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.
119 verses where H430 appears in the Construct state in the Book of Psalms. Filtered view — show all forms. 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 3:7 אֱלֹהַ֗/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs Arise, Yahweh! Save me, my God! For you have struck all of my enemies on the cheek bone. You have broken the teeth of the wicked.
- Psalms 4:1 אֱלֹ֘הֵ֤י n c mp cs Answer me when I call, God of my righteousness. Give me relief from my distress. Have mercy on me, and hear my prayer.
- Psalms 5:2 וֵ/אלֹהָ֑/י conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs Listen to the voice of my cry, my King and my God; For to you do I pray.
- Psalms 7:1 אֱ֭לֹהַ/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs Yahweh, my God, I take refuge in you. Save me from all those who pursue me, and deliver me,
- Psalms 7:3 אֱ֭לֹהַ/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs Yahweh, my God, if I have done this, If there is iniquity in my hands,
- Psalms 13:3 אֱלֹהָ֑/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs Behold, and answer me, Yahweh, my God. Give light to my eyes, lest I sleep in death;
- Psalms 18:6 אֱלֹהַ֪/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs In my distress I called on Yahweh, And cried to my God. He heard my voice out of his temple, My cry before him came into his ears.
- Psalms 18:21 מֵ/אֱלֹהָֽ/י prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs For I have kept the ways of Yahweh, And have not wickedly departed from my God.
- Psalms 18:28 אֱ֝לֹהַ֗/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs For you will light my lamp, Yahweh. My God will light up my darkness.
- Psalms 18:29 וּ֝/בֵֽ/אלֹהַ֗/י conj + prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs For by you, I advance through a troop. By my God, I leap over a wall.
- Psalms 18:31 אֱלֹהֵֽי/נוּ n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cp For who is God, except Yahweh? Who is a rock, besides our God,
- Psalms 20:1 אֱלֹהֵ֬י n c mp cs May Yahweh answer you in the day of trouble. May the name of the God of Jacob set you up on high,
- Psalms 20:5 אֱלֹהֵ֥י/נוּ n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cp We will triumph in your salvation. In the name of our God we will set up our banners: May Yahweh grant all your requests.
- Psalms 20:7 אֱלֹהֵ֣י/נוּ n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cp Some trust in chariots, and some in horses, But we trust the name of Yahweh our God.
- Psalms 22:2 אֱֽלֹהַ֗/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs My God, I cry in the daytime, but you don't answer; In the night season, and am not silent.
- Psalms 24:5 מֵ/אֱלֹהֵ֥י prep + n c mp cs He shall receive a blessing from Yahweh, Righteousness from the God of his salvation.
- Psalms 25:2 אֱֽלֹהַ֗/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs My God, I have trusted in you, Don't let me be shamed. Don't let my enemies triumph over me.
- Psalms 25:5 אֱלֹהֵ֣י n c mp cs Guide me in your truth, and teach me, For you are the God of my salvation, I wait for you all day long.
- Psalms 27:9 אֱלֹהֵ֥י n c mp cs Don't hide your face from me. Don't put your servant away in anger. You have been my help. Don't abandon me, Neither forsake me, God of my salvation.
- Psalms 30:2 אֱלֹהָ֑/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs Yahweh my God, I cried to you, And you have healed me.
- Psalms 30:12 אֱ֝לֹהַ֗/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs To the end that my heart may sing praise to you, and not be silent. Yahweh my God, I will give thanks to you forever!
- Psalms 31:14 אֱלֹהַ֥/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs But I trust in you, Yahweh. I said, "You are my God."
- Psalms 33:12 אֱלֹהָ֑י/ו n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms Blessed is the nation whose God is Yahweh, The people whom he has chosen for his own inheritance.
- Psalms 35:23 אֱלֹהַ֖/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs Wake up! Rise up to defend me, my God! My Lord, contend for me!
