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.
Grammatical forms
- Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct 1,421 times (55%)
- Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute 1,178 times (45%)
- Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct 1 time (0%)
Parsed forms decoded from the imported morphology (morphhb / Westminster Leningrad Codex — WLC text public domain, morphhb tagging CC BY 4.0), counted across 2,600 parsed occurrences — not distinct verses.
Page 10 of 12 — showing verses 1,801–2,000 of 2,246 distinct verses where H430 appears, across 35 books. 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 322 verses
- 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!
Proverbs 5 verses
- Proverbs 2:5 אֱלֹהִ֣ים n c mp Then you will understand the fear of Yahweh, And find the knowledge of God.
- Proverbs 2:17 אֱלֹהֶ֣י/הָ n c mp cs + sfx pers 3fs Who forsakes the friend of her youth, And forgets the covenant of her God:
- Proverbs 3:4 אֱלֹהִ֣ים n c mp So you will find favor, And good understanding in the sight of God and man.
- Proverbs 25:2 אֱ֭לֹהִים n c mp It is the glory of God to conceal a thing, But the glory of kings is to search out a matter.
- Proverbs 30:9 אֱלֹהָֽ/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs Lest I be full, deny you, and say, 'Who is Yahweh?' Or lest I be poor, and steal, And so dishonor the name of my God.
Ecclesiastes 36 verses
- Ecclesiastes 1:13 אֱלֹהִ֛ים n c mp I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under the sky. It is a heavy burden that God has given to the sons of men to be afflicted with.
- Ecclesiastes 2:24 הָ/אֱלֹהִ֖ים ptcl def.art + n c mp There is nothing better for a man than that he should eat and drink, and make his soul enjoy good in his labor. This also I saw, that it is from the hand of God.
- Ecclesiastes 2:26 הָֽ/אֱלֹהִ֔ים ptcl def.art + n c mp For to the man who pleases him, God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner he gives travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him who pleases God. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.
- Ecclesiastes 3:10 אֱלֹהִ֛ים n c mp I have seen the burden which God has given to the sons of men to be afflicted with.
- Ecclesiastes 3:11 הָ/אֱלֹהִ֖ים ptcl def.art + n c mp He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in their hearts, yet so that man can't find out the work that God has done from the beginning even to the end.
- Ecclesiastes 3:13 אֱלֹהִ֖ים n c mp Also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy good in all his labor, is the gift of God.
- Ecclesiastes 3:14 הָ/אֱלֹהִים֙ וְ/הָ/אֱלֹהִ֣ים ptcl def.art + n c mp conj + ptcl def.art + n c mp I know that whatever God does, it shall be forever. Nothing can be added to it, nor anything taken from it; and God has done it, that men should fear before him.
- Ecclesiastes 3:15 וְ/הָ/אֱלֹהִ֖ים conj + ptcl def.art + n c mp That which is has been long ago, and that which is to be has been long ago: and God seeks again that which is passed away.
- Ecclesiastes 3:17 הָ/אֱלֹהִ֑ים ptcl def.art + n c mp I said in my heart, "God will judge the righteous and the wicked; for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work."
- Ecclesiastes 3:18 הָ/אֱלֹהִ֑ים ptcl def.art + n c mp I said in my heart, "As for the sons of men, God tests them, so that they may see that they themselves are like animals.
- Ecclesiastes 5:1 הָ/אֱלֹהִ֔ים ptcl def.art + n c mp Guard your steps when you go to God's house; for to draw near to listen is better than to give the sacrifice of fools, for they don't know that they do evil.
- Ecclesiastes 5:2 הָ/אֱלֹהִ֑ים הָ/אֱלֹהִ֤ים ptcl def.art + n c mp ptcl def.art + n c mp Don't be rash with your mouth, and don't let your heart be hasty to utter anything before God; for God is in heaven, and you on earth. Therefore let your words be few.
- Ecclesiastes 5:4 לֵֽ/אלֹהִ֗ים prep + n c mp When you vow a vow to God, don't defer to pay it; for he has no pleasure in fools. Pay that which you vow.
