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. 1 Kings 19:9יְהוָה֙ · of the LORD
    There Elijah entered a cave and spent the night. And the word of the LORD came to him, saying, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”
  2. 1 Kings 19:10לַיהוָ֣ה׀ · for the LORD
    “I have been very zealous for the LORD, the God of Hosts,” he replied, “but the Israelites have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I am the only one left, and they are seeking my life as well.”
  3. 1 Kings 19:11יְהוָה֒ · the LORD; יְהוָ֣ה · the LORD; יְהוָ֔ה · the LORD; יְהוָ֑ה · but the LORD; יְהוָֽה׃ · but the LORD
    Then the LORD said, “Go out and stand on the mountain before the LORD. Behold, the LORD is about to pass by.” And a great and mighty wind tore into the mountains and shattered the rocks before the LORD, but the LORD was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake.
  4. 1 Kings 19:12יְהוָ֑ה · but the LORD
    After the earthquake there was a fire, but the LORD was not in the fire. And after the fire came a still, small voice.
  5. 1 Kings 19:14לַיהוָ֣ה׀ · for the LORD
    “I have been very zealous for the LORD, the God of Hosts,” he replied, “but the Israelites have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I am the only one left, and they are seeking my life as well.”
  6. 1 Kings 19:15יְהוָה֙ · Then the LORD
    Then the LORD said to him, “Go back by the way you came, and go to the Desert of Damascus. When you arrive, you are to anoint Hazael as king over Aram.
  7. 1 Kings 20:13יְהוָ֔ה · the LORD; יְהוָֽה׃ · am the LORD
    Meanwhile a prophet approached Ahab king of Israel and declared, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Do you see this entire great army? Behold, I will deliver it into your hand this very day, and you will know that I am the LORD.’”
  8. 1 Kings 20:14יְהוָ֔ה · the LORD
    “By whom?” Ahab asked. And the prophet replied, “This is what the LORD says: ‘By the young officers of the district governors.’” “Who will start the battle?” asked Ahab. “You will,” answered the prophet.
  9. 1 Kings 20:28יְהוָ֗ה · the LORD; יְהוָ֔ה · the LORD; יְהוָֽה׃ · am the LORD
    Then the man of God approached the king of Israel and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Because the Arameans have said that the LORD is a god of the hills and not of the valleys, I will deliver all this great army into your hand. Then you will know that I am the LORD.’”
  10. 1 Kings 20:35יְהוָ֖ה · of the LORD
    Meanwhile, by the word of the LORD, one of the sons of the prophets said to his companion, “Strike me, please!” But the man refused to strike him.
  11. 1 Kings 20:36יְהוָ֔ה · of the LORD
    Then the prophet said to him, “Because you have not obeyed the voice of the LORD, as soon as you depart from me a lion will kill you.” And when he left, a lion found him and killed him.
  12. 1 Kings 20:42יְהוָ֔ה · the LORD
    And the prophet said to the king, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Because you have let slip from your hand the man I had devoted to destruction, your life will be exchanged for his life, and your people for his people.’”
  13. 1 Kings 21:3מֵֽיהוָ֔ה · The LORD
    But Naboth replied, “The LORD forbid that I should give you the inheritance of my fathers.”
  14. 1 Kings 21:17יְהוָ֔ה · of the LORD
    Then the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
  15. 1 Kings 21:19יְהוָ֔ה · the LORD; יְהוָ֔ה · the LORD
    Tell him that this is what the LORD says: ‘Have you not murdered a man and seized his land?’ Then tell him that this is also what the LORD says: ‘In the place where the dogs licked up the blood of Naboth, there also the dogs will lick up your blood—yes, yours!’”
  16. 1 Kings 21:20יְהוָֽה׃ · of the LORD
    When Elijah arrived, Ahab said to him, “So you have found me out, my enemy.” He replied, “I have found you out because you have sold yourself to do evil in the sight of the LORD.
  17. 1 Kings 21:23יְהוָ֖ה · And the LORD
    And the LORD also speaks concerning Jezebel: ‘The dogs will devour Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel.’
  18. 1 Kings 21:25יְהוָ֑ה · of the LORD
    (Surely there was never one like Ahab, who sold himself to do evil in the sight of the LORD, incited by his wife Jezebel.