- Psalms 35:24 אֱלֹהָ֗/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs Vindicate me, Yahweh my God, according to your righteousness; Don't let them gloat over me.
- Psalms 37:31 אֱלֹהָ֣י/ו n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms The law of his God is in his heart. None of his steps shall slide.
- Psalms 38:15 אֱלֹהָֽ/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs For in you, Yahweh, do I hope. You will answer, Lord my God.
- Psalms 38:21 אֱ֝לֹהַ֗/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs Don't forsake me, Yahweh. My God, don't be far from me.
- Psalms 40:3 לֵֽ/אלֹ֫הֵ֥י/נוּ prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cp He has put a new song in my mouth, even praise to our God. Many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in Yahweh.
- Psalms 40:5 אֱלֹהַ/י֮ n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs Many, Yahweh, my God, are the wonderful works which you have done, And your thoughts which are toward us. They can't be set in order to you; If I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.
- Psalms 40:8 אֱלֹהַ֣/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs I delight to do your will, my God. Yes, your law is within my heart."
- Psalms 40:17 אֱ֝לֹהַ֗/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs But I am poor and needy; May the Lord think about me. You are my help and my deliverer. Don't delay, my God.
- Psalms 41:13 אֱלֹ֘הֵ֤י n c mp cs Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, From everlasting and to everlasting! Amen and amen.
- Psalms 42:3 אֱלֹהֶֽי/ךָ n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms My tears have been my food day and night, While they continually ask me, "Where is your God?"
- Psalms 42:6 אֱֽלֹהַ֗/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs My God, my soul is in despair within me. Therefore I remember you from the land of the Jordan, The heights of Hermon, from the hill Mizar.
- Psalms 42:10 אֱלֹהֶֽי/ךָ n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms As with a sword in my bones, my adversaries reproach me, While they continually ask me, "Where is your God?"
- Psalms 42:11 לֵֽ֭/אלֹהִים וֵֽ/אלֹהָֽ/י prep + n c mp conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs Why are you in despair, my soul? Why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God! For I shall still praise him, The saving help of my countenance, and my God.
- Psalms 43:2 אֱלֹהֵ֣י n c mp cs For you are the God of my strength. Why have you rejected me? Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
- Psalms 43:4 אֱלֹהִ֗ים אֱלֹהִ֥ים אֱלֹהָֽ/י n c mp n c mp n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs Then I will go to the altar of God, To God, my exceeding joy. I will praise you on the harp, God, my God.
- Psalms 43:5 לֵֽ֭/אלֹהִים וֵֽ/אלֹהָֽ/י prep + n c mp conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs Why are you in despair, my soul? Why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God! For I shall still praise him: My Savior, my helper, and my God.
- Psalms 44:20 אֱלֹהֵ֑י/נוּ n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cp If we have forgotten the name of our God, Or spread forth our hands to a strange god;
- Psalms 45:7 אֱלֹהִ֣ים אֱ֭לֹהֶי/ךָ n c mp n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms You have loved righteousness, and hated wickedness. Therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your fellows.
- Psalms 46:7 אֱלֹהֵ֖י n c mp cs Yahweh of Hosts is with us. The God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
- Psalms 46:11 אֱלֹהֵ֖י n c mp cs Yahweh of Hosts is with us. The God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
- Psalms 47:9 אֱלֹהֵ֪י לֵֽ֭/אלֹהִים n c mp cs prep + n c mp The princes of the peoples are gathered together, The people of the God of Abraham. For the shields of the earth belong to God. He is greatly exalted!
- Psalms 48:1 אֱ֝לֹהֵ֗י/נוּ n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cp Great is Yahweh, and greatly to be praised, In the city of our God, in his holy mountain.
- Psalms 48:8 אֱלֹהֵ֑י/נוּ אֱלֹ֘הִ֤ים n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cp n c mp As we have heard, so we have seen, In the city of Yahweh of Hosts, in the city of our God. God will establish it forever. Selah.
