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
- 1 Chronicles 29:22לַיהוָ֛ה · before the LORDThat day they ate and drank with great joy in the presence of the LORD. Then, for a second time, they designated David’s son Solomon as king, anointing him before the LORD as ruler, and Zadok as the priest.
- 1 Chronicles 29:23יְהוָ֧ה׀ · of the LORDSo Solomon sat on the throne of the LORD as king in place of his father David. He prospered, and all Israel obeyed him.
- 1 Chronicles 29:25יְהוָ֤ה · The LORDThe LORD highly exalted Solomon in the sight of all Israel and bestowed on him royal majesty such as had not been bestowed on any king in Israel before him.
- 2 Chronicles 1:1וַיהוָ֤ה · and the LORDNow Solomon son of David established himself securely over his kingdom, and the LORD his God was with him and highly exalted him.
- 2 Chronicles 1:3יְהוָ֖ה · of the LORDAnd Solomon and the whole assembly went to the high place at Gibeon because it was the location of God’s Tent of Meeting, which Moses the servant of the LORD had made in the wilderness.
- 2 Chronicles 1:5יְהוָ֑ה · of the LORDBut the bronze altar made by Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, was in Gibeon before the tabernacle of the LORD. So Solomon and the assembly inquired of Him there.
- 2 Chronicles 1:6יְהוָ֔ה · the LORDSolomon offered sacrifices there before the LORD on the bronze altar at the Tent of Meeting, where he offered a thousand burnt offerings.
- 2 Chronicles 1:9יְהוָ֣ה · O LORDNow, O LORD God, let Your promise to my father David be fulfilled. For You have made me king over a people as numerous as the dust of the earth.
- 2 Chronicles 2:1יְהוָ֔ה · of the LORDNow Solomon purposed to build a house for the Name of the LORD and a royal palace for himself.
- 2 Chronicles 2:4יְהוָ֣ה · of the LORD; יְהוָ֣ה · of the LORDBehold, I am about to build a house for the Name of the LORD my God to dedicate to Him for burning fragrant incense before Him, for displaying the showbread continuously, and for making burnt offerings every morning and evening as well as on the Sabbaths, New Moons, and appointed feasts of the LORD our God. This is ordained for Israel forever.
- 2 Chronicles 2:11יְהוָה֙ · Because the LORDThen Hiram king of Tyre wrote a letter in reply to Solomon: “Because the LORD loves His people, He has set you over them as king.”
- 2 Chronicles 2:12יְהוָה֙ · the LORD; לַיהוָ֔ה · for the LORDAnd Hiram added: “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who made the heavens and the earth! He has given King David a wise son with insight and understanding, who will build a temple for the LORD and a royal palace for himself.
- 2 Chronicles 3:1יְהוָה֙ · of the LORDThen Solomon began to build the house of the LORD in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the LORD had appeared to his father David. This was the place that David had prepared on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
- 2 Chronicles 4:16יְהוָ֑ה · of the LORD…and the pots, shovels, meat forks, and all the other articles. All these objects that Huram-abi made for King Solomon for the house of the LORD were of polished bronze.
- 2 Chronicles 5:1יְהוָ֑הס · of the LORDSo all the work that Solomon had performed for the house of the LORD was completed. Then Solomon brought in the items his father David had dedicated—the silver, the gold, and all the furnishings—and he placed them in the treasuries of the house of God.
- 2 Chronicles 5:2יְהוָ֛ה · of the LORDAt that time Solomon assembled in Jerusalem the elders of Israel—all the tribal heads and family leaders of the Israelites—to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD from Zion, the City of David.
- 2 Chronicles 5:7יְהוָ֧ה · of the LORDThen the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the LORD to its place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, the Most Holy Place, beneath the wings of the cherubim.
- 2 Chronicles 5:10יְהוָה֙ · the LORDThere was nothing in the ark except the two tablets that Moses had placed in it at Horeb, where the LORD had made a covenant with the Israelites after they had come out of Egypt.
- 2 Chronicles 5:13לַיהוָה֒ · the LORD; לַיהוָה֙ · to the LORD; יְהוָֽה׃ · of the LORDThe trumpeters and singers joined together to praise and thank the LORD with one voice. They lifted up their voices, accompanied by trumpets, cymbals, and musical instruments, in praise to the LORD: “For He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.” And the temple, the house of the LORD, was filled with a cloud
- 2 Chronicles 5:14יְהוָ֖ה · of the LORD…so that the priests could not stand there to minister because of the cloud. For the glory of the LORD filled the house of God.
