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 6 of 12 — showing verses 1,001–1,200 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.
1 Kings 90 verses
- 1 Kings 13:12 הָ/אֱלֹהִ֔ים ptcl def.art + n c mp Their father said to them, Which way did he go? Now his sons had seen which way the man of God went, who came from Judah.
- 1 Kings 13:14 הָ/אֱלֹהִ֔ים הָ/אֱלֹהִ֛ים ptcl def.art + n c mp ptcl def.art + n c mp He went after the man of God, and found him sitting under an oak; and he said to him, Are you the man of God who came from Judah? He said, I am.
- 1 Kings 13:21 הָ/אֱלֹהִ֗ים אֱלֹהֶֽי/ךָ ptcl def.art + n c mp n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms and he cried to the man of God who came from Judah, saying, Thus says Yahweh, Because you have been disobedient to the mouth of Yahweh, and have not kept the commandment which Yahweh your God commanded you,
- 1 Kings 13:26 הָ/אֱלֹהִ֣ים ptcl def.art + n c mp When the prophet who brought him back from the way heard of it, he said, It is the man of God, who was disobedient to the mouth of Yahweh: therefore Yahweh has delivered him to the lion, which has torn him, and slain him, according to the word of Yahweh, which he spoke to him.
- 1 Kings 13:29 הָ/אֱלֹהִ֛ים ptcl def.art + n c mp The prophet took up the body of the man of God, and laid it on the donkey, and brought it back; and he came to the city of the old prophet, to mourn, and to bury him.
- 1 Kings 13:31 הָ/אֱלֹהִ֖ים ptcl def.art + n c mp It happened, after he had buried him, that he spoke to his sons, saying, When I am dead, then bury me in the tomb in which the man of God is buried; lay my bones beside his bones.
- 1 Kings 14:7 אֱלֹהֵ֣י n c mp cs Go, tell Jeroboam, Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel: Because I exalted you from among the people, and made you prince over my people Israel,
- 1 Kings 14:9 אֱלֹהִ֨ים n c mp but have done evil above all who were before you, and have gone and made you other gods, and molten images, to provoke me to anger, and have cast me behind your back:
- 1 Kings 14:13 אֱלֹהֵ֥י n c mp cs All Israel shall mourn for him, and bury him; for he only of Jeroboam shall come to the grave, because in him there is found some good thing toward Yahweh, the God of Israel, in the house of Jeroboam.
- 1 Kings 15:3 אֱלֹהָ֔י/ו n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms He walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him; and his heart was not perfect with Yahweh his God, as the heart of David his father.
- 1 Kings 15:4 אֱלֹהָ֥י/ו n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms Nevertheless for David's sake did Yahweh his God give him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem;
- 1 Kings 15:30 אֱלֹהֵ֥י n c mp cs for the sins of Jeroboam which he sinned, and with which he made Israel to sin, because of his provocation with which he provoked Yahweh, the God of Israel, to anger.
- 1 Kings 16:13 אֱלֹהֵ֥י n c mp cs for all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son, which they sinned, and with which they made Israel to sin, to provoke Yahweh, the God of Israel, to anger with their vanities.
- 1 Kings 16:26 אֱלֹהֵ֥י n c mp cs For he walked in all the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and in his sins with which he made Israel to sin, to provoke Yahweh, the God of Israel, to anger with their vanities.
- 1 Kings 16:33 אֱלֹהֵ֣י n c mp cs Ahab made the Asherah; and Ahab did yet more to provoke Yahweh, the God of Israel, to anger than all the kings of Israel who were before him.
- 1 Kings 17:1 אֱלֹהֵ֤י n c mp cs Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the foreigners of Gilead, said to Ahab, As Yahweh, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.
- 1 Kings 17:12 אֱלֹהֶ֨י/ךָ֙ n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms She said, As Yahweh your God lives, I don't have a cake, but a handful of meal in the jar, and a little oil in the jar: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and bake it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.
- 1 Kings 17:14 אֱלֹהֵ֣י n c mp cs For thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, The jar of meal shall not empty, neither shall the jar of oil fail, until the day that Yahweh sends rain on the earth.
- 1 Kings 17:18 הָ/אֱלֹהִ֑ים ptcl def.art + n c mp She said to Elijah, What have I to do with you, you man of God? You have come to me to bring my sin to memory, and to kill my son!
