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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 77:16
    The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee; they were afraid: the depths also were troubled.
  • Psalms 78:7
    That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments:
  • Psalms 78:10
    They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law;
  • Psalms 78:19
    Yea, they spake against God; they said, Can God furnish a table in the wilderness?
  • Psalms 78:22
    Because they believed not in God, and trusted not in his salvation:
  • Psalms 78:31
    The wrath of God came upon them, and slew the fattest of them, and smote down the chosen men of Israel.
  • Psalms 78:35
    And they remembered that God was their rock, and the high God their redeemer.
  • Psalms 78:56
    Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies:
  • Psalms 78:59
    When God heard this, he was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel:
  • Psalms 79:1
    A Psalm of Asaph. O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps.