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 Kings 16:1יְהוָה֙ · of the LORDThen the word of the LORD came to Jehu son of Hanani against Baasha, saying:
- 1 Kings 16:7יְהוָ֡ה · of the LORD; יְהוָ֗ה · of the LORDMoreover, the word of the LORD came through the prophet Jehu son of Hanani against Baasha and his house, because of all the evil he had done in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger with the work of his hands and becoming like the house of Jeroboam, and also because Baasha had struck down the house of Jeroboam.
- 1 Kings 16:12יְהוָה֙ · the LORDSo Zimri destroyed the entire household of Baasha, according to the word that the LORD had spoken against Baasha through Jehu the prophet.
- 1 Kings 16:13יְהוָ֛ה · the LORDThis happened because of all the sins Baasha and his son Elah had committed and had caused Israel to commit, provoking the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger with their worthless idols.
- 1 Kings 16:19יְהוָ֑ה · of the LORD…because of the sins he had committed, doing evil in the sight of the LORD and following the example of Jeroboam and the sin he had committed and had caused Israel to commit.
- 1 Kings 16:25יְהוָ֑ה · of the LORDBut Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD and acted more wickedly than all who were before him.
- 1 Kings 16:26יְהוָ֛ה · the LORDFor he walked in all the ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat and in his sins, which he caused Israel to commit, provoking the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger with their worthless idols.
- 1 Kings 16:30יְהוָ֑ה · of the LORDHowever, Ahab son of Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD, more than all who were before him.
- 1 Kings 16:33יְהֹוָה֙ · the LORDThen he set up an Asherah pole. Thus Ahab did more to provoke the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger than all the kings of Israel before him.
- 1 Kings 16:34יְהוָ֔ה · the LORDIn Ahab’s days, Hiel the Bethelite rebuilt Jericho. At the cost of Abiram his firstborn he laid its foundation, and at the cost of Segub his youngest he set up its gates, according to the word that the LORD had spoken through Joshua son of Nun.
- 1 Kings 17:1יְהוָ֞ה · As surely as the LORDNow Elijah the Tishbite, who was among the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As surely as the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there will be neither dew nor rain in these years except at my word!”
- 1 Kings 17:2יְהוָ֖ה · from the LORDThen a revelation from the LORD came to Elijah:
- 1 Kings 17:5יְהוָ֑ה · what the LORDSo Elijah did what the LORD had told him, and he went and lived by the Brook of Cherith, east of the Jordan.
- 1 Kings 17:8יְהוָ֖ה · of the LORDThen the word of the LORD came to Elijah:
- 1 Kings 17:12יְהוָ֤ה · As surely as the LORDBut she replied, “As surely as the LORD your God lives, I have no bread—only a handful of flour in a jar and a little oil in a jug. Look, I am gathering a couple of sticks to take home and prepare a meal for myself and my son, so that we may eat it and die.”
- 1 Kings 17:14יְהוָ֜ה · the LORD; יְהוָ֛ה · the LORD…for this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘The jar of flour will not be exhausted and the jug of oil will not run dry until the day the LORD sends rain upon the face of the earth.’”
- 1 Kings 17:16יְהוָ֔ה · the LORDThe jar of flour was not exhausted and the jug of oil did not run dry, according to the word that the LORD had spoken through Elijah.
- 1 Kings 17:20יְהוָ֖ה · the LORD; יְהוָ֣ה · O LORDThen he cried out to the LORD, “O LORD my God, have You also brought tragedy on this widow who has opened her home to me, by causing her son to die?”
- 1 Kings 17:21יְהוָ֖ה · the LORD; יְהוָ֣ה · O LORDThen he stretched himself out over the child three times and cried out to the LORD, “O LORD my God, please let this boy’s life return to him!”
- 1 Kings 17:22יְהוָ֖ה · And the LORDAnd the LORD listened to the voice of Elijah, and the child’s life returned to him, and he lived.
- 1 Kings 17:24יְהוָ֥ה · of the LORDThen the woman said to Elijah, “Now I know that you are a man of God and that the word of the LORD from your mouth is truth.”
- 1 Kings 18:1יְהוָ֗ה · of the LORDAfter a long time, in the third year of the drought, the word of the LORD came to Elijah: “Go and present yourself to Ahab, and I will send rain upon the face of the earth.”
