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
- 2 Kings 17:17יְהוָ֖ה · of the LORDThey sacrificed their sons and daughters in the fire and practiced divination and soothsaying. They devoted themselves to doing evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger.
- 2 Kings 17:18יְהוָ֤ה · So the LORDSo the LORD was very angry with Israel, and He removed them from His presence. Only the tribe of Judah remained,
- 2 Kings 17:19יְהוָ֣ה · of the LORD…and even Judah did not keep the commandments of the LORD their God, but lived according to the customs Israel had introduced.
- 2 Kings 17:20יְהוָ֜ה · So the LORDSo the LORD rejected all the descendants of Israel. He afflicted them and delivered them into the hands of plunderers, until He had banished them from His presence.
- 2 Kings 17:21יְהוָ֔ה · the LORDWhen the LORD had torn Israel away from the house of David, they made Jeroboam son of Nebat king, and Jeroboam led Israel away from following the LORD and caused them to commit a great sin.
- 2 Kings 17:23יְהוָ֤ה · the LORDFinally, the LORD removed Israel from His presence, as He had declared through all His servants the prophets. So Israel was exiled from their homeland into Assyria, where they are to this day.
- 2 Kings 17:25יְהוָ֑ה · the LORD; יְהוָ֤ה · so HeNow when the settlers first lived there, they did not worship the LORD, so He sent lions among them, which killed some of them.
- 2 Kings 17:28יְהוָֽה׃ · the LORDThus one of the priests they had carried away came and lived in Bethel, and he began to teach them how they should worship the LORD.
- 2 Kings 17:32יְהוָ֑ה · the LORDSo the new residents worshiped the LORD, but they also appointed for themselves priests of all sorts to serve in the shrines of the high places.
- 2 Kings 17:33יְהוָ֖ה · the LORDThey worshiped the LORD, but they also served their own gods according to the customs of the nations from which they had been carried away.
- 2 Kings 17:34יְהוָ֔ה · the LORD; יְהוָה֙ · the LORDTo this day they are still practicing their former customs. None of them worship the LORD or observe the statutes, ordinances, laws, and commandments that the LORD gave the descendants of Jacob, whom He named Israel.
- 2 Kings 17:35יְהוָ֤ה · For the LORDFor the LORD had made a covenant with the Israelites and commanded them, “Do not worship other gods or bow down to them; do not serve them or sacrifice to them.
- 2 Kings 17:36יְהוָ֗ה · the LORDInstead, worship the LORD, who brought you out of the land of Egypt with great power and an outstretched arm. You are to bow down to Him and offer sacrifices to Him.
- 2 Kings 17:39יְהוָ֥ה · the LORD…but worship the LORD your God, and He will deliver you from the hands of all your enemies.”
- 2 Kings 17:41יְהוָ֔ה · the LORDSo these nations worshiped the LORD but also served their idols, and to this day their children and grandchildren continue to do as their fathers did.
- 2 Kings 18:3יְהוָ֑ה · of the LORDAnd he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father David had done.
- 2 Kings 18:5בַּיהוָ֥ה · in the LORDHezekiah trusted in the LORD, the God of Israel. No king of Judah was like him, either before him or after him.
- 2 Kings 18:6בַּֽיהוָ֔ה · to the LORD; יְהוָ֖ה · the LORDHe remained faithful to the LORD and did not turn from following Him; he kept the commandments that the LORD had given Moses.
- 2 Kings 18:7יְהוָה֙ · And the LORDAnd the LORD was with Hezekiah, and he prospered wherever he went. He rebelled against the king of Assyria and refused to serve him.
- 2 Kings 18:12יְהוָ֣ה · of the LORD; יְהוָ֑ה · of the LORDThis happened because they did not listen to the voice of the LORD their God, but violated His covenant—all that Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded—and would neither listen nor obey.
- 2 Kings 18:15יְהוָ֑ה · of the LORDHezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the house of the LORD and in the treasuries of the royal palace.