- Ecclesiastes 5:6 הָֽ/אֱלֹהִים֙ ptcl def.art + n c mp Don't allow your mouth to lead you into sin. Don't protest before the messenger that this was a mistake. Why should God be angry at your voice, and destroy the work of your hands?
- Ecclesiastes 5:7 הָ/אֱלֹהִ֖ים ptcl def.art + n c mp For in the multitude of dreams there are vanities, as well as in many words: but you must fear God.
- Ecclesiastes 5:18 הָ/אֱלֹהִ֖ים ptcl def.art + n c mp Behold, that which I have seen to be good and proper is for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy good in all his labor, in which he labors under the sun, all the days of his life which God has given him; for this is his portion.
- Ecclesiastes 5:19 הָ/אֱלֹהִים֩ אֱלֹהִ֖ים ptcl def.art + n c mp n c mp Every man also to whom God has given riches and wealth, and has given him power to eat of it, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labor--this is the gift of God.
- Ecclesiastes 5:20 הָ/אֱלֹהִ֛ים ptcl def.art + n c mp For he shall not often reflect on the days of his life; because God occupies him with the joy of his heart.
- Ecclesiastes 6:2 הָ/אֱלֹהִ֡ים הָֽ/אֱלֹהִים֙ ptcl def.art + n c mp ptcl def.art + n c mp a man to whom God gives riches, wealth, and honor, so that he lacks nothing for his soul of all that he desires, yet God gives him no power to eat of it, but an alien eats it. This is vanity, and it is an evil disease.
- Ecclesiastes 7:13 הָ/אֱלֹהִ֑ים ptcl def.art + n c mp Consider the work of God, for who can make that straight, which he has made crooked?
- Ecclesiastes 7:14 הָֽ/אֱלֹהִ֔ים ptcl def.art + n c mp In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider; yes, God has made the one side by side with the other, to the end that man should not find out anything after him.
- Ecclesiastes 7:18 אֱלֹהִ֖ים n c mp It is good that you should take hold of this. Yes, also from that don't withdraw your hand; for he who fears God will come forth from them all.
- Ecclesiastes 7:26 הָ/אֱלֹהִים֙ ptcl def.art + n c mp I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and traps, whose hands are chains. Whoever pleases God shall escape from her; but the sinner will be ensnared by her.
- Ecclesiastes 7:29 הָ/אֱלֹהִ֛ים ptcl def.art + n c mp Behold, this only have I found: that God made man upright; but they search for many schemes.
- Ecclesiastes 8:2 אֱלֹהִֽים n c mp I say, "Keep the king's command!" because of the oath to God.
- Ecclesiastes 8:12 הָ/אֱלֹהִ֔ים ptcl def.art + n c mp Though a sinner commits crimes a hundred times, and lives long, yet surely I know that it will be better with those who fear God, who are reverent before him.
- Ecclesiastes 8:13 אֱלֹהִֽים n c mp But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he lengthen days like a shadow; because he doesn't fear God.
- Ecclesiastes 8:15 הָ/אֱלֹהִ֖ים ptcl def.art + n c mp Then I commended mirth, because a man has no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be joyful: for that will accompany him in his labor all the days of his life which God has given him under the sun.
- Ecclesiastes 8:17 הָ/אֱלֹהִים֒ ptcl def.art + n c mp then I saw all the work of God, that man can't find out the work that is done under the sun, because however much a man labors to seek it out, yet he won't find it. Yes even though a wise man thinks he can comprehend it, he won't be able to find it.
- Ecclesiastes 9:1 הָ/אֱלֹהִ֑ים ptcl def.art + n c mp For all this I laid to my heart, even to explore all this: that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God; whether it is love or hatred, man doesn't know it; all is before them.
- Ecclesiastes 9:7 הָ/אֱלֹהִ֖ים ptcl def.art + n c mp Go your way--eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart; for God has already accepted your works.
- Ecclesiastes 11:5 הָֽ/אֱלֹהִ֔ים ptcl def.art + n c mp As you don't know what is the way of the wind, Nor how the bones grow in the womb of her who is with child; Even so you don't know the work of God who does all.
- Ecclesiastes 11:9 הָ/אֱלֹהִ֖ים ptcl def.art + n c mp Rejoice, young man, in your youth, And let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth, And walk in the ways of your heart, And in the sight of your eyes; But know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.
