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 21:3יְהוָֽה׃ · of the LORDSo David asked the Gibeonites, “What shall I do for you? How can I make amends so that you may bless the inheritance of the LORD?”
- 2 Samuel 21:6לַֽיהוָ֔ה · before the LORD; יְהוָ֑הס · of the LORD…let seven of his male descendants be delivered to us so that we may hang them before the LORD at Gibeah of Saul, the chosen of the LORD.” “I will give them to you,” said the king.
- 2 Samuel 21:7יְהוָה֙ · before the LORDNow the king spared Mephibosheth son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, because of the oath before the LORD between David and Jonathan son of Saul.
- 2 Samuel 21:9יְהוָ֔ה · the LORDAnd he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them on the hill before the LORD. So all seven of them fell together; they were put to death in the first days of the harvest, at the beginning of the barley harvest.
- 2 Samuel 22:1לַֽיהוָ֔ה · to the LORD; יְהוָ֥ה · the LORDAnd David sang this song to the LORD on the day the LORD had delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul.
- 2 Samuel 22:2יְהוָ֛ה · The LORDHe said: “The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer.
- 2 Samuel 22:4יְהוָ֑ה · the LORDI will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised; so shall I be saved from my enemies.
- 2 Samuel 22:7יְהוָ֔ה · the LORDIn my distress I called upon the LORD; I cried out to my God. And from His temple He heard my voice, and my cry for help reached His ears.
- 2 Samuel 22:14יְהוָ֑ה · The LORDThe LORD thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded.
- 2 Samuel 22:16יְהוָ֔ה · of the LORDThe channels of the sea appeared, and the foundations of the world were exposed at the rebuke of the LORD, at the blast of the breath of His nostrils.
- 2 Samuel 22:19יְהוָ֛ה · but the LORDThey confronted me in my day of calamity, but the LORD was my support.
- 2 Samuel 22:21יְהוָ֖ה · The LORDThe LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness; He has repaid me according to the cleanness of my hands.
- 2 Samuel 22:22יְהוָ֑ה · of the LORDFor I have kept the ways of the LORD and have not wickedly departed from my God.
- 2 Samuel 22:25יְהוָ֛ה · So the LORDSo the LORD has repaid me according to my righteousness, according to my cleanness in His sight.
- 2 Samuel 22:29יְהוָ֑ה · O LORD; וַיהוָ֖ה · the LORDFor You, O LORD, are my lamp; the LORD lights up my darkness.
- 2 Samuel 22:31יְהוָה֙ · of the LORDAs for God, His way is perfect; the word of the LORD is flawless. He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him.
- 2 Samuel 22:32יְהוָ֑ה · the LORDFor who is God besides the LORD? And who is the Rock except our God?
- 2 Samuel 22:42יְהוָ֖ה · the LORDThey looked, but there was no one to save them—to the LORD, but He did not answer.
- 2 Samuel 22:47יְהוָ֖ה · The LORDThe LORD lives, and blessed be my Rock! And may God, the Rock of my salvation, be exalted—
- 2 Samuel 22:50יְהוָ֖ה · O LORDTherefore I will praise You, O LORD, among the nations; I will sing praises to Your name.
- 2 Samuel 23:2יְהוָ֖ה · of the LORDThe Spirit of the LORD spoke through me; His word was on my tongue.
- 2 Samuel 23:10יְהוָ֛ה · The LORD…but Eleazar stood his ground and struck the Philistines until his hand grew weary and stuck to his sword. The LORD brought about a great victory that day. Then the troops returned to him, but only to plunder the dead.
- 2 Samuel 23:12יְהוָ֖ה · So the LORDBut Shammah took his stand in the middle of the field, defended it, and struck down the Philistines. So the LORD brought about a great victory.
- 2 Samuel 23:16לַֽיהוָֽה׃ · to the LORDSo the three mighty men broke through the Philistine camp, drew water from the well near the gate of Bethlehem, and brought it back to David. But he refused to drink it; instead, he poured it out to the LORD,
- 2 Samuel 23:17יְהוָ֜ה · O LORD…saying, “Far be it from me, O LORD, to do this! Is this not the blood of the men who risked their lives?” So he refused to drink it. Such were the exploits of the three mighty men.
