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 Chronicles 23:20יְהוָ֔ה · of the LORDAnd he took with him the commanders of hundreds, the nobles, the rulers of the people, and all the people of the land, and they brought the king down from the house of the LORD and entered the royal palace through the Upper Gate. They seated King Joash on the royal throne,
- 2 Chronicles 24:2יְהוָ֑ה · of the LORDAnd Joash did what was right in the eyes of the LORD all the days of Jehoiada the priest.
- 2 Chronicles 24:4יְהוָֽה׃ · of the LORDSome time later, Joash set his heart on repairing the house of the LORD.
- 2 Chronicles 24:6יְהוָ֔ה · of the LORDSo the king called Jehoiada the high priest and said, “Why have you not required the Levites to bring from Judah and Jerusalem the tax imposed by Moses the servant of the LORD and by the assembly of Israel for the Tent of the Testimony?”
- 2 Chronicles 24:7יְהוָ֔ה · of the LORDFor the sons of that wicked woman Athaliah had broken into the house of God and had even used the sacred objects of the house of the LORD for the Baals.
- 2 Chronicles 24:8יְהוָ֖ה · of the LORDAt the king’s command a chest was made and placed outside, at the gate of the house of the LORD.
- 2 Chronicles 24:9לַֽיהוָה֙ · to the LORDAnd a proclamation was issued in Judah and Jerusalem that they were to bring to the LORD the tax imposed by Moses the servant of God on Israel in the wilderness.
- 2 Chronicles 24:12יְהוָ֔ה · of the LORD; יְהוָ֑ה · of the LORD; יְהוָֽה׃ · of the LORDThen the king and Jehoiada would give the money to those who supervised the labor on the house of the LORD to hire stonecutters and carpenters to restore the house of the LORD, as well as workers in iron and bronze to repair the house of the LORD.
- 2 Chronicles 24:14יְהוָה֙ · of the LORD; יְהוָה֙ · of the LORDWhen they were finished, they brought the rest of the money to the king and Jehoiada, and with it were made articles for the house of the LORD—utensils for the service and for the burnt offerings, dishes, and other objects of gold and silver. Throughout the days of Jehoiada, burnt offerings were presented regularly in the house of the LORD.
- 2 Chronicles 24:18יְהוָה֙ · of the LORDThey abandoned the house of the LORD, the God of their fathers, and served the Asherah poles and idols. So wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this guilt of theirs.
- 2 Chronicles 24:19יְהוָ֑ה · [Him]Nevertheless, the LORD sent prophets to bring the people back to Him and to testify against them, but they would not listen.
- 2 Chronicles 24:20יְהוָה֙ · of the LORD; יְהוָ֖ה · the LORDThen the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah son of Jehoiada the priest, who stood up before the people and said to them, “This is what God says: ‘Why do you transgress the commandments of the LORD so that you cannot prosper? Because you have forsaken the LORD, He has forsaken you.’”
- 2 Chronicles 24:21יְהוָֽה׃ · of the LORDBut they conspired against Zechariah, and by order of the king, they stoned him in the courtyard of the house of the LORD.
- 2 Chronicles 24:22יְהוָ֖ה · May the LORDThus King Joash failed to remember the kindness that Zechariah’s father Jehoiada had extended to him. Instead, Joash killed Jehoiada’s son. As he lay dying, Zechariah said, “May the LORD see this and call you to account.”
- 2 Chronicles 24:24וַֽיהוָה֙ · the LORD; יְהוָ֖ה · the LORDAlthough the Aramean army had come with only a few men, the LORD delivered into their hand a very great army. Because Judah had forsaken the LORD, the God of their fathers, judgment was executed on Joash.
- 2 Chronicles 25:2יְהוָ֑ה · of the LORDAnd he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, but not wholeheartedly.
- 2 Chronicles 25:4יְהוָ֜ה · the LORDYet he did not put their sons to death, but acted according to what is written in the Law, in the Book 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.”
- 2 Chronicles 25:7יְהוָה֙ · the LORDBut a man of God came to him and said, “O king, do not let the army of Israel go with you, for the LORD is not with Israel—not with any of the Ephraimites.
- 2 Chronicles 25:9לַֽיהוָ֔ה · The LORDAmaziah asked the man of God, “What should I do about the hundred talents I have given to the troops of Israel?” And the man of God replied, “The LORD is able to give you much more than this.”
- 2 Chronicles 25:15יְהוָ֖ה · of the LORDTherefore the anger of the LORD burned against Amaziah, and He sent him a prophet, who said, “Why have you sought this people’s gods, which could not deliver them from your hand?”