- 2 Kings 18:16יְהוָה֙ · of the LORDAt that time Hezekiah stripped the gold with which he had plated the doors and doorposts of the temple of the LORD, and he gave it to the king of Assyria.
- 2 Kings 18:22יְהוָ֥ה · the LORDBut if you say to me, ‘We trust in the LORD our God,’ is He not the One whose high places and altars Hezekiah has removed, saying to Judah and Jerusalem: ‘You must worship before this altar in Jerusalem’?
- 2 Kings 18:25יְהוָ֔ה · the LORD; יְהוָה֙ · The LORD HimselfSo now, was it apart from the LORD that I have come up against this place to destroy it? The LORD Himself said to me, ‘Go up against this land and destroy it.’”
- 2 Kings 18:30יְהוָ֣ה · the LORD; יְהוָ֑ה · The LORDDo not let Hezekiah persuade you to trust in the LORD when he says, ‘The LORD will surely deliver us; this city will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.’
- 2 Kings 18:32יְהוָ֖ה · The LORD…until I come and take you away to a land like your own—a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of olive trees and honey—so that you may live and not die. But do not listen to Hezekiah, for he misleads you when he says, ‘The LORD will deliver us.’
- 2 Kings 18:35יְהוָ֛ה · How then can the LORDWho among all the gods of these lands has delivered his land from my hand? How then can the LORD deliver Jerusalem from my hand?”
- 2 Kings 19:1יְהוָֽה׃ · of the LORDOn hearing this report, King Hezekiah tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and entered the house of the LORD.
- 2 Kings 19:4יְהוָ֨ה · the LORD; יְהוָ֣ה · the LORDPerhaps the LORD your God will hear all the words of the Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to defy the living God, and He will rebuke him for the words that the LORD your God has heard. Therefore lift up a prayer for the remnant that still survives.”
- 2 Kings 19:6יְהוָ֗ה · the LORD…who replied, “Tell your master that this is what the LORD says: ‘Do not be afraid of the words you have heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed Me.
- 2 Kings 19:14יְהוָ֔ה · of the LORD; יְהוָֽה׃פ · the LORDSo Hezekiah received the letter from the messengers, read it, and went up to the house of the LORD and spread it out before the LORD.
- 2 Kings 19:15יְהוָה֮ · the LORD; יְהוָ֞ה · O LORDAnd Hezekiah prayed before the LORD: “O LORD, God of Israel, enthroned between the cherubim, You alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth. You made the heavens and the earth.
- 2 Kings 19:16יְהוָ֤ה׀ · O LORD; יְהוָ֛ה · O LORDIncline Your ear, O LORD, and hear; open Your eyes, O LORD, and see. Listen to the words that Sennacherib has sent to defy the living God.
- 2 Kings 19:17יְהוָ֑ה · O LORDTruly, O LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste these nations and their lands.
- 2 Kings 19:19יְהוָ֣ה · O LORD; יְהוָ֥ה · O LORDAnd now, O LORD our God, please save us from his hand, so that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that You alone, O LORD, are God.”
- 2 Kings 19:20יְהוָה֙ · the LORDThen Isaiah son of Amoz sent a message to Hezekiah: “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: I have heard your prayer concerning Sennacherib king of Assyria.
- 2 Kings 19:21יְהוָ֖ה · the LORDThis is the word that the LORD has spoken against him: ‘The Virgin Daughter of Zion despises you and mocks you; the Daughter of Jerusalem shakes her head behind you.
- 2 Kings 19:31יְהוָ֥הֳ֖ · of the LORD [of Hosts]For a remnant will go forth from Jerusalem, and survivors from Mount Zion. The zeal of the LORD of Hosts will accomplish this.
- 2 Kings 19:32יְהוָה֙ · the LORDSo this is what the LORD says about the king of Assyria: ‘He will not enter this city or shoot an arrow into it. He will not come before it with a shield or build up a siege ramp against it.