אֱלֹהִים
God
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
Noun type
- Common
- A common noun — a general class of person, place, or thing (“king,” “city,” “water”), not a specific name.
State
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
- Construct
- A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
Number
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
- Singular
- One.
Page 2 of 2 — showing verses 201–322 of 322 distinct verses where H430 appears in the Book of Psalms. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
Psalms
- Psalms 69:32 אֱ֝לֹהִ֗ים n c mp The humble have seen it, and are glad. You who seek after God, let your heart live.
- Psalms 69:35 אֱלֹהִ֨ים n c mp For God will save Zion, and build the cities of Judah. They shall settle there, and own it.
- Psalms 70:1 אֱלֹהִ֥ים n c mp Hurry, God, to deliver me. Come quickly to help me, Yahweh.
- Psalms 70:4 אֱלֹהִ֑ים n c mp Let all those who seek you rejoice and be glad in you. Let those who love your salvation continually say, "Let God be exalted!"
- Psalms 70:5 אֱלֹהִ֪ים n c mp But I am poor and needy. Come to me quickly, God. You are my help and my deliverer. Yahweh, don't delay.
- Psalms 71:4 אֱֽלֹהַ֗/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs Rescue me, my God, from the hand of the wicked, From the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.
- Psalms 71:11 אֱלֹהִ֣ים n c mp Saying, "God has forsaken him. Pursue and take him, for no one will rescue him."
- Psalms 71:12 אֱ֭לֹהִים אֱ֝לֹהַ֗/י n c mp n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs God, don't be far from me. My God, hurry to help me.
- Psalms 71:17 אֱֽלֹהִ֗ים n c mp God, you have taught me from my youth. Until now, I have declared your wondrous works.
- Psalms 71:18 אֱלֹהִ֪ים n c mp Yes, even when I am old and gray-haired, God, don't forsake me, Until I have declared your strength to the next generation, Your might to everyone who is to come.
- Psalms 71:19 אֱלֹהִ֗ים אֱ֝לֹהִ֗ים n c mp n c mp Your righteousness also, God, reaches to the heavens; You have done great things. God, who is like you?
- Psalms 71:22 אֱלֹ֫הָ֥/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs I will also praise you with the harp for your faithfulness, my God. I sing praises to you with the lyre, Holy One of Israel.
- Psalms 72:1 אֱֽלֹהִ֗ים n c mp God, give the king your justice; Your righteousness to the royal son.
- Psalms 72:18 אֱ֭לֹהִים אֱלֹהֵ֣י n c mp n c mp cs Praise be to Yahweh God, the God of Israel, Who alone does marvelous deeds.
- Psalms 73:1 אֱלֹהִ֗ים n c mp Surely God is good to Israel, To those who are pure in heart.
- Psalms 73:26 אֱלֹהִ֥ים n c mp My flesh and my heart fails, But God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
- Psalms 73:28 אֱלֹהִ֗ים n c mp But it is good for me to come close to God. I have made the Lord Yahweh my refuge, That I may tell of all your works.
- Psalms 74:1 אֱ֭לֹהִים n c mp God, why have you rejected us forever? Why does your anger smolder against the sheep of your pasture?
- Psalms 74:10 אֱ֭לֹהִים n c mp How long, God, shall the adversary reproach? Shall the enemy blaspheme your name forever?
- Psalms 74:12 וֵ֭/אלֹהִים conj + n c mp Yet God is my King of old, Working salvation in the midst of the earth.
- Psalms 74:22 אֱ֭לֹהִים n c mp Arise, God! Plead your own cause. Remember how the foolish man mocks you all day.
- Psalms 75:1 אֱֽלֹהִ֗ים n c mp We give thanks to you, God, We give thanks, for your Name is near. Men tell about your wondrous works.
- Psalms 75:7 אֱלֹהִ֥ים n c mp But God is the judge. He puts down one, and lifts up another.
- Psalms 75:9 לֵ/אלֹהֵ֥י prep + n c mp cs But I will declare this forever: I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.
- Psalms 76:1 אֱלֹהִ֑ים n c mp In Judah, God is known. His name is great in Israel.
- Psalms 76:6 אֱלֹהֵ֣י n c mp cs At your rebuke, God of Jacob, Both chariot and horse are cast into a deep sleep.
- Psalms 76:9 אֱלֹהִ֑ים n c mp When God arose to judgment, To save all the afflicted ones of the earth. Selah.
- Psalms 76:11 אֱֽלֹהֵ֫י/כֶ֥ם n c mp cs + sfx pers 2mp Make vows to Yahweh your God, and fulfill them! Let all of his neighbors bring presents to him who is to be feared.
- Psalms 77:1 אֱלֹהִ֣ים אֱ֝לֹהִ֗ים n c mp n c mp My cry goes to God! Indeed, I cry to God for help, And for him to listen to me.
- Psalms 77:3 אֱלֹהִ֣ים n c mp I remember God, and I groan. I complain, and my spirit is overwhelmed. Selah.
- Psalms 77:13 אֱ֭לֹהִים כֵּֽ/אלֹהִֽים n c mp prep + n c mp Your way, God, is in the sanctuary. What god is great like God?
- Psalms 77:16 אֱֽלֹהִ֗ים n c mp The waters saw you, God. The waters saw you, and they writhed. The depths also convulsed.