- 1 Kings 17:20 אֱלֹהָ֔/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs He cried to Yahweh, and said, Yahweh my God, have you also brought evil on the widow with whom I sojourn, by killing her son?
- 1 Kings 17:21 אֱלֹהָ֔/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs He stretched himself on the child three times, and cried to Yahweh, and said, Yahweh my God, please let this child's soul come into him again.
- 1 Kings 17:24 אֱלֹהִ֖ים n c mp The woman said to Elijah, Now I know that you are a man of God, and that the word of Yahweh in your mouth is truth.
- 1 Kings 18:10 אֱלֹהֶ֗י/ךָ n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms As Yahweh your God lives, there is no nation or kingdom, where my lord has not sent to seek you: and when they said, He is not here, he took an oath of the kingdom and nation, that they didn't find you.
- 1 Kings 18:21 הָֽ/אֱלֹהִים֙ ptcl def.art + n c mp Elijah came near to all the people, and said, "How long will you waver between the two sides? If Yahweh is God, follow him; but if Baal, then follow him." The people answered him not a word.
- 1 Kings 18:24 אֱלֹֽהֵי/כֶ֗ם הָ/אֱלֹהִ֛ים הָ/אֱלֹהִ֑ים n c mp cs + sfx pers 2mp ptcl def.art + n c mp ptcl def.art + n c mp You call on the name of your god, and I will call on the name of Yahweh; and the God who answers by fire, let him be God." All the people answered, "It is well said."
- 1 Kings 18:25 אֱלֹהֵי/כֶ֔ם n c mp cs + sfx pers 2mp Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, "Choose one bull for yourselves, and dress it first; for you are many; and call on the name of your god, but put no fire under it."
- 1 Kings 18:27 אֱלֹהִ֣ים n c mp It happened at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud; for he is a god: either he is musing, or he is gone aside, or he is on a journey, or peradventure he sleeps and must be awakened.
- 1 Kings 18:36 אֱלֹהֵי֙ אֱלֹהִ֛ים n c mp cs n c mp It happened at the time of the offering of the [evening] offering, that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, Yahweh, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that you are God in Israel, and that I am your servant, and that I have done all these things at your word.
- 1 Kings 18:37 הָ/אֱלֹהִ֑ים ptcl def.art + n c mp Hear me, Yahweh, hear me, that this people may know that you, Yahweh, are God, and [that] you have turned their heart back again.
- 1 Kings 18:39 הָ/אֱלֹהִ֔ים הָ/אֱלֹהִֽים ptcl def.art + n c mp ptcl def.art + n c mp When all the people saw it, they fell on their faces: and they said, Yahweh, he is God; Yahweh, he is God.
- 1 Kings 19:2 אֱלֹהִים֙ n c mp Then Jezebel send a messenger to Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I don't make your life as the life of one of them by tomorrow about this time.
- 1 Kings 19:8 הָ/אֱלֹהִ֖ים ptcl def.art + n c mp He arose, and ate and drink, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb the Mount of God.
- 1 Kings 19:10 אֱלֹהֵ֣י n c mp cs He said, I have been very jealous for Yahweh, the God of hosts; for the children of Israel have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altars, and slain your prophets with the sword: and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.
- 1 Kings 19:14 אֱלֹהֵ֣י n c mp cs He said, I have been very jealous for Yahweh, the God of hosts; for the children of Israel have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altars, and slain your prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.
- 1 Kings 20:10 אֱלֹהִ֖ים n c mp Ben Hadad sent to him, and said, The gods do so to me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people who follow me.
- 1 Kings 20:23 אֱלֹהֵ֤י אֱלֹ֣הֵי/הֶ֔ם n c mp cs n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp The servants of the king of Syria said to him, Their god is a god of the hills; therefore they were stronger than we: but let us fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they.
- 1 Kings 20:28 הָ/אֱלֹהִ֗ים אֱלֹהֵ֤י אֱלֹהֵ֥י ptcl def.art + n c mp n c mp cs n c mp cs A man of God came near and spoke to the king of Israel, and said, Thus says Yahweh, Because the Syrians have said, Yahweh is a god of the hills, but he is not a god of the valleys; therefore will I deliver all this great multitude into your hand, and you shall know that I am Yahweh.