- Ecclesiastes 12:7 הָ/אֱלֹהִ֖ים ptcl def.art + n c mp And the dust returns to the earth as it was, And the spirit returns to God who gave it.
- Ecclesiastes 12:13 הָ/אֱלֹהִ֤ים ptcl def.art + n c mp This is the end of the matter. All has been heard. Fear God, and keep his commandments; for this is the whole duty of man.
- Ecclesiastes 12:14 הָ/אֱלֹהִ֛ים ptcl def.art + n c mp For God will bring every work into judgment, with every hidden thing, whether it is good, or whether it is evil.
Isaiah 86 verses
- Isaiah 1:10 אֱלֹהֵ֖י/נוּ n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cp Hear the word of Yahweh, you rulers of Sodom! Listen to the law of our God, you people of Gomorrah!
- Isaiah 2:3 אֱלֹהֵ֣י n c mp cs Many peoples shall go and say, "Come, let's go up to the mountain of Yahweh, To the house of the God of Jacob; And he will teach us of his ways, And we will walk in his paths. For out of Zion the law shall go forth, And the word of Yahweh from Jerusalem.
- Isaiah 7:11 אֱלֹהֶ֑י/ךָ n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms "Ask a sign of Yahweh your God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above."
- Isaiah 7:13 אֱלֹהָֽ/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs He said, "Listen now, house of David: Is it not enough for you to try the patience of men, that you will try the patience of my God also?
- Isaiah 8:19 אֱלֹהָ֣י/ו n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms When they shall tell you, "Consult with those who have familiar spirits and with the wizards, who chirp and who mutter:" shouldn't a people consult with their God? on behalf of the living [should they consult] with the dead?
- Isaiah 8:21 וּ/בֵ/אלֹהָ֖י/ו conj + prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms They shall pass through it, sore distressed and hungry; and it shall happen that when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse by their king and by their God, and turn their faces upward:
- Isaiah 13:19 אֱלֹהִ֔ים n c mp Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldeans' pride, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.
- Isaiah 17:6 אֱלֹהֵ֥י n c mp cs Yet there shall be left therein gleanings, as the shaking of an olive tree, two or three berries in the top of the uppermost bough, four or five in the outmost branches of a fruitful tree, says Yahweh, the God of Israel.
- Isaiah 17:10 אֱלֹהֵ֣י n c mp cs For you have forgotten the God of your salvation, and have not been mindful of the rock of your strength; therefore you plant pleasant plants, and set it with strange slips.
- Isaiah 21:9 אֱלֹהֶ֖י/הָ n c mp cs + sfx pers 3fs and, behold, here comes a troop of men, horsemen in pairs. He answered, Fallen, fallen is Babylon; and all the engraved images of her gods are broken to the ground.
- Isaiah 21:10 אֱלֹהֵ֥י n c mp cs You my threshing, and the grain of my floor! that which I have heard from Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, have I declared to you.
- Isaiah 21:17 אֱלֹהֵֽי n c mp cs and the residue of the number of the archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, shall be few; for Yahweh, the God of Israel, has spoken it.
- Isaiah 24:15 אֱלֹהֵ֥י n c mp cs Therefore glorify Yahweh in the east, even the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel, in the isles of the sea!
- Isaiah 25:1 אֱלֹהַ/י֙ n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs Yahweh, you are my God; I will exalt you, I will praise your name; for you have done wonderful things, [even] counsels of old, in faithfulness [and] truth.
- Isaiah 25:9 אֱלֹהֵ֥י/נוּ n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cp It shall be said in that day, Behold, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is Yahweh; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.
- Isaiah 26:13 אֱלֹהֵ֔י/נוּ n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cp Yahweh our God, other lords besides you have had dominion over us; but by you only will we make mention of your name.
- Isaiah 28:26 אֱלֹהָ֥י/ו n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms For his God does instruct him aright, [and] does teach him.
- Isaiah 29:23 אֱלֹהֵ֥י n c mp cs But when he sees his children, the work of my hands, in the midst of him, they shall sanctify my name; yes, they shall sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and shall stand in awe of the God of Israel.
