will be ruler over them.’”
  14. 2 Samuel 5:3יְהוָ֑ה · the LORD
    So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, where King David made with them a covenant before the LORD. And they anointed him king over Israel.
  15. 2 Samuel 5:10וַיהוָ֛ה · for the LORD
    And David became greater and greater, for the LORD God of Hosts was with him.
  16. 2 Samuel 5:12יְהוָ֛ה · the LORD
    And David realized that the LORD had established him as king over Israel and had exalted his kingdom for the sake of His people Israel.
  17. 2 Samuel 5:19בַּֽיהוָה֙ · of the LORD; יְהוָ֤ה · the LORD
    So David inquired of the LORD, “Should I go up against the Philistines? Will You deliver them into my hand?” “Go up,” replied the LORD, “for I will surely deliver the Philistines into your hand.”
  18. 2 Samuel 5:20יְהוָ֧ה · the LORD
    So David went to Baal-perazim, where he defeated the Philistines and said, “Like a bursting flood, the LORD has burst out against my enemies before me.” So he called that place Baal-perazim.
  19. 2 Samuel 5:23בַּֽיהוָ֔ה · of the LORD
    So David inquired of the LORD, who answered, “Do not march straight up, but circle around behind them and attack them in front of the balsam trees.
  20. 2 Samuel 5:24יְהוָה֙ · the LORD
    As soon as you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the balsam trees, move quickly, because this will mean that the LORD has gone out before you to strike the camp of the Philistines.”
  21. 2 Samuel 5:25יְהוָ֑ה · the LORD
    So David did as the LORD had commanded him, and he struck down the Philistines all the way from Gibeon to Gezer.
  22. 2 Samuel 6:2יְהוָ֧ה · of the LORD
    And he and all his troops set out for Baale of Judah to bring up from there the ark of God, which is called by the Name—the name of the LORD of Hosts, who is enthroned between the cherubim that are on it.
  23. 2 Samuel 6:5יְהוָ֔ה · the LORD
    David and all the house of Israel were celebrating before the LORD with all kinds of wood instruments, harps, stringed instruments, tambourines, sistrums, and cymbals.
  24. 2 Samuel 6:7יְהוָה֙ · of the LORD
    And the anger of the LORD burned against Uzzah, and God struck him down on the spot for his irreverence, and he died there beside the ark of God.
  25. 2 Samuel 6:8יְהוָ֛ה · the LORD
    Then David became angry because the LORD had burst forth against Uzzah. So he named that place Perez-uzzah, as it is called to this day.
  26. 2 Samuel 6:9יְהוָ֖ה · the LORD; יְהוָֽה׃ · of the LORD
    That day David feared the LORD and asked, “How can the ark of the LORD ever come to me?”
  27. 2 Samuel 6:10יְהוָ֖ה · of the LORD
    So he was unwilling to move the ark of the LORD to the City of David; instead, he took it aside to the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.
  28. 2 Samuel 6:11יְהוָ֜ה · of the LORD; יְהוָ֛ה · and the LORD
    Thus the ark of the LORD remained in the house of Obed-edom the Gittite for three months, and the LORD blessed him and all his household.
  29. 2 Samuel 6:12יְהוָ֗ה · The LORD
    Now it was reported to King David, “The LORD has blessed the house of Obed-edom and all that belongs to him, because of the ark of God.” So David went and had the ark of God brought up from the house of Obed-edom into the City of David with rejoicing.
  30. 2 Samuel 6:13יְהוָ֖ה · of the LORD
    When those carrying the ark of the LORD had advanced six paces, he sacrificed an ox and a fattened calf.
  31. 2 Samuel 6:14יְהוָ֑ה · the LORD
    And David, wearing a linen ephod, danced with all his might before the LORD,
  32. 2 Samuel 6:15יְהוָ֑ה · of the LORD
    …while he and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the LORD with shouting and the sounding of the ram’s horn.
  33. 2 Samuel 6:16יְהוָ֔ה · of the LORD; יְהוָ֔ה · the LORD
    As the ark of the LORD was entering the City of David, Saul’s daughter Michal looked down from a window and saw King David leaping and dancing before the LORD, and she despised him in her heart.
  34. 2 Samuel 6:17יְהוָ֗ה · of the LORD; יְהוָ֖ה · the LORD
    So they brought the ark of the LORD and set it in its place inside the tent that David had pitched for it. Then David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD.
  35. 2 Samuel 6:18יְהוָ֥ה · of the LORD
    When David had finished sacrificing the burnt offerings and peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD of Hosts.
  36. 2 Samuel 6:21יְהוָ֗ה · the LORD; יְהוָ֖ה · the LORD’s; יְהוָֽה׃ · the LORD
    But David said to Michal, “I was dancing before the LORD, who chose me over your father and all his house when He appointed me ruler over the LORD’s people Israel. I will celebrate before the LORD,
  37. 2 Samuel 7:1וַיהוָ֛ה · and the LORD
    After the king had settled into his palace and the LORD had given him rest from all his enemies around him,
  38. 2 Samuel 7:3יְהוָ֖ה · the LORD
    And Nathan replied to the king, “Go and do all that is in your heart, for the LORD is with you.”
  39. 2 Samuel 7:4יְהוָ֔ה · of the LORD
    But that night the word of the LORD came to Nathan, saying,
  40. 2 Samuel 7:5יְהוָ֑ה · the LORD
    “Go and tell My servant David that this is what the LORD says: Are you the one to build for Me a house to dwell in?
  41. 2 Samuel 7:8יְהוָ֣ה · the LORD
    Now then, you are to tell My servant David that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: I took you from the pasture, from following the flock, to be the ruler over My people Israel.
  42. 2 Samuel 7:11יְהוָ֔ה · The LORD
    …and have done since the day I appointed judges over My people Israel. I will give you rest from all your enemies. The LORD declares to you that He Himself will establish a house for you.