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. Isaiah 37:15יְהוָ֖ה · the LORD
    And Hezekiah prayed to the LORD:
  2. Isaiah 37:16יְהוָ֨ה · O LORD
    “O LORD of Hosts, God of Israel, enthroned above the cherubim, You alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth. You made the heavens and the earth.
  3. Isaiah 37:17יְהוָ֤ה׀ · O LORD; יְהוָ֛ה · O LORD
    Incline Your ear, O LORD, and hear; open Your eyes, O LORD, and see. Listen to all the words that Sennacherib has sent to defy the living God.
  4. Isaiah 37:18יְהוָ֑ה · O LORD
    Truly, O LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all these countries and their lands.
  5. Isaiah 37:20יְהוָ֣ה · O LORD; יְהוָ֖ה · O LORD, are God
    And now, O LORD our God, save us from his hand, so that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that You alone, O LORD, are God.”
  6. Isaiah 37:21יְהוָה֙ · the LORD
    Then Isaiah son of Amoz sent a message to Hezekiah: “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Because you have prayed to Me concerning Sennacherib king of Assyria,
  7. Isaiah 37:22יְהוָ֖ה · the LORD
    …this is the word that the LORD has spoken against him: ‘The Virgin Daughter of Zion despises you and mocks you; the Daughter of Jerusalem shakes her head behind you.
  8. Isaiah 37:32יְהוָ֥ה · of the LORD
    For a remnant will go forth from Jerusalem, and survivors from Mount Zion. The zeal of the LORD of Hosts will accomplish this.
  9. Isaiah 37:33יְהוָה֙ · the LORD
    So this is what the LORD says about the king of Assyria: ‘He will not enter this city or shoot an arrow into it. He will not come before it with a shield or build up a siege ramp against it.
  10. Isaiah 37:34יְהוָֽה׃ · the LORD
    He will go back the way he came, and he will not enter this city,’ declares the LORD.
  11. Isaiah 37:36יְהוָ֗ה · of the LORD
    Then the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning, there were all the dead bodies!
  12. Isaiah 38:1יְהוָה֙ · the LORD
    In those days Hezekiah became mortally ill. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz came to him and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Put your house in order, for you are about to die; you will not recover.’”
  13. Isaiah 38:2יְהוָֽה׃ · the LORD
    Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD,
  14. Isaiah 38:3יְהוָה֙ · O LORD
    …saying, “Please, O LORD, remember how I have walked before You faithfully and with wholehearted devotion; I have done what is good in Your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.
  15. Isaiah 38:4יְהוָ֔ה · of the LORD
    And the word of the LORD came to Isaiah, saying,
  16. Isaiah 38:5יְהוָה֙ · the LORD
    “Go and tell Hezekiah that this is what the LORD, the God of your father David, says: ‘I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. Behold, I will add fifteen years to your life.
  17. Isaiah 38:7יְהוָ֑ה · the LORD; יְהוָ֔ה · He
    This will be a sign to you from the LORD that He will do what He has promised:
  18. Isaiah 38:20יְהוָ֖ה · The LORD; יְהוָֽה׃ · of the LORD
    The LORD will save me; we will play songs on stringed instruments all the days of our lives in the house of the LORD.
  19. Isaiah 38:22יְהוָֽה׃ס · of the LORD
    And Hezekiah had asked, “What will be the sign that I will go up to the house of the LORD?”
  20. Isaiah 39:5יְהוָ֥ה · of the LORD
    Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, “Hear the word of the LORD of Hosts:
  21. Isaiah 39:6יְהוָֽה׃ · the LORD
    The time will surely come when everything in your palace and all that your fathers have stored up until this day will be carried off to Babylon. Nothing will be left, says the LORD.
  22. Isaiah 39:8יְהוָ֖ה · of the LORD
    But Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “The word of the LORD that you have spoken is good.” For he thought, “At least there will be peace and security in my lifetime.”
  23. Isaiah 40:2יְהוָ֔ה · of the LORD
    “Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to her that her forced labor has been completed; her iniquity has been pardoned. For she has received from the hand of the LORD double for all her sins.”
