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

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Occurrences

6,522 total
  1. 1 Kings 22:53יְהוָה֙ · the LORD
    Ahaziah served and worshiped Baal, provoking the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger, just as his father had done.
  2. 2 Kings 1:3יְהוָ֗ה · of the LORD
    But the angel of the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite, “Go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria and ask them, ‘Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are on your way to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron?’
  3. 2 Kings 1:4יְהוָ֔ה · the LORD
    Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘You will not get up from the bed on which you are lying. You will surely die.’” So Elijah departed.
  4. 2 Kings 1:6יְהוָ֔ה · the LORD
    They replied, “A man came up to meet us and said, ‘Go back to the king who sent you and tell him that this is what the LORD says: Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are sending these men to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore you will not get up from the bed on which you are lying. You will surely die.’”
  5. 2 Kings 1:15יְהוָה֙ · of the LORD
    Then the angel of the LORD said to Elijah, “Go down with him. Do not be afraid of him.” So Elijah got up and went down with him to the king.
  6. 2 Kings 1:16יְהוָ֗ה · the LORD
    And Elijah said to King Ahaziah, “This is what the LORD says: Is there really no God in Israel for you to inquire of His word? Is that why you have sent messengers to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore you will not get up from the bed on which you are lying. You will surely die.”
  7. 2 Kings 1:17יְהוָ֣ה׀ · of the LORD
    So Ahaziah died according to the word of the LORD that Elijah had spoken. And since he had no son, Jehoram succeeded him in the second year of the reign of Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat over Judah.
  8. 2 Kings 2:1יְהוָה֙ · the LORD
    Shortly before the LORD took Elijah up to heaven in a whirlwind, Elijah and Elisha were on their way from Gilgal,
  9. 2 Kings 2:2יְהוָה֙ · the LORD; יְהוָ֥ה · As surely as the LORD
    …and Elijah said to Elisha, “Please stay here, for the LORD has sent me on to Bethel.” But Elisha replied, “As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So they went down to Bethel.
  10. 2 Kings 2:3יְהוָ֛ה · the LORD
    Then the sons of the prophets at Bethel came out to Elisha and said, “Do you know that the LORD will take your master away from you today?” “Yes, I know,” he replied. “Do not speak of it.”
  11. 2 Kings 2:4יְהוָה֙ · the LORD; יְהוָ֥ה · As surely as the LORD
    And Elijah said to Elisha, “Please stay here, for the LORD has sent me on to Jericho.” But Elisha replied, “As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So they went to Jericho.
  12. 2 Kings 2:5יְהוָ֛ה · the LORD
    Then the sons of the prophets at Jericho came up to Elisha and said, “Do you know that the LORD will take your master away from you today?” “Yes, I know,” he replied. “Do not speak of it.”
  13. 2 Kings 2:6יְהוָה֙ · the LORD; יְהוָ֥ה · As surely as the LORD
    And Elijah said to Elisha, “Please stay here, for the LORD has sent me on to the Jordan.” But Elisha replied, “As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So the two of them went on.
  14. 2 Kings 2:14יְהוָ֖ה · the LORD
    Then he took the cloak of Elijah that had fallen from him and struck the waters. “Where now is the LORD, the God of Elijah?” he asked. And when he had struck the waters, they parted to the right and to the left, and Elisha crossed over.
  15. 2 Kings 2:16יְהוָ֔ה · of the LORD
    “Look now,” they said to Elisha, “we your servants have fifty valiant men. Please let them go and search for your master. Perhaps the Spirit of the LORD has taken him up and put him on one of the mountains or in one of the valleys.” “Do not send them,” Elisha replied.
  16. 2 Kings 2:21יְהוָ֗ה · the LORD
    …and Elisha went out to the spring, cast the salt into it, and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘I have healed this water. No longer will it cause death or unfruitfulness.’”
  17. 2 Kings 2:24יְהוָ֑ה · of the LORD
    Then he turned around, looked at them, and called down a curse on them in the name of the LORD. Suddenly two female bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of the boys.
  18. 2 Kings 3:2יְהוָ֔ה · of the LORD
    And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, but not as his father and mother had done. He removed the sacred pillar of Baal that his father had made.
  19. 2 Kings 3:10יְהוָ֗ה · the LORD
    “Alas,” said the king of Israel, “for the LORD has summoned these three kings to deliver them into the hand of Moab!”
  20. 2 Kings 3:11לַֽיהוָ֔ה · of the LORD; יְהוָ֖ה · of the LORD
    But Jehoshaphat asked, “Is there no prophet of the LORD here? Let us inquire of the LORD through him.” And one of the servants of the king of Israel answered, “Elisha son of Shaphat is here. He used to pour water on the hands of Elijah.”
  21. 2 Kings 3:12יְהוָ֑ה · of the LORD
    Jehoshaphat affirmed, “The word of the LORD is with him.” So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him.