- Psalms 78:7 בֵֽ/אלֹהִ֗ים prep + n c mp That they might set their hope in God, And not forget the works of God, But keep his commandments,
- Psalms 78:10 אֱלֹהִ֑ים n c mp They didn't keep God's covenant, And refused to walk in his law.
- Psalms 78:19 בֵּֽ/אלֹ֫הִ֥ים prep + n c mp Yes, they spoke against God. They said, "Can God prepare a table in the wilderness?
- Psalms 78:22 בֵּ/אלֹהִ֑ים prep + n c mp Because they didn't believe in God, And didn't trust in his salvation.
- Psalms 78:31 אֱלֹהִ֨ים n c mp When the anger of God went up against them, Killed some of the fattest of them, And struck down the young men of Israel.
- Psalms 78:35 אֱלֹהִ֣ים n c mp They remembered that God was their rock, The Most High God their redeemer.
- Psalms 78:56 אֱלֹהִ֣ים n c mp Yet they tempted and rebelled against the Most High God, And didn't keep his testimonies;
- Psalms 78:59 אֱ֭לֹהִים n c mp When God heard this, he was angry, And greatly abhorred Israel;
- Psalms 79:1 אֱֽלֹהִ֡ים n c mp God, the nations have come into your inheritance. They have defiled your holy temple. They have laid Jerusalem in heaps.
- Psalms 79:9 אֱלֹ֘הֵ֤י n c mp cs Help us, God of our salvation, for the glory of your name. Deliver us, and forgive our sins, for your name's sake.
- Psalms 79:10 אֱֽלֹהֵ֫י/הֶ֥ם n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp Why should the nations say, "Where is their God?" Let it be known among the nations, before our eyes, That vengeance for your servants' blood is being poured out.
- Psalms 80:3 אֱלֹהִ֥ים n c mp Turn us again, God. Cause your face to shine, And we will be saved.
- Psalms 80:4 אֱלֹהִ֣ים n c mp Yahweh God of hosts, How long will you be angry against the prayer of your people?
- Psalms 80:7 אֱלֹהִ֣ים n c mp Turn us again, God of hosts. Cause your face to shine, And we will be saved.
- Psalms 80:14 אֱלֹהִ֣ים n c mp Turn again, we beg you, God of hosts. Look down from heaven, and see, and visit this vine,
- Psalms 80:19 אֱלֹהִ֣ים n c mp Turn us again, Yahweh God of hosts. Cause your face to shine, and we will be saved.
- Psalms 81:1 לֵ/אלֹהִ֣ים לֵ/אלֹהֵ֥י prep + n c mp prep + n c mp cs Sing aloud to God, our strength! Make a joyful shout to the God of Jacob!
- Psalms 81:4 לֵ/אלֹהֵ֥י prep + n c mp cs For it is a statute for Israel, An ordinance of the God of Jacob.
- Psalms 81:10 אֱלֹהֶ֗י/ךָ n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms I am Yahweh, your God, Who brought you up out of the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.
- Psalms 82:1 אֱֽלֹהִ֗ים אֱלֹהִ֣ים n c mp n c mp God presides in the great assembly. He judges among the gods.
- Psalms 82:6 אֱלֹהִ֣ים n c mp I said, "You are gods, All of you are sons of the Most High.
- Psalms 82:8 אֱ֭לֹהִים n c mp Arise, God, judge the earth, For you inherit all of the nations.
- Psalms 83:1 אֱלֹהִ֥ים n c mp God, don't keep silent. Don't keep silent, And don't be still, God.
- Psalms 83:12 אֱלֹהִֽים n c mp Who said, "Let us take possession Of God's pasturelands."
- Psalms 83:13 אֱֽלֹהַ֗/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs My God, make them like tumbleweed; Like chaff before the wind.
- Psalms 84:3 וֵ/אלֹהָֽ/י conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs Yes, the sparrow has found a home, And the swallow a nest for herself, where she may have her young, Near your altars, Yahweh of Hosts, my King, and my God.
- Psalms 84:7 אֱלֹהִ֣ים n c mp They go from strength to strength. Everyone of them appears before God in Zion.
- Psalms 84:8 אֱלֹהִ֣ים אֱלֹהֵ֖י n c mp n c mp cs Yahweh, God of hosts, hear my prayer. Listen, God of Jacob. Selah.
- Psalms 84:9 אֱלֹהִ֑ים n c mp Behold, God our shield, Look at the face of your anointed.
- Psalms 84:10 אֱלֹהַ֑/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs For a day in your courts is better than a thousand. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, Than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
- Psalms 84:11 אֱלֹ֫הִ֥ים n c mp For Yahweh God is a sun and a shield. Yahweh will give grace and glory. He withholds no good thing from those who walk blamelessly.
- Psalms 85:4 אֱלֹהֵ֣י n c mp cs Turn us, God of our salvation, And cause your indignation toward us to cease.
- Psalms 86:2 אֱלֹהַ֑/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs Preserve my soul, for I am godly. You, my God, save your servant who trusts in you.
- Psalms 86:8 בָ/אֱלֹהִ֥ים prep det + n c mp There is no one like you among the gods, Lord, Nor any deeds like your deeds.