- 2 Chronicles 25:27יְהוָ֔ה · the LORDFrom the time that Amaziah turned from following the LORD, a conspiracy was formed against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish. But men were sent after him to Lachish, and they killed him there.
- 2 Chronicles 26:4יְהוָ֑ה · of the LORDAnd he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father Amaziah had done.
- 2 Chronicles 26:5יְהוָ֔ה · the LORDHe sought God throughout the days of Zechariah, who instructed him in the fear of God. And as long as he sought the LORD, God gave him success.
- 2 Chronicles 26:16בַּיהוָ֣ה · to the LORD; יְהוָ֔ה · of the LORDBut when Uzziah became powerful, his arrogance led to his own destruction. He was unfaithful to the LORD his God, for he entered the temple of the LORD to burn incense on the altar of incense.
- 2 Chronicles 26:17לַיהוָ֛ה · of the LORDThen Azariah the priest, along with eighty brave priests of the LORD, went in after him.
- 2 Chronicles 26:18לַֽיהוָ֔ה · to the LORD; מֵיְהוָ֥ה · from the LORDThey took their stand against King Uzziah and said, “Uzziah, you have no right to offer incense to the LORD. Only the priests, the descendants of Aaron, are consecrated to burn incense. Leave the sanctuary, for you have acted unfaithfully; you will not receive honor from the LORD God.”
- 2 Chronicles 26:19יְהוָ֔ה · of the LORDUzziah, with a censer in his hand to offer incense, was enraged. But while he raged against the priests in their presence in the house of the LORD before the altar of incense, leprosy broke out on his forehead.
- 2 Chronicles 26:20יְהוָֽה׃ · the LORDWhen Azariah the chief priest and all the priests turned to him and saw his leprous forehead, they rushed him out. Indeed, he himself hurried to get out, because the LORD had afflicted him.
- 2 Chronicles 26:21יְהוָ֑ה · of the LORDSo King Uzziah was a leper until the day of his death. He lived in isolation, leprous and cut off from the house of the LORD, while his son Jotham had charge of the royal palace and governed the people of the land.
- 2 Chronicles 27:2יְהוָ֗ה · of the LORD; יְהוָ֑ה · of the LORDAnd he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father Uzziah had done. In addition, he did not enter the temple of the LORD. But the people still behaved corruptly.
- 2 Chronicles 27:3יְהוָ֖ה · of the LORDJotham rebuilt the Upper Gate of the house of the LORD, and he worked extensively on the wall at the hill of Ophel.
- 2 Chronicles 27:6יְהוָ֥ה · the LORDSo Jotham grew powerful because he ordered his ways before the LORD his God.
- 2 Chronicles 28:1יְהוָ֖ה · of the LORDAhaz 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.
- 2 Chronicles 28:3יְהוָ֔ה · the LORDMoreover, Ahaz burned incense in the Valley of Ben-hinnom and sacrificed his sons in the fire, according to the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.
- 2 Chronicles 28:5יְהוָ֣ה · So the LORDSo the LORD his God delivered Ahaz into the hand of the king of Aram, who attacked him and took many captives to Damascus. Ahaz was also delivered into the hand of the king of Israel, who struck him with great force.
- 2 Chronicles 28:6יְהוָ֖ה · the LORDFor in one day Pekah son of Remaliah killed 120,000 valiant men in Judah. This happened because they had forsaken the LORD, the God of their fathers.
- 2 Chronicles 28:9לַֽיהוָה֮ · of the LORD; יְהוָ֧ה · the LORDBut a prophet of the LORD named Oded was there, and he went out to meet the army that returned to Samaria. “Look,” he said to them, “because of His wrath against Judah, the LORD, the God of your fathers, has delivered them into your hand. But you have slaughtered them in a rage that reaches up to heaven.
- 2 Chronicles 28:10לַיהוָ֖ה · before the LORDAnd now you intend to reduce to slavery the men and women of Judah and Jerusalem. But are you not also guilty before the LORD your God?
- 2 Chronicles 28:11יְהוָ֖ה · of the LORDNow therefore, listen to me and return the captives you took from your kinsmen, for the fierce anger of the LORD is upon you.”
- 2 Chronicles 28:13יְהוָ֤ה · from the LORD“You must not bring the captives here,” they said, “for you are proposing to bring guilt upon us from the LORD and to add to our sins and our guilt. For our guilt is great, and fierce anger is upon Israel.”
- 2 Chronicles 28:19יְהוָה֙ · the LORDFor the LORD humbled Judah because Ahaz king of Israel had thrown off restraint in Judah and had been most unfaithful to the LORD.