יהוה
LORD
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Part of speech
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
Noun type
- Proper
- A name of a specific person, place, or people (e.g. Abraham, Zion, Israel).
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Jeremiah 614 verses
- Jeremiah 48:12 יְהוָ֔ה n Proper Therefore, behold, the days come, says Yahweh, that I will send to him those who pour off, and they shall pour him off; and they shall empty his vessels, and break their bottles in pieces.
- Jeremiah 48:15 יְהוָ֥ה n Proper Moab is laid waste, and they are gone up into his cities, and his chosen young men are gone down to the slaughter, says the King, whose name is Yahweh of Hosts.
- Jeremiah 48:25 יְהוָֽה n Proper The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken, says Yahweh.
- Jeremiah 48:26 יְהוָ֖ה n Proper Make you him drunken; for he magnified himself against Yahweh: and Moab shall wallow in his vomit, and he also shall be in derision.
- Jeremiah 48:30 יְהוָ֔ה n Proper I know his wrath, says Yahweh, that it is nothing; his boastings have worked nothing.
- Jeremiah 48:35 יְהוָ֑ה n Proper Moreover I will cause to cease in Moab, says Yahweh, him who offers in the high place, and him who burns incense to his gods.
- Jeremiah 48:38 יְהוָֽה n Proper On all the housetops of Moab and in the streets of it there is lamentation every where; for I have broken Moab like a vessel in which none delights, says Yahweh.
- Jeremiah 48:40 יְהוָ֔ה n Proper For thus says Yahweh: Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and shall spread out his wings against Moab.
- Jeremiah 48:42 יְהוָ֖ה n Proper Moab shall be destroyed from being a people, because he has magnified himself against Yahweh.
- Jeremiah 48:43 יְהוָֽה n Proper Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are on you, inhabitant of Moab, says Yahweh.
- Jeremiah 48:44 יְהוָֽה n Proper He who flees from the fear shall fall into the pit; and he who gets up out of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for I will bring on him, even on Moab, the year of their visitation, says Yahweh.
- Jeremiah 48:47 יְהוָ֑ה n Proper Yet will I bring back the captivity of Moab in the latter days, says Yahweh. Thus far is the judgment of Moab.
- Jeremiah 49:1 יְהוָ֔ה n Proper Of the children of Ammon. Thus says Yahweh: Has Israel no sons? has he no heir? why then does Malcam possess Gad, and his people well in the cities of it?
- Jeremiah 49:2 יְהוָ֗ה יְהוָֽה n Proper n Proper Therefore, behold, the days come, says Yahweh, that I will cause an alarm of war to be heard against Rabbah of the children of Ammon; and it shall become a desolate heap, and her daughters shall be burned with fire: then shall Israel possess those who did possess him, says Yahweh.
- Jeremiah 49:6 יְהוָֽה n Proper But afterward I will bring back the captivity of the children of Ammon, says Yahweh.
- Jeremiah 49:7 יְהוָ֣ה n Proper Of Edom. Thus says Yahweh of Hosts: Is wisdom no more in Teman? is counsel perished from the prudent? is their wisdom vanished?
- Jeremiah 49:12 יְהוָ֗ה n Proper For thus says Yahweh: Behold, they to whom it didn't pertain to drink of the cup shall assuredly drink; and are you he who shall altogether go unpunished? you shall not go unpunished, but you shall surely drink.
- Jeremiah 49:13 יְהוָ֔ה n Proper For I have sworn by myself, says Yahweh, that Bozrah shall become an astonishment, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all the cities of it shall be perpetual wastes.
- Jeremiah 49:14 יְהוָ֔ה n Proper I have heard news from Yahweh, and an ambassador is sent among the nations, [saying], Gather yourselves together, and come against her, and rise up to the battle.
- Jeremiah 49:16 יְהוָֽה n Proper As for your terror, the pride of your heart has deceived you, O you who dwell in the clefts of the rock, who hold the height of the hill: though you should make your nest as high as the eagle, I will bring you down from there, says Yahweh.
- Jeremiah 49:18 יְהוָ֑ה n Proper As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbor cities of it, says Yahweh, no man shall dwell there, neither shall any son of man sojourn therein.
- Jeremiah 49:20 יְהוָ֗ה n Proper Therefore hear the counsel of Yahweh, that he has taken against Edom; and his purposes, that he has purposed against the inhabitants of Teman: Surely they shall drag them away, [even] the little ones of the flock; surely he shall make their habitation desolate over them.
- Jeremiah 49:26 יְהוָ֥ה n Proper Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets, and all the men of war shall be brought to silence in that day, says Yahweh of Hosts.
- Jeremiah 49:28 יְהוָ֑ה n Proper Of Kedar, and of the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon struck. Thus says Yahweh: Arise you, go up to Kedar, and destroy the children of the east.
- Jeremiah 49:30 יְהוָ֑ה n Proper Flee you, wander far off, dwell in the depths, you inhabitants of Hazor, says Yahweh; for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon has taken counsel against you, and has conceived a purpose against you.
- Jeremiah 49:31 יְהוָ֑ה n Proper Arise, go up to a nation that is at ease, that dwells without care, says Yahweh; that have neither gates nor bars, that dwell alone.
- Jeremiah 49:32 יְהוָֽה n Proper Their camels shall be a booty, and the multitude of their cattle a spoil: and I will scatter to all winds those who have the corners [of their hair] cut off; and I will bring their calamity from every side of them, says Yahweh.
- Jeremiah 49:34 יְהוָ֛ה n Proper The word of Yahweh that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning Elam, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying,
- Jeremiah 49:35 יְהוָ֣ה n Proper Thus says Yahweh of Hosts: Behold, I will break the bow of Elam, the chief of their might.
- Jeremiah 49:37 יְהוָ֑ה n Proper I will cause Elam to be dismayed before their enemies, and before those who seek their life; and I will bring evil on them, even my fierce anger, says Yahweh; and I will send the sword after them, until I have consumed them;
- Jeremiah 49:38 יְהוָֽה n Proper and I will set my throne in Elam, and will destroy from there king and princes, says Yahweh.
- Jeremiah 49:39 יְהוָֽה n Proper But it shall happen in the latter days, that I will bring back the captivity of Elam, says Yahweh.
- Jeremiah 50:1 יְהוָ֛ה n Proper The word that Yahweh spoke concerning Babylon, concerning the land of the Chaldeans, by Jeremiah the prophet.
- Jeremiah 50:4 יְהוָ֔ה יְהוָ֥ה n Proper n Proper In those days, and in that time, says Yahweh, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together; they shall go on their way weeping, and shall seek Yahweh their God.
- Jeremiah 50:5 יְהוָ֔ה n Proper They shall inquire concerning Zion with their faces turned toward it, [saying], Come you, and join yourselves to Yahweh in an everlasting covenant that shall not be forgotten.
- Jeremiah 50:7 לַֽ/יהוָה֙ יְהוָֽה prep + n Proper n Proper All who found them have devoured them; and their adversaries said, We are not guilty, because they have sinned against Yahweh, the habitation of righteousness, even Yahweh, the hope of their fathers.
- Jeremiah 50:10 יְהוָֽה n Proper Chaldea shall be a prey: all who prey on her shall be satisfied, says Yahweh.
- Jeremiah 50:13 יְהוָה֙ n Proper Because of the wrath of Yahweh she shall not be inhabited, but she shall be wholly desolate: everyone who goes by Babylon shall be astonished, and hiss at all her plagues.
- Jeremiah 50:14 לַֽ/יהוָ֖ה prep + n Proper Set yourselves in array against Babylon round about, all you who bend the bow; shoot at her, spare no arrows: for she has sinned against Yahweh.
- Jeremiah 50:15 יְהוָ֥ה n Proper Shout against her round about: she has submitted herself; her bulwarks are fallen, her walls are thrown down; for it is the vengeance of Yahweh: take vengeance on her; as she has done, do to her.
