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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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  • 2 Chronicles 32:19
    And they spake against the God of Jerusalem, as against the gods of the people of the earth, which were the work of the hands of man.
  • 2 Chronicles 32:21
    And the LORD sent an angel, which cut off all the mighty men of valour, and the leaders and captains in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned with shame of face to his own land. And when he was come into the house of his god, they that came forth of his own bowels slew him there with the sword.
  • 2 Chronicles 32:29
    Moreover he provided him cities, and possessions of flocks and herds in abundance: for God had given him substance very much.
  • 2 Chronicles 32:31
    Howbeit in the business of the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent unto him to enquire of the wonder that was done in the land, God left him, to try him, that he might know all that was in his heart.
  • 2 Chronicles 33:7
    And he set a carved image, the idol which he had made, in the house of God, of which God had said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen before all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever:
  • 2 Chronicles 33:12
    And when he was in affliction, he besought the LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,
  • 2 Chronicles 33:13
    And prayed unto him: and he was intreated of him, and heard his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD he was God.
  • 2 Chronicles 33:15
    And he took away the strange gods, and the idol out of the house of the LORD, and all the altars that he had built in the mount of the house of the LORD, and in Jerusalem, and cast them out of the city.
  • 2 Chronicles 33:16
    And he repaired the altar of the LORD, and sacrificed thereon peace offerings and thank offerings, and commanded Judah to serve the LORD God of Israel.
  • 2 Chronicles 33:17
    Nevertheless the people did sacrifice still in the high places, yet unto the LORD their God only.