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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.

  • Psalms 48:3
    God is known in her palaces for a refuge.
  • Psalms 48:8
    As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the LORD of hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish it for ever. Selah.
  • Psalms 48:9
    We have thought of thy lovingkindness, O God, in the midst of thy temple.
  • Psalms 48:10
    According to thy name, O God, so is thy praise unto the ends of the earth: thy right hand is full of righteousness.
  • Psalms 48:14
    For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even unto death.
  • Psalms 49:7
    None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:
  • Psalms 49:15
    But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah.
  • Psalms 50:1
    A Psalm of Asaph. The mighty God, even the LORD, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.
  • Psalms 50:2
    Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined.
  • Psalms 50:3
    Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.