- Jeremiah 50:18 יְהוָ֤ה n Proper Therefore thus says Yahweh of Hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will punish the king of Babylon and his land, as I have punished the king of Assyria.
- Jeremiah 50:20 יְהוָ֗ה n Proper In those days, and in that time, says Yahweh, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none; and the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found: for I will pardon them whom I leave as a remnant.
- Jeremiah 50:21 יְהוָ֔ה n Proper Go up against the land of Merathaim, even against it, and against the inhabitants of Pekod: kill and utterly destroy after them, says Yahweh, and do according to all that I have commanded you.
- Jeremiah 50:24 בַֽ/יהוָ֖ה prep + n Proper I have laid a snare for you, and you are also taken, Babylon, and you weren't aware: you are found, and also caught, because you have striven against Yahweh.
- Jeremiah 50:25 יְהוָה֙ n Proper Yahweh has opened his armory, and has brought forth the weapons of his indignation; for the Lord, Yahweh of Hosts, has a work [to do] in the land of the Chaldeans.
- Jeremiah 50:28 יְהוָ֣ה n Proper The voice of those who flee and escape out of the land of Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of Yahweh our God, the vengeance of his temple.
- Jeremiah 50:29 יְהוָ֛ה n Proper Call together the archers against Babylon, all those who bend the bow; encamp against her round about; let none of it escape: recompense her according to her work; according to all that she has done, do to her; for she has been proud against Yahweh, against the Holy One of Israel.
- Jeremiah 50:30 יְהוָֽה n Proper Therefore shall her young men fall in her streets, and all her men of war shall be brought to silence in that day, says Yahweh.
- Jeremiah 50:33 יְהוָ֣ה n Proper Thus says Yahweh of hosts: The children of Israel and the children of Judah are oppressed together; and all who took them captive hold them fast; they refuse to let them go.
- Jeremiah 50:34 יְהוָ֤ה n Proper Their Redeemer is strong; Yahweh of Hosts is his name: he will thoroughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the earth, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.
- Jeremiah 50:35 יְהוָ֑ה n Proper A sword is on the Chaldeans, says Yahweh, and on the inhabitants of Babylon, and on her princes, and on her wise men.
- Jeremiah 50:40 יְהוָ֑ה n Proper As when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbor cities of it, says Yahweh, so shall no man dwell there, neither shall any son of man sojourn therein.
- Jeremiah 50:45 יְהוָ֗ה n Proper Therefore hear the counsel of Yahweh, that he has taken against Babylon; and his purposes, that he has purposed against the land of the Chaldeans: Surely they shall drag them away, [even] the little ones of the flock; surely he shall make their habitation desolate over them.
- Jeremiah 51:1 יְהוָ֔ה n Proper Thus says Yahweh: Behold, I will raise up against Babylon, and against those who dwell in Lebkamai, a destroying wind.
- Jeremiah 51:5 מֵֽ/יְהוָ֖ה prep + n Proper For Israel is not forsaken, nor Judah, of his God, of Yahweh of Hosts; though their land is full of guilt against the Holy One of Israel.
- Jeremiah 51:6 לַֽ/יהוָ֔ה prep + n Proper Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and save every man his life; don't be cut off in her iniquity: for it is the time of Yahweh's vengeance; he will render to her a recompense.
- Jeremiah 51:7 יְהוָ֔ה n Proper Babylon has been a golden cup in Yahweh's hand, who made all the earth drunken: the nations have drunk of her wine; therefore the nations are mad.
- Jeremiah 51:10 יְהוָ֖ה יְהוָ֥ה n Proper n Proper Yahweh has brought forth our righteousness: come, and let us declare in Zion the work of Yahweh our God.
- Jeremiah 51:11 יְהוָ֗ה יְהוָה֙ n Proper n Proper Make sharp the arrows; hold firm the shields: Yahweh has stirred up the spirit of the kings of the Medes; because his purpose is against Babylon, to destroy it: for it is the vengeance of Yahweh, the vengeance of his temple.
- Jeremiah 51:12 יְהוָ֔ה n Proper Set up a standard against the walls of Babylon, make the watch strong, set the watchmen, prepare the ambushes; for Yahweh has both purposed and done that which he spoke concerning the inhabitants of Babylon.
- Jeremiah 51:14 יְהוָ֥ה n Proper Yahweh of Hosts has sworn by himself, [saying], Surely I will fill you with men, as with the canker-worm; and they shall lift up a shout against you.
- Jeremiah 51:19 יְהוָ֥ה n Proper The portion of Jacob is not like these; for he is the former of all things; and [Israel] is the tribe of his inheritance: Yahweh of Hosts is his name.
- Jeremiah 51:24 יְהוָֽה n Proper I will render to Babylon and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea all their evil that they have done in Zion in your sight, says Yahweh.
- Jeremiah 51:25 יְהוָ֔ה n Proper Behold, I am against you, destroying mountain, says Yahweh, which destroy all the earth; and I will stretch out my hand on you, and roll you down from the rocks, and will make you a burnt mountain.
- Jeremiah 51:26 יְהוָֽה n Proper They shall not take of you a stone for a corner, nor a stone for foundations; but you shall be desolate for ever, says Yahweh.
- Jeremiah 51:29 יְהוָ֔ה n Proper The land trembles and is in pain; for the purposes of Yahweh against Babylon do stand, to make the land of Babylon a desolation, without inhabitant.
- Jeremiah 51:33 יְהוָ֤ה n Proper For thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel: The daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor at the time when it is trodden; yet a little while, and the time of harvest shall come for her.
- Jeremiah 51:36 יְהוָ֔ה n Proper Therefore thus says Yahweh: Behold, I will plead your cause, and take vengeance for you; and I will dry up her sea, and make her fountain dry.
- Jeremiah 51:39 יְהוָֽה n Proper When they are heated, I will make their feast, and I will make them drunken, that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, says Yahweh.
- Jeremiah 51:45 יְהוָֽה n Proper My people, go you out of the midst of her, and save yourselves every man from the fierce anger of Yahweh.
- Jeremiah 51:48 יְהוָֽה n Proper Then the heavens and the earth, and all that is therein, shall sing for joy over Babylon; for the destroyers shall come to her from the north, says Yahweh.
- Jeremiah 51:50 יְהוָ֔ה n Proper You who have escaped the sword, go you, don't stand still; remember Yahweh from afar, and let Jerusalem come into your mind.
- Jeremiah 51:51 יְהוָֽה n Proper We are confounded, because we have heard reproach; confusion has covered our faces: for strangers are come into the sanctuaries of Yahweh's house.
- Jeremiah 51:52 יְהוָ֔ה n Proper Therefore, behold, the days come, says Yahweh, that I will execute judgment on her engraved images; and through all her land the wounded shall groan.
- Jeremiah 51:53 יְהוָֽה n Proper Though Babylon should mount up to the sky, and though she should fortify the height of her strength, yet from me shall destroyers come to her, says Yahweh.
- Jeremiah 51:55 יְהוָה֙ n Proper For Yahweh lays Babylon waste, and destroys out of her the great voice; and their waves roar like many waters; the noise of their voice is uttered:
- Jeremiah 51:56 יְהוָ֖ה n Proper for the destroyer is come on her, even on Babylon, and her mighty men are taken, their bows are broken in pieces; for Yahweh is a God of recompenses, he will surely requite.
- Jeremiah 51:57 יְהוָ֥ה n Proper I will make drunk her princes and her wise men, her governors and her deputies, and her mighty men; and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake up, says the King, whose name is Yahweh of Hosts.
- Jeremiah 51:58 יְהוָ֣ה n Proper Thus says Yahweh of hosts: The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly overthrown, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; and the peoples shall labor for vanity, and the nations for the fire; and they shall be weary.
- Jeremiah 51:62 יְהוָה֙ n Proper and say, Yahweh, you have spoken concerning this place, to cut it off, that none shall dwell therein, neither man nor animal, but that it shall be desolate forever.