- Psalms 86:10 אֱלֹהִ֣ים n c mp For you are great, and do wondrous things. You are God alone.
- Psalms 86:12 אֱ֭לֹהַ/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs I will praise you, Lord my God, with my whole heart. I will glorify your name forevermore.
- Psalms 86:14 אֱלֹהִ֤ים n c mp God, the proud have risen up against me. A company of violent men have sought after my soul, And they don't hold regard for you before them.
- Psalms 87:3 הָ/אֱלֹהִ֣ים ptcl def.art + n c mp Glorious things are spoken about you, city of God. Selah.
- Psalms 88:1 אֱלֹהֵ֣י n c mp cs Yahweh, the God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before you.
- Psalms 89:8 אֱלֹ֘הֵ֤י n c mp cs Yahweh, God of hosts, who is a mighty one, like you? Yah, your faithfulness is around you.
- Psalms 90:1 הָ/אֱלֹ֫הִ֥ים ptcl def.art + n c mp Lord, you have been our dwelling place for all generations.
- Psalms 90:17 אֱלֹהֵ֗י/נוּ n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cp Let the favor of the Lord our God be on us; Establish the work of our hands for us; Yes, establish the work of our hands.
- Psalms 91:2 אֱ֝לֹהַ֗/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs I will say of Yahweh, "He is my refuge and my fortress; My God, in whom I trust."
- Psalms 92:13 אֱלֹהֵ֣י/נוּ n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cp They are planted in Yahweh's house. They will flourish in our God's courts.
- Psalms 94:7 אֱלֹהֵ֥י n c mp cs They say, "Yah will not see, Neither will Jacob's God consider."
- Psalms 94:22 וֵ֝/אלֹהַ֗/י conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs But Yahweh has been my high tower, My God, the rock of my refuge.
- Psalms 94:23 אֱלֹהֵֽי/נוּ n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cp He has brought on them their own iniquity, And will cut them off in their own wickedness. Yahweh, our God, will cut them off.
- Psalms 95:3 אֱלֹהִֽים n c mp For Yahweh is a great God, A great King above all gods.
- Psalms 95:7 אֱלֹהֵ֗י/נוּ n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cp For he is our God. We are the people of his pasture, And the sheep in his care. Today, oh that you would hear his voice!
- Psalms 96:4 אֱלֹהִֽים n c mp For great is Yahweh, and greatly to be praised! He is to be feared above all gods.
- Psalms 96:5 אֱלֹהֵ֣י n c mp cs For all the gods of the peoples are idols, But Yahweh made the heavens.
- Psalms 97:7 אֱלֹהִֽים n c mp Let all them be shamed who serve engraved images, Who boast in their idols. Worship him, all you gods!
- Psalms 97:9 אֱלֹהִֽים n c mp For you, Yahweh, are most high above all the earth. You are exalted far above all gods.
- Psalms 98:3 אֱלֹהֵֽי/נוּ n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cp He has remembered his loving kindness and his faithfulness toward the house of Israel. All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
- Psalms 99:5 אֱלֹהֵ֗י/נוּ n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cp Exalt Yahweh our God. Worship at his footstool. He is Holy!
- Psalms 99:8 אֱלֹהֵי/נוּ֮ n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cp You answered them, Yahweh our God. You are a God who forgave them, Although you took vengeance for their doings.
- Psalms 99:9 אֱלֹהֵ֗י/נוּ אֱלֹהֵֽי/נוּ n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cp n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cp Exalt Yahweh, our God. Worship at his holy hill, For Yahweh, our God, is holy!
- Psalms 100:3 אֱלֹ֫הִ֥ים n c mp Know that Yahweh, he is God. It is he who has made us, and we are his. We are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
- Psalms 104:1 אֱ֭לֹהַ/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs Bless Yahweh, my soul. Yahweh, my God, you are very great. You are clothed with honor and majesty.
- Psalms 104:33 לֵ/אלֹהַ֣/י prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs I will sing to Yahweh as long as I live. I will sing praise to my God while I have any being.
- Psalms 105:7 אֱלֹהֵ֑י/נוּ n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cp He is Yahweh, our God. His judgments are in all the earth.
- Psalms 106:47 אֱלֹהֵ֗י/נוּ n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cp Save us, Yahweh, our God, Gather us from among the nations, To give thanks to your holy name, To triumph in your praise!
- Psalms 106:48 אֱלֹהֵ֪י n c mp cs Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, From everlasting even to everlasting! Let all the people say, "Amen." Praise Yah!
- Psalms 108:1 אֱלֹהִ֑ים n c mp My heart is steadfast, God. I will sing and I will make music with my soul.
- Psalms 108:5 אֱלֹהִ֑ים n c mp Be exalted, God, above the heavens, Let your glory be over all the earth.
- Psalms 108:7 אֱלֹהִ֤ים n c mp God has spoken from his sanctuary: "In triumph, I will divide Shechem, and measure out the valley of Succoth.
- Psalms 108:11 אֱלֹהִ֥ים אֱ֝לֹהִ֗ים n c mp n c mp Haven't you rejected us, God? You don't go forth, God, with our armies.
- Psalms 108:13 בֵּֽ/אלֹהִ֥ים prep + n c mp Through God, we will do valiantly. For it is he who will tread down our enemies.