- Isaiah 30:18 אֱלֹהֵ֤י n c mp cs Therefore will Yahweh wait, that he may be gracious to you; and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy on you: for Yahweh is a God of justice; blessed are all those who wait for him.
- Isaiah 35:2 אֱלֹהֵֽי/נוּ n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cp It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing; the glory of Lebanon shall be given to it, the excellency of Carmel and Sharon: they shall see the glory of Yahweh, the excellency of our God.
- Isaiah 35:4 אֱלֹֽהֵי/כֶם֙ אֱלֹהִ֔ים n c mp cs + sfx pers 2mp n c mp Tell those who are of a fearful heart, Be strong, don't be afraid: behold, your God will come [with] vengeance, [with] the recompense of God; he will come and save you.
- Isaiah 36:7 אֱלֹהֵ֖י/נוּ n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cp But if you tell me, We trust in Yahweh our God: isn't that he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah has taken away, and has said to Judah and to Jerusalem, You shall worship before this altar?
- Isaiah 36:18 אֱלֹהֵ֤י n c mp cs Beware lest Hezekiah persuade you, saying, Yahweh will deliver us. Has any of the gods of the nations delivered his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria?
- Isaiah 36:19 אֱלֹהֵ֤י אֱלֹהֵ֣י n c mp cs n c mp cs Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim? and have they delivered Samaria out of my hand?
- Isaiah 36:20 אֱלֹהֵ֤י n c mp cs Who are they among all the gods of these countries, that have delivered their country out of my hand, that Yahweh should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?
- Isaiah 37:4 אֱלֹהֶ֜י/ךָ אֱלֹהִ֣ים אֱלֹהֶ֑י/ךָ n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms n c mp n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms It may be Yahweh your God will hear the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master has sent to defy the living God, and will rebuke the words which Yahweh your God has heard. Therefore lift up your prayer for the remnant that is left.
- Isaiah 37:10 אֱלֹהֶ֔י/ךָ n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms Thus shall you speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Don't let your God in whom you trust deceive you, saying, Jerusalem shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.
- Isaiah 37:12 אֱלֹהֵ֤י n c mp cs Have the gods of the nations delivered them, which my fathers have destroyed, Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden who were in Telassar?
- Isaiah 37:16 אֱלֹהֵ֤י הָֽ/אֱלֹהִים֙ n c mp cs ptcl def.art + n c mp Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, who sits [above] the cherubim, you are the God, even you alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; you have made heaven and earth.
- Isaiah 37:17 אֱלֹהִ֥ים n c mp Turn your ear, Yahweh, and hear; open your eyes, Yahweh, and behold; and hear all the words of Sennacherib, who has sent to defy the living God.
- Isaiah 37:19 אֱלֹהֵי/הֶ֖ם אֱלֹהִ֜ים n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp n c mp and have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone; therefore they have destroyed them.
- Isaiah 37:20 אֱלֹהֵ֔י/נוּ n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cp Now therefore, Yahweh our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you are Yahweh, even you only.
- Isaiah 37:21 אֱלֹהֵ֣י n c mp cs Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, Whereas you have prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria,
- Isaiah 37:38 אֱלֹהָ֗י/ו n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms It happened, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons struck him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Ararat. Esar Haddon his son reigned in his place.
- Isaiah 38:5 אֱלֹהֵי֙ n c mp cs Go, and tell Hezekiah, Thus says Yahweh, the God of David your father, I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears: behold, I will add to your days fifteen years.
- Isaiah 40:1 אֱלֹהֵי/כֶֽם n c mp cs + sfx pers 2mp Comfort you, comfort you my people, says your God.
- Isaiah 40:3 לֵ/אלֹהֵֽי/נוּ prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cp The voice of one who cries, Prepare you in the wilderness the way of Yahweh; make level in the desert a highway for our God.
- Isaiah 40:8 אֱלֹהֵ֖י/נוּ n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cp The grass withers, the flower fades; but the word of our God shall stand forever.
- Isaiah 40:9 אֱלֹהֵי/כֶֽם n c mp cs + sfx pers 2mp You who tell good news to Zion, go up on a high mountain; you who tell good news to Jerusalem, lift up your voice with strength; lift it up, don't be afraid; say to the cities of Judah, Behold, your God!
