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. Psalm 136:1לַיהוָ֣ה · to the LORD
    Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good. His loving devotion endures forever.
  2. Psalm 137:4יְהוָ֑ה · of the LORD
    How can we sing a song of the LORD in a foreign land?
  3. Psalm 137:7יְהוָ֨ה׀ · O LORD
    Remember, O LORD, the sons of Edom on the day Jerusalem fell: “Destroy it,” they said, “tear it down to its foundations!”
  4. Psalm 138:4יְ֭הוָה · O LORD
    All the kings of the earth will give You thanks, O LORD, when they hear the words of Your mouth.
  5. Psalm 138:5יְהוָ֑ה · of the LORD; יְהוָֽה׃ · of the LORD
    They will sing of the ways of the LORD, for the glory of the LORD is great.
  6. Psalm 138:6יְ֭הוָה · the LORD
    Though the LORD is on high, He attends to the lowly; but the proud He knows from afar.
  7. Psalm 138:8יְהוָה֮ · The LORD; יְ֭הוָה · O LORD
    The LORD will fulfill His purpose for me. O LORD, Your loving devotion endures forever—do not abandon the works of Your hands.
  8. Psalm 139:1יְהוָ֥ה · O LORD
    For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. O LORD, You have searched me and known me.
  9. Psalm 139:4יְ֝הוָ֗ה · O LORD
    Even before a word is on my tongue, You know all about it, O LORD.
  10. Psalm 139:21יְהוָ֥ה׀ · O LORD
    Do I not hate those who hate You, O LORD, and detest those who rise against You?
  11. Psalm 140:1יְ֭הוָה · O LORD
    For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. Rescue me, O LORD, from evil men. Protect me from men of violence,
  12. Psalm 140:4יְהוָ֨ה׀ · O LORD
    Guard me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked. Keep me safe from men of violence who scheme to make me stumble.
  13. Psalm 140:6לַ֭יהוָה · to the LORD; יְ֝הוָ֗ה · O LORD
    I say to the LORD, “You are my God.” Hear, O LORD, my cry for help.
  14. Psalm 140:8יְ֭הוָה · O LORD
    Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked; do not promote their evil plans, lest they be exalted. Selah
  15. Psalm 140:12יְ֭הוָה · the LORD
    I know that the LORD upholds justice for the poor and defends the cause of the needy.
  16. Psalm 141:1יְהוָ֣ה · O LORD
    A Psalm of David. I call upon You, O LORD; come quickly to me. Hear my voice when I call to You.
  17. Psalm 141:3יְ֭הוָה · O LORD
    Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth; keep watch at the door of my lips.
  18. Psalm 142:1יְהוָ֣ה · the LORD; יְהוָ֥ה · the LORD
    A Maskil of David, when he was in the cave. A prayer. I cry aloud to the LORD; I lift my voice to the LORD for mercy.
  19. Psalm 142:5יְה֫וָ֥ה · O LORD
    I cry to You, O LORD: “You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.”
  20. Psalm 143:1יְהוָ֤ה׀ · O LORD
    A Psalm of David. O LORD, hear my prayer. In Your faithfulness, give ear to my plea; in Your righteousness, answer me.
  21. Psalm 143:7יְהוָה֮ · O LORD
    Answer me quickly, O LORD; my spirit fails. Do not hide Your face from me, or I will be like those who descend to the Pit.
  22. Psalm 143:9יְהוָ֗ה · O LORD
    Deliver me from my enemies, O LORD; I flee to You for refuge.
  23. Psalm 143:11יְהוָ֣ה · O LORD
    For the sake of Your name, O LORD, revive me. In Your righteousness, bring my soul out of trouble.
  24. Psalm 144:1יְהוָ֨ה׀ · [be] the LORD
    Of David. Blessed be the LORD, my Rock, who trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle.
  25. Psalm 144:3יְֽהוָ֗ה · O LORD
    O LORD, what is man, that You regard him, the son of man that You think of him?
  26. Psalm 144:5יְ֭הוָה · O LORD
    Part Your heavens, O LORD, and come down; touch the mountains, that they may smoke.
  27. Psalm 144:15שֶׁיֲהוָ֥ה · is the LORD
    Blessed are the people of whom this is so; blessed are the people whose God is the LORD.
  28. Psalm 145:3יְהוָ֣ה · [is] the LORD
    Great is the LORD and greatly to be praised; His greatness is unsearchable.
  29. Psalm 145:8יְהוָ֑ה · The LORD
    The LORD is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in loving devotion.
  30. Psalm 145:9יְהוָ֥ה · The LORD
    The LORD is good to all; His compassion rests on all He has made.
  31. Psalm 145:10יְ֭הוָה · O LORD
    All You have made will give You thanks, O LORD, and Your saints will bless You.
  32. Psalm 145:14יְ֭הוָה · The LORD
    The LORD upholds all who fall and lifts up all who are bowed down.
  33. Psalm 145:17יְ֭הוָה · The LORD
    The LORD is righteous in all His ways and kind in all His deeds.
  34. Psalm 145:18יְ֭הוָה · The LORD
    The LORD is near to all who call on Him, to all who call out to Him in truth.
  35. Psalm 145:20יְ֭הוָה · The LORD
    The LORD preserves all who love Him, but all the wicked He will destroy.
  36. Psalm 145:21יְהוָ֗ה · of the LORD
    My mouth will declare the praise of the LORD; let every creature bless His holy name forever and ever.
  37. Psalm 146:1יְהוָֽה׃ · the LORD
    Hallelujah! Praise the LORD, O my soul.
  38. Psalm 146:2יְהוָ֣ה · the LORD
    I will praise the LORD all my life; I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.
  39. Psalm 146:5יְהוָ֥ה · the LORD
    Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God,
  40. Psalm 146:7יְ֝הוָ֗ה · The LORD
    He executes justice for the oppressed and gives food to the hungry. The LORD sets the prisoners free,
  41. Psalm 146:8יְהוָ֤ה׀ · the LORD; יְ֭הוָה · the LORD; יְ֝הוָ֗ה · the LORD
    …the LORD opens the eyes of the blind, the LORD lifts those who are weighed down, the LORD loves the righteous.
  42. Psalm 146:9יְהוָ֤ה׀ · The LORD
    The LORD protects foreigners; He sustains the fatherless and the widow, but the ways of the wicked He frustrates.
  43. Psalm 146:10יְהוָ֨ה׀ · The LORD
    The LORD reigns forever, your God, O Zion, for all generations. Hallelujah!
  44. Psalm 147:2יְהוָ֑ה · The LORD
    The LORD builds up Jerusalem; He gathers the exiles of Israel.