- Psalms 109:1 אֱלֹהֵ֥י n c mp cs God of my praise, don't remain silent,
- Psalms 109:26 אֱלֹהָ֑/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs Help me, Yahweh, my God. Save me according to your loving kindness;
- Psalms 113:5 אֱלֹהֵ֑י/נוּ n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cp Who is like Yahweh, our God, Who has his seat on high,
- Psalms 115:2 אֱלֹהֵי/הֶֽם n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp Why should the nations say, "Where is their God, now?"
- Psalms 115:3 וֵֽ/אלֹהֵ֥י/נוּ conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cp But our God is in the heavens. He does whatever he pleases.
- Psalms 116:5 וֵ֖/אלֹהֵ֣י/נוּ conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cp Gracious is Yahweh, and righteous; Yes, our God is merciful.
- Psalms 118:28 אֱ֝לֹהַ֗/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs You are my God, and I will give thanks to you. You are my God, I will exalt you.
- Psalms 119:115 אֱלֹהָֽ/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs Depart from me, you evildoers, That I may keep the commandments of my God.
- Psalms 122:9 אֱלֹהֵ֑י/נוּ n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cp For the sake of the house of Yahweh our God, I will seek your good.
- Psalms 123:2 אֱלֹהֵ֑י/נוּ n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cp Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, As the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress; So our eyes look to Yahweh, our God, Until he has mercy on us.
- Psalms 135:2 אֱלֹהֵֽי/נוּ n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cp You who stand in the house of Yahweh, In the courts of our God's house.
- Psalms 135:5 אֱלֹהִֽים n c mp For I know that Yahweh is great, That our Lord is above all gods.
- Psalms 136:2 לֵֽ/אלֹהֵ֣י הָ/אֱלֹהִ֑ים prep + n c mp cs ptcl def.art + n c mp Give thanks to the God of gods; For his loving kindness endures forever.
- Psalms 138:1 אֱלֹהִ֣ים n c mp I will give you thanks with my whole heart. Before the gods, I will sing praises to you.
- Psalms 144:9 אֱֽלֹהִ֗ים n c mp I will sing a new song to you, God. On a ten-stringed lyre, I will sing praises to you.
- Psalms 144:15 אֱלֹהָֽי/ו n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms Happy are the people who are in such a situation. Happy are the people whose God is Yahweh.
- Psalms 146:2 לֵֽ/אלֹהַ֣/י prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs While I live, I will praise Yahweh. I will sing praises to my God as long as I exist.
- Psalms 146:5 אֱלֹהָֽי/ו n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, Whose hope is in Yahweh, his God:
- Psalms 146:10 אֱלֹהַ֣יִ/ךְ n c mp cs + sfx pers 2fs Yahweh will reign forever; Your God, O Zion, to all generations. Praise Yah!
- Psalms 147:1 אֱלֹהֵ֑י/נוּ n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cp Praise Yah, For it is good to sing praises to our God; For it is pleasant and fitting to praise him.
- Psalms 147:7 לֵ/אלֹהֵ֣י/נוּ prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cp Sing to Yahweh with thanksgiving. Sing praises on the harp to our God,
- Psalms 147:12 אֱלֹהַ֣יִ/ךְ n c mp cs + sfx pers 2fs Praise Yahweh, Jerusalem! Praise your God, Zion!
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
אלהים — transliterated ʼĕlôhîym — is a Hebrew name carrying the sense “God.” It first appears in Genesis 1:1. The Hebrew Bible uses it across 2,246 verses — among the most common. Each statement above links to its evidence; the full detail follows below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H430 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 2,246
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 2,246 distinct verses.
- 35 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 35 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #13
- by frequency
- Top 25 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 13 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 2,246 occurrences in the concordance →
Most concentrated in
- Psalms 322 verses 14%
- Deuteronomy 312 verses 14%
- Genesis 190 verses 8%
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 2,246 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 784 verses · 35%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 779 verses · 35%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 683 verses · 30%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: God 2,100×, Gods 160×, Is no god 7×
- American Standard Version: God 1,915×, Gods 141×, Jehovah thy god 20×
- Berean Standard Bible: God 2,183×, Gods 176×, May god 17×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: God 1,924×, God of 307×, Gods 148×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H430 across 2,605 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 173 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 1 further occurrence.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H430 across 2,605 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 248 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 2 further occurrences.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H430 across 2,560 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 60 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 40 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H430 across 2,584 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 48 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
15 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 15 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
- 1. pl. in number.
