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 Chronicles 30:22לַיהוָ֖ה · to the LORD
    And Hezekiah encouraged all the Levites who performed skillfully before the LORD. For seven days they ate their assigned portion, sacrificing peace offerings and giving thanks to the LORD, the God of their fathers.
  2. 2 Chronicles 31:2יְהוָֽה׃ס · of the LORD’s
    Hezekiah reestablished the divisions of the priests and Levites—each of them according to their duties as priests or Levites—for the burnt offerings and peace offerings, for ministry, for giving thanks, and for singing praises at the gates of the LORD’s dwelling.
  3. 2 Chronicles 31:3יְהוָֽה׃ · of the LORD
    The king contributed from his own possessions for the regular morning and evening burnt offerings and for the burnt offerings on the Sabbaths, New Moons, and appointed feasts, as written in the Law of the LORD.
  4. 2 Chronicles 31:4יְהוָֽה׃ · of the LORD
    Moreover, he commanded the people living in Jerusalem to make a contribution for the priests and Levites so that they could devote themselves to the Law of the LORD.
  5. 2 Chronicles 31:6לַיהוָ֣ה · to the LORD
    And the Israelites and Judahites who lived in the cities of Judah also brought a tithe of their herds and flocks and a tithe of the holy things consecrated to the LORD their God, and they laid them in large heaps.
  6. 2 Chronicles 31:8יְהוָ֔ה · the LORD
    When Hezekiah and his officials came and viewed the heaps, they blessed the LORD and His people Israel.
  7. 2 Chronicles 31:10יְהוָ֗ה · of the LORD; יְהוָה֙ · the LORD
    …and Azariah, the chief priest of the household of Zadok, answered him, “Since the people began to bring their contributions into the house of the LORD, we have had enough to eat, and there is plenty left over, because the LORD has blessed His people; this great abundance is what is left over.”
  8. 2 Chronicles 31:11יְהוָ֖ה · of the LORD
    Then Hezekiah commanded them to prepare storerooms in the house of the LORD, and they did so.
  9. 2 Chronicles 31:14יְהוָ֔ה · to the LORD
    Kore son of Imnah the Levite, the keeper of the East Gate, was in charge of the freewill offerings given to God, distributing the contributions to the LORD and the consecrated gifts.
  10. 2 Chronicles 31:16יְהוָ֖ה · of the LORD
    In addition, they distributed portions to the males registered by genealogy who were three years of age or older—to all who would enter the house of the LORD for their daily duties for service in the responsibilities of their divisions—
  11. 2 Chronicles 31:20יְהוָ֥ה · the LORD
    So this is what Hezekiah did throughout Judah. He did what was good and upright and true before the LORD his God.
  12. 2 Chronicles 32:8יְהוָ֤ה · the LORD
    With him is only the arm of flesh, but with us is the LORD our God to help us and to fight our battles.” So the people were strengthened by the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.
  13. 2 Chronicles 32:11יְהוָ֣ה · The LORD
    Is not Hezekiah misleading you to give you over to death by famine and thirst when he says, ‘The LORD our God will deliver us from the hand of the king of Assyria?’
  14. 2 Chronicles 32:16יְהוָ֖ה · the LORD
    And the servants of Sennacherib spoke further against the LORD God and against His servant Hezekiah.
  15. 2 Chronicles 32:17לַיהוָ֖ה · the LORD
    He also wrote letters mocking the LORD, the God of Israel, and saying against Him: “Just as the gods of the nations did not deliver their people from my hand, so the God of Hezekiah will not deliver His people from my hand.”
  16. 2 Chronicles 32:21יְהוָה֙ · and the LORD
    …and the LORD sent an angel who annihilated every mighty man of valor and every leader and commander in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he withdrew to his own land in disgrace. And when he entered the temple of his god, some of his own sons struck him down with the sword.
  17. 2 Chronicles 32:22יְהוָ֨ה · So the LORD
    So the LORD saved Hezekiah and the people of Jerusalem from the hands of King Sennacherib of Assyria and all others, and He gave them rest on every side.
  18. 2 Chronicles 32:23לַיהוָה֙ · for the LORD
    Many brought offerings to Jerusalem for the LORD and valuable gifts for Hezekiah king of Judah, and from then on he was exalted in the eyes of all nations.
  19. 2 Chronicles 32:24יְהוָ֔ה · the LORD
    In those days Hezekiah became mortally ill. So he prayed to the LORD, who spoke to him and gave him a sign.
  20. 2 Chronicles 32:26יְהוָ֔ה · of the LORD
    Then Hezekiah humbled the pride of his heart—he and the people of Jerusalem—so that the wrath of the LORD did not come upon them during the days of Hezekiah.