  19. 1 Kings 21:26יְהוָ֔ה · the LORD
    He committed the most detestable acts by going after idols, just like the Amorites whom the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.)
  20. 1 Kings 21:28יְהוָ֔ה · of the LORD
    Then the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying:
  21. 1 Kings 22:5יְהוָֽה׃ · of the LORD
    But Jehoshaphat also said to the king of Israel, “Please inquire first for the word of the LORD.”
  22. 1 Kings 22:7לַיהוָ֖ה · of the LORD
    But Jehoshaphat asked, “Is there not still a prophet of the LORD here of whom we can inquire?”
  23. 1 Kings 22:8יְהוָ֨ה · the LORD
    The king of Israel answered, “There is still one man through whom we can inquire of the LORD, but I hate him because he never prophesies anything good for me, but only bad. He is Micaiah son of Imlah.” “The king should not say that!” Jehoshaphat replied.
  24. 1 Kings 22:11יְהוָ֔ה · the LORD
    Now Zedekiah son of Chenaanah had made for himself iron horns and declared, “This is what the LORD says: ‘With these you shall gore the Arameans until they are finished off.’”
  25. 1 Kings 22:12יְהוָ֖ה · for the LORD
    And all the prophets were prophesying the same, saying, “Go up to Ramoth-gilead and triumph, for the LORD will deliver it into the hand of the king.”
  26. 1 Kings 22:14יְהוָ֕ה · As surely as the LORD; יְהוָ֛ה · the LORD
    But Micaiah said, “As surely as the LORD lives, I will speak whatever the LORD tells me.”
  27. 1 Kings 22:15יְהוָ֖ה · for the LORD
    When Micaiah arrived, the king asked him, “Micaiah, should we go to war against Ramoth-gilead, or should we refrain?” “Go up and triumph,” Micaiah replied, “for the LORD will deliver it into the hand of the king.”
  28. 1 Kings 22:16יְהוָֽה׃ · of the LORD
    But the king said to him, “How many times must I make you swear not to tell me anything but the truth in the name of the LORD?”
  29. 1 Kings 22:17יְהוָה֙ · And the LORD
    So Micaiah declared: “I saw all Israel scattered on the hills like sheep without a shepherd. And the LORD said, ‘These people have no master; let each one return home in peace.’”
  30. 1 Kings 22:19יְהוָ֑ה · of the LORD; יְהוָה֙ · the LORD
    Micaiah continued, “Therefore hear the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on His throne, and all the host of heaven standing by Him on His right and on His left.
  31. 1 Kings 22:20יְהוָ֗ה · And the LORD
    And the LORD said, ‘Who will entice Ahab to march up and fall at Ramoth-gilead?’ And one suggested this, and another that.
  32. 1 Kings 22:21יְהוָ֔ה · the LORD; יְהוָ֛ה · the LORD
    Then a spirit came forward, stood before the LORD, and said, ‘I will entice him.’ ‘By what means?’ asked the LORD.
  33. 1 Kings 22:23יְהוָה֙ · the LORD; וַֽיהוָ֔ה · and the LORD
    So you see, the LORD has put a lying spirit in the mouths of all these prophets of yours, and the LORD has pronounced disaster against you.”
  34. 1 Kings 22:24יְהוָ֛ה · of the LORD [go]
    Then Zedekiah son of Chenaanah went up, struck Micaiah in the face, and demanded, “Which way did the Spirit of the LORD go when He departed from me to speak with you?”
  35. 1 Kings 22:28יְהוָ֖ה · the LORD
    But Micaiah replied, “If you ever return safely, the LORD has not spoken through me.” Then he added, “Take heed, all you people!”
  36. 1 Kings 22:38יְהוָ֖ה · that the LORD
    And the chariot was washed at the pool of Samaria where the prostitutes bathed, and the dogs licked up Ahab’s blood, according to the word that the LORD had spoken.
  37. 1 Kings 22:43יְהוָֽה׃ · of the LORD
    And Jehoshaphat walked in all the ways of his father Asa; he did not turn away from them, but did what was right in the eyes of the LORD. The high places, however, were not removed; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.
  38. 1 Kings 22:52יְהוָ֑ה · of the LORD
    And he did evil in the sight of the LORD and walked in the ways of his father and mother and of Jeroboam son of Nebat, who had caused Israel to sin.