- Psalms 48:14 אֱלֹהִ֣ים אֱ֭לֹהֵי/נוּ n c mp n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cp For this God is our God forever and ever. He will be our guide even to death.
- Psalms 50:3 אֱלֹהֵ֗י/נוּ n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cp Our God comes, and does not keep silent. A fire devours before him. It is very tempestuous around him.
- Psalms 50:7 אֱלֹהִ֖ים אֱלֹהֶ֣י/ךָ n c mp n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms "Hear, my people, and I will speak; Israel, and I will testify against you. I am God, your God.
- Psalms 51:14 אֱֽלֹהִ֗ים אֱלֹהֵ֥י n c mp n c mp cs Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, the God of my salvation. My tongue shall sing aloud of your righteousness.
- Psalms 59:1 אֱלֹהָ֑/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs Deliver me from my enemies, my God. Set me on high from those who rise up against me.
- Psalms 59:5 אֱלֹהִ֥ים אֱלֹ֘הֵ֤י n c mp n c mp cs You, Yahweh God of hosts, the God of Israel, Rouse yourself to punish the nations. Show no mercy to the wicked traitors. Selah.
- Psalms 59:10 אֱלֹהֵ֣י אֱ֝לֹהִ֗ים n c mp cs n c mp My God will go before me with his loving kindness. God will let me look at my enemies in triumph.
- Psalms 59:17 אֱלֹהִ֥ים אֱלֹהֵ֥י n c mp n c mp cs To you, my strength, I will sing praises. For God is my high tower, the God of my mercy.
- Psalms 65:5 אֱלֹהֵ֣י n c mp cs By awesome deeds of righteousness, you answer us, God of our salvation. You who are the hope of all the ends of the earth, Of those who are far away on the sea;
- Psalms 66:8 אֱלֹהֵ֑י/נוּ n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cp Praise our God, you peoples! Make the sound of his praise heard,
- Psalms 67:6 אֱלֹהִ֥ים אֱלֹהֵֽי/נוּ n c mp n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cp The earth has yielded its increase. God, even our own God, will bless us.
- Psalms 68:8 אֱלֹ֫הִ֥ים אֱ֝לֹהִ֗ים אֱלֹהֵ֥י n c mp n c mp n c mp cs The earth trembled. The sky also poured down rain at the presence of the God of Sinai-- At the presence of God, the God of Israel.
- Psalms 68:28 אֱלֹהֶ֗י/ךָ אֱלֹהִ֑ים n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms n c mp Your God has commanded your strength. Strengthen, God, that which you have done for us.
- Psalms 69:3 לֵ/אלֹהָֽ/י prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs I am weary with my crying. My throat is dry. My eyes fail, looking for my God.
- Psalms 69:6 אֱ֝לֹהֵ֗י n c mp cs Don't let those who wait for you be shamed through me, Lord Yahweh of Hosts. Don't let those who seek you be brought to dishonor through me, God of Israel.
- 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 71:12 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 71:22 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 72:18 אֱ֭לֹהִים אֱלֹהֵ֣י n c mp n c mp cs Praise be to Yahweh God, the God of Israel, Who alone does marvelous deeds.
- Psalms 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 76:6 אֱלֹהֵ֣י n c mp cs At your rebuke, God of Jacob, Both chariot and horse are cast into a deep sleep.
- 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 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 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 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 84:8 אֱלֹהִ֣ים אֱלֹהֵ֖י n c mp n c mp cs Yahweh, God of hosts, hear my prayer. Listen, God of Jacob. Selah.
- 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 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 86:12 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 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 90:17 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 95:7 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 96:5 אֱלֹהֵ֣י n c mp cs For all the gods of the peoples are idols, But Yahweh made the heavens.
- 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 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 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 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 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
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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
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
n.m.pl. (f. 1 K 11:33; on number of occurrences of אֵל, אֱלוֹהַּ, אֱלֹהִים cf. also Nesl.c.)
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
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.
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H430, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
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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
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