- 1 Kings 18:3יְהוָ֖ה · the LORD…and Ahab summoned Obadiah, who was in charge of the palace. (Now Obadiah greatly feared the LORD,
- 1 Kings 18:4יְהוָ֑ה · of the LORD…for when Jezebel had slaughtered the prophets of the LORD, Obadiah had taken a hundred prophets and hidden them, fifty men per cave, providing them with food and water.)
- 1 Kings 18:10יְהוָ֣ה · As surely as the LORDAs surely as the LORD your God lives, there is no nation or kingdom where my lord has not sent someone to search for you. When they said, ‘He is not here,’ he made that kingdom or nation swear that they had not found you.
- 1 Kings 18:12יְהוָ֤ה׀ · of the LORD; יְהוָ֖ה · the LORDI do not know where the Spirit of the LORD may carry you off when I leave you. Then when I go and tell Ahab and he does not find you, he will kill me. But I, your servant, have feared the LORD from my youth.
- 1 Kings 18:13יְהוָ֑ה · of the LORD; יְהוָ֜ה · of the LORDWas it not reported to my lord what I did when Jezebel slaughtered the prophets of the LORD? I hid a hundred prophets of the LORD, fifty men per cave, and I provided them with food and water.
- 1 Kings 18:15יְהוָ֣ה · As surely as the LORDThen Elijah said, “As surely as the LORD of Hosts lives, before whom I stand, I will present myself to Ahab today.”
- 1 Kings 18:18יְהוָ֔ה · of the LORD“I have not troubled Israel,” Elijah replied, “but you and your father’s house have, for you have forsaken the commandments of the LORD and have followed the Baals.
- 1 Kings 18:21יְהוָ֤ה · the LORDThen Elijah approached all the people and said, “How long will you waver between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow Him. But if Baal is God, follow him.” But the people did not answer a word.
- 1 Kings 18:22לַיהוָ֖ה · of the LORDThen Elijah said to the people, “I am the only remaining prophet of the LORD, but Baal has four hundred and fifty prophets.
- 1 Kings 18:24יְהוָ֔ה · of the LORDThen you may call on the name of your god, and I will call on the name of the LORD. The God who answers by fire, He is God.” And all the people answered, “What you say is good.”
- 1 Kings 18:30יְהוָ֖ה · of the LORDThen Elijah said to all the people, “Come near to me.” So all the people approached him, and he repaired the altar of the LORD that had been torn down.
- 1 Kings 18:31יְהוָ֤ה · of the LORDAnd Elijah took twelve stones, one for each tribe of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of the LORD had come and said, “Israel shall be your name.”
- 1 Kings 18:32יְהוָ֑ה · of the LORDAnd with the stones, Elijah built an altar in the name of the LORD. Then he dug a trench around the altar large enough to hold two seahs of seed.
- 1 Kings 18:36יְהוָ֗ה · O LORDAt the time of the evening sacrifice, Elijah the prophet approached the altar and said, “O LORD, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, let it be known this day that You are God in Israel and that I am Your servant and have done all these things at Your command.
- 1 Kings 18:37יְהוָה֙ · O LORD; יְהוָ֖ה · the LORDAnswer me, O LORD! Answer me, so that this people will know that You, the LORD, are God, and that You have turned their hearts back again.”
- 1 Kings 18:38יְהוָ֗ה · of the LORDThen the fire of the LORD fell and consumed the sacrifice, the wood, the stones, and the dust, and it licked up the water in the trench.
- 1 Kings 18:39יְהוָה֙ · The LORD; יְהוָ֖ה · The LORDWhen all the people saw this, they fell facedown and said, “The LORD, He is God! The LORD, He is God!”
- 1 Kings 18:46יְהוָ֗ה · of the LORDAnd the hand of the LORD came upon Elijah, and he tucked his cloak into his belt and ran ahead of Ahab all the way to Jezreel.
- 1 Kings 19:4יְהוָה֙ · LORD…while he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness. He sat down under a broom tree and prayed that he might die. “I have had enough, LORD,” he said. “Take my life, for I am no better than my fathers.”
- 1 Kings 19:7יְהוָ֤ה׀ · of the LORDA second time the angel of the LORD returned and touched him, saying, “Get up and eat, or the journey will be too much for you.”