How many times is Jehovah mentioned in the Bible?
The word Jehovah appears 7 times in the King James Version, in 7 verses. It is found in 5 of the 66 books. The World English Bible never uses the word Jehovah.
The KJV prints Jehovah only a few times and prints LORD in capitals for God's name everywhere else. The World English Bible writes Yahweh. See the Yahweh page for that count.
Jehovah in the King James Version and the World English Bible
Each form of Jehovah counted in each translation.
| Form | KJV | WEB |
|---|---|---|
| jehovah | 7 | 0 |
| Total | 7 | 0 |
First and last mention of Jehovah
And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah-jireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall be seen.
Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength:
Where the two translations differ
7 verses match in the KJV but not in the World English Bible, and 0 verses match only in the World English Bible, usually because the other translation chose a different word there.
Genesis 22:14: counted in the KJV only
And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah-jireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall be seen.
Abraham called the name of that place Yahweh Will Provide. As it is said to this day, “On Yahweh’s mountain, it will be provided.”
Exodus 6:3: counted in the KJV only
And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH was I not known to them.
and I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, as God Almighty; but by my name Yahweh I was not known to them.
Common questions
How many times is Jehovah in the Old Testament and the New Testament?
In the King James Version, counting every form, 7 of the 7 uses are in the Old Testament and 0 in the New Testament. Jehovah appears in 5 books of the 66 in the King James Version. Exodus and Isaiah share the most, 2 each.
Where is Jehovah first mentioned in the Bible?
The first use in the King James Version is Genesis 22:14: "And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah-jireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall be seen." The last is Isaiah 26:4.
More word counts: Yahweh, Leviathan, Antichrist, thus saith the LORD, verily, verily, born again, Son of God, Alpha and Omega, or all 253 words.
Counted by Bible Says About from the full public-domain text of the King James Version (1769 edition) and the World English Bible. Verse text only: headings and psalm titles are left out. A word is a run of letters: a hyphenated name like Beer-sheba counts as two, and an apostrophe stays inside its word (LORD'S is one). Matching ignores capital letters. Data compiled 2026-10-05.