- Isaiah 40:27 וּ/מֵ/אֱלֹהַ֖/י conj + prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs Why say you, Jacob, and speak, Israel, My way is hid from Yahweh, and the justice [due] to me is passed away from my God?
- Isaiah 40:28 אֱלֹהֵ֨י n c mp cs Have you not known? have you not heard? The everlasting God, Yahweh, the Creator of the ends of the earth, doesn't faint, neither is weary; there is no searching of his understanding.
- Isaiah 41:10 אֱלֹהֶ֑י/ךָ n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms Don't you be afraid, for I am with you; don't be dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you; yes, I will help you; yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.
- Isaiah 41:13 אֱלֹהֶ֖י/ךָ n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms For I, Yahweh your God, will hold your right hand, saying to you, Don't be afraid; I will help you.
- Isaiah 41:17 אֱלֹהֵ֥י n c mp cs The poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue fails for thirst; I, Yahweh, will answer them, I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.
- Isaiah 41:23 אֱלֹהִ֖ים n c mp Declare the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that you are gods: yes, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and see it together.
- Isaiah 42:17 אֱלֹהֵֽי/נוּ n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cp They shall be turned back, they shall be utterly disappointed, who trust in engraved images, who tell molten images, You are our gods.
- Isaiah 43:3 אֱלֹהֶ֔י/ךָ n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms For I am Yahweh your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior; I have given Egypt as your ransom, Ethiopia and Seba in your place.
- Isaiah 44:6 אֱלֹהִֽים n c mp Thus says Yahweh, the King of Israel, and his Redeemer, Yahweh of Hosts: I am the first, and I am the last; and besides me there is no God.
- Isaiah 45:3 אֱלֹהֵ֥י n c mp cs and I will give you the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that you may know that it is I, Yahweh, who call you by your name, even the God of Israel.
- Isaiah 45:5 אֱלֹהִ֑ים n c mp I am Yahweh, and there is none else; besides me there is no God. I will gird you, though you have not known me;
- Isaiah 45:14 אֱלֹהִֽים n c mp Thus says Yahweh: "The labor of Egypt, and the merchandise of Ethiopia, and the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over to you, and they shall be yours. They shall go after you. In chains they shall come over; and they shall fall down to you. They shall make supplication to you: 'Surely God is in you; and there is none else, there is no other god.
- Isaiah 45:15 אֱלֹהֵ֥י n c mp cs Most assuredly you are a God who hid yourself, God of Israel, the Savior.'
- Isaiah 45:18 הָ/אֱלֹהִ֗ים ptcl def.art + n c mp For thus says Yahweh who created the heavens, the God who formed the earth and made it, who established it and didn't create it a waste, who formed it to be inhabited: I am Yahweh; and there is no one else.
- Isaiah 45:21 אֱלֹהִים֙ n c mp Declare you, and bring [it] forth; yes, let them take counsel together: who has shown this from ancient time? who has declared it of old? Haven't I, Yahweh? and there is no God else besides me, a just God and a Savior; there is no one besides me.
- Isaiah 46:9 אֱלֹהִ֖ים n c mp Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; [I am] God, and there is none like me;
- Isaiah 48:1 וּ/בֵ/אלֹהֵ֤י conj + prep + n c mp cs Hear you this, house of Jacob, who are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah; who swear by the name of Yahweh, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness
- Isaiah 48:2 אֱלֹהֵ֥י n c mp cs (for they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves on the God of Israel; Yahweh of Hosts is his name):
- Isaiah 48:17 אֱלֹהֶ֨י/ךָ֙ n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms Thus says Yahweh, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: I am Yahweh your God, who teaches you to profit, who leads you by the way that you should go.
- Isaiah 49:4 אֱלֹהָֽ/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs But I said, I have labored in vain, I have spent my strength for nothing and vanity; yet surely the justice [due] to me is with Yahweh, and my recompense with my God.
- Isaiah 49:5 וֵ/אלֹהַ֖/י conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs Now says Yahweh who formed me from the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob again to him, and that Israel be gathered to him (for I am honorable in the eyes of Yahweh, and my God is become my strength);
- Isaiah 50:10 בֵּ/אלֹהָֽי/ו prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms Who is among you who fears Yahweh, who obeys the voice of his servant? He who walks in darkness, and has no light, let him trust in the name of Yahweh, and rely on his God.
