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. 2 Kings 6:33יְהוָ֔ה · the LORD; לַיהוָ֖ה · for the LORD
    While Elisha was still speaking with them, the messenger came down to him. And the king said, “This calamity is from the LORD. Why should I wait for the LORD any longer?”
  2. 2 Kings 7:1יְהוָ֑ה · of the LORD; יְהוָ֗ה · the LORD
    Then Elisha said, “Hear the word of the LORD! This is what the LORD says: ‘About this time tomorrow at the gate of Samaria, a seah of fine flour will sell for a shekel, and two seahs of barley will sell for a shekel.’”
  3. 2 Kings 7:2יְהוָ֗ה · even if the LORD
    But the officer on whose arm the king leaned answered the man of God, “Look, even if the LORD were to make windows in heaven, could this really happen?” “You will see it with your own eyes,” replied Elisha, “but you will not eat any of it.”
  4. 2 Kings 7:16יְהוָֽה׃ · of the LORD
    Then the people went out and plundered the camp of the Arameans. It was then that a seah of fine flour sold for a shekel, and two seahs of barley sold for a shekel, according to the word of the LORD.
  5. 2 Kings 7:19יְהוָ֗ה · even if the LORD
    And the officer had answered the man of God, “Look, even if the LORD were to make windows in heaven, could this really happen?” So Elisha had replied, “You will see it with your own eyes, but you will not eat any of it!”
  6. 2 Kings 8:1יְהוָה֙ · the LORD
    Now Elisha had said to the woman whose son he had restored to life, “Arise, you and your household; go and live as a foreigner wherever you can. For the LORD has decreed that a seven-year famine will come to the land.”
  7. 2 Kings 8:8יְהוָ֤ה · the LORD
    So the king said to Hazael, “Take a gift in your hand, go to meet the man of God, and inquire of the LORD through him, ‘Will I recover from this illness?’”
  8. 2 Kings 8:10יְהוָ֖ה · But the LORD
    Elisha answered, “Go and tell him, ‘You will surely recover.’ But the LORD has shown me that in fact he will die.”
  9. 2 Kings 8:13יְהוָ֛ה · The LORD
    “But how could your servant, a mere dog, do such a monstrous thing?” said Hazael. And Elisha answered, “The LORD has shown me that you will be king over Aram.”
  10. 2 Kings 8:18יְהוָֽה׃ · of the LORD
    And Jehoram walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, just as the house of Ahab had done. For he married a daughter of Ahab and did evil in the sight of the LORD.
  11. 2 Kings 8:19יְהוָה֙ · the LORD
    Yet for the sake of His servant David, the LORD was unwilling to destroy Judah, since He had promised to maintain a lamp for David and his descendants forever.
  12. 2 Kings 8:27יְהוָ֖ה · of the LORD
    And Ahaziah walked in the ways of the house of Ahab and did evil in the sight of the LORD like the house of Ahab, for he was a son-in-law of the house of Ahab.
  13. 2 Kings 9:3יְהוָ֔ה · the LORD
    Then take the flask of oil, pour it on his head, and declare, ‘This is what the LORD says: I anoint you king over Israel.’ Then open the door and run. Do not delay!”
  14. 2 Kings 9:6יְהוָה֙ · the LORD; יְהוָ֖ה · the LORD’s
    So Jehu got up and went into the house, where the young prophet poured the oil on his head and declared, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I anoint you king over the LORD’s people Israel.
  15. 2 Kings 9:7יְהוָ֖ה · of the LORD
    And you are to strike down the house of your master Ahab, so that I may avenge the blood of My servants the prophets and the blood of all the servants of the LORD shed by the hand of Jezebel.
  16. 2 Kings 9:12יְהוָ֔ה · the LORD
    “That is a lie!” they said. “Tell us now!” So Jehu answered, “He talked to me about this and that, saying, ‘This is what the LORD says: I anoint you king over Israel.’”
  17. 2 Kings 9:25וַֽיהוָה֙ · the LORD
    And Jehu said to Bidkar his officer, “Pick him up and throw him into the field of Naboth the Jezreelite. For remember that when you and I were riding together behind his father Ahab, the LORD lifted up this burden against him:
  18. 2 Kings 9:26יְהוָ֔ה · the LORD; יְהוָ֑ה · the LORD; יְהוָֽה׃ · of the LORD
    ‘As surely as I saw the blood of Naboth and the blood of his sons yesterday, declares the LORD, so will I repay you on this plot of ground, declares the LORD.’ Now then, according to the word of the LORD, pick him up and throw him on the plot of ground.”
  19. 2 Kings 9:36יְהוָ֣ה · of the LORD
    So they went back and told Jehu, who replied, “This is the word of the LORD, which He spoke through His servant Elijah the Tishbite: ‘On the plot of ground at Jezreel the dogs will devour the flesh of Jezebel.
