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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 35:5
    And they journeyed: and the terror of God was upon the cities that were round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob.
  • Genesis 35:7
    And he built there an altar, and called the place Elbethel: because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother.
  • Genesis 35:9
    And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Padanaram, and blessed him.
  • Genesis 35:10
    And God said unto him, Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name: and he called his name Israel.
  • Genesis 35:11
    And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins;
  • Genesis 35:13
    And God went up from him in the place where he talked with him.
  • Genesis 35:15
    And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with him, Bethel.
  • Genesis 39:9
    There is none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?
  • Genesis 40:8
    And they said unto him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is no interpreter of it. And Joseph said unto them, Do not interpretations belong to God? tell me them, I pray you.
  • Genesis 41:16
    And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me: God shall give Pharaoh an answer of peace.