- 1 Kings 21:10 אֱלֹהִ֖ים n c mp and set two men, base fellows, before him, and let them testify against him, saying, You did curse God and the king. Then carry him out, and stone him to death.
- 1 Kings 21:13 אֱלֹהִ֖ים n c mp The two men, the base fellows, came in and sat before him: and the base fellows bore witness against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth did curse God and the king. Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him to death with stones.
- 1 Kings 22:53 אֱלֹהֵ֣י n c mp cs He served Baal, and worshiped him, and provoked to anger Yahweh, the God of Israel, according to all that his father had done.
2 Kings 83 verses
- 2 Kings 1:2 אֱלֹהֵ֣י n c mp cs Ahaziah fell down through the lattice in his upper chamber that was in Samaria, and was sick: and he sent messengers, and said to them, Go, inquire of Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I shall recover of this sickness.
- 2 Kings 1:3 אֱלֹהִים֙ אֱלֹהֵ֥י n c mp n c mp cs But the angel of Yahweh said to Elijah the Tishbite, Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and tell them, Is it because there is no God in Israel, that you go to inquire of Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron?
- 2 Kings 1:6 אֱלֹהִים֙ אֱלֹהֵ֣י n c mp n c mp cs They said to him, There came up a man to meet us, and said to us, Go, turn again to the king who sent you, and tell him, Thus says Yahweh, Is it because there is no God in Israel, that you send to inquire of Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron? therefore you shall not come down from the bed where you are gone up, but shall surely die.
- 2 Kings 1:9 הָֽ/אֱלֹהִ֔ים ptcl def.art + n c mp Then [the king] sent to him a captain of fifty with his fifty. He went up to him: and, behold, he was sitting on the top of the hill. He spoke to him, man of God, the king has said, Come down.
- 2 Kings 1:10 אֱלֹהִים֙ n c mp Elijah answered to the captain of fifty, If I be a man of God, let fire come down from the sky, and consume you and your fifty. Fire came down from the sky, and consumed him and his fifty.
- 2 Kings 1:11 הָ/אֱלֹהִ֔ים ptcl def.art + n c mp Again he sent to him another captain of fifty and his fifty. He answered him, man of God, thus has the king said, Come down quickly.
- 2 Kings 1:12 הָֽ/אֱלֹהִים֙ אֱלֹהִים֙ ptcl def.art + n c mp n c mp Elijah answered them, If I be a man of God, let fire come down from the sky, and consume you and your fifty. The fire of God came down from the sky, and consumed him and his fifty.
- 2 Kings 1:13 הָֽ/אֱלֹהִ֔ים ptcl def.art + n c mp Again he sent the captain of a third fifty with his fifty. The third captain of fifty went up, and came and fell on his knees before Elijah, and begged him, and said to him, man of God, please let my life, and the life of these fifty your servants, be precious in your sight.
- 2 Kings 1:16 אֱלֹהֵ֣י אֱלֹהִים֙ n c mp cs n c mp He said to him, Thus says Yahweh, Because you have sent messengers to inquire of Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron, is it because there is no God in Israel to inquire of his word? therefore you shall not come down from the bed where you are gone up, but shall surely die.
- 2 Kings 2:14 אֱלֹהֵ֣י n c mp cs He took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and struck the waters, and said, Where is Yahweh, the God of Elijah? and when he also had struck the waters, they were divided here and there; and Elisha went over.
- 2 Kings 4:7 הָ/אֱלֹהִ֔ים ptcl def.art + n c mp Then she came and told the man of God. He said, Go, sell the oil, and pay your debt, and live you and your sons of the rest.
- 2 Kings 4:9 אֱלֹהִ֖ים n c mp She said to her husband, See now, I perceive that this is a holy man of God, that passes by us continually.
- 2 Kings 4:16 הָ/אֱלֹהִ֔ים ptcl def.art + n c mp He said, At this season, when the time comes round, you shall embrace a son. She said, No, my lord, you man of God, do not lie to your handmaid.
- 2 Kings 4:21 הָ/אֱלֹהִ֑ים ptcl def.art + n c mp She went up and laid him on the bed of the man of God, and shut [the door] on him, and went out.