- Jeremiah 52:2 יְהוָ֑ה n Proper He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.
- Jeremiah 52:3 יְהוָ֗ה n Proper For through the anger of Yahweh did it happen in Jerusalem and Judah, until he had cast them out from his presence. Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.
- Jeremiah 52:13 יְהוָ֖ה n Proper and he burned the house of Yahweh, and the king's house; and all the houses of Jerusalem, even every great house, burned he with fire.
- Jeremiah 52:17 יְהוָ֗ה יְהוָ֖ה n Proper n Proper The pillars of brass that were in the house of Yahweh, and the bases and the brazen sea that were in the house of Yahweh, did the Chaldeans break in pieces, and carried all the brass of them to Babylon.
- Jeremiah 52:20 יְהוָ֑ה n Proper The two pillars, the one sea, and the twelve brazen bulls that were under the bases, which king Solomon had made for the house of Yahweh. The brass of all these vessels was without weight.
Lamentations 32 verses
- Lamentations 1:5 יְהוָ֥ה n Proper Her adversaries are become the head, her enemies prosper; For Yahweh has afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions: Her young children are gone into captivity before the adversary.
- Lamentations 1:9 יְהוָה֙ n Proper Her filthiness was in her skirts; she didn't remember her latter end; Therefore is she come down wonderfully; she has no comforter: See, Yahweh, my affliction; for the enemy has magnified himself.
- Lamentations 1:11 יְהוָה֙ n Proper All her people sigh, they seek bread; They have given their pleasant things for food to refresh the soul: Look, Yahweh, and see; for I am become abject.
- Lamentations 1:12 יְהוָ֔ה n Proper Is it nothing to you, all you who pass by? Look, and see if there be any sorrow like my sorrow, which is brought on me, With which Yahweh has afflicted [me] in the day of his fierce anger.
- Lamentations 1:17 יְהוָ֛ה n Proper Zion spreads forth her hands; there is none to comfort her; Yahweh has commanded concerning Jacob, that those who are round about him should be his adversaries: Jerusalem is among them as an unclean thing.
- Lamentations 1:18 יְהוָ֖ה n Proper Yahweh is righteous; for I have rebelled against his commandment: Please hear all you peoples, and see my sorrow: My virgins and my young men are gone into captivity.
- Lamentations 1:20 יְהוָ֤ה n Proper See, Yahweh; for I am in distress; my heart is troubled; My heart is turned within me; for I have grievously rebelled: Abroad the sword bereaves, at home there is as death.
- Lamentations 2:6 יְהוָ֤ה n Proper He has violently taken away his tent, as if it were of a garden; he has destroyed his place of assembly: Yahweh has caused solemn assembly and Sabbath to be forgotten in Zion, Has despised in the indignation of his anger the king and the priest.
- Lamentations 2:7 יְהוָ֖ה n Proper The Lord has cast off his altar, he has abhorred his sanctuary; He has given up into the hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces: They have made a noise in the house of Yahweh, as in the day of a solemn assembly.
- Lamentations 2:8 יְהוָ֤ה n Proper Yahweh has purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion; He has stretched out the line, he has not withdrawn his hand from destroying; He has made the rampart and wall to lament; they languish together.
- Lamentations 2:9 מֵ/יְהוָֽה prep + n Proper Her gates are sunk into the ground; he has destroyed and broken her bars: Her king and her princes are among the nations where the law is not; Yes, her prophets find no vision from Yahweh.
- Lamentations 2:17 יְהוָ֜ה n Proper Yahweh has done that which he purposed; he has fulfilled his word that he commanded in the days of old; He has thrown down, and has not pitied: He has caused the enemy to rejoice over you; he has exalted the horn of your adversaries.
- Lamentations 2:20 יְהוָה֙ n Proper Look, Yahweh, and see to whom you have done thus! Shall the women eat their fruit, the children that are dandled in the hands? Shall the priest and the prophet be killed in the sanctuary of the Lord?
- Lamentations 2:22 יְהוָ֖ה n Proper You have called, as in the day of a solemn assembly, my terrors on every side; There was none that escaped or remained in the day of Yahweh's anger: Those that I have dandled and brought up has my enemy consumed.
- Lamentations 3:18 מֵ/יְהוָֽה prep + n Proper I said, My strength is perished, and my expectation from Yahweh.
- Lamentations 3:22 יְהוָה֙ n Proper [It is of] Yahweh's loving kindnesses that we are not consumed, because his compassion doesn't fail.
- Lamentations 3:24 יְהוָה֙ n Proper Yahweh is my portion, says my soul; therefore will I hope in him.
- Lamentations 3:25 יְהוָה֙ n Proper Yahweh is good to those who wait for him, to the soul that seeks him.
- Lamentations 3:26 יְהוָֽה n Proper It is good that a man should hope and quietly wait for the salvation of Yahweh.
- Lamentations 3:40 יְהוָֽה n Proper Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to Yahweh.
- Lamentations 3:50 יְהוָ֖ה n Proper Until Yahweh look down, and see from heaven.
- Lamentations 3:55 יְהוָ֔ה n Proper I called on your name, Yahweh, out of the lowest dungeon.
- Lamentations 3:59 יְהוָה֙ n Proper Yahweh, you have seen my wrong; judge you my cause.
- Lamentations 3:61 יְהוָ֔ה n Proper You have heard their reproach, Yahweh, and all their devices against me,
- Lamentations 3:64 יְהוָ֖ה n Proper You will render to them a recompense, Yahweh, according to the work of their hands.
- Lamentations 3:66 יְהוָֽה n Proper You will pursue them in anger, and destroy them from under the heavens of Yahweh.
- Lamentations 4:11 יְהוָה֙ n Proper Yahweh has accomplished his wrath, he has poured out his fierce anger; He has kindled a fire in Zion, which has devoured the foundations of it.
- Lamentations 4:16 יְהוָה֙ n Proper The anger of Yahweh has scattered them; he will no more regard them: They didn't respect the persons of the priests, they didn't favor the elders.
- Lamentations 4:20 יְהוָ֔ה n Proper The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of Yahweh, was taken in their pits; Of whom we said, Under his shadow we shall live among the nations.
- Lamentations 5:1 יְהוָה֙ n Proper Remember, Yahweh, what has come on us: Look, and see our reproach.
- Lamentations 5:19 יְהוָה֙ n Proper You, Yahweh, abide forever; Your throne is from generation to generation.
- Lamentations 5:21 יְהוָ֤ה n Proper Turn you us to you, Yahweh, and we shall be turned; Renew our days as of old.
Ezekiel 200 verses
- Ezekiel 1:3 יְ֠הוָה יְהוָֽה n Proper n Proper the word of Yahweh came expressly to Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the hand of Yahweh was there on him.
- Ezekiel 1:28 יְהוָ֑ה n Proper As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of Yahweh. When I saw it, I fell on my face, and I heard a voice of one that spoke.
- Ezekiel 3:12 יְהוָ֖ה n Proper Then the Spirit lifted me up, and I heard behind me the voice of a great rushing, [saying], Blessed be the glory of Yahweh from his place.
- Ezekiel 3:14 יְהוָ֥ה n Proper So the Spirit lifted me up, and took me away; and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; and the hand of Yahweh was strong on me.
- Ezekiel 3:16 יְהוָ֖ה n Proper It happened at the end of seven days, that the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
- Ezekiel 3:22 יְהוָ֑ה n Proper The hand of Yahweh was there on me; and he said to me, Arise, go forth into the plain, and I will there talk with you.
- Ezekiel 3:23 יְהוָה֙ n Proper Then I arose, and went forth into the plain: and, behold, the glory of Yahweh stood there, as the glory which I saw by the river Chebar; and I fell on my face.
- Ezekiel 4:13 יְהוָ֔ה n Proper Yahweh said, Even thus shall the children of Israel eat their bread unclean, among the nations where I will drive them.
