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
- 2 Samuel 7:11יְהוָֽה׃ · that [He Himself]…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.
- 2 Samuel 7:18יְהוָ֑ה · the LORDThen King David went in, sat before the LORD, and said, “Who am I, O Lord GOD, and what is my house, that You have brought me this far?
- 2 Samuel 7:24יְהוָ֔ה · O LORDFor You have established Your people Israel as Your very own forever, and You, O LORD, have become their God.
- 2 Samuel 7:25יְהוָ֣ה · O LORDAnd now, O LORD God, confirm forever the word You have spoken concerning Your servant and his house. Do as You have promised,
- 2 Samuel 7:26יְהוָ֣ה · The LORD…so that Your name will be magnified forever when it is said, ‘The LORD of Hosts is God over Israel.’ And the house of Your servant David will be established before You.
- 2 Samuel 7:27יְהוָ֨ה · O LORDFor You, O LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, have revealed this to Your servant when You said, ‘I will build a house for you.’ Therefore Your servant has found the courage to offer this prayer to You.
- 2 Samuel 8:6יְהוָה֙ · So the LORDThen he placed garrisons in Aram of Damascus, and the Arameans became subject to David and brought him tribute. So the LORD made David victorious wherever he went.
- 2 Samuel 8:11לַֽיהוָ֑ה · to the LORD…and King David dedicated these to the LORD, along with the silver and gold he had dedicated from all the nations he had subdued—
- 2 Samuel 8:14יְהוָה֙ · So the LORDHe placed garrisons throughout Edom, and all the Edomites were subject to David. So the LORD made David victorious wherever he went.
- 2 Samuel 10:12וַֽיהוָ֔ה · May the LORDBe strong and let us fight bravely for our people and for the cities of our God. May the LORD do what is good in His sight.”
- 2 Samuel 11:27יְהוָֽה׃פ · of the LORDAnd when the time of mourning was over, David had her brought to his house, and she became his wife and bore him a son. But the thing that David had done was evil in the sight of the LORD.
- 2 Samuel 12:1יְהוָ֛ה · Then the LORDThen the LORD sent Nathan to David, and when he arrived, he said, “There were two men in a certain city, one rich and the other poor.
- 2 Samuel 12:5יְהוָ֕ה · As surely as the LORDDavid burned with anger against the man and said to Nathan: “As surely as the LORD lives, the man who did this deserves to die!
- 2 Samuel 12:7יְהוָ֜ה · the LORDThen Nathan said to David, “You are that man! This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you from the hand of Saul.
- 2 Samuel 12:9יְהוָ֗ה · of the LORDWhy then have you despised the command of the LORD by doing evil in His sight? You put Uriah the Hittite to the sword and took his wife as your own. You have slain him with the sword of the Ammonites.
- 2 Samuel 12:11יְהוָ֗ה · the LORDThis is what the LORD says: ‘I will raise up adversity against you from your own house. Before your very eyes I will take your wives and give them to another, and he will lie with them in broad daylight.
- 2 Samuel 12:13לַֽיהוָ֑הס · against the LORD; יְהוָ֛ה · The LORDThen David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the LORD.” “The LORD has taken away your sin,” Nathan replied. “You will not die.
- 2 Samuel 12:14יְהוָ֔ה · of the LORDNevertheless, because by this deed you have shown utter contempt for the word of the LORD, the son born to you will surely die.”
- 2 Samuel 12:15יְהוָ֗ה · the LORDAfter Nathan had gone home, the LORD struck the child that Uriah’s wife had borne to David, and he became ill.
- 2 Samuel 12:20יְהוָ֖ה · of the LORDThen David got up from the ground, washed and anointed himself, changed his clothes, and went into the house of the LORD and worshiped. Then he went to his own house, and at his request they set food before him, and he ate.
- 2 Samuel 12:22יְהוָ֖ה · The LORDDavid answered, “While the child was alive, I fasted and wept, for I said, ‘Who knows? The LORD may be gracious to me and let him live.’
- 2 Samuel 12:24וַיהוָ֖ה · Now the LORDThen David comforted his wife Bathsheba, and he went to her and lay with her. So she gave birth to a son, and they named him Solomon. Now the LORD loved the child
- 2 Samuel 12:25יְהוָֽה׃פ · the LORD [loved him]…and sent word through Nathan the prophet to name him Jedidiah because the LORD loved him.