- Isaiah 51:15 אֱלֹהֶ֔י/ךָ n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms For I am Yahweh your God, who stirs up the sea, so that the waves of it roar: Yahweh of Hosts is his name.
- Isaiah 51:20 אֱלֹהָֽיִ/ךְ n c mp cs + sfx pers 2fs Your sons have fainted, they lie at the head of all the streets, as an antelope in a net; they are full of the wrath of Yahweh, the rebuke of your God.
- Isaiah 51:22 וֵ/אלֹהַ֨יִ/ךְ֙ conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 2fs Thus says your Lord Yahweh, and your God who pleads the cause of his people, Behold, I have taken out of your hand the cup of staggering, even the bowl of the cup of my wrath; you shall no more drink it again:
- Isaiah 52:7 אֱלֹהָֽיִ/ךְ n c mp cs + sfx pers 2fs How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace, who brings good news of good, who publishes salvation, who says to Zion, Your God reigns!
- Isaiah 52:10 אֱלֹהֵֽי/נוּ n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cp Yahweh has made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
- Isaiah 52:12 אֱלֹהֵ֥י n c mp cs For you shall not go out in haste, neither shall you go by flight: for Yahweh will go before you; and the God of Israel will be your rearward.
- Isaiah 53:4 אֱלֹהִ֖ים n c mp Surely he has borne our sickness, and carried our suffering; yet we considered him plagued, struck by God, and afflicted.
- Isaiah 54:5 אֱלֹהֵ֥י n c mp cs For your Maker is your husband; Yahweh of Hosts is his name: and the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; the God of the whole earth shall he be called.
- Isaiah 54:6 אֱלֹהָֽיִ/ךְ n c mp cs + sfx pers 2fs For Yahweh has called you as a wife forsaken and grieved in spirit, even a wife of youth, when she is cast off, says your God.
- Isaiah 55:5 אֱלֹהֶ֔י/ךָ n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms Behold, you shall call a nation that you don't know; and a nation that didn't know you shall run to you, because of Yahweh your God, and for the Holy One of Israel; for he has glorified you.
- Isaiah 55:7 אֱלֹהֵ֖י/נוּ n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cp let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return to Yahweh, and he will have mercy on him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
- Isaiah 57:21 אֱלֹהַ֖/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs There is no peace, says my God, to the wicked.
- Isaiah 58:2 אֱלֹהָי/ו֙ אֱלֹהִ֖ים n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms n c mp Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways: as a nation that did righteousness, and didn't forsake the ordinance of their God, they ask of me righteous judgments; they delight to draw near to God.
- Isaiah 59:2 אֱלֹֽהֵי/כֶ֑ם n c mp cs + sfx pers 2mp but your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hidden his face from you, so that he will not hear.
- Isaiah 59:13 אֱלֹהֵ֑י/נוּ n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cp transgressing and denying Yahweh, and turning away from following our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.
- Isaiah 60:9 אֱלֹהַ֔יִ/ךְ n c mp cs + sfx pers 2fs Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring your sons from far, their silver and their gold with them, for the name of Yahweh your God, and for the Holy One of Israel, because he has glorified you.
- Isaiah 60:19 וֵ/אלֹהַ֖יִ/ךְ conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 2fs The sun shall be no more your light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light to you: but Yahweh will be to you an everlasting light, and your God your glory.
- Isaiah 61:2 לֵ/אלֹהֵ֑י/נוּ prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cp to proclaim the year of Yahweh's favor, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all who mourn;
- Isaiah 61:6 אֱלֹהֵ֔י/נוּ n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cp But you shall be named the priests of Yahweh; men shall call you the ministers of our God: you shall eat the wealth of the nations, and in their glory shall you boast yourselves.
- Isaiah 61:10 בֵּֽ/אלֹהַ֔/י prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs I will greatly rejoice in Yahweh, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation, he has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself with a garland, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
- Isaiah 62:3 אֱלֹהָֽיִ/ךְ n c mp cs + sfx pers 2fs You shall also be a crown of beauty in the hand of Yahweh, and a royal diadem in the hand of your God.