- Ezekiel 5:13 יְהוָ֗ה n Proper Thus shall my anger be accomplished, and I will cause my wrath toward them to rest, and I shall be comforted; and they shall know that I, Yahweh, have spoken in my zeal, when I have accomplished my wrath on them.
- Ezekiel 5:15 יְהוָ֖ה n Proper So it shall be a reproach and a taunt, an instruction and an astonishment, to the nations that are round about you, when I shall execute judgments on you in anger and in wrath, and in wrathful rebukes; (I, Yahweh, have spoken it;)
- Ezekiel 5:17 יְהוָ֖ה n Proper and I will send on you famine and evil animals, and they shall bereave you; and pestilence and blood shall pass through you; and I will bring the sword on you: I, Yahweh, have spoken it.
- Ezekiel 6:1 יְהוָ֖ה n Proper The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
- Ezekiel 6:7 יְהוָֽה n Proper The slain shall fall in the midst of you, and you shall know that I am Yahweh.
- Ezekiel 6:10 יְהוָ֑ה n Proper They shall know that I am Yahweh: I have not said in vain that I would do this evil to them.
- Ezekiel 6:13 יְהוָ֔ה n Proper You shall know that I am Yahweh, when their slain men shall be among their idols round about their altars, on every high hill, on all the tops of the mountains, and under every green tree, and under every thick oak, the places where they offered sweet savor to all their idols.
- Ezekiel 6:14 יְהוָֽה n Proper I will stretch out my hand on them, and make the land desolate and waste, from the wilderness toward Diblah, throughout all their habitations: and they shall know that I am Yahweh.
- Ezekiel 7:1 יְהוָ֖ה n Proper Moreover the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
- Ezekiel 7:4 יְהוָֽה n Proper My eye shall not spare you, neither will I have pity; but I will bring your ways on you, and your abominations shall be in the midst of you: and you shall know that I am Yahweh.
- Ezekiel 7:9 יְהוָ֖ה n Proper My eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: I will bring on you according to your ways; and your abominations shall be in the midst of you; and you shall know that I, Yahweh, do strike.
- Ezekiel 7:19 יְהוָ֔ה n Proper They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be as an unclean thing; their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of Yahweh: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels; because it has been the stumbling block of their iniquity.
- Ezekiel 7:27 יְהוָֽה n Proper The king shall mourn, and the prince shall be clothed with desolation, and the hands of the people of the land shall be troubled: I will do to them after their way, and according to their deserts will I judge them; and they shall know that I am Yahweh.
- Ezekiel 8:12 יְהוָה֙ יְהוָ֖ה n Proper n Proper Then said he to me, Son of man, have you seen what the elders of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in his chambers of imagery? for they say, Yahweh doesn't see us; Yahweh has forsaken the land.
- Ezekiel 8:14 יְהוָ֔ה n Proper Then he brought me to the door of the gate of Yahweh's house which was toward the north; and see, there sat the women weeping for Tammuz.
- Ezekiel 8:16 יְהוָה֮ יְהוָ֗ה יְהוָה֙ n Proper n Proper n Proper He brought me into the inner court of Yahweh's house; and see, at the door of the temple of Yahweh, between the porch and the altar, were about twenty-five men, with their backs toward the temple of Yahweh, and their faces toward the east; and they were worshipping the sun toward the east.
- Ezekiel 9:4 יְהוָה֙ n Proper Yahweh said to him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark on the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry over all the abominations that are done in the midst of it.
- Ezekiel 9:9 יְהוָה֙ יְהוָ֖ה n Proper n Proper Then said he to me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceeding great, and the land is full of blood, and the city full of wrestling [of judgment]: for they say, Yahweh has forsaken the land, and Yahweh doesn't see.
- Ezekiel 10:4 יְהוָה֙ יְהוָֽה n Proper n Proper The glory of Yahweh mounted up from the cherub, [and stood] over the threshold of the house; and the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was full of the brightness of Yahweh's glory.
- Ezekiel 10:18 יְהוָ֔ה n Proper The glory of Yahweh went forth from over the threshold of the house, and stood over the cherubim.
- Ezekiel 10:19 יְהוָה֙ n Proper The cherubim lifted up their wings, and mounted up from the earth in my sight when they went forth, and the wheels beside them: and they stood at the door of the east gate of Yahweh's house; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above.
- Ezekiel 11:1 יְהוָ֤ה n Proper Moreover the Spirit lifted me up, and brought me to the east gate of Yahweh's house, which looks eastward: and see, at the door of the gate twenty-five men; and I saw in the midst of them Jaazaniah the son of Azzur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people.
- Ezekiel 11:5 יְהוָה֒ יְהוָ֔ה n Proper n Proper The Spirit of Yahweh fell on me, and he said to me, Speak, Thus says Yahweh: Thus have you said, house of Israel; for I know the things that come into your mind.
- Ezekiel 11:10 יְהוָֽה n Proper You shall fall by the sword; I will judge you in the border of Israel; and you shall know that I am Yahweh.
- Ezekiel 11:12 יְהוָ֔ה n Proper and you shall know that I am Yahweh: for you have not walked in my statutes, neither have you executed my ordinances, but have done after the ordinances of the nations that are round about you.
- Ezekiel 11:14 יְהוָ֖ה n Proper The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
- Ezekiel 11:15 יְהוָ֔ה n Proper Son of man, your brothers, even your brothers, the men of your relatives, and all the house of Israel, all of them, [are they] to whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, Get you far from Yahweh; to us is this land given for a possession.
- Ezekiel 11:23 יְהוָ֔ה n Proper The glory of Yahweh went up from the midst of the city, and stood on the mountain which is on the east side of the city.
- Ezekiel 11:25 יְהוָ֖ה n Proper Then I spoke to them of the captivity all the things that Yahweh had shown me.
- Ezekiel 12:1 יְהוָ֖ה n Proper The word of Yahweh also came to me, saying,
- Ezekiel 12:8 יְהוָ֛ה n Proper In the morning came the word of Yahweh to me, saying,
- Ezekiel 12:15 יְהוָ֑ה n Proper They shall know that I am Yahweh, when I shall disperse them among the nations, and scatter them through the countries.
- Ezekiel 12:16 יְהוָֽה n Proper But I will leave a few men of them from the sword, from the famine, and from the pestilence; that they may declare all their abominations among the nations where they come; and they shall know that I am Yahweh.
- Ezekiel 12:17 יְהוָ֖ה n Proper Moreover the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
- Ezekiel 12:20 יְהוָֽה n Proper The cities that are inhabited shall be laid waste, and the land shall be a desolation; and you shall know that I am Yahweh.
- Ezekiel 12:21 יְהוָ֖ה n Proper The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
- Ezekiel 12:25 יְהוָ֗ה n Proper For I am Yahweh; I will speak, and the word that I shall speak shall be performed; it shall be no more deferred: for in your days, rebellious house, will I speak the word, and will perform it, says the Lord Yahweh.
- Ezekiel 12:26 יְהוָ֖ה n Proper Again the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
- Ezekiel 13:1 יְהוָ֖ה n Proper The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
- Ezekiel 13:2 יְהוָֽה n Proper Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel who prophesy, and say you to those who prophesy out of their own heart, Hear you the word of Yahweh:
- Ezekiel 13:5 יְהוָֽה n Proper You have not gone up into the gaps, neither built up the wall for the house of Israel, to stand in the battle in the day of Yahweh.
- Ezekiel 13:6 יְהוָ֔ה וַֽ/יהוָ֖ה n Proper conj + n Proper They have seen falsehood and lying divination, who say, Yahweh says; but Yahweh has not sent them: and they have made men to hope that the word would be confirmed.
- Ezekiel 13:7 יְהוָ֔ה n Proper Haven't you seen a false vision, and haven't you spoken a lying divination, in that you say, Yahweh says; but I have not spoken?