- 2 Kings 4:22 הָ/אֱלֹהִ֖ים ptcl def.art + n c mp She called to her husband, and said, Please send me one of the servants, and one of the donkeys, that I may run to the man of God, and come again.
- 2 Kings 4:25 הָ/אֱלֹהִ֖ים הָ/אֱלֹהִ֤ים ptcl def.art + n c mp ptcl def.art + n c mp So she went, and came to the man of God to Mount Carmel. It happened, when the man of God saw her afar off, that he said to Gehazi his servant, Behold, yonder is the Shunammite:
- 2 Kings 4:27 הָֽ/אֱלֹהִים֙ הָ/אֱלֹהִ֤ים ptcl def.art + n c mp ptcl def.art + n c mp When she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught hold of his feet. Gehazi came near to thrust her away; but the man of God said, Let her alone: for her soul is vexed within her; and Yahweh has hid it from me, and has not told me.
- 2 Kings 4:40 הָ/אֱלֹהִ֔ים ptcl def.art + n c mp So they poured out for the men to eat. It happened, as they were eating of the stew, that they cried out, and said, man of God, there is death in the pot. They could not eat of it.
- 2 Kings 4:42 הָ/אֱלֹהִ֜ים ptcl def.art + n c mp There came a man from Baal Shalishah, and brought the man of God bread of the first fruits, twenty loaves of barley, and fresh ears of grain in his sack. He said, Give to the people, that they may eat.
- 2 Kings 5:7 הַ/אֱלֹהִ֥ים ptcl inter + n c mp It happened, when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he tore his clothes, and said, Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man does send to me to recover a man of his leprosy? but consider, I pray you, and see how he seeks a quarrel against me.
- 2 Kings 5:8 הָ/אֱלֹהִ֗ים ptcl def.art + n c mp It was so, when Elisha the man of God heard that the king of Israel had torn his clothes, that he sent to the king, saying, Why have you torn your clothes? let him come now to me, and he shall know that there is a prophet in Israel.
- 2 Kings 5:11 אֱלֹהָ֔י/ו n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms But Naaman was angry, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of Yahweh his God, and wave his hand over the place, and recover the leper.
- 2 Kings 5:14 הָ/אֱלֹהִ֑ים ptcl def.art + n c mp Then went he down, and dipped [himself] seven times in the Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God; and his flesh came again like the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.
- 2 Kings 5:15 הָ/אֱלֹהִ֜ים אֱלֹהִים֙ ptcl def.art + n c mp n c mp He returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and came, and stood before him; and he said, See now, I know that there is no God in all the earth, but in Israel: now therefore, please take a present from your servant.
- 2 Kings 5:17 לֵ/אלֹהִ֣ים prep + n c mp Naaman said, If not, yet, please let there be given to your servant two mules' burden of earth; for your servant will henceforth offer neither burnt offering nor sacrifice to other gods, but to Yahweh.
- 2 Kings 5:20 הָ/אֱלֹהִים֒ ptcl def.art + n c mp But Gehazi the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold, my master has spared this Naaman the Syrian, in not receiving at his hands that which he brought: as Yahweh lives, I will run after him, and take somewhat of him.
- 2 Kings 6:6 הָ/אֱלֹהִ֖ים ptcl def.art + n c mp The man of God said, Where fell it? He shown him the place. He cut down a stick, and cast it in there, and made the iron to swim.
- 2 Kings 6:9 הָ/אֱלֹהִ֗ים ptcl def.art + n c mp The man of God sent to the king of Israel, saying, Beware that you not pass such a place; for there the Syrians are coming down.
- 2 Kings 6:10 הָ/אֱלֹהִ֛ים ptcl def.art + n c mp The king of Israel sent to the place which the man of God told him and warned him of; and he saved himself there, not once nor twice.
- 2 Kings 6:15 הָֽ/אֱלֹהִים֮ ptcl def.art + n c mp When the servant of the man of God was risen early, and gone forth, behold, a host with horses and chariots was round about the city. His servant said to him, Alas, my master! how shall we do?
- 2 Kings 6:31 אֱלֹהִ֖ים n c mp Then he said, God do so to me, and more also, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day.
- 2 Kings 7:2 הָ/אֱלֹהִים֮ ptcl def.art + n c mp Then the captain on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if Yahweh should make windows in heaven, might this thing be? He said, Behold, you shall see it with your eyes, but shall not eat of it.