- Isaiah 62:5 אֱלֹהָֽיִ/ךְ n c mp cs + sfx pers 2fs For as a young man marries a virgin, so shall your sons marry you; and as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride, so shall your God rejoice over you.
- Isaiah 64:4 אֱלֹהִים֙ n c mp For from of old men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither has the eye seen a God besides you, who works for him who waits for him.
- Isaiah 65:16 בֵּ/אלֹהֵ֣י בֵּ/אלֹהֵ֣י prep + n c mp cs prep + n c mp cs so that he who blesses himself in the earth shall bless himself in the God of truth; and he who swears in the earth shall swear by the God of truth; because the former troubles are forgotten, and because they are hid from my eyes.
- Isaiah 66:9 אֱלֹהָֽיִ/ךְ n c mp cs + sfx pers 2fs Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? says Yahweh: shall I who cause to bring forth shut [the womb]? says your God.
Jeremiah 128 verses
- Jeremiah 1:16 לֵ/אלֹהִ֣ים prep + n c mp I will utter my judgments against them touching all their wickedness, in that they have forsaken me, and have burned incense to other gods, and worshiped the works of their own hands.
- Jeremiah 2:11 אֱלֹהִ֔ים אֱלֹהִ֑ים n c mp n c mp Has a nation changed [its] gods, which yet are no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which does not profit.
- Jeremiah 2:17 אֱלֹהַ֔יִ/ךְ n c mp cs + sfx pers 2fs Haven't you procured this to yourself, in that you have forsaken Yahweh your God, when he led you by the way?
- Jeremiah 2:19 אֱלֹהָ֑יִ/ךְ n c mp cs + sfx pers 2fs Your own wickedness shall correct you, and your backsliding shall reprove you: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and a bitter, that you have forsaken Yahweh your God, and that my fear is not in you, says the Lord, Yahweh of Hosts.
- Jeremiah 2:28 אֱלֹהֶ֨י/ךָ֙ אֱלֹהֶ֖י/ךָ n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms But where are your gods that you have made you? let them arise, if they can save you in the time of your trouble: for according to the number of your cities are your gods, Judah.
- Jeremiah 3:13 אֱלֹהַ֖יִ/ךְ n c mp cs + sfx pers 2fs Only acknowledge your iniquity, that you have transgressed against Yahweh your God, and have scattered your ways to the strangers under every green tree, and you have not obeyed my voice, says Yahweh.
- Jeremiah 3:21 אֱלֹהֵי/הֶֽם n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp A voice is heard on the bare heights, the weeping [and] the petitions of the children of Israel; because they have perverted their way, they have forgotten Yahweh their God.
- Jeremiah 3:22 אֱלֹהֵֽי/נוּ n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cp Return, you backsliding children, I will heal your backsliding. Behold, we are come to you; for you are Yahweh our God.
- Jeremiah 3:23 אֱלֹהֵ֔י/נוּ n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cp Truly in vain is [the help that is looked for] from the hills, the tumult on the mountains: truly in Yahweh our God is the salvation of Israel.
- Jeremiah 3:25 אֱלֹהֵ֜י/נוּ אֱלֹהֵֽי/נוּ n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cp n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cp Let us lie down in our shame, and let our confusion cover us; for we have sinned against Yahweh our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even to this day; and we have not obeyed the voice of Yahweh our God.
- Jeremiah 5:4 אֱלֹהֵי/הֶֽם n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp Then I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish; for they don't know the way of Yahweh, nor the law of their God:
- Jeremiah 5:5 אֱלֹהֵי/הֶ֑ם n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp I will get me to the great men, and will speak to them; for they know the way of Yahweh, and the law of their God. But these with one accord have broken the yoke, and burst the bonds.
- Jeremiah 5:7 אֱלֹהִ֑ים n c mp How can I pardon you? your children have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods: when I had fed them to the full, they committed adultery, and assembled themselves in troops at the prostitutes' houses.
- Jeremiah 5:14 אֱלֹהֵ֣י n c mp cs Therefore thus says Yahweh, the God of hosts, Because you speak this word, behold, I will make my words in your mouth fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them.
