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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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  • 1 Samuel 23:14
    And David abode in the wilderness in strong holds, and remained in a mountain in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God delivered him not into his hand.
  • 1 Samuel 23:16
    And Jonathan Saul's son arose, and went to David into the wood, and strengthened his hand in God.
  • 1 Samuel 25:22
    So and more also do God unto the enemies of David, if I leave of all that pertain to him by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall.
  • 1 Samuel 25:29
    Yet a man is risen to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul: but the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the LORD thy God; and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out, as out of the middle of a sling.
  • 1 Samuel 25:32
    And David said to Abigail, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, which sent thee this day to meet me:
  • 1 Samuel 25:34
    For in very deed, as the LORD God of Israel liveth, which hath kept me back from hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted and come to meet me, surely there had not been left unto Nabal by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall.
  • 1 Samuel 26:8
    Then said Abishai to David, God hath delivered thine enemy into thine hand this day: now therefore let me smite him, I pray thee, with the spear even to the earth at once, and I will not smite him the second time.
  • 1 Samuel 26:19
    Now therefore, I pray thee, let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If the LORD have stirred thee up against me, let him accept an offering: but if they be the children of men, cursed be they before the LORD; for they have driven me out this day from abiding in the inheritance of the LORD, saying, Go, serve other gods.
  • 1 Samuel 28:13
    And the king said unto her, Be not afraid: for what sawest thou? And the woman said unto Saul, I saw gods ascending out of the earth.
  • 1 Samuel 28:15
    And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me up? And Saul answered, I am sore distressed; for the Philistines make war against me, and God is departed from me, and answereth me no more, neither by prophets, nor by dreams: therefore I have called thee, that thou mayest make known unto me what I shall do.