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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.

  • 1 Chronicles 16:35
    And say ye, Save us, O God of our salvation, and gather us together, and deliver us from the heathen, that we may give thanks to thy holy name, and glory in thy praise.
  • 1 Chronicles 16:36
    Blessed be the LORD God of Israel for ever and ever. And all the people said, Amen, and praised the LORD.
  • 1 Chronicles 16:42
    And with them Heman and Jeduthun with trumpets and cymbals for those that should make a sound, and with musical instruments of God. And the sons of Jeduthun were porters.
  • 1 Chronicles 17:2
    Then Nathan said unto David, Do all that is in thine heart; for God is with thee.
  • 1 Chronicles 17:3
    And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying,
  • 1 Chronicles 17:16
    And David the king came and sat before the LORD, and said, Who am I, O LORD God, and what is mine house, that thou hast brought me hitherto?
  • 1 Chronicles 17:17
    And yet this was a small thing in thine eyes, O God; for thou hast also spoken of thy servant's house for a great while to come, and hast regarded me according to the estate of a man of high degree, O LORD God.
  • 1 Chronicles 17:20
    O LORD, there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
  • 1 Chronicles 17:21
    And what one nation in the earth is like thy people Israel, whom God went to redeem to be his own people, to make thee a name of greatness and terribleness, by driving out nations from before thy people, whom thou hast redeemed out of Egypt?
  • 1 Chronicles 17:22
    For thy people Israel didst thou make thine own people for ever; and thou, LORD, becamest their God.