  20. 2 Kings 10:10יְהוָה֙ · the LORD; יְהוָ֖ה; וַיהוָ֣ה · for the LORD
    Know, then, that not a word the LORD has spoken against the house of Ahab will fail, for the LORD has done what He promised through His servant Elijah.”
  21. 2 Kings 10:16לַיהוָ֑ה · for the LORD
    …saying, “Come with me and see my zeal for the LORD!” So he had him ride in his chariot.
  22. 2 Kings 10:17יְהוָ֔ה · the LORD
    When Jehu came to Samaria, he struck down everyone belonging to Ahab who remained there, until he had destroyed them, according to the word that the LORD had spoken to Elijah.
  23. 2 Kings 10:23יְהוָ֔ה · of the LORD
    Next, Jehu and Jehonadab son of Rechab entered the temple of Baal, and Jehu said to the servants of Baal, “Look around to see that there are no servants of the LORD here among you—only servants of Baal.”
  24. 2 Kings 10:30יְהוָ֜ה · Nevertheless, the LORD
    Nevertheless, the LORD said to Jehu, “Because you have done well in carrying out what is right in My sight and have done to the house of Ahab all that was in My heart, four generations of your sons will sit on the throne of Israel.”
  25. 2 Kings 10:31יְהוָ֥ה · of the LORD
    Yet Jehu was not careful to follow the instruction of the LORD, the God of Israel, with all his heart. He did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam had caused Israel to commit.
  26. 2 Kings 10:32יְהוָ֔ה · the LORD
    In those days the LORD began to reduce the size of Israel. Hazael defeated the Israelites throughout their territory
  27. 2 Kings 11:3יְהוָ֔ה · of the LORD
    And Joash remained hidden with his nurse in the house of the LORD for six years while Athaliah ruled the land.
  28. 2 Kings 11:4יְהוָ֑ה · of the LORD; יְהוָ֔ה
    Then in the seventh year, Jehoiada sent for the commanders of hundreds, the Carites, and the guards, and had them brought into the house of the LORD. There he made a covenant with them and put them under oath. He showed them the king’s son
  29. 2 Kings 11:7יְהוָ֖ה · of the LORD
    …the two divisions that would go off duty on the Sabbath are to guard the house of the LORD for the king.
  30. 2 Kings 11:10יְהוָֽה׃ · of the LORD
    Then the priest gave to the commanders of hundreds the spears and shields of King David from the house of the LORD.
  31. 2 Kings 11:13יְהוָֽה׃ · of the LORD
    When Athaliah heard the noise from the guards and the people, she went out to the people in the house of the LORD.
  32. 2 Kings 11:15יְהוָֽה׃ · of the LORD
    And Jehoiada the priest ordered the commanders of hundreds in charge of the army, “Bring her out between the ranks, and put to the sword anyone who follows her.” For the priest had said, “She must not be put to death in the house of the LORD.”
  33. 2 Kings 11:17יְהוָה֙ · the LORD; לַֽיהוָ֑ה · the LORD’s
    Then Jehoiada made a covenant between the LORD and the king and the people that they would be the LORD’s people. He also made a covenant between the king and the people.
  34. 2 Kings 11:18יְהוָֽה׃ · of the LORD
    So all the people of the land went to the temple of Baal and tore it down. They smashed the altars and idols to pieces, and they killed Mattan the priest of Baal in front of the altars. And Jehoiada the priest posted guards for the house of the LORD.
  35. 2 Kings 11:19יְהוָ֔ה · of the LORD
    He took with him the commanders of hundreds, the Carites, the guards, and all the people of the land, and they brought the king down from the house of the LORD and entered the royal palace by way of the Gate of the Guards. Then Joash took his seat on the royal throne,
  36. 2 Kings 12:2יְהוָ֖ה · of the LORD
    And Joash did what was right in the eyes of the LORD all the days he was instructed by Jehoiada the priest.
  37. 2 Kings 12:4יְהוָה֙ · of the LORD; יְהוָֽה׃ · of the LORD
    Then Joash said to the priests, “Collect all the money brought as sacred gifts into the house of the LORD—the census money, the money from vows, and the money brought voluntarily into the house of the LORD.
  38. 2 Kings 12:9יְהוָ֔ה · of the LORD; יְהוָֽה׃ · of the LORD
    Then Jehoiada the priest took a chest, bored a hole in its lid, and set it beside the altar on the right side as one enters the house of the LORD. There the priests who guarded the threshold put all the money brought into the house of the LORD.
  39. 2 Kings 12:10יְהוָֽה׃ · of the LORD
    Whenever they saw that there was a large amount of money in the chest, the royal scribe and the high priest would go up, count the money brought into the house of the LORD, and tie it up in bags.