- 2 Chronicles 6:1יְהוָ֣ה · The LORDThen Solomon declared: “The LORD has said that He would dwell in the thick cloud.
- 2 Chronicles 6:4יְהוָה֙ · the LORD…and said: “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who has fulfilled with His own hand what He spoke with His mouth to my father David, saying,
- 2 Chronicles 6:7יְהוָ֖ה · of the LORDNow it was in the heart of my father David to build a house for the Name of the LORD, the God of Israel.
- 2 Chronicles 6:8יְהוָה֙ · But the LORDBut the LORD said to my father David, ‘Since it was in your heart to build a house for My Name, you have done well to have this in your heart.
- 2 Chronicles 6:10יְהוָ֔ה · Now the LORD; יְהוָ֔ה · the LORD; יְהוָ֖ה · of the LORDNow the LORD has fulfilled the word that He spoke. I have succeeded my father David, and I sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised. I have built the house for the Name of the LORD, the God of Israel.
- 2 Chronicles 6:11יְהוָ֑ה · of the LORDAnd there I have placed the ark, which contains the covenant of the LORD that He made with the children of Israel.”
- 2 Chronicles 6:12יְהוָ֔ה · of the LORDThen Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in front of the whole assembly of Israel and spread out his hands.
- 2 Chronicles 6:14יְהוָ֞ה · O LORD…and said: “O LORD, God of Israel, there is no God like You in heaven or on earth, keeping Your covenant of loving devotion with Your servants who walk before You with all their hearts.
- 2 Chronicles 6:16יְהוָ֣ה׀ · O LORDTherefore now, O LORD, God of Israel, keep for Your servant, my father David, what You promised when You said: ‘You will never fail to have a man to sit before Me on the throne of Israel, if only your descendants guard their way to walk in My law as you have walked before Me.’
- 2 Chronicles 6:17יְהוָ֖ה · O LORDAnd now, O LORD, God of Israel, please confirm what You promised to Your servant David.
- 2 Chronicles 6:19יְהוָ֣ה · O LORDYet regard the prayer and plea of Your servant, O LORD my God, so that You may hear the cry and the prayer that Your servant is praying before You.
- 2 Chronicles 6:41יְהוָ֤ה · O LORD; יְהוָ֤ה · O LORDNow therefore, arise, O LORD God, and enter Your resting place, You and the ark of Your might. May Your priests, O LORD God, be clothed with salvation, and may Your godly ones rejoice in goodness.
- 2 Chronicles 6:42יְהוָ֣ה · O LORDO LORD God, do not reject Your anointed one. Remember Your loving devotion to Your servant David.”
- 2 Chronicles 7:1יְהוָ֖ה · of the LORDWhen Solomon had finished praying, fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices, and the glory of the LORD filled the temple.
- 2 Chronicles 7:2יְהוָ֑ה · of the LORD; יְהוָ֖ה · of the LORD; יְהוָֽה׃The priests were unable to enter the house of the LORD, because the glory of the LORD had filled it.
- 2 Chronicles 7:3יְהוָ֖ה · of the LORD; לַיהוָה֙ · to the LORDWhen all the Israelites saw the fire coming down and the glory of the LORD above the temple, they bowed down on the pavement with their faces to the ground, and they worshiped and gave thanks to the LORD: “For He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.”
- 2 Chronicles 7:4יְהוָֽה׃ס · the LORDThen the king and all the people offered sacrifices before the LORD.
- 2 Chronicles 7:6יְהוָה֙ · of the LORD; לַיהוָה֙ · to the LORDThe priests stood at their posts, as did the Levites with the musical instruments of the LORD, which King David had made for giving thanks to the LORD and with which David had offered praise, saying, “For His loving devotion endures forever.” Across from the Levites, the priests sounded trumpets, and all the Israelites were standing.
- 2 Chronicles 7:7יְהוָ֔ה · of the LORDThen Solomon consecrated the middle of the courtyard in front of the house of the LORD, and there he offered the burnt offerings and the fat of the peace offerings, since the bronze altar he had made could not hold all these offerings.