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. 1 Chronicles 17:23יְהוָ֔ה · O LORD
    And now, O LORD, let the word You have spoken concerning Your servant and his house be established forever. Do as You have promised,
  2. 1 Chronicles 17:24יְהוָ֤ה · The LORD
    …so that Your name will be established and magnified forever when it is said, ‘The LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, is God over Israel.’ And may the house of Your servant David be established before You.
  3. 1 Chronicles 17:26יְהוָ֔ה · O LORD
    And now, O LORD, You are God! And You have promised this goodness to Your servant.
  4. 1 Chronicles 17:27יְהוָה֙ · O LORD
    So now You have been pleased to bless the house of Your servant, that it may continue forever before You. For You, O LORD, have blessed it, and it will be blessed forever.”
  5. 1 Chronicles 18:6יְהוָה֙ · So the LORD
    Then he placed garrisons in Aram of Damascus, and the Arameans became subject to David and brought him tribute. So the LORD made David victorious wherever he went.
  6. 1 Chronicles 18:11לַיהוָ֔ה · to the LORD
    …and King David dedicated these to the LORD, along with the silver and gold he had carried off from all these nations—from Edom and Moab, and from the Ammonites, Philistines, and Amalekites.
  7. 1 Chronicles 18:13יְהוָה֙ · So the LORD
    He placed garrisons in Edom, and all the Edomites were subject to David. So the LORD made David victorious wherever he went.
  8. 1 Chronicles 19:13וַֽיהוָ֔ה · May the LORD
    Be strong and let us fight bravely for our people and for the cities of our God. May the LORD do what is good in His sight.”
  9. 1 Chronicles 21:3יְהוָ֨ה · May the LORD
    But Joab replied, “May the LORD multiply His troops a hundred times over. My lord the king, are they not all servants of my lord? Why does my lord want to do this? Why should he bring guilt on Israel?”
  10. 1 Chronicles 21:9יְהוָה֙ · And the LORD
    And the LORD instructed Gad, David’s seer,
  11. 1 Chronicles 21:10יְהוָ֔ה · the LORD
    “Go and tell David that this is what the LORD says: ‘I am offering you three options. Choose one of them, and I will carry it out against you.’”
  12. 1 Chronicles 21:11יְהוָ֖ה · the LORD
    So Gad went and said to David, “This is what the LORD says: ‘You must choose
  13. 1 Chronicles 21:12יְהוָ֤ה · of the LORD; יְהוָ֔ה · of the LORD
    …between three years of famine, three months of being swept away before your enemies and overtaken by their swords, or three days of the sword of the LORD—days of plague upon the land, with the angel of the LORD ravaging every part of Israel.’ Now then, decide how I should reply to Him who sent me.”
  14. 1 Chronicles 21:13יְהוָ֗ה · of the LORD
    David answered Gad, “I am deeply distressed. Please, let me fall into the hand of the LORD, for His mercies are very great; but do not let me fall into the hands of men.”
  15. 1 Chronicles 21:14יְהוָ֛ה · So the LORD
    So the LORD sent a plague upon Israel, and seventy thousand men of Israel fell dead.
  16. 1 Chronicles 21:15יְהוָה֙ · the LORD; יְהוָה֙ · of the LORD
    Then God sent an angel to destroy Jerusalem, but as the angel was doing so, the LORD saw it and relented from the calamity, and He said to the angel who was destroying the people, “Enough! Withdraw your hand now!” At that time the angel of the LORD was standing by the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
  17. 1 Chronicles 21:16יְהוָה֙ · of the LORD
    When David lifted up his eyes and saw the angel of the LORD standing between heaven and earth, with a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem, David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell facedown.
  18. 1 Chronicles 21:17יְהוָ֣ה · O LORD
    And David said to God, “Was it not I who gave the order to count the people? I am the one who has sinned and acted wickedly. But these sheep, what have they done? O LORD my God, please let Your hand fall upon me and my father’s house, but do not let this plague remain upon Your people.”
  19. 1 Chronicles 21:18יְהוָ֛ה · of the LORD; לַיהוָ֔ה · to the LORD
    Then the angel of the LORD ordered Gad to tell David to go up and build an altar to the LORD on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
  20. 1 Chronicles 21:19יְהוָֽה׃ · of the LORD
    So David went up at the word that Gad had spoken in the name of the LORD.