- a. rulers, judges, either as divine representatives at sacred places or as reflecting divine majesty and power: האלהים Ex 21:6 (Onk 𝔖, but τὸ κριτήριον τοῦ Θεοῦ 𝔊) 22:7, 8; אלהים 22:8, 27 (𝔗 Ra AE Ew RVm; but gods, 𝔊 Josephus Philo AV; God, Di RV; all Covt. code of E) cf. 1 S 2:25 v. Dr.; Ju 5:8 (Ew, but gods 𝔊; God 𝔖 BarHeb.; יהוה 𝔙 Be) ψ 82:1, 6 (De Ew Pe; but angels Bl Hup) 138:1 (𝔖 𝔗 Rab Ki De; but angels 𝔊 Calv; God, Ew; gods, Hup Pe Che). e.g. Exodus 21:6
- b. divine ones, superhuman beings including God and angels ψ 8:6 (De Che Br; but angels 𝔊 𝔖 𝔗 Ew; God, RV and most moderns) Gn 1:27 (if with Philo 𝔗 Jer De Che we interpret נעשה as God’s consultation with angels; cf. Jb 38:7). e.g. Psalms 8:6
- c. angels ψ 97:7 (𝔊 𝔖 Calv; but gods, Hup De Pe Che); cf. בני (ה)אלהים = (the) sons of God, or sons of gods = angels Jb 1:6; 2:1; 38:7 Gn 6:2, 4 (J; so 𝔊 Bks. of Enoch & Jubilees Philo Jude v 6; 2 Pet 2:4 JosAnt. i, 3, 1, most ancient fathers and modern critics; against usage are sons of princes, mighty men, Onk and Rab.; sons of God, the pious, Theod Chrys Jer Augustine Luther Calv Hengst; 𝔊L read οἱ υἱοὶ τοῦ Θεοῦ), cf. בני אלים. e.g. Psalms 97:7
- d. gods האלהים Ex 18:11; 22:19 (E) 1 S 4:3; 2 Ch 2:4 ψ 86:3; אלהי האלהים the God of gods, supreme God Dt 10:17 ψ 136:2; אלהים Ex 32:1, 23 (JE) Ju 9:13; אלהים אחרים other gods Ex 20:3; 23:13 Jos 24:2, 16 (E) Dt 31:18, 20 (JE) 5:7 + (17 times in D, not P) Ju 2:12, 17, 19; 10:13 1 S 8:8; 26:19 1 K 9:6, 9 (= 2 Ch 7:19, 22) 11:4, 10; 14:9 2 K 5:17; 17:35, 37, 38; 22:17 (= 2 Ch 34:25) 2 Ch 28:25 Je 1:16 + (18 times Je) Ho 3:1; אלהי (ה)נכר foreign gods Gn 35:2, 4 Jos 24:20, 23 (E) Dt 31:16 (JE) Ju 10:16 1 S 7:3 2 Ch 33:15 Je 5:19; א׳ נחור (v. 4 b); א׳ מצרים Ex 12:12 (P) Je 43:12, 13; א׳ האמרי Jos 24:15 (E) Ju 6:10; א׳ ארם etc. Ju 10:6; אלהים מעשה ידי Dt 4:28; א׳ הגוים gods of the nations 2 K 18:33; 19:12 Dt 29:17; 2 Ch 32:17, 19 Is 36:18; 37:12; א׳ העמים Dt 6:14; 13:8 Ju 2:12 ψ 96:5 1 Ch 5:25; 16:26; 2 Ch 32:13, 14; א׳ כסף Ex 20:23 (E); א׳ זהב Ex 20:23 (E) 32:31 (JE); א׳ מַסֵּכָה Ex 34:17 (J) Lv 19:4 (H). e.g. Exodus 18:11
- 2. Pl. intensive.
- a. god or goddess, always with sf. 1 S 5:7 (Dagon), Ju 11:24 (Chemosh), 1 K 18:24 (Baal), Ju 9:27 Dn 1:2(×2); or cstr. לעשתרת א׳ צדנים לכמוש א׳ מואב to Ashtoreth goddess of the Zidonians, Chemosh god of Moab, etc. 1 K 11:33; א׳ הארץ god of the land 2 K 17:26(×2), 27, and so the Syrians suppose that Yahweh is a mountain-god and not a god of valleys 1 K 20:28. e.g. 1 Samuel 5:7
- b. godlike one Ex 4:16 (J; Moses in relation to Aaron), Ex 7:1 (P; in relation to Pharaoh), 1 S 28:13 (the shade of Samuel), ψ 45:7 (the Messianic king, O God, 𝔊 𝔖 Jer, most scholars ancient and modern, but thy throne is God’s = God’s throne AE Ki Thes Ew Hup, cf. 1 Ch 28:5). e.g. Exodus 4:16
- c. works of God, or things specially belonging to him (vid. אֵל 5) הר אלהים ψ 68:16; Ez 28:14, 16; אש אלהים Jb 1:16; גן (ה)אלהים Ez 28:13; 31:8, 9. e.g. Psalms 68:16
- d. God (vid. 3 & 4).
