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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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  • Psalms 109:26
    Help me, O LORD my God: O save me according to thy mercy:
  • Psalms 113:5
    Who is like unto the LORD our God, who dwelleth on high,
  • Psalms 115:2
    Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is now their God?
  • Psalms 115:3
    But our God is in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he hath pleased.
  • Psalms 116:5
    Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; yea, our God is merciful.
  • Psalms 118:28
    Thou art my God, and I will praise thee: thou art my God, I will exalt thee.
  • Psalms 119:115
    Depart from me, ye evildoers: for I will keep the commandments of my God.
  • Psalms 122:9
    Because of the house of the LORD our God I will seek thy good.
  • Psalms 123:2
    Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes wait upon the LORD our God, until that he have mercy upon us.
  • Psalms 135:2
    Ye that stand in the house of the LORD, in the courts of the house of our God,