אֱלֹהִים

e.lo.him · God

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

English

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. Genesis 31:50 אֱלֹהִ֥ים 'E.lo.Him · A person, place or thing

    If thou shalt afflict my daughters, and if thou shalt take wives besides my daughters, no man is with us; see, God is witness betwixt me and thee.

  2. Genesis 31:53 אֱלֹהֵ֨י 'e.lo.Hei · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge betwixt us. And Jacob sware by the Fear of his father Isaac.

  3. Genesis 31:53 וֵֽאלֹהֵ֤י ve.lo.Hei · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge betwixt us. And Jacob sware by the Fear of his father Isaac.

  4. Genesis 31:53 אֱלֹהֵ֖י 'e.lo.Hei · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge betwixt us. And Jacob sware by the Fear of his father Isaac.

  5. Genesis 32:1 אֱלֹהִֽים׃ 'E.lo.Him · A person, place or thing

    And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him.

  6. Genesis 32:2 אֱלֹהִ֖ים 'E.lo.Him · A person, place or thing

    And Jacob said when he saw them, This is God's host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim.

  7. Genesis 32:9 אֱלֹהֵי֙ 'e.lo.Hei · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, O Jehovah, who saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will do thee good:

  8. Genesis 32:9 וֵאלֹהֵ֖י ve.lo.Hei · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, O Jehovah, who saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will do thee good:

  9. Genesis 32:28 אֱלֹהִ֛ים 'E.lo.Him · A person, place or thing

    And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for thou hast striven with God and with men, and hast prevailed.

  10. Genesis 32:30 אֱלֹהִים֙ 'E.lo.Him · A person, place or thing

    And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for, said he, I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.

  11. Genesis 33:5 אֱלֹהִ֖ים 'E.lo.Him · A person, place or thing

    And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, Who are these with thee? And he said, The children whom God hath graciously given thy servant.

  12. Genesis 33:10 אֱלֹהִ֖ים 'E.lo.Him · A person, place or thing

    And Jacob said, Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found favor in thy sight, then receive my present at my hand; forasmuch as I have seen thy face, as one seeth the face of God, and thou wast pleased with me.

  13. Genesis 33:11 אֱלֹהִ֖ים 'E.lo.Him · A person, place or thing

    Take, I pray thee, my gift that is brought to thee; because God hath dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough. And he urged him, and he took it.

  14. Genesis 33:20 אֱלֹהֵ֥י 'e.lo.Hei · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And he erected there an altar, and called it El-Elohe-Israel.

  15. Genesis 35:1 אֱלֹהִים֙ 'E.lo.Him · A person, place or thing

    And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Beth-el, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, who appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother.

  16. Genesis 35:2 אֱלֹהֵ֤י 'e.lo.Hei · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the foreign gods that are among you, and purify yourselves, and change your garments:

  17. Genesis 35:4 אֱלֹהֵ֤י 'e.lo.Hei · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And they gave unto Jacob all the foreign gods which were in their hand, and the rings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem.

  18. Genesis 35:5 אֱלֹהִ֗ים 'E.lo.Him · A person, place or thing

    And they journeyed: and a terror of God was upon the cities that were round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob.

  19. Genesis 35:7 הָֽאֱלֹהִ֔ים ha.'E.lo.Him · A person, place or thing

    And he built there an altar, and called the place El-beth-el; because there God was revealed unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother.

  20. Genesis 35:9 אֱלֹהִ֤ים 'E.lo.Him · A person, place or thing

    And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came from Paddan-aram, and blessed him.

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