- 3. הָאֱלֹהִים the (true) God, י׳ הוא האלהים Yahweh is (the) God Dt 4:35, 39; 7:9 1 K 8:60; 18:39(×2) 2 Ch 33:13 הוא האלהים 1 K 18:24 Is 45:18; י׳ האלהים Jos 22:34 (P?) 1 K 18:21; 2 Ch 32:16; אתה הוא האלהים 2 S 7:28; 1 K 18:37; 2 K 19:15; 1 Ch 17:26; Is 37:16; Ne 9:7; האלהים as subj. or obj. is used in E 33 times, Chr 38 times, Ec 31 times, Jon 5 times, elsewhere Gn 5:22, 24; 6:9, 11 (sources of P) 17:18 (P) Jos 22:34 (P?) Gn 44:16 (J) Dt 4:35, 39; 7:9; Ju 6:36, 39; 7:14; 10:14; 16:28; 21:2 1 S 10:3, 7; 14:36; 2 S 2:27; 6:7; 7:28; 12:16 1 K 8:60; 18:21, 24(×2), 37, 39(×2) 2 K 19:15 (Ephr) Jb 2:10 Je 11:12 Is 37:16; 45:18 ψ 108:14 Dn 1:9, 17; י׳ הא׳ הקדוש 1 S 6:20; י׳ הא׳ הגדול Ne 8:6; הא׳ אשר בירושלם Ezr 1:3; אדני האלהים Dn 9:3; in many phrases, as איש האלהים the man of God, acting under divine authority and influence: = (a) angel Ju 13:6, 8, (b) prophet (the term coming into use in the Northern kingdom in the age of Elijah 1 S 9:6–10, cf. אִישׁ הָרוּחַ Hos 9:7): of Moses Dt 33:1 Jos 14:6 (E) 1 Ch 23:14 2 Ch 30:16 Ezr 3:2 ψ 90:1; of Samuel 1 S 9:6–10; of David 2 Ch 8:14 Ne 12:24, 36; Shemaiah 1 K 12:22 (= 2 Ch 11:2); Elijah, Elisha, and others of their time 1 K 13:1–31; 17:18–24; 20:28 2 K 1:9–13; 4:7–42; 5:8–20; 6:6–15; 7:2, 17; 8:2–11; 13:19; 23:16–17 (Ephr.) 2 Ch 25:7, 9; unnamed prophet 1 S 2:27; Hanan Je 35:4; a later title of prophet was עֶבֶד האלהים the servant of God, used of Moses 1 Ch 6:34 2 Ch 24:9 Ne 10:30 Dn 9:11. בית האלהים the house of God, Ju 18:31, especially late, Chr (52 times) Ec 4:17 Dn 1:2; בית י׳ הא׳ 1 Ch 22:1; האלהים (ברית) ארון the ark (of the covenant) of God Ju 20:27 1 S 4–5. 14, 2 S 6–7. 15 (23 times) 1 Ch 13. 15. 16, 2 Ch 1:4 (13 times); מטה האלהים the rod of God Ex 4:20; 17:9 (E); הר האלהים the mount of God (Horeb) Ex 3:1; 4:27; 18:5; 24:13 (E) 1 K 19:8 (Ephr.); מלאך האלהים the (theophanic) angel of God Gn 31:11 Ex 14:19 (E) Ju 6:20; 13:6, 9 2 S 14:17, 20; 19:28; in other combinations Ex 18:16 Nu 23:27 (E) Ju 20:2 1 S 4:8; 5:11; 10:5 2 S 16:23 1 K 12:22 1 Ch 21:7 + ψ 87:3 Ec 9:1. e.g. Deuteronomy 4:35
- 4. אֱלֹהִים = God י׳ אֱלֹהִים אֱמֶת = Yahweh is God in truth Je 10:10. e.g. Jeremiah 10:10
- a. אלהים (as subj. obj. direct or indirect) is used by P (50 times in story of creation and deluge, elsewhere 28 times), by E (91 times), J chiefly in poetic sources Gn 3:1, 3, 5(×2); 9:27; 39:9 Dt 32:17, 39, by D (11 times) Ju (21 times) S (50 times) K (29 times) Chr (45 times); in ψ 42–86 (180 times often by editorial change for an original יהוה), elsewhere ψ 3:3; 5:11; 7:11, 12; 9:18; 10:4, 13; 14:1, 2, 5; 25:22; 36:2, 8; 77:14; 100:3; 108:2, 6, 8, 12(×2), 14 Jb 5:8; 20:29; 28:23; 32:2; 34:9 (& in Prologue 6 times) Pr 2:5; 3:4; 25:2 Ec (7 times) Hos (5 times) Am 4:11 (כמהפכת אלהים את סדם as God overthrew Sodom = Je 50:40 = Is 13:19) Zc 8:23; 12:8 Mi 3:7 (but אליהם 𝔊 𝔖) Is 35:4 Is 2 (9 times) Je 10:10 Ez (13 times) Mal (5 times) Jon (4 times); the phrase היה ל׳ לאלהים Gn 28:21 (ER) 17:7, 8 Ex 6:7; 29:45 Lv 11:45; 22:33; 25:38; 26:12, 45 Nu 15:41 (P) Dt 26:17; 29:13 2 S 7:24 (= 1 Ch 17:22) Zc 8:8 Je (6 times) Ez (6 times); אלהים צדיק righteous God ψ 7:10; א׳ קדשים holy God Jos 24:19 (E); א׳ חיים living God Dt 5:23 1 S 17:26, 36 Je 10:10; 23:36; א׳ חי 2 K 19:4, 16 (= Is 37:4, 17). For the phrases יהוה א׳, י׳ א׳ צבאות, א׳ צבאות, אל א׳ י׳, יה א׳, י׳ צבאות א׳, י׳ אלהי צבאות, אדני א׳ vid. יהוה, יה, צבאות & אדני. e.g. Genesis 3:1
