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 12:11יְהוָ֑ה · of the LORD; יְהוָֽה׃
    Then they would put the counted money into the hands of those who supervised the work on the house of the LORD, who in turn would pay those doing the work—the carpenters, builders,
  2. 2 Kings 12:12יְהוָ֑ה · of the LORD
    …masons, and stonecutters. They also purchased timber and dressed stone to repair the damage to the house of the LORD, and they paid the other expenses of the temple repairs.
  3. 2 Kings 12:13יְהוָ֗ה · of the LORD; יְהוָֽה׃ · of the LORD
    However, the money brought into the house of the LORD was not used for making silver basins, wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, trumpets, or any articles of gold or silver for the house of the LORD.
  4. 2 Kings 12:14יְהוָֽה׃ · of the LORD
    Instead, it was paid to those doing the work, and with it they repaired the house of the LORD.
  5. 2 Kings 12:16יְהוָ֑ה · of the LORD
    The money from the guilt offerings and sin offerings was not brought into the house of the LORD; it belonged to the priests.
  6. 2 Kings 12:18יְהוָ֖ה · of the LORD
    So King Joash of Judah took all the sacred objects dedicated by his fathers—Jehoshaphat, Jehoram, and Ahaziah, the kings of Judah—along with his own consecrated items and all the gold found in the treasuries of the house of the LORD and the royal palace, and he sent them to Hazael king of Aram. So Hazael withdrew from Jerusalem.
  7. 2 Kings 13:2יְהוָ֑ה · of the LORD
    And he did evil in the sight of the LORD and followed the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit; he did not turn away from them.
  8. 2 Kings 13:3יְהוָ֖ה · of the LORD
    So the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He delivered them continually into the hands of Hazael king of Aram and his son Ben-hadad.
  9. 2 Kings 13:4יְהוָ֑ה · of the LORD; יְהוָ֔ה · and the LORD
    Then Jehoahaz sought the favor of the LORD, and the LORD listened to him because He saw the oppression that the king of Aram had inflicted on Israel.
  10. 2 Kings 13:5יְהוָ֤ה · So the LORD
    So the LORD gave Israel a deliverer, and they escaped the power of the Arameans. Then the people of Israel lived in their own homes as they had before.
  11. 2 Kings 13:11יְהוָ֑ה · of the LORD
    And he did evil in the sight of the LORD and did not turn away from all the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit, but he walked in them.
  12. 2 Kings 13:17לַֽיהוָה֙ · This is the LORD’s
    “Open the east window,” said Elisha. So he opened it and Elisha said, “Shoot!” So he shot. And Elisha declared: “This is the LORD’s arrow of victory, the arrow of victory over Aram, for you shall strike the Arameans in Aphek until you have put an end to them.”
  13. 2 Kings 13:23יְהוָ֨ה · But the LORD
    But the LORD was gracious to Israel and had compassion on them, and He turned toward them because of His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. And to this day, the LORD has been unwilling to destroy them or cast them from His presence.
  14. 2 Kings 14:3יְהוָ֔ה · of the LORD
    And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, but not as his father David had done. He did everything as his father Joash had done.
  15. 2 Kings 14:6יְהוָ֜ה · the LORD
    Yet he did not put the sons of the murderers to death, but acted according to what is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, where the LORD commanded: “Fathers must not be put to death for their children, and children must not be put to death for their fathers; each is to die for his own sin.”
  16. 2 Kings 14:14יְהוָ֗ה · of the LORD
    He took all the gold and silver and all the articles found in the house of the LORD and in the treasuries of the royal palace, as well as some hostages. Then he returned to Samaria.
  17. 2 Kings 14:24יְהוָ֑ה · of the LORD
    And he did evil in the sight of the LORD and did not turn away from all the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit.
  18. 2 Kings 14:25יְהוָה֙ · the LORD
    This Jeroboam restored the boundary of Israel from Lebo-hamath to the Sea of the Arabah, according to the word that the LORD, the God of Israel, had spoken through His servant Jonah son of Amittai, the prophet from Gath-hepher.
  19. 2 Kings 14:26יְהוָ֛ה · the LORD
    For the LORD saw that the affliction of the Israelites, both slave and free, was very bitter. There was no one to help Israel,
  20. 2 Kings 14:27יְהוָ֔ה · and since the LORD
    …and since the LORD had said that He would not blot out the name of Israel from under heaven, He saved them by the hand of Jeroboam son of Jehoash.
