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אֱלֹהִים H430

ʼĕlôhîym

el-o-heem'

plural of אֱלוֹהַּ; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative; angels, [idiom] exceeding, God (gods) (-dess, -ly), [idiom] (very) great, judges, [idiom] mighty.

Brown–Driver–Briggs

אֱלֹהִים 2570 n.m.pl.
1 pl. in number.
a rulers, judges, either as divine representatives at sacred places or as reflecting divine majesty and power
b divine ones, superhuman beings including God and angels
c angels
d gods
2 pl. intensive
a god or goddess
b godlike one
c works of God, or things belongng to him
d God
3 הָאֱלֹהִים the (true) God
4 אֱלֹהִים = God

From Brown, Driver, and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), in the public domain.


2249 occurrences

Shown in the King James Version (KJV), whichever translation you read in — it is the text these numbers are tagged against.

  • Genesis 1:1
    In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
  • Genesis 1:2
    And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
  • Genesis 1:3
    And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
  • Genesis 1:4
    And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
  • Genesis 1:5
    And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
  • Genesis 1:6
    And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
  • Genesis 1:7
    And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.
  • Genesis 1:8
    And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
  • Genesis 1:9
    And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.
  • Genesis 1:10
    And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.