- b. cstr. אֱלֹהֵי (α) with persons אֱלֹהֵי אַבְרָהָם = God of Abraham, a phrase of J, Gn 26:24; 28:13; 31:53, Gn 31:42 (ε) Ex 3:6 ψ 47:10 1 K 18:36 1 Ch 29:18 2 Ch 30:6; א׳ אדני אברהם Gn 24:12, 27, 42, 48 (J); אלהי אב father’s God (various sf. & names), a phrase of E, Gn 31:5, 29, 42; 46:3; 50:17 Ex 3:6, 13, 15, 16; 15:2; 18:4 Jos 18:3, elsewhere Gn 32:10; 43:23 (J) Ex 4:5 (J?) Dt (8 times) Ju 2:12 2 K 21:22 Chr (31 times) Dn 11:37; אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל Israel’s God, phrase of E, Gn 33:20 Ex 5:1; 24:10; 32:27 Jos 8:30; 14:14; 22:16; 24:2, 23, elsewhere Ex 34:23 Jos 7:13, 19, 20 (JE) Nu 16:9 Jos 9:18, 19; 22:24; 10:40, 42; 13:14, 33 (R vid. Di Jos 7:13) Ju 4:6; 5:3, 5; 6:8; 11:21, 23; 21:3 1 S 1:17 + (20 times) K (26 times) Chr (45 times) ψ 41:14; 106:48 (doxol.) 59:6; 69:7 Is 17:6; 21:10, 17; 29:23 Is 3; 24:15; 37:16, 21 Is 2; 41:17 + (6 times) Je 35:17 + (48 times), Ez 8:4 + (7 times) Zp 2:9 Mal 2:16 Ru 2:12; א׳ מערכות ישראל God of the battle array of Israel 1 S 17:45; א׳ יַעֲקֹב 2 S 23:1 (poet.) ψ 20:2; 46:8, 12; 75:10; 76:7; 81:2, 5; 84:9; 94:7 Is 2:3 (= Mi 4:2); א׳ העבריים God of the Hebrews Ex 3:18; 5:3; 7:16; 9:1, 13 (JE); it is used with other proper names, Nahor Gn 31:53 (E), Shem Gn 9:26 (J), David 2 K 20:5 2 Ch 21:12; 34:3 Is 38:5, Hezekiah 2 Ch 32:17, Elijah 2 K 2:14; א׳ אדני המלך the God of my lord the king 1 K 1:36. (β) with nouns of attributes or relationships, א׳ קֶדֶם ancient God Dt 33:27; א׳ עולם everlasting God Is 40:28; א׳ אֱמֶת true God 2 Ch 15:3; א׳ אָמֵן Is 65:16 (vid. אָמֵן); א׳ משפט Is 30:18 Mal 2:17; א׳ מרום Mi 6:6; א׳ כָל בָשָׂר God of all flesh Je 32:27; cf. א׳ הרוחת לכל בשר Nu 16:22; 27:16 (P); א׳ השמים God of heaven Gn 24:7 (JR) 2 Ch 36:23 Ezr 1:2 Ne 1:4, 5; 2:4, 20; cf. א׳ כל הארץ Is 54:5; י׳ א׳ השמים וא׳ הארץ Gn 24:3 (JR); א׳ מִקָּרֹב a God at hand opp. א׳ מֵרָחֹק Je 23:23, א׳ ישועתי, א׳ יִשְׁעִי God of my salvation ψ 18:47 (= 2 S 22:47) 24:5; 25:5; 27:9; 65:6; 79:9; 85:5 Is 17:10 Mi 7:7 Hb 3:18 1 Ch 16:35; א׳ ישועתי ψ 88:2; א׳ תשועתי ψ 51:16; א׳ צִדְקִי God of my righteousness ψ 4:2; א׳ חַסְדִּי ψ 59:11, 18; א׳ צוּרִי God who is my rock 2 S 22:3 (cf. ψ 18:3); א׳ מָעוּזִּי֯ God who is my stronghold ψ 43:2; א׳ תְהִלָּתִי God who is my praise ψ 109:1. e.g. Genesis 26:24
- c. with sf. in P (22 times incl. phr. ויראת מאלהיך) Lv 19:14, 32; 25:17, 36, 43 (H) Ex 8:21 Jos 24:27 (E) Dt 32:37 (poet.) Jos 9:23 (JE) Dt 10:21; 31:17 Ju 10:10; 16:23, 24 1 S 10:19 2 S 10:12; 22:32 + (4 times poet.) 1 K 12:28; 20:23 2 K 19:10 Chr (83 times) ψ (62 times) Pr 2:17; 30:9 Ru 1:15, 16(×2) Is 1:10; 7:13; 8:19, 21 Is 2 (29 times) Je 5:4, 5; 23:36; 51:5 Ez 34:31 Dn (5 times) Ho (12 times) Am 2:8; 4:12 Jo 1:13(×2), 16; 2:17 Mi 6:8; 7:7 Jon 1:5, 6 Zp 3:2 Na 1:14 Zc 9:7; 12:5; אלהים with sf. is also used with יהוה several hundred times (vid. יהוה). e.g. Leviticus 19:14
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Word origin
n.m.pl. (f. 1 K 11:33; on number of occurrences of אֵל, אֱלוֹהַּ, אֱלֹהִים cf. also Nesl.c.)
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Derived from אלוה (ʼĕlôwahh) (H433) — God.