- Jeremiah 5:19 אֱלֹהֵ֛י/נוּ אֱלֹהֵ֤י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cp n c mp cs It shall happen, when you shall say, Why has Yahweh our God done all these things to us? then shall you say to them, Like as you have forsaken me, and served foreign gods in your land, so shall you serve strangers in a land that is not yours.
- Jeremiah 5:24 אֱלֹהֵ֔י/נוּ n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cp Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear Yahweh our God, who gives rain, both the former and the latter, in its season; who preserves to us the appointed weeks of the harvest.
- Jeremiah 7:3 אֱלֹהֵ֣י n c mp cs Thus says Yahweh of Hosts, the God of Israel, Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place.
- Jeremiah 7:6 אֱלֹהִ֧ים n c mp if you don't oppress the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, and don't shed innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your own hurt:
- Jeremiah 7:9 אֱלֹהִ֥ים n c mp Will you steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense to Baal, and walk after other gods that you have not known,
- Jeremiah 7:18 לֵ/אלֹהִ֣ים prep + n c mp The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead the dough, to make cakes to the queen of the sky, and to pour out drink-offerings to other gods, that they may provoke me to anger.
- Jeremiah 7:21 אֱלֹהֵ֣י n c mp cs Thus says Yahweh of Hosts, the God of Israel: Add your burnt offerings to your sacrifices, and eat you flesh.
- Jeremiah 7:23 לֵֽ/אלֹהִ֔ים prep + n c mp but this thing I commanded them, saying, Listen to my voice, and I will be your God, and you shall be my people; and walk you in all the way that I command you, that it may be well with you.
- Jeremiah 7:28 אֱלֹהָ֔י/ו n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms You shall tell them, This is the nation that has not listened to the voice of Yahweh their God, nor received instruction: truth is perished, and is cut off from their mouth.
- Jeremiah 8:14 אֱלֹהֵ֤י/נוּ n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cp Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the fortified cities, and let us be silent there; for Yahweh our God has put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against Yahweh.
- Jeremiah 9:15 אֱלֹהֵ֣י n c mp cs therefore thus says Yahweh of Hosts, the God of Israel, Behold, I will feed them, even this people, with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink.
- Jeremiah 10:10 אֱלֹהִים֙ אֱלֹהִ֥ים n c mp n c mp But Yahweh is the true God; he is the living God, and an everlasting King: at his wrath the earth trembles, and the nations are not able to abide his indignation.
- Jeremiah 11:3 אֱלֹהֵ֣י n c mp cs and say you to them, Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel: Cursed be the man who doesn't hear the words of this covenant,
- Jeremiah 11:4 לֵ/אלֹהִֽים prep + n c mp which I commanded your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the iron furnace, saying, Obey my voice, and do them, according to all which I command you: so shall you be my people, and I will be your God;
- Jeremiah 11:10 אֱלֹהִ֥ים n c mp They are turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers, who refused to hear my words; and they are gone after other gods to serve them: the house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken my covenant which I made with their fathers.
- Jeremiah 11:12 הָ֣/אֱלֹהִ֔ים ptcl def.art + n c mp Then shall the cities of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem go and cry to the gods to which they offer incense: but they will not save them at all in the time of their trouble.
- Jeremiah 11:13 אֱלֹהֶ֖י/ךָ n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms For according to the number of your cities are your gods, Judah; and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem have you set up altars to the shameful thing, even altars to burn incense to Baal.
- Jeremiah 13:10 אֱלֹהִ֣ים n c mp This evil people, who refuse to hear my words, who walk in the stubbornness of their heart, and are gone after other gods to serve them, and to worship them, shall even be as this belt, which is profitable for nothing.
- Jeremiah 13:12 אֱלֹהֵ֣י n c mp cs Therefore you shall speak to them this word: Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, Every bottle shall be filled with wine: and they shall tell you, Do we not certainly know that every bottle shall be filled with wine?
- Jeremiah 13:16 אֱלֹהֵי/כֶ֤ם n c mp cs + sfx pers 2mp Give glory to Yahweh your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble on the dark mountains, and, while you look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness.
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
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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.
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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
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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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