- Ezekiel 13:14 יְהוָֽה n Proper So will I break down the wall that you have daubed with whitewash, and bring it down to the ground, so that the foundation of it shall be uncovered; and it shall fall, and you shall be consumed in the midst of it: and you shall know that I am Yahweh.
- Ezekiel 13:21 יְהוָֽה n Proper Your kerchiefs also will I tear, and deliver my people out of your hand, and they shall be no more in your hand to be hunted; and you shall know that I am Yahweh.
- Ezekiel 13:23 יְהוָֽה n Proper Therefore you shall no more see false visions, nor practice divination. I will deliver my people out of your hand; and you shall know that I am Yahweh.
- Ezekiel 14:2 יְהוָ֖ה n Proper The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
- Ezekiel 14:4 יְהוָ֗ה n Proper Therefore speak to them, and tell them, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Every man of the house of Israel who takes his idols into his heart, and puts the stumbling block of his iniquity before his face, and comes to the prophet; I Yahweh will answer him therein according to the multitude of his idols;
- Ezekiel 14:7 יְהוָ֔ה n Proper For everyone of the house of Israel, or of the strangers who sojourn in Israel, who separates himself from me, and takes his idols into his heart, and puts the stumbling block of his iniquity before his face, and comes to the prophet to inquire for himself of me; I Yahweh will answer him by myself:
- Ezekiel 14:8 יְהוָֽה n Proper and I will set my face against that man, and will make him an astonishment, for a sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from the midst of my people; and you shall know that I am Yahweh.
- Ezekiel 14:9 יְהוָה֙ n Proper If the prophet be deceived and speak a word, I, Yahweh, have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand on him, and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel.
- Ezekiel 14:12 יְהוָ֖ה n Proper The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
- Ezekiel 15:1 יְהוָ֖ה n Proper The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
- Ezekiel 15:7 יְהוָ֔ה n Proper I will set my face against them; they shall go forth from the fire, but the fire shall devour them; and you shall know that I am Yahweh, when I set my face against them.
- Ezekiel 16:1 יְהוָ֖ה n Proper Again the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
- Ezekiel 16:35 יְהוָֽה n Proper Therefore, prostitute, hear the word of Yahweh:
- Ezekiel 16:58 יְהוָֽה n Proper You have borne your lewdness and your abominations, says Yahweh.
- Ezekiel 16:62 יְהוָֽה n Proper I will establish my covenant with you; and you shall know that I am Yahweh;
- Ezekiel 17:1 יְהוָ֖ה n Proper The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
- Ezekiel 17:11 יְהוָ֖ה n Proper Moreover the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
- Ezekiel 17:21 יְהוָ֖ה n Proper All his fugitives in all his bands shall fall by the sword, and those who remain shall be scattered toward every wind: and you shall know that I, Yahweh, have spoken it.
- Ezekiel 17:24 יְהוָה֙ יְהוָ֖ה n Proper n Proper All the trees of the field shall know that I, Yahweh, have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and have made the dry tree to flourish; I, Yahweh, have spoken and have done it.
- Ezekiel 18:1 יְהוָ֖ה n Proper The word of Yahweh came to me again, saying,
- Ezekiel 20:1 יְהוָ֑ה n Proper It happened in the seventh year, in the fifth [month], the tenth [day] of the month, that certain of the elders of Israel came to inquire of Yahweh, and sat before me.
- Ezekiel 20:2 יְהוָ֖ה n Proper The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
- Ezekiel 20:5 יְהוָ֥ה n Proper and tell them, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: In the day when I chose Israel, and swore to the seed of the house of Jacob, and made myself known to them in the land of Egypt, when I swore to them, saying, I am Yahweh your God;
- Ezekiel 20:7 יְהוָ֥ה n Proper I said to them, Cast you away every man the abominations of his eyes, and don't defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt; I am Yahweh your God.
- Ezekiel 20:12 יְהוָ֖ה n Proper Moreover also I gave them my Sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am Yahweh who sanctifies them.
- Ezekiel 20:19 יְהוָ֣ה n Proper I am Yahweh your God: walk in my statutes, and keep my ordinances, and do them;
- Ezekiel 20:20 יְהוָ֖ה n Proper and make my Sabbaths holy; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that you may know that I am Yahweh your God.
- Ezekiel 20:26 יְהוָֽה n Proper and I polluted them in their own gifts, in that they caused to pass through [the fire] all that opens the womb, that I might make them desolate, to the end that they might know that I am Yahweh.
- Ezekiel 20:38 יְהוָֽה n Proper and I will purge out from among you the rebels, and those who disobey against me; I will bring them forth out of the land where they sojourn, but they shall not enter into the land of Israel: and you shall know that I am Yahweh.
- Ezekiel 20:42 יְהוָ֔ה n Proper You shall know that I am Yahweh, when I shall bring you into the land of Israel, into the country which I swore to give to your fathers.
- Ezekiel 20:44 יְהוָ֔ה n Proper You shall know that I am Yahweh, when I have dealt with you for my name's sake, not according to your evil ways, nor according to your corrupt doings, you house of Israel, says the Lord Yahweh.
- Ezekiel 20:45 יְהוָ֖ה n Proper The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
About this entry
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יהוה (Yᵉhôvâh) is a Hebrew name most often rendered “LORD.” Scripture first uses it in Genesis 2:4. Spanning 5,518 verses in 36 books, it ranks among the most common words of the Hebrew Bible. The sections below give every occurrence and version rendering.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H3068 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 5,518
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 5,518 distinct verses.
- 36 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 36 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #2
- by frequency
- Top 10 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 2 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 5,518 occurrences in the concordance →
Most concentrated in
- Psalms 624 verses 11%
- Jeremiah 614 verses 11%
- Deuteronomy 438 verses 8%
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 5,518 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 2,686 verses · 49%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 1,550 verses · 28%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 1,282 verses · 23%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
BDB lists this Strong’s number as 2 distinct words (homographs). Each count above pools all of them and is not split by sense — see the Senses section below. A low-frequency rendering may belong to a different one of those words, not the primary meaning.
- King James Version†: Lord 5,517×, I am the lord 145×, Lord's 73×
- American Standard Version†: Jehovah 5,068×, Saith jehovah 131×, I am jehovah 115×
- Berean Standard Bible†: Lord 5,806×, Am the lord 156×, Lord’s 110×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text†: Yahweh 5,807×, Yahweh of 117×, Am yahweh 82×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H3068 across 6,518† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 231 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 1 further occurrence.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H3068 across 6,514† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 398 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H3068 across 6,460† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 49 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 62 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H3068 across 6,226† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 35 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
17 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 17 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
יהוה I 6823 i.e. יַהְוֶה n.pr.dei Yahweh, the proper name of the God of Israel
- I. יהוה is not used by E in Gn, but is given Ex 3:12–15 as the name of the God who revealed Himself to Moses at Horeb, and is explained thus: אֶהְיֶה עִמָּ֑ךְ I shall be with thee (v 12), which is then implied in אֶהְיֶה אֲשֶׁר אֶהְיֶה I shall be the one who will be it v 14a (i.e. with thee v 12) and then compressed into אֶהְיֶה v 14b (i.e. with thee v 12), which then is given in the nominal form יהוה He who will be it v 15 (i.e. with thee v 12). Cf. EwBTh ii. 337, 338 RSl. c., Proph. 385 ff. Other interpretations are: I am he who I am, i.e. it is no concern of yours (Le Clerc LagPsalt. Hieron. 156); I am, (this is my name), inasmuch as I am (אֲשֶׁר = כִּי; AE JDMich WeJD Th xxi, 540 = Comp. Hex. 72); Di al. I am who I am, he who is essentially unnameable, inexplicable.—E uses יהוה sparingly by the side of אלהים and האלהים in his subsequent narrative. The Ephraimitic writers in Ju S K use it in similar proportions. P abstains from the use of יהוה until he gives an account of its revelation to Moses Ex 6:3; but subsequently uses it freely. He gives no explanation of its meaning. He represents that אֵל שַׁדַּי was the God of the patriarchs. J uses יהוה from the beginning of his narrative, possibly explaining it, Gn 21:33 by אל עולם, the evergreen tamarisk being a symbol of the ever-living God; cf. De Gn 21:33. Elsewhere יהוה is the common divine name in pre-exilic writers, but in post-exilic writers gradually falls into disuse, and is supplanted by אלהים and אדני. In Job it is used 31 times in prose parts, and 12:9 (a proverb); not elsewhere in the poem. Chr apart from his sources prefers אלהים and האלהים. Dn uses יהוה only in chap. 9 (7 times); Ec not at all. In the Elohistic group of ψ 42–83 it is used 39 times (see אלהים). It occurs as the name of Israel’s God MI 18. It is doubtful whether it was used by other branches of the Shemitic family, cf. COT Gn 2:4b DlPa 158 ff. DrStud. Bib. i. 7 ff. e.g. Exodus 3:12
- II.