- 2 Samuel 14:11יְהוָ֣ה · the LORD; יְהוָ֔ה · As surely as the LORD“Please,” she replied, “may the king invoke the LORD your God to prevent the avenger of blood from increasing the devastation, so that my son may not be destroyed!” “As surely as the LORD lives,” he vowed, “not a hair of your son’s head will fall to the ground.”
- 2 Samuel 14:17וַֽיהוָ֥ה · May the LORDAnd now your servant says, ‘May the word of my lord the king bring me rest, for my lord the king is able to discern good and evil, just like the angel of God. May the LORD your God be with you.’”
- 2 Samuel 15:7לַֽיהוָ֖ה · to the LORDAfter four years had passed, Absalom said to the king, “Please let me go to Hebron to fulfill a vow I have made to the LORD.
- 2 Samuel 15:8יְהוָה֙ · the LORD; יְהוָֽה׃ · the LORD [in Hebron]For your servant made a vow while dwelling in Geshur of Aram, saying: ‘If indeed the LORD brings me back to Jerusalem, I will worship the LORD in Hebron.’”
- 2 Samuel 15:21יְהוָ֗ה · As surely as the LORDBut Ittai answered the king, “As surely as the LORD lives, and as my lord the king lives, wherever my lord the king may be, whether it means life or death, there will your servant be!”
- 2 Samuel 15:25יְהוָ֔ה · of the LORDThen the king said to Zadok, “Return the ark of God to the city. If I find favor in the eyes of the LORD, He will bring me back and let me see both it and His dwelling place again.
- 2 Samuel 15:31יְהוָֽה׃ · O LORDNow someone told David: “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” So David pleaded, “O LORD, please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness!”
- 2 Samuel 16:8יְהוָ֜ה · The LORD; יְהוָה֙ · and the LORDThe LORD has paid you back for all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose place you have reigned, and the LORD has delivered the kingdom into the hand of your son Absalom. See, you have come to ruin because you are a man of bloodshed!”
- 2 Samuel 16:10יְהוָה֙ · the LORDBut the king replied, “What have I to do with you, O sons of Zeruiah? If he curses me because the LORD told him, ‘Curse David,’ who can ask, ‘Why did you do this?’”
- 2 Samuel 16:11יְהוָֽה׃ · for the LORDThen David said to Abishai and to all his servants, “Behold, my own son, my own flesh and blood, seeks my life. How much more, then, this Benjamite! Leave him alone and let him curse me, for the LORD has told him so.
- 2 Samuel 16:12יְהוָ֖ה · the LORD; יְהוָ֥הPerhaps the LORD will see my affliction and repay me with good for the cursing I receive today.”
- 2 Samuel 16:18יְהוָ֛ה · by the LORD“Not at all,” Hushai answered. “For the one chosen by the LORD, by this people, and by all the men of Israel—his I will be, and with him I will remain.
- 2 Samuel 17:14וַיהוָ֣ה · For the LORD; יְהוָ֛הThen Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The advice of Hushai the Archite is better than that of Ahithophel.” For the LORD had purposed to thwart the good counsel of Ahithophel in order to bring disaster on Absalom.
- 2 Samuel 18:19יְהוָ֖ה · the LORDThen Ahimaaz son of Zadok said, “Please let me run and tell the king the good news that the LORD has avenged him of his enemies.”
- 2 Samuel 18:28יְהוָ֣ה · the LORDThen Ahimaaz called out to the king, “All is well!” And he bowed facedown before the king. He continued, “Blessed be the LORD your God! He has delivered up the men who raised their hands against my lord the king.”
- 2 Samuel 18:31יְהוָה֙ · the LORDJust then the Cushite came and said, “May my lord the king hear the good news: Today the LORD has avenged you of all who rose up against you!”
- 2 Samuel 19:7בַיהוָ֨ה · by the LORDNow therefore get up! Go out and speak comfort to your servants, for I swear by the LORD that if you do not go out, not a man will remain with you tonight. This will be worse for you than all the adversity that has befallen you from your youth until now!”
- 2 Samuel 19:21יְהוָֽה׃ס · the LORD’sBut Abishai son of Zeruiah said, “Shouldn’t Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed the LORD’s anointed?”
- 2 Samuel 20:19יְהוָֽה׃פ · the LORD’sI am among the peaceable and faithful in Israel, but you are trying to destroy a city that is a mother in Israel. Why would you swallow up the LORD’s inheritance?”
- 2 Samuel 21:1יְהוָ֑הס · of the LORD; יְהוָ֗ה · And the LORDDuring the reign of David there was a famine for three successive years, and David sought the face of the LORD. And the LORD said, “It is because of the blood shed by Saul and his family, because he killed the Gibeonites.”