  21. 2 Kings 15:3יְהוָ֑ה · of the LORD
    And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father Amaziah had done.
  22. 2 Kings 15:5יְהוָ֜ה · And the LORD
    And the LORD afflicted the king with leprosy until the day he died, so that he lived in a separate house while his son Jotham had charge of the palace and governed the people of the land.
  23. 2 Kings 15:9יְהוָ֔ה · of the LORD
    And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, as his fathers had done. He did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit.
  24. 2 Kings 15:12יְהוָ֗ה · of the LORD
    So the word of the LORD spoken to Jehu was fulfilled: “Four generations of your sons will sit on the throne of Israel.”
  25. 2 Kings 15:18יְהוָ֑ה · of the LORD
    And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and throughout his reign he did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit.
  26. 2 Kings 15:24יְהוָ֑ה · of the LORD
    And he did evil in the sight of the LORD and did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit.
  27. 2 Kings 15:28יְהוָ֑ה · of the LORD
    And he did evil in the sight of the LORD and did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit.
  28. 2 Kings 15:34יְהוָ֑ה · of the LORD
    And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father Uzziah had done.
  29. 2 Kings 15:35יְהוָ֖ה · of the LORD
    Nevertheless, the high places were not taken away; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense there. Jotham rebuilt the Upper Gate of the house of the LORD.
  30. 2 Kings 15:37יְהוָ֗ה · the LORD
    (In those days the LORD began to send Rezin king of Aram and Pekah son of Remaliah against Judah.)
  31. 2 Kings 16:2יְהוָ֥ה · of the LORD
    Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. And unlike David his father, he did not do what was right in the eyes of the LORD his God.
  32. 2 Kings 16:3יְהוָה֙ · the LORD
    Instead, he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel and even sacrificed his son in the fire, according to the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.
  33. 2 Kings 16:8יְהוָ֔ה · of the LORD
    Ahaz also took the silver and gold found in the house of the LORD and in the treasuries of the king’s palace, and he sent it as a gift to the king of Assyria.
  34. 2 Kings 16:14יְהוָה֒ · the LORD; יְהוָ֑ה · of the LORD
    He also took the bronze altar that stood before the LORD from the front of the temple (between the new altar and the house of the LORD) and he put it on the north side of the new altar.
  35. 2 Kings 16:18יְהוָ֑ה · of the LORD
    And on account of the king of Assyria, he removed the Sabbath canopy they had built in the temple and closed the royal entryway outside the house of the LORD.
  36. 2 Kings 17:2יְהוָ֑ה · of the LORD
    And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, but not like the kings of Israel who preceded him.
  37. 2 Kings 17:7לַיהוָ֣ה · against the LORD
    All this happened because the people of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. They had worshiped other gods
  38. 2 Kings 17:8יְהוָ֔ה · the LORD
    …and walked in the customs of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites, as well as in the practices introduced by the kings of Israel.
  39. 2 Kings 17:9יְהוָ֖ה · the LORD
    The Israelites secretly did things against the LORD their God that were not right. From watchtower to fortified city, they built high places in all their cities.
  40. 2 Kings 17:11יְהוָ֖ה · the LORD; יְהוָֽה׃ · the LORD {to anger}
    They burned incense on all the high places like the nations that the LORD had driven out before them. They did wicked things, provoking the LORD to anger.
  41. 2 Kings 17:12יְהוָה֙ · although the LORD
    They served idols, although the LORD had told them, “You shall not do this thing.”
  42. 2 Kings 17:13יְהוָ֡ה · the LORD
    Yet through all His prophets and seers, the LORD warned Israel and Judah, saying, “Turn from your wicked ways and keep My commandments and statutes, according to the entire Law that I commanded your fathers and delivered to you through My servants the prophets.”
  43. 2 Kings 17:14בַּֽיהוָ֖ה · the LORD
    But they would not listen, and they stiffened their necks like their fathers, who did not believe the LORD their God.
  44. 2 Kings 17:15יְהוָה֙ · the LORD
    They rejected His statutes and the covenant He had made with their fathers, as well as the decrees He had given them. They pursued worthless idols and became worthless themselves, going after the surrounding nations that the LORD had commanded them not to imitate.
  45. 2 Kings 17:16יְהוָ֣ה · of the LORD
    They abandoned all the commandments of the LORD their God and made for themselves two cast idols of calves and an Asherah pole. They bowed down to all the host of heaven and served Baal.