- 1. יהוה is used with אלהים with or without suffs., especially in D;
- a. with אֱלֹהֶיךָ in the Ten Words Ex 20:2–12 (5 times) = Dt 5:6–16; in the law of worship of JE, Ex 23:19; 34:24, 26; in D 234 times; Jos 1:9, 17; 9:9, 24 (D2); elsewhere Gn 27:20 Ex 15:26 (JE), Ju 6:26; S & K 20 times 1 Ch 11:2; 22:11, 12 2 Ch 9:8(×2); 16:7; Is 7:11; 37:4(×2); 41:13; 43:3; 51:15; 55:5; Je 40:2 + (3 times) Ho 12:10; 13:4; 14:2; Am 9:15; ψ 81:11. e.g. Exodus 20:12
- b. with אֱלֹהֵיכֶם in D 46 times; D2 28 times; H 15 times; P 15 times; elsewhere Ex 23:25 (E); 8:24; 10:8, 16, 17 (JE); Ju 6:10; 1 S 12:12, 14; 2 K 17:39; 23:21; 1 Ch 22:18 + (10 times Chr) ψ 76:12; Je 13:16; + (5 times) Ez 20:5, 7, 19, 20; Jo 2:13 + (6 times) Zc 6:15. e.g. Exodus 23:25
- c. with אֱלֹהֵינוּ in D 23 times; in D2 5 times; Ex 8:6 (JE) Ex 3:18; 5:3; 8:22, 23; 10:25, 26 (E) Ju 11:24; 1 S 7:8; 1 K 8:57, 59, 61, 65 2 K 18:22; 19:19 = Is 36:7; 37:20, 1 Ch 13:2 + (15 times Chr) Mi 4:5; 7:17; Is 26:13; Je 3:22 + (17 times) ψ 20:8; 90:17 (?; Baer אֲדֹנָי) 94:23; 99:5, 8, 9(×2); 105:7; 106:47; 113:5; 122:9; 123:2 Dn 9:10, 13, 14. e.g. Exodus 8:6
- d. c. אֱלֹהֵיהֶם Ex 10:7 (J) Ex 29:46(×2) Lv 26:44 (P) Ju 3:7; 8:34; 1 S 12:9; 1 K 9:9; 2 K 17:7, 9, 14, 16, 19; 18:12 2 Ch 31:6; 33:17; 34:33; Ne 9:3(×2), 4; Je 3:21; 22:9; 30:9; 43:1(×2) 50:4; Ez 28:26; 34:30; 39:22, 28 Ho 1:7; 3:5; 7:10; Zp 2:7; Hag 1:12(×2) Zc 9:16; 10:6. e.g. Exodus 10:7
- e. with אֱלֹהָיו Nu 23:21 (E) Ex 32:11 (J) Lv 4:22 (P) Dt 17:19; 18:7; 1 S 30:6; 1 K 5:17; 11:4; 15:3, 4; 2 K 5:11; 16:2; 2 Ch 1:1; + 13 times Chr; Mi 5:3; Je 7:28; ψ 33:12; 144:15; 146:5; Jon 2:2. e.g. Numbers 23:21
- f. with אֱלֹהַי Nu 22:18 (JE) Dt 4:5; 18:16; 26:14; Jos 14:8, 9; 2 S 24:24; 1 K 3:7; 5:18, 19; 8:28; 17:20, 21; 1 Ch 21:17; 22:7; 2 Ch 2:3; 6:19; Ezr 7:28; 9:5; ψ 7:2, 4; 13:4; 18:29; 30:3, 13; 35:24; 40:6; 104:1; 109:26; Is 25:1; Je 31:18; Dn 9:4, 20; Jon 2:7; Hab 1:12; Zc 11:4; 13:9; 14:5. e.g. Numbers 22:18
- g. with אֱלֹהַיִךְ Is 60:9 Je 2:17, 19; 3:13; Mi 7:10; Zp 3:17. e.g. Isaiah 60:9
- h. with אלהים, probably always due to later editors, or to a Qr which has crept into the text Gn 2:4b—3:23 (J, 20 times either אלהים inserted by RP as Di De; or יהוה inserted by J in an older source); Ex 9:30 (J, but not in 𝔊 Sam.; Sam. אדני יהוה; possibly MT from earlier Qr, & Sam. from later Qr); 2 S 7:22, 25 (𝔊 אדני יהוה and 1 Ch 17:20–23 only יהוה); 1 Ch 17:16, 17 (but 2 S 7:18, 19 אדני יהוה) 1 Ch 28:20; 29:1; 2 Ch 1:9; 6:41(×2), 42; 26:18 (but in the original ψ 132:8 stood יהוה (so ℌ), or else no divine name); ψ 72:18 (the late doxology) 84:12 (but it makes the line too long); Jon 4:6. For the combinations with other divine names see those names. e.g. Exodus 9:30
- 2. the phrase †אֲנִי יהוה is noteworthy:—
- a. after אמר either alone Ex 6:2, 29 (P) or before relative and other clauses: Gn 28:13 (J) 15:7 (R) Ex 6:6 (P) with אלהיכם Ju 6:10; Ez 20:5. e.g. Exodus 6:2
- b. after ידע כי (α) Ex 7:17; 8:18; 10:2 (J); Ex 7:5; 14:4, 18 (P); 1 K 20:13, 28; Je 24:7 Ez 6:7 + 4:8 times Ez; (β) with אלהיכם Ex 6:7; 16:12; Dt 29:5 (P) Ez 20:20; Jo 4:17; (γ) with אלהיהם Ex 29:46 (P) Ez 28:26; 34:30; 39:22, 28; (δ) before relative and other clauses Is 45:3; 49:23, 26; 60:16 Ez 7:9; 17:24; 21:10; 22:22; 35:12; 36:36; (ε) with various forms of קדשׁ Ex 31:13 (P) Ez 20:12; 37:28; 39:7; (ζ) with דברתי Ez 5:13; 17:21, cf. יֵדְעוּ אשׁר אני י׳ Ez 20:26. e.g. Exodus 7:17
- c. after כִּי in various combinations Lv 11:44, 45; Nu 35:34 (P), Lv 20:7, 26; 21:8, 15, 23; 22:16; 24:22; 25:17; 26:1, 44 (all H); Ex 15:26 (R) Is 41:13; 43:3; 61:8; Je 9:23; Ez 12:25; 21:4 Zc 10:6; Mal 3:6. e.g. Leviticus 11:44
- d. emphatic Ex 6:8; 12:12 Lv 26:2, 45; Nu 3:13, 41, 45 (all P); Lv 18:5, 6, 21; 19:12, 14, 16, 18, 28, 30, 32, 37; 21:12; 22:2, 3, 8, 30, 31, 33 (all H) Is 43:15; with אלהיהם Ex 29:46; with אלהיךָ Is 48:17; with אלהיכם Lv 23:43; 25:38, 55; Nu 10:10; 15:41(×2) (P) Lv 18:2, 4, 30; 19:2, 3, 4, 10, 25, 31, 34, 36; 20:24; 23:22; 26:13 (all H) Ez 20:7, 19 Jo 2:27; with מְקַדֵּשׁ Lv 20:8; 22:9, 32 (H), with דברתי Nu 14:35 (P) Ez 5:15 + (11 times Ez); with clauses Is 27:3; 41:4, 17; 42:6, 8; 45:5, 6, 7, 8, 18, 19, 21; 60:22 Je 17:10; 32:27; Ez 14:4, 7, 9; 34:24; †אָנֹכִי יהוה is used in the Ten Words Ex 20:2, 5 = Dt 5:6, 9 cited ψ 81:11 Ho 12:10; 13:4; elsewhere only Ex 4:11 (J) Is 43:11; 44:24; 51:15. e.g. Exodus 6:8
- 3. יהוה is also used with several predicates, to form sacred names of holy places of Yahweh יהוה יראה Gn 22:14 (J); יהוה נסי Ex 17:15 (E) יהוה שׁלום Ju 6:24 יהוה צדקנו Je 33:16 (cf. 23:6 where it is applied to the Messiah); יהוה שָׁ֑מָּה Ez 48:35.—On combinations such as הַר י׳, י׳ צְבָאוֹת etc., v. הַר, צָבָא, etc. e.g. Genesis 22:14
- 1. יהוה is used with אלהים with or without suffs., especially in D;
- —BonkZAW 1891, 126 ff. seems to shew that as prefix, in comp. n.pr., יְהוֹ is the oldest and the latest form and that יוֹ is intermediate, belonging to the earlier post-exilic period until the time of Chr; occasional copyists’ mistakes being taken into the account.
