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Strong's numbers

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 89:8
    O LORD God of hosts, who is a strong LORD like unto thee? or to thy faithfulness round about thee?
  • Psalms 90:1
    A Prayer of Moses the man of God. Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations.
  • Psalms 90:17
    And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.
  • Psalms 91:2
    I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.
  • Psalms 92:13
    Those that be planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of our God.
  • Psalms 94:7
    Yet they say, The LORD shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard it.
  • Psalms 94:22
    But the LORD is my defence; and my God is the rock of my refuge.
  • Psalms 94:23
    And he shall bring upon them their own iniquity, and shall cut them off in their own wickedness; yea, the LORD our God shall cut them off.
  • Psalms 95:3
    For the LORD is a great God, and a great King above all gods.
  • Psalms 95:7
    For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. To day if ye will hear his voice,