  24. Isaiah 40:3יְהוָ֑ה · for the LORD
    A voice of one calling: “Prepare the way for the LORD in the wilderness; make a straight highway for our God in the desert.
  25. Isaiah 40:5יְהוָ֑ה · of the LORD; יְהוָ֖ה · of the LORD
    And the glory of the LORD will be revealed, and all humanity together will see it.” For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.
  26. Isaiah 40:7יְהוָ֖ה · of the LORD
    The grass withers and the flowers fall when the breath of the LORD blows on them; indeed, the people are grass.
  27. Isaiah 40:13יְהוָ֑ה · of the LORD
    Who has directed the Spirit of the LORD, or informed Him as His counselor?
  28. Isaiah 40:27מֵֽיְהוָ֔ה · from the LORD
    Why do you say, O Jacob, and why do you assert, O Israel, “My way is hidden from the LORD, and my claim is ignored by my God”?
  29. Isaiah 40:28יְהוָה֙ · The LORD
    Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary; His understanding is beyond searching out.
  30. Isaiah 40:31יְהוָה֙ · upon the LORD
    But those who wait upon the LORD will renew their strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not faint.
  31. Isaiah 41:4יְהוָה֙ · the LORD
    Who has performed this and carried it out, calling forth the generations from the beginning? I, the LORD—the first and the last—I am He.”
  32. Isaiah 41:13יְהוָ֥ה · the LORD
    For I am the LORD your God, who takes hold of your right hand and tells you: Do not fear, I will help you.
  33. Isaiah 41:14יְהוָ֔ה · the LORD
    Do not fear, O Jacob, you worm, O few men of Israel. I will help you,” declares the LORD. “Your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.
  34. Isaiah 41:16בַּֽיהוָ֔ה · in the LORD
    You will winnow them, and a wind will carry them away; a gale will scatter them. But you will rejoice in the LORD; you will glory in the Holy One of Israel.
  35. Isaiah 41:17יְהוָה֙ · the LORD
    The poor and needy seek water, but there is none; their tongues are parched with thirst. I, the LORD, will answer them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.
  36. Isaiah 41:20יְהוָ֖ה · of the LORD
    …so that all may see and know, may consider and understand, that the hand of the LORD has done this and the Holy One of Israel has created it.”
  37. Isaiah 41:21יְהוָ֑ה · the LORD
    “Present your case,” says the LORD. “Submit your arguments,” says the King of Jacob.
  38. Isaiah 42:5יְהוָ֗ה · the LORD
    This is what God the LORD says—He who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and its offspring, who gives breath to the people on it and life to those who walk in it:
  39. Isaiah 42:6יְהוָ֛ה · the LORD
    “I, the LORD, have called you for a righteous purpose, and I will take hold of your hand. I will keep you and appoint you to be a covenant for the people and a light to the nations,
  40. Isaiah 42:8יְהוָ֖ה · am the LORD
    I am the LORD; that is My name! I will not yield My glory to another or My praise to idols.
  41. Isaiah 42:10לַֽיהוָה֙ · to the LORD
    Sing to the LORD a new song—His praise from the ends of the earth—you who go down to the sea, and all that is in it, you islands, and all who dwell in them.
  42. Isaiah 42:12לַֽיהוָ֖ה · to the LORD
    Let them give glory to the LORD and declare His praise in the islands.
  43. Isaiah 42:13יְהוָה֙ · The LORD
    The LORD goes forth like a mighty one; He stirs up His zeal like a warrior. He shouts; yes, He roars in triumph over His enemies:
  44. Isaiah 42:19יְהוָֽה׃ · of the LORD
    Who is blind but My servant, or deaf like the messenger I am sending? Who is blind like My covenant partner, or blind like the servant of the LORD?
  45. Isaiah 42:21יְהוָ֥ה · The LORD
    The LORD was pleased, for the sake of His righteousness, to magnify His law and make it glorious.