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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.

  • Deuteronomy 1:6
    The LORD our God spake unto us in Horeb, saying, Ye have dwelt long enough in this mount:
  • Deuteronomy 1:10
    The LORD your God hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude.
  • Deuteronomy 1:11
    (The LORD God of your fathers make you a thousand times so many more as ye are, and bless you, as he hath promised you!)
  • Deuteronomy 1:17
    Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God's: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring it unto me, and I will hear it.
  • Deuteronomy 1:19
    And when we departed from Horeb, we went through all that great and terrible wilderness, which ye saw by the way of the mountain of the Amorites, as the LORD our God commanded us; and we came to Kadeshbarnea.
  • Deuteronomy 1:20
    And I said unto you, Ye are come unto the mountain of the Amorites, which the LORD our God doth give unto us.
  • Deuteronomy 1:21
    Behold, the LORD thy God hath set the land before thee: go up and possess it, as the LORD God of thy fathers hath said unto thee; fear not, neither be discouraged.
  • Deuteronomy 1:25
    And they took of the fruit of the land in their hands, and brought it down unto us, and brought us word again, and said, It is a good land which the LORD our God doth give us.
  • Deuteronomy 1:26
    Notwithstanding ye would not go up, but rebelled against the commandment of the LORD your God:
  • Deuteronomy 1:30
    The LORD your God which goeth before you, he shall fight for you, according to all that he did for you in Egypt before your eyes;