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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

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  • Genesis 30:6
    And Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son: therefore called she his name Dan.
  • Genesis 30:8
    And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.
  • Genesis 30:17
    And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bare Jacob the fifth son.
  • Genesis 30:18
    And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given my maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.
  • Genesis 30:20
    And Leah said, God hath endued me with a good dowry; now will my husband dwell with me, because I have born him six sons: and she called his name Zebulun.
  • Genesis 30:22
    And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.
  • Genesis 30:23
    And she conceived, and bare a son; and said, God hath taken away my reproach:
  • Genesis 31:5
    And said unto them, I see your father's countenance, that it is not toward me as before; but the God of my father hath been with me.
  • Genesis 31:7
    And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me.
  • Genesis 31:9
    Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.