  21. 1 Chronicles 21:22לַיהוָ֑ה · to the LORD
    Then David said to Ornan, “Grant me the site of this threshing floor, that I may build an altar to the LORD. Sell it to me for the full price, so that the plague upon the people may be halted.”
  22. 1 Chronicles 21:24לַיהוָ֔ה · for the LORD
    “No,” replied King David, “I insist on paying the full price, for I will not take for the LORD what belongs to you, nor will I offer burnt offerings that cost me nothing.”
  23. 1 Chronicles 21:26לַיהוָ֔ה · to the LORD; יְהוָ֔ה · the LORD
    And there he built an altar to the LORD and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. He called upon the LORD, who answered him with fire from heaven on the altar of burnt offering.
  24. 1 Chronicles 21:27יְהוָה֙ · Then the LORD
    Then the LORD spoke to the angel, who put his sword back into its sheath.
  25. 1 Chronicles 21:28יְהוָ֔ה · the LORD
    At that time, when David saw that the LORD had answered him at the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite, he offered sacrifices there.
  26. 1 Chronicles 21:29יְ֠הוָה · of the LORD
    For the tabernacle of the LORD that Moses had made in the wilderness and the altar of burnt offering were presently at the high place in Gibeon,
  27. 1 Chronicles 21:30יְהוָֽה׃ס · of the LORD
    …but David could not go before it to inquire of God, because he was afraid of the sword of the angel of the LORD.
  28. 1 Chronicles 22:1יְהוָ֣ה · of the LORD
    Then David said, “Here shall be the house of the LORD God, as well as the altar of burnt offering for Israel.”
  29. 1 Chronicles 22:5לַיהוָ֗ה · for the LORD
    And David said, “My son Solomon is young and inexperienced, and the house to be built for the LORD must be exceedingly magnificent—famous and glorious throughout all lands. Therefore I must make preparations for it.” So David made lavish preparations before his death.
  30. 1 Chronicles 22:6לַיהוָ֖ה · for the LORD
    Then David called for his son Solomon and instructed him to build a house for the LORD, the God of Israel.
  31. 1 Chronicles 22:7יְהוָ֥ה · of the LORD
    “My son,” said David to Solomon, “it was in my heart to build a house for the Name of the LORD my God,
  32. 1 Chronicles 22:8יְהוָה֙ · of the LORD
    …but this word of the LORD came to me: ‘You have shed much blood and waged great wars. You are not to build a house for My Name because you have shed so much blood on the ground before Me.
  33. 1 Chronicles 22:11יְהוָ֖ה · may the LORD; יְהוָ֣ה · of the LORD
    Now, my son, may the LORD be with you, and may you succeed in building the house of the LORD your God, as He said you would.
  34. 1 Chronicles 22:12יְהוָה֙ · may the LORD; יְהוָ֥ה · of the LORD
    Above all, may the LORD give you insight and understanding when He puts you in command over Israel, so that you may keep the Law of the LORD your God.
  35. 1 Chronicles 22:13יְהוָ֛ה · the LORD
    Then you will succeed, if you carefully follow the statutes and ordinances that the LORD commanded Moses for Israel. Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or discouraged.
  36. 1 Chronicles 22:14יְהוָ֗ה · of the LORD
    Now behold, I have taken great pains to provide for the house of the LORD—100,000 talents of gold, 1,000,000 talents of silver, and bronze and iron too great to be weighed. I have also provided timber and stone, and you may add to them.
  37. 1 Chronicles 22:16יְהוָ֖ה · and may the LORD
    …in gold and silver, bronze and iron—craftsmen beyond number. Now begin the work, and may the LORD be with you.”
  38. 1 Chronicles 22:18יְהוָ֤ה · the LORD; יְהוָ֖ה · the LORD
    “Is not the LORD your God with you, and has He not granted you rest on every side? For He has given the inhabitants of the land into my hand, and the land has been subdued before the LORD and His people.
  39. 1 Chronicles 22:19לַיהוָ֣ה · the LORD; יְהוָ֣ה · of the LORD; יְהוָ֗ה · of the LORD; יְהוָֽה׃פ · of the LORD
    Now set your heart and soul to seek the LORD your God. Begin building the sanctuary of the LORD God, so that you may bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD and the holy articles of God into the temple that will be built for the Name of the LORD.”
  40. 1 Chronicles 23:4יְהוָ֔ה · of the LORD
    “Of these,” said David, “24,000 are to oversee the work of the house of the LORD, 6,000 are to be officers and judges,