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 23:6יְהוָ֜ה · of the LORD
    He brought the Asherah pole from the house of the LORD to the Kidron Valley outside Jerusalem, and there he burned it, ground it to powder, and threw its dust on the graves of the common people.
  2. 2 Kings 23:7יְהוָ֑ה · of the LORD
    He also tore down the quarters of the male shrine prostitutes that were in the house of the LORD, where the women had woven tapestries for Asherah.
  3. 2 Kings 23:9יְהוָ֖ה · of the LORD
    Although the priests of the high places did not come up to the altar of the LORD in Jerusalem, they ate unleavened bread with their fellow priests.
  4. 2 Kings 23:11יְהוָ֔ה · of the LORD
    And he removed from the entrance to the house of the LORD the horses that the kings of Judah had dedicated to the sun. They were in the court near the chamber of an official named Nathan-melech. And Josiah burned up the chariots of the sun.
  5. 2 Kings 23:12יְהוָ֖ה · of the LORD
    He pulled down the altars that the kings of Judah had set up on the roof near the upper chamber of Ahaz, and the altars that Manasseh had set up in the two courtyards of the house of the LORD. The king pulverized them there and threw their dust into the Kidron Valley.
  6. 2 Kings 23:16יְהוָ֗ה · of the LORD
    And as Josiah turned, he saw the tombs there on the hillside, and he sent someone to take the bones out of the tombs, and he burned them on the altar to defile it, according to the word of the LORD proclaimed by the man of God who had foretold these things.
  7. 2 Kings 23:21לַֽיהוָ֖ה · of the LORD
    The king commanded all the people, “Keep the Passover of the LORD your God, as it is written in this Book of the Covenant.”
  8. 2 Kings 23:23לַיהוָ֖ה · to the LORD
    But in the eighteenth year of Josiah’s reign, this Passover was observed to the LORD in Jerusalem.
  9. 2 Kings 23:24יְהוָֽה׃ · of the LORD
    Furthermore, Josiah removed the mediums and spiritists, the household gods and idols, and all the abominations that were seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem. He did this to carry out the words of the law written in the book that Hilkiah the priest had found in the house of the LORD.
  10. 2 Kings 23:25יְהוָה֙ · the LORD
    Neither before nor after Josiah was there any king like him, who turned to the LORD with all his heart and with all his soul and with all his strength, according to all the Law of Moses.
  11. 2 Kings 23:26יְהוָ֗ה · the LORD
    Nevertheless, the LORD did not turn away from the fury of His burning anger, which was kindled against Judah because of all that Manasseh had done to provoke Him to anger.
  12. 2 Kings 23:27יְהוָ֗ה · For the LORD
    For the LORD had said, “I will remove Judah from My sight, just as I removed Israel. I will reject this city Jerusalem, which I chose, and the temple of which I said, ‘My Name shall be there.’”
  13. 2 Kings 23:32יְהוָ֑ה · of the LORD
    And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, just as his fathers had done.
  14. 2 Kings 23:37יְהוָ֑ה · of the LORD
    And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, just as his fathers had done.
  15. 2 Kings 24:2יְהוָ֣ה׀ · And the LORD; יְהוָ֔ה · the LORD
    And the LORD sent Chaldean, Aramean, Moabite, and Ammonite raiders against Jehoiakim in order to destroy Judah, according to the word that the LORD had spoken through His servants the prophets.
  16. 2 Kings 24:3יְהוָ֗ה · the LORD’s
    Surely this happened to Judah at the LORD’s command, to remove them from His presence because of the sins of Manasseh and all that he had done,
  17. 2 Kings 24:4יְהוָ֖ה · and the LORD
    …and also for the innocent blood he had shed. For he had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the LORD was unwilling to forgive.
  18. 2 Kings 24:9יְהוָ֑ה · of the LORD
    And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, just as his father had done.
  19. 2 Kings 24:13יְהוָ֔ה · of the LORD; יְהוָ֔ה · of the LORD; יְהוָֽה׃ · the LORD
    As the LORD had declared, Nebuchadnezzar also carried off all the treasures from the house of the LORD and the royal palace, and he cut into pieces all the gold articles that Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the LORD.
  20. 2 Kings 24:19יְהוָ֑ה · of the LORD
    And Zedekiah did evil in the sight of the LORD, just as Jehoiakim had done.
  21. 2 Kings 24:20יְהוָ֗ה · of the LORD
    For because of the anger of the LORD, all this happened in Jerusalem and Judah, until He finally banished them from His presence. And Zedekiah also rebelled against the king of Babylon.
  22. 2 Kings 25:9יְהוָ֖ה · of the LORD
    He burned down the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem—every significant building.
