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. Zephaniah 2:7 אֱלֹהֵיהֶ֖ם 'e.lo.hei.Hem · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And the coast shall be for the remnant of the house of Judah; they shall feed their flocks thereupon; in the houses of Ashkelon shall they lie down in the evening; for Jehovah their God will visit them, and bring back their captivity.

  2. Zephaniah 2:9 אֱלֹהֵ֣י 'e.lo.Hei · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    Therefore as I live, saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, a possession of nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall make a prey of them, and the remnant of my nation shall inherit them.

  3. Zephaniah 2:11 אֱלֹהֵ֣י 'e.lo.Hei · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    Jehovah will be terrible unto them; for he will famish all the gods of the earth; and men shall worship him, every one from his place, even all the isles of the nations.

  4. Zephaniah 3:2 אֱלֹהֶ֖יהָ 'e.lo.Hei.ha · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    She obeyed not the voice; she received not correction; she trusted not in Jehovah; she drew not near to her God.

  5. Zephaniah 3:17 אֱלֹהַ֛יִךְ 'e.lo.Ha.yikh · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    Jehovah thy God is in the midst of thee, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love; he will joy over thee with singing.

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