  22. 2 Kings 3:13יְהוָה֙ · it is the LORD
    Elisha, however, said to the king of Israel, “What have we to do with each other? Go to the prophets of your father and of your mother!” “No,” replied the king of Israel, “for it is the LORD who has summoned these three kings to deliver them into the hand of Moab.”
  23. 2 Kings 3:14יְהוָ֤ה · As surely as the LORD
    Then Elisha said, “As surely as the LORD of Hosts lives, before whom I stand, were it not for my regard for the presence of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, I would not look at you or acknowledge you.
  24. 2 Kings 3:15יְהוָֽה׃ · of the LORD
    But now, bring me a harpist.” And while the harpist played, the hand of the LORD came upon Elisha
  25. 2 Kings 3:16יְהוָ֑ה · the LORD
    …and he said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Dig this valley full of ditches.’
  26. 2 Kings 3:17יְהוָ֗ה · the LORD
    For the LORD says, ‘You will not see wind or rain, but the valley will be filled with water, and you will drink—you and your cattle and your animals.’
  27. 2 Kings 3:18יְהוָ֑ה · of the LORD
    This is a simple matter in the sight of the LORD, and He will also deliver the Moabites into your hand.
  28. 2 Kings 4:1יְהוָ֑ה · the LORD
    Now the wife of one of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha, “Your servant, my husband, is dead, and you know that your servant feared the LORD. And now his creditor is coming to take my two children as his slaves!”
  29. 2 Kings 4:27וַֽיהוָה֙ · and the LORD
    When she reached the man of God at the mountain, she clung to his feet. Gehazi came over to push her away, but the man of God said, “Leave her alone, for her soul is in deep distress, and the LORD has hidden it from me and has not told me.”
  30. 2 Kings 4:30יְהוָ֥ה · As surely as the LORD
    And the mother of the boy said, “As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So he got up and followed her.
  31. 2 Kings 4:33יְהוָֽה׃ · the LORD
    So he went in, closed the door behind the two of them, and prayed to the LORD.
  32. 2 Kings 4:43יְהוָ֖ה · the LORD
    But his servant asked, “How am I to set twenty loaves before a hundred men?” “Give it to the people to eat,” said Elisha, “for this is what the LORD says: ‘They will eat and have some left over.’”
  33. 2 Kings 4:44יְהוָֽה׃פ · of the LORD
    So he set it before them, and they ate and had some left over, according to the word of the LORD.
  34. 2 Kings 5:1יְהוָ֥ה · the LORD
    Now Naaman, the commander of the army of the king of Aram, was a great man in his master’s sight and highly regarded, for through him the LORD had given victory to Aram. And he was a mighty man of valor, but he was a leper.
  35. 2 Kings 5:11יְהוָ֣ה · of the LORD
    But Naaman went away angry, saying, “I thought that he would surely come out, stand and call on the name of the LORD his God, and wave his hand over the spot to cure my leprosy.
  36. 2 Kings 5:16יְהוָ֛ה · As surely as the LORD
    But Elisha replied, “As surely as the LORD lives, before whom I stand, I will not accept it.” And although Naaman urged him to accept it, he refused.
  37. 2 Kings 5:17לַיהוָֽה׃ · the LORD
    “If you will not,” said Naaman, “please let me, your servant, be given as much soil as a pair of mules can carry. For your servant will never again make a burnt offering or a sacrifice to any other god but the LORD.
  38. 2 Kings 5:18יְהוָ֖ה · Yet may the LORD; יְהוָ֥ה · the LORD
    Yet may the LORD forgive your servant this one thing: When my master goes into the temple of Rimmon to worship there, and he leans on my arm, and I bow down in the temple of Rimmon, may the LORD forgive your servant in this matter.”
  39. 2 Kings 5:20יְהוָה֙ · As surely as the LORD
    Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, “Look, my master has spared this Aramean, Naaman, by not accepting what he brought. As surely as the LORD lives, I will run after him and get something from him.”
  40. 2 Kings 6:17יְהוָ֕ה · O LORD; יְהוָה֙ · And the LORD
    Then Elisha prayed, “O LORD, please open his eyes that he may see.” And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw that the hills were full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.
  41. 2 Kings 6:18יְהוָה֙ · the LORD
    As the Arameans came down against him, Elisha prayed to the LORD, “Please strike these people with blindness.” So He struck them with blindness, according to the word of Elisha.
  42. 2 Kings 6:20יְהוָ֕ה · O LORD; יְהוָה֙ · Then the LORD
    When they had entered Samaria, Elisha said, “O LORD, open the eyes of these men that they may see.” Then the LORD opened their eyes, and they looked around and discovered that they were in Samaria.
  43. 2 Kings 6:27יְהוָ֔ה · If the LORD
    He answered, “If the LORD does not help you, where can I find help for you? From the threshing floor or the winepress?”