אֱלֹהִים

e.lo.him · God

Hebrew · Strong's H430 · Noun · Sounds like: el-o-heem' · 2,603 occurrences

Word meanings

Senses and individuals

  • God H0430G · a Name of 2,385
  • (LORD)-Elohe H0430H · a Part of 1
  • (Gibeath)-elohim H0430I · a Part of 1

Strong's dictionary

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.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (public domain)

Full lexicon entry (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

Every occurrence

  1. Habakkuk 1:12 אֱלֹהַ֛י 'e.lo.Hai · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    Art not thou from everlasting, O Jehovah my God, my Holy One? we shall not die. O Jehovah, thou hast ordained him for judgment; and thou, O Rock, hast established him for correction.

  2. Habakkuk 3:18 בֵּאלֹהֵ֥י be.lo.Hei · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    Yet I will rejoice in Jehovah, I will joy in the God of my salvation.

American Standard Version (1901). Public domain.

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