  21. 2 Chronicles 33:2יְהוָ֑ה · of the LORD; יְהוָ֔ה · the LORD
    And he did evil in the sight of the LORD by following the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.
  22. 2 Chronicles 33:4יְהוָ֑ה · of the LORD; יְהוָ֔ה · the LORD
    Manasseh also built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, “My Name will remain in Jerusalem forever.”
  23. 2 Chronicles 33:5יְהוָֽה׃ · of the LORD
    In both courtyards of the house of the LORD, he built altars to all the host of heaven.
  24. 2 Chronicles 33:6יְהוָ֖ה · of the LORD
    He sacrificed his sons in the fire in the Valley of Ben-hinnom. He practiced sorcery, divination, and witchcraft, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did great evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger.
  25. 2 Chronicles 33:9יְהוָ֔ה · the LORD
    So Manasseh led the people of Judah and Jerusalem astray, so that they did greater evil than the nations that the LORD had destroyed before the Israelites.
  26. 2 Chronicles 33:10יְהוָ֛ה · And the LORD
    And the LORD spoke to Manasseh and his people, but they did not listen.
  27. 2 Chronicles 33:11יְהוָ֜ה · So [the LORD]
    So the LORD brought against them the military commanders of the king of Assyria, who captured Manasseh, put a hook in his nose, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon.
  28. 2 Chronicles 33:12יְהוָ֣ה · of the LORD
    And in his distress, Manasseh sought the favor of the LORD his God and earnestly humbled himself before the God of his fathers.
  29. 2 Chronicles 33:13יְהוָ֖ה · the LORD
    And when he prayed to Him, the LORD received his plea and heard his petition. So He brought him back to Jerusalem and to his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD is God.
  30. 2 Chronicles 33:15יְהוָ֔ה · of the LORD; יְהוָ֖ה
    He removed the foreign gods and the idol from the house of the LORD, along with all the altars he had built on the temple mount and in Jerusalem, and he dumped them outside the city.
  31. 2 Chronicles 33:16יְהוָ֔ה · of the LORD; יְהוָ֖ה · the LORD
    Then he restored the altar of the LORD and sacrificed peace offerings and thank offerings on it, and he told Judah to serve the LORD, the God of Israel.
  32. 2 Chronicles 33:17לַיהוָ֥ה · to the LORD
    Nevertheless, the people still sacrificed at the high places, but only to the LORD their God.
  33. 2 Chronicles 33:18יְהוָ֖ה · of the LORD
    As for the rest of the acts of Manasseh, along with his prayer to his God and the words of the seers who spoke to him in the name of the LORD, the God of Israel, they are indeed written in the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.
  34. 2 Chronicles 33:22יְהוָ֔ה · of the LORD
    And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, as his father Manasseh had done. Amon served and sacrificed to all the idols that his father Manasseh had made,
  35. 2 Chronicles 33:23יְהוָ֔ה · the LORD
    …but he did not humble himself before the LORD as his father Manasseh had done; instead, Amon increased his guilt.
  36. 2 Chronicles 34:2יְהוָ֑ה · of the LORD
    And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD and walked in the ways of his father David; he did not turn aside to the right or to the left.
  37. 2 Chronicles 34:8יְהוָ֥ה · of the LORD
    Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, in order to cleanse the land and the temple, Josiah sent Shaphan son of Azaliah, Maaseiah the governor of the city, and Joah son of Joahaz, the recorder, to repair the house of the LORD his God.
  38. 2 Chronicles 34:10יְהוָ֑ה · of the LORD; יְהוָ֔ה · of the LORD
    They put it into the hands of those supervising the work in the house of the LORD, who in turn gave it to the workmen restoring and repairing the house of the LORD.
  39. 2 Chronicles 34:14יְהוָ֑ה · of the LORD; יְהוָ֖ה · of the LORD
    While they were bringing out the money that had been taken into the house of the LORD, Hilkiah the priest found the Book of the Law of the LORD given by Moses.
  40. 2 Chronicles 34:15יְהוָ֑ה · of the LORD
    And Hilkiah said to Shaphan the scribe, “I have found the Book of the Law in the house of the LORD!” And he gave it to Shaphan.
  41. 2 Chronicles 34:17יְהוָ֑ה · of the LORD
    They have paid out the money that was found in the house of the LORD and have put it into the hands of the supervisors and workers.”
  42. 2 Chronicles 34:21יְהוָ֜ה · of the LORD; יְהוָה֙ · of the LORD
    “Go and inquire of the LORD for me and for those remaining in Israel and Judah concerning the words in the book that has been found. For great is the wrath of the LORD that has been poured out on us because our fathers have not kept the word of the LORD by doing all that is written in this book.”