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
אֱלֹהִים
- , v. אֱלוֹהַּ
A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature (Marcus Jastrow; London, Luzac, 1903) — Public Domain. Digitized via Sefaria. Digitized via Sefaria. Full attribution on Sources.
Forms in the corpus
The 348 distinct written forms H430 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
The 60 most common forms are shown; 288 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
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Bible dictionary
Public-domain dictionary articles matched to this entry by name (God). A biblical name can be shared by more than one person or place, so an article may treat several.
Easton's Bible Dictionary · M. G. Easton, 1897
(A.S. and Dutch God; Dan. Gud; Ger. Gott), the name of the Divine Being. It is the rendering (1) of the Hebrew 'El, from a word meaning to be strong; (2) of 'Eloah_, plural _'Elohim. The singular form, Eloah, is used only in poetry. The plural form is more commonly used in all parts of the Bible, The Hebrew word Jehovah (q.v.), the only other word generally employed to denote the Supreme Being, is uniformly rendered in the Authorized Version by "LORD," printed in small capitals. The existence of God is taken for granted in the Bible. There is nowhere any argument to prove it. He who disbelieves this truth is spoken of as one devoid of understanding (Ps. 14:1).
The arguments generally adduced by theologians in proof of the being of God are:
(1.) The a priori argument, which is the testimony afforded by reason.
(2.) The a posteriori argument, by which we proceed logically from the facts of experience to causes. These arguments are,
(a) The cosmological, by which it is proved that there must be a First Cause of all things, for every effect must have a cause.
(b) The teleological, or the argument from design. We see everywhere the operations of an intelligent Cause in nature.
(c) The moral argument, called also the anthropological argument, based on the moral consciousness and the history of mankind, which exhibits a moral order and purpose which can only be explained on the supposition of the existence of God. Conscience and human history testify that "verily there is a God that judgeth in the earth."
The attributes of God are set forth in order by Moses in Ex. 34:6, 7. (see also Deut. 6:4; 10:17; Num. 16:22; Ex. 15:11; 33:19; Isa. 44:6; Hab. 3:6; Ps. 102:26; Job 34:12.) They are also systematically classified in Rev. 5:12 and 7:12.
God's attributes are spoken of by some as absolute, i.e., such as belong to his essence as Jehovah, Jah, etc.; and relative, i.e., such as are ascribed to him with relation to his creatures. Others distinguish them into communicable, i.e., those which can be imparted in degree to his creatures: goodness, holiness, wisdom, etc.; and incommunicable, which cannot be so imparted: independence, immutability, immensity, and eternity. They are by some also divided into natural attributes, eternity, immensity, etc.; and moral, holiness, goodness, etc.
Smith's Bible Dictionary · William Smith, 1863
(good). Throughout the Hebrew Scriptures two chief names are used for the one true divine Being--ELOHIM, commonly translated God in our version, and Jehovah, translated Lord . Elohim is the plural of Eloah (in Arabic Allah); it is often used in the short form EL (a word signifying strength, as in EL-SHADDAI, God Almighty, the name by which God was specially known to the patriarchs. (Genesis 17:1; 28:3; Exodus 6:3) The etymology is uncertain, but it is generally agreed that the primary idea is that of strength, power of effect, and that it properly describes God in that character in which he is exhibited to all men in his works, as the creator, sustainer and supreme governor of the world. The plural form of Elohim has given rise to much discussion. The fanciful idea that it referred to the trinity of persons in the Godhead hardly finds now a supporter among scholars. It is either what grammarians call the plural of majesty, or it denotes the fullness of divine strength, the sum of the powers displayed by God. Jehovah denotes specifically the one true God, whose people the Jews were, and who made them the guardians of his truth. The name is never applied to a false god, nor to any other being except one, the ANGEL-JEHOVAH who is thereby marked as one with God, and who appears again in the New Covenant as "God manifested in the flesh." Thus much is clear; but all else is beset with difficulties. At a time too early to be traced, the Jews abstained from pronouncing the name, for fear of its irreverent use. The custom is said to have been founded on a strained interpretation of (Leviticus 24:16) and the phrase there used, "THE NAME" (Shema), is substituted by the rabbis for the unutterable word. In reading the Scriptures they substituted for it the word ADONAI (Lord), from the translation of which by Kurios in the LXX., followed by the Vulgate, which uses Dominus, we have the Lord of our version. The substitution of the word Lord is most unhappy, for it in no way represents the meaning of the sacred name. The key to the meaning of the name is unquestionably given in God's revelation of himself to Moses by the phrase "I AM THAT I AM," (Exodus 3:14; 6:3) We must connect the name Jehovah with the Hebrew substantive verb to be, with the inference that it expresses the essential, eternal, unchangeable being of Jehovah. But more, it is not the expression only, or chiefly, of an absolute truth: it is a practical revelation of God, in his essential, unchangeable relation to this chosen people, the basis of his covenant.
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Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 2,078 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 2,246 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 1:1
- Exodus 1:17
- Leviticus 2:13
- Numbers 6:7
- Deuteronomy 1:6
- Joshua 1:9
- Judges 1:7
- Ruth 1:15
- 1 Samuel 1:17
- 2 Samuel 2:27
- 1 Kings 1:17
- 2 Kings 1:2
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