- 2 Samuel 24:1יְהוָ֔ה · of the LORDAgain the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He stirred up David against them, saying, “Go and take a census of Israel and Judah.”
- 2 Samuel 24:3יְהוָה֩ · May the LORDBut Joab replied to the king, “May the LORD your God multiply the troops a hundred times over, and may the eyes of my lord the king see it. But why does my lord the king want to do such a thing?”
- 2 Samuel 24:10יְהוָ֗ה · the LORD; יְהוָ֔ה · O LORDAfter David had numbered the troops, his conscience was stricken and he said to the LORD, “I have sinned greatly in what I have done. Now, O LORD, I beg You to take away the iniquity of Your servant, for I have acted very foolishly.”
- 2 Samuel 24:11יְהוָ֗ה · of the LORDWhen David got up in the morning, the word of the LORD had come to Gad the prophet, David’s seer:
- 2 Samuel 24:12יְהוָ֔ה · the LORD“Go and tell David that this is what the LORD says: ‘I am offering you three options. Choose one of them, and I will carry it out against you.’”
- 2 Samuel 24:14יְהוָה֙ · of the LORDDavid answered Gad, “I am deeply distressed. Please, let us fall into the hand of the LORD, for His mercies are great; but do not let me fall into the hands of men.”
- 2 Samuel 24:15יְהוָ֥ה · So the LORDSo the LORD sent a plague upon Israel from that morning until the appointed time, and seventy thousand of the people from Dan to Beersheba died.
- 2 Samuel 24:16יְהוָה֙ · the LORD; יְהוָה֙ · of the LORDBut when the angel stretched out his hand to destroy Jerusalem, the LORD relented from the calamity and said to the angel who was destroying the people, “Enough! Withdraw your hand now!” At that time the angel of the LORD was by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
- 2 Samuel 24:17יְהוָ֜ה · the LORDWhen David saw the angel striking down the people, he said to the LORD, “Surely I, the shepherd, have sinned and acted wickedly. But these sheep, what have they done? Please, let Your hand fall upon me and my father’s house.”
- 2 Samuel 24:18לַֽיהוָה֙ · to the LORDAnd that day Gad came to David and said to him, “Go up and build an altar to the LORD on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.”
- 2 Samuel 24:19יְהוָֽה׃ · the LORDSo David went up at the word of Gad, just as the LORD had commanded.
- 2 Samuel 24:21לַֽיהוָ֔ה · to the LORD“Why has my lord the king come to his servant?” Araunah said. “To buy your threshing floor,” David replied, “that I may build an altar to the LORD, so that the plague upon the people may be halted.”
- 2 Samuel 24:23יְהוָ֥ה · May the LORDO king, Araunah gives all these to the king.” He also said to the king, “May the LORD your God accept you.”
- 2 Samuel 24:24לַיהוָ֥ה · to the LORD“No,” replied the king, “I insist on paying a price, for I will not offer to the LORD my God burnt offerings that cost me nothing.” So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.
- 2 Samuel 24:25לַֽיהוָ֔ה · to the LORD; יְהוָה֙ · Then the LORDAnd there he built an altar to the LORD and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. Then the LORD answered the prayers on behalf of the land, and the plague upon Israel was halted.
- 1 Kings 1:17בַּֽיהוָ֤ה · by the LORD“My lord,” she replied, “you yourself swore to your maidservant by the LORD your God: ‘Surely your son Solomon will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne.’
- 1 Kings 1:29יְהוָ֕ה · As surely as the LORDAnd the king swore an oath, saying, “As surely as the LORD lives, who has redeemed my life from all distress,
- 1 Kings 1:30בַּיהוָ֨ה · by the LORDI will carry out this very day exactly what I swore to you by the LORD, the God of Israel: Surely your son Solomon will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne in my place.”
- 1 Kings 1:36יְהוָ֔ה · May the LORD“Amen,” replied Benaiah son of Jehoiada. “May the LORD, the God of my lord the king, so declare it.