יהוה II dei, v. sub הוה p. 217 ff.
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
I. 6823 i.e. יַהְוֶה n.pr.dei Yahweh, the proper name of the God of Israel—(1. MT יְהוָֹה6518 (Qr אֲדֹנָי), or יֱהוִֹה305 (Qr אֱלֹהִים), in the combinations אדני יהוה & יהוה אדני (vid. אֲדֹנָי), and with prep. בַּיהוָֹה, לַיהוָֹה, מֵיהוָֹה (Qr בַּאדֹנָי, לַאדֹנָי, מֵאדֹנָי), do not give the original form. 𝔊 and other Vrss follow the Qr. On the basis of Ex 20:7; Lv 24:11 יהוה was regarded as a nomen ineffabile (vid. Philo de Vita Mosis iii, 519, 529), called by the Jews הַשֵּׁם and by the Samaritans שׁימא. The pronunciation Jehovah was unknown until 1520, when it was introduced by Galatinus; but it was contested by Le Mercier, J. Drusius, and L. Capellus, as against grammatical and historical propriety (cf. Bö§ 88). The traditional Ἰαβέ of Theodoret and Epiphanius, the ־יָהוּ, יְהוֹ־ of compound n.pr. and the contracted form יָהּ, all favour יַהְוֶה (cf. יַהֲלֹמ֑וּן ψ 74:6; תַּהֲרוּ Is 33:11), v. LagSym. i. 14 BaudissinStudien i. 179 ff.; DrStud. Bib. i. 1 ff. For Jeve v. StaZAW 1881, 346 De ib. 1882, 173 f. & Gn. Excurs. ii. 2. on liter. of interpret. v. NesEg 67 Drl.c..—Many recent scholars explain יַהְוֶה as Hiph. of הוה (= היה) the one bringing into being, life-giver (cf. הַוָּה Gn 3:20) Schr HSch; giver of existence, creator, Kue Tiele; he who brings to pass (so already Le Clerc), performer of his promises, Lag, Nes.Eg 88 (but NesEg. 91 inclines to Qal as RSBrit. & For. Ev. Rev. v. infr.); or from הוה he who causes to fall, rain or lightning RSOTJC ed. 1, 423; om. ed. 2, 245, cf. WeSkizzen iii. 175; ‘Fäller,’ destroying foes, StaG. i. 429 (dubiously). But most take it as Qal of היה (= היה); the one who is: i.e. the absolute and unchangeable one, Ri; the existing, ever-living, as self-consistent and unchangeable, Di; or the one ever coming into manifestation as the God of redemption, De Oehl; cf. also RSBrit. & For. Ev. Rev. 1876, he will be it, i.e. all that his servants look for (cf. Ewinfr.), he will approve himself (give evidence of being, assert his being Drl. c. 17)). theories of non-Heb. or non-Sem. origin. opposed (in their older forms) by BauRel i. 181 ff. (v. especially 230); DlPa 162 ff. claimed Bab. origin for יהו, against this KueNational religions, etc., Note iv (Eng. Trans. 329 ff.) JastrJBL xiii (1894), 103 f. cf. HptBAS i. 170 N; Dl Babel u. Bibel, 46 f., 73 f. makes same claim for יהוה, agst. this v. especially HirschZAW xxiii (1903), 355 ff. ZimKAT 3, 465 ff.; SpiegelbergZMG liii (1899), 633 ff. proposes (improb.) Egyptian etymol. for יהוה; further discussions see in KöEB Names, § 112 and n. 3. ‘Jehovah’ found in Jacob (? Johann.) Wessel († 1480), according to SchwallyThLZ, 1905, col. 612.
II. n.pr.dei, v. sub הוה p. 217 ff.
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Derived from היה (hâyâh) (H1961) — to be.