  23. 2 Kings 25:13יְהוָ֗ה · of the LORD; יְהוָ֖ה
    Moreover, the Chaldeans broke up the bronze pillars and stands and the bronze Sea in the house of the LORD, and they carried the bronze to Babylon.
  24. 2 Kings 25:16יְהוָ֑ה · of the LORD
    As for the two pillars, the Sea, and the movable stands that Solomon had made for the house of the LORD, the weight of the bronze from all these articles was beyond measure.
  25. 1 Chronicles 2:3יְהוָ֖ה · of the LORD
    The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, and Shelah. These three were born to him by Bath-shua the Canaanite. Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD. So the LORD put him to death.
  26. 1 Chronicles 6:15יְהוָ֔ה · when the LORD
    Jehozadak went into captivity when the LORD sent Judah and Jerusalem into exile by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.
  27. 1 Chronicles 6:31יְהוָ֑ה · of the LORD
    These are the men David put in charge of the music in the house of the LORD after the ark rested there.
  28. 1 Chronicles 6:32יְהוָ֖ה · of the LORD
    They ministered with song before the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting, until Solomon built the house of the LORD in Jerusalem. And they performed their duties according to the regulations given them.
  29. 1 Chronicles 9:19יְהוָ֔ה · of the LORD
    Shallum son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his relatives from the Korahites were assigned to guard the thresholds of the Tent, just as their fathers had been assigned to guard the entrance to the dwelling of the LORD.
  30. 1 Chronicles 9:20יְהוָ֥ה׀ · and the LORD
    In earlier times Phinehas son of Eleazar had been in charge of the gatekeepers, and the LORD was with him.
  31. 1 Chronicles 9:23יְהוָ֛ה · of the LORD
    So they and their descendants were assigned to guard the gates of the house of the LORD—the house called the Tent.
  32. 1 Chronicles 10:13בַּֽיהוָ֔ה · to the LORD; יְהוָ֖ה · of the LORD
    So Saul died for his unfaithfulness to the LORD, because he did not keep the word of the LORD and even consulted a medium for guidance,
  33. 1 Chronicles 10:14בַּֽיהוָ֖ה · of the LORD
    …and he failed to inquire of the LORD. So the LORD put him to death and turned the kingdom over to David son of Jesse.
  34. 1 Chronicles 11:2יְהוָ֨ה · And the LORD
    Even in times past, while Saul was king, you were the one who led Israel out and brought them back. And the LORD your God said, ‘You will shepherd My people Israel, and you will be ruler over them.’”
  35. 1 Chronicles 11:3יְהוָ֑ה · the LORD; יְהוָ֖ה · of the LORD
    So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, where David made a covenant with them before the LORD. And they anointed him king over Israel, according to the word of the LORD through Samuel.
  36. 1 Chronicles 11:9וַיהוָ֥ה · for the LORD
    And David became greater and greater, for the LORD of Hosts was with him.
  37. 1 Chronicles 11:10יְהוָ֖ה · of the LORD
    Now these were the chiefs of David’s mighty men, who, together with all Israel, bolstered and strengthened his kingdom, according to the word of the LORD concerning Israel.
  38. 1 Chronicles 11:14יְהוָ֖ה · and the LORD
    But Eleazar and David stationed themselves in the middle of the field and defended it. They struck down the Philistines, and the LORD brought about a great victory.
  39. 1 Chronicles 11:18לַיהוָֽה׃ · to the LORD
    So the Three broke through the Philistine camp, drew water from the well at the gate of Bethlehem, and brought it back to David. But he refused to drink it; instead, he poured it out to the LORD,
  40. 1 Chronicles 12:23יְהוָֽה׃ס · the LORD
    Now these are the numbers of men armed for battle who came to David at Hebron to turn Saul’s kingdom over to him, in accordance with the word of the LORD:
  41. 1 Chronicles 13:2יְהוָ֣ה · of the LORD
    And he said to the whole assembly of Israel, “If it seems good to you, and if this is of the LORD our God, let us send word far and wide to the rest of our brothers in all the land of Israel, and also to the priests and Levites in their cities and pasturelands, so that they may join us.
  42. 1 Chronicles 13:6יְהוָ֛ה · the LORD
    David and all Israel went up to Baalah of Judah (that is, Kiriath-jearim) to bring up from there the ark of God the LORD, who is enthroned between the cherubim—the ark that is called by the Name.
  43. 1 Chronicles 13:10יְהוָה֙ · of the LORD
    And the anger of the LORD burned against Uzzah, and He struck him down because he had put his hand on the ark. So he died there before God.
  44. 1 Chronicles 13:11יְהוָ֛ה · the LORD
    Then David became angry because the LORD had burst forth against Uzzah. So he named that place Perez-uzzah, as it is called to this day.