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. Numbers 23:27 הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים ha.'E.lo.Him · A person, place or thing

    And Balak said unto Balaam, Come now, I will take thee unto another place; peradventure it will please God that thou mayest curse me them from thence.

  2. Numbers 24:2 אֱלֹהִֽים׃ 'E.lo.Him · A person, place or thing

    And Balaam lifted up his eyes, and he saw Israel dwelling according to their tribes; and the Spirit of God came upon him.

  3. Numbers 25:2 אֱלֹהֵיהֶ֑ן 'e.lo.hei.Hen · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    for they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods; and the people did eat, and bowed down to their gods.

  4. Numbers 25:2 לֵֽאלֹהֵיהֶֽן׃ Le.lo.hei.Hen · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    for they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods; and the people did eat, and bowed down to their gods.

  5. Numbers 25:13 לֵֽאלֹהָ֔יו le.lo.Hav · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    and it shall be unto him, and to his seed after him, the covenant of an everlasting priesthood; because he was jealous for his God, and made atonement for the children of Israel.

  6. Numbers 27:16 אֱלֹהֵ֥י 'e.lo.Hei · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    Let Jehovah, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the congregation,

  7. Numbers 33:4 וּבֵאלֹ֣הֵיהֶ֔ם u.ve.Lo.hei.Hem · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    while the Egyptians were burying all their first-born, whom Jehovah had smitten among them: upon their gods also Jehovah executed judgments.

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