Forms in the corpus
The 179 distinct written forms H3068 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
| Form | Parsing | Example | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| יְהוָ֖ה | Noun, Proper | Amos 5:4 | 870 |
| יְהוָ֔ה | Noun, Proper | Amos 1:3 | 731 |
| יְהוָֽה | Noun, Proper | Amos 1:5 | 598 |
| יְהוָה֙ | Noun, Proper | Amos 1:2 | 568 |
| יְהוָ֑ה | Noun, Proper | Amos 3:10 | 552 |
| יְהוָ֣ה | Noun, Proper | Daniel 9:10 | 484 |
| יְהוָ֥ה | Noun, Proper | Amos 4:13 | 358 |
| יְהוָ֗ה | Noun, Proper | Amos 2:4 | 289 |
| יְהוָ֛ה | Noun, Proper | Amos 3:1 | 252 |
| יְהוָ֤ה | Noun, Proper | Deuteronomy 1:30 | 180 |
| יְהוָ֜ה | Noun, Proper | Amos 5:16 | 172 |
| יְ֭הוָה | Noun, Proper | Proverbs 1:7 | 139 |
| יְהוָ֨ה | Noun, Proper | Deuteronomy 2:7 | 112 |
| לַ/יהוָֽה | Noun, Proper | Exodus 8:8 | 73 |
| יְהוָ֧ה | Noun, Proper | Amos 5:14 | 69 |
| יְ֝הוָ֗ה | Noun, Proper | Proverbs 3:7 | 67 |
| לַ/יהוָ֖ה | Noun, Proper | Deuteronomy 7:6 | 66 |
| לַֽ/יהוָ֔ה | Noun, Proper | Exodus 12:42 | 61 |
| לַ/יהוָ֑ה | Noun, Proper | Exodus 16:25 | 59 |
| יְהוָה֮ | Noun, Proper | Deuteronomy 9:26 | 50 |
| לַ/יהוָ֣ה | Noun, Proper | Deuteronomy 5:14 | 42 |
| לַֽ/יהוָה֙ | Noun, Proper | Exodus 15:21 | 39 |
| לַֽ/יהוָ֑ה | Noun, Proper | Exodus 12:14 | 32 |
| לַֽ/יהוָֽה | Noun, Proper | Deuteronomy 12:11 | 32 |
| יְֽהוָ֗ה | Noun, Proper | Proverbs 3:19 | 28 |
| לַֽ/יהוָ֖ה | Noun, Proper | Deuteronomy 14:1 | 27 |
| יְהוָ֞ה | Noun, Proper | Deuteronomy 1:11 | 25 |
| לַ/יהוָ֔ה | Noun, Proper | Ezra 8:28 | 24 |
| יְהוָה֒ | Noun, Proper | Amos 3:12 | 23 |
| יְהוָ֡ה | Noun, Proper | Deuteronomy 6:22 | 20 |
| בַּֽ/יהוָ֔ה | Noun, Proper | Deuteronomy 33:29 | 18 |
| לַ/יהוָ֥ה | Noun, Proper | Daniel 9:4 | 17 |
| יְ֠הוָה | Noun, Proper | Deuteronomy 1:8 | 14 |
| וַֽ/יהוָה֙ | Noun, Proper | Deuteronomy 17:16 | 13 |
| וַ/יהוָ֖ה | Noun, Proper | Amos 3:6 | 12 |
| וַֽ/יהוָ֖ה | Noun, Proper | Deuteronomy 32:30 | 12 |
| יְהוָ֕ה | Noun, Proper | 1 Chronicles 17:19 | 12 |
| יְהוָה֩ | Noun, Proper | Deuteronomy 9:4 | 12 |
| בַּ/יהוָ֑ה | Noun, Proper | 2 Chronicles 28:22 | 10 |
| יְהֹוָ֖ה | Noun, Proper | Deuteronomy 32:9 | 9 |
| לַ/יהוָה֙ | Noun, Proper | 1 Chronicles 16:34 | 9 |
| לַ֭/יהוָה | Noun, Proper | Psalms 9:11 | 9 |
| בַּ/יהוָ֣ה | Noun, Proper | Habakkuk 3:18 | 8 |
| בַּ/יהוָֽה | Noun, Proper | 2 Chronicles 12:2 | 8 |
| בַּֽ/יהוָ֖ה | Noun, Proper | 1 Chronicles 10:14 | 8 |
| וַ/יהוָ֣ה | Noun, Proper | 1 Samuel 9:17 | 8 |
| לַֽ/יהוָ֗ה | Noun, Proper | Exodus 12:27 | 8 |
| לַֽ֭/יהוָה | Noun, Proper | Psalms 16:2 | 8 |
| יְה֘וָ֤ה | Noun, Proper | Psalms 80:19 | 7 |
| לַ/יהוָ֗ה | Noun, Proper | 1 Chronicles 22:5 | 7 |
| בַּ/יהוָ֖ה | Noun, Proper | Deuteronomy 1:32 | 6 |
| בַּֽ/יהוָ֑ה | Noun, Proper | 1 Samuel 2:1 | 6 |
| יְה֫וָ֥ה | Noun, Proper | Proverbs 30:9 | 6 |
| יְהֹוָ֑ה | Noun, Proper | Jeremiah 5:9 | 6 |
| יְהֹוָ֗ה | Noun, Proper | Exodus 14:8 | 6 |
| לַ֝/יהוָ֗ה | Noun, Proper | Psalms 29:1 | 6 |
| וַֽ/יהוָ֔ה | Noun, Proper | 1 Chronicles 19:13 | 5 |
| וַֽ/יהוָ֗ה | Noun, Proper | Exodus 9:23 | 5 |
| יְ֝הוָה | Noun, Proper | Job 12:9 | 5 |
| לַֽ/יהוָ֥ה | Noun, Proper | Exodus 3:18 | 5 |
The 60 most common forms are shown; 119 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H3068, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derives from
Proper names from this root
People and places named from this root — a name, not an additional meaning of the word.
- הושמע Hôwshâmâʻ H1953 Hoshama
- יה Yâhh H3050 Jah
- יהוא Yêhûwʼ H3058 Jehu
- יהואחז Yᵉhôwʼâchâz H3059 Jehoahaz
- יהואש Yᵉhôwʼâsh H3060 Jehoash
- יהוה Yᵉhôvih H3069 LORD
- יהוה יראה Yᵉhôvâh yirʼeh H3070 Jehovah-jireh
- יהוה נסי Yᵉhôvâh niççîy H3071 Jehovah-nissi
- יהוה צדקנו Yᵉhôvâh tsidqênûw H3072 a sacred name symbolically applied to
- יהוה שלום Yᵉhôvâh shâlôwm H3073 Jehovah-shalom
- יהוה שמה Yᵉhôvâh shâmmâh H3074 Jehovahshammah
- יהוזבד Yᵉhôwzâbâd H3075 Jehozabad
- יהוחנן Yᵉhôwchânân H3076 Jehohanan
- יהוידע Yᵉhôwyâdâʻ H3077 Jehoiada
- יהויכין Yᵉhôwyâkîyn H3078 Jehoiachin
- יהויקים Yᵉhôwyâqîym H3079 Jehoiakim
- יהויריב Yᵉhôwyârîyb H3080 Jehoiarib
- יהונדב Yᵉhôwnâdâb H3082 Jehonadab
- יהונתן Yᵉhôwnâthân H3083 Jonathan
- יהועדה Yᵉhôwʻaddâh H3085 Jehoadah
- יהועדין Yᵉhôwʻaddîyn H3086 Jehoaddan
- יהוצדק Yᵉhôwtsâdâq H3087 Jehozadak
- יהורם Yᵉhôwrâm H3088 Jehoram
- יהושבע Yᵉhôwshebaʻ H3089 Jehosheba
+12 more proper names from this root (not shown).
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 38 — not the complete family. 36 of the same-root words are proper names (people or places). They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Bible dictionary
Public-domain dictionary articles matched to this entry by name (LORD). A biblical name can be shared by more than one person or place, so an article may treat several.
Easton's Bible Dictionary · M. G. Easton, 1897
There are various Hebrew and Greek words so rendered.
(1.) Heb. Jehovah, has been rendered in the English Bible LORD, printed in small capitals. This is the proper name of the God of the Hebrews. The form "Jehovah" is retained only in Ex. 6:3; Ps. 83:18; Isa. 12:2; 26:4, both in the Authorized and the Revised Version.
(2.) Heb. adon, means one possessed of absolute control. It denotes a master, as of slaves (Gen. 24:14, 27), or a ruler of his subjects (45:8), or a husband, as lord of his wife (18:12).
The old plural form of this Hebrew word is 'adonai. From a superstitious reverence for the name "Jehovah," the Jews, in reading their Scriptures, whenever that name occurred, always pronounced it 'Adonai.
(3.) Greek kurios, a supreme master, etc. In the LXX. this is invariably used for "Jehovah" and "Adonai."
(4.) Heb. ba'al, a master, as having domination. This word is applied to human relations, as that of husband, to persons skilled in some art or profession, and to heathen deities. "The men of Shechem," literally "the baals of Shechem" (Judg. 9:2, 3). These were the Israelite inhabitants who had reduced the Canaanites to a condition of vassalage (Josh. 16:10; 17:13).
(5.) Heb. seren, applied exclusively to the "lords of the Philistines" (Judg. 3:3). The LXX. render it by satrapies. At this period the Philistines were not, as at a later period (1 Sam. 21:10), under a kingly government. (See Josh. 13:3; 1 Sam. 6:18.) There were five such lordships, viz., Gath, Ashdod, Gaza, Ashkelon, and Ekron.
Smith's Bible Dictionary · William Smith, 1863
[God]
Classic public-domain reference works; full attribution on Sources.
Septuagint verse parallels
Most of the 5,518 Hebrew verses this word occurs in also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), so the same passages can be read in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 2:4
- Exodus 3:2
- Leviticus 1:1
- Numbers 1:1
- Deuteronomy 1:3
- Joshua 1:1
- Judges 1:1
- Ruth 1:6
- 1 Samuel 1:3
- 2 Samuel 1:12
- 1 Kings 1:17
- 2 Kings 1:3
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