- 2 Kings 7:17 הָ/אֱלֹהִ֔ים ptcl def.art + n c mp The king appointed the captain on whose hand he leaned to have the charge of the gate: and the people trod on him in the gate, and he died as the man of God had said, who spoke when the king came down to him.
- 2 Kings 7:18 הָ/אֱלֹהִ֔ים ptcl def.art + n c mp It happened, as the man of God had spoken to the king, saying, Two measures of barley for a shekel, and a measure of fine flour for a shekel, shall be tomorrow about this time in the gate of Samaria;
- 2 Kings 7:19 הָ/אֱלֹהִים֮ ptcl def.art + n c mp and that captain answered the man of God, and said, Now, behold, if Yahweh should make windows in heaven, might such a thing be? and he said, Behold, you shall see it with your eyes, but shall not eat of it:
- 2 Kings 8:2 הָ/אֱלֹהִ֑ים ptcl def.art + n c mp The woman arose, and did according to the word of the man of God; and she went with her household, and sojourned in the land of the Philistines seven years.
- 2 Kings 8:4 הָ/אֱלֹהִ֖ים ptcl def.art + n c mp Now the king was talking with Gehazi the servant of the man of God, saying, Please tell me all the great things that Elisha has done.
- 2 Kings 8:7 הָ/אֱלֹהִ֖ים ptcl def.art + n c mp Elisha came to Damascus; and Benhadad the king of Syria was sick; and it was told him, saying, The man of God is come here.
- 2 Kings 8:8 הָ/אֱלֹהִ֑ים ptcl def.art + n c mp The king said to Hazael, Take a present in your hand, and go, meet the man of God, and inquire of Yahweh by him, saying, Shall I recover of this sickness?
- 2 Kings 8:11 הָ/אֱלֹהִֽים ptcl def.art + n c mp He settled his gaze steadfastly [on him], until he was ashamed: and the man of God wept.
- 2 Kings 9:6 אֱלֹהֵ֣י n c mp cs He arose, and went into the house; and he poured the oil on his head, and said to him, Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, I have anointed you king over the people of Yahweh, even over Israel.
- 2 Kings 10:31 אֱלֹהֵֽי n c mp cs But Jehu took no heed to walk in the law of Yahweh, the God of Israel, with all his heart: he didn't depart from the sins of Jeroboam, with which he made Israel to sin.
- 2 Kings 13:19 הָ/אֱלֹהִ֗ים ptcl def.art + n c mp The man of God was angry with him, and said, You should have struck five or six times: then had you struck Syria until you had consumed it, whereas now you shall strike Syria but thrice.
- 2 Kings 14:25 אֱלֹהֵ֣י n c mp cs He restored the border of Israel from the entrance of Hamath to the sea of the Arabah, according to the word of Yahweh, the God of Israel, which he spoke by his servant Jonah the son of Amittai, the prophet, who was of Gath Hepher.
- 2 Kings 16:2 אֱלֹהָ֖י/ו n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms Twenty years old was Ahaz when he began to reign; and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: and he didn't do that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh his God, like David his father.
- 2 Kings 17:7 אֱלֹהֵי/הֶ֔ם אֱלֹהִ֥ים n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp n c mp It was so, because the children of Israel had sinned against Yahweh their God, who brought them up out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and had feared other gods,
- 2 Kings 17:9 אֱלֹהֵי/הֶ֑ם n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp The children of Israel did secretly things that were not right against Yahweh their God: and they built them high places in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fortified city;
- 2 Kings 17:14 אֱלֹהֵי/הֶֽם n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp Notwithstanding, they would not hear, but hardened their neck, like the neck of their fathers, who didn't believe in Yahweh their God.
- 2 Kings 17:16 אֱלֹהֵי/הֶ֔ם n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp They forsook all the commandments of Yahweh their God, and made them molten images, even two calves, and made an Asherah, and worshiped all the host of the sky, and served Baal.
- 2 Kings 17:19 אֱלֹהֵי/הֶ֑ם n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp Also Judah didn't keep the commandments of Yahweh their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made.
- 2 Kings 17:26 אֱלֹהֵ֣י אֱלֹהֵ֥י n c mp cs n c mp cs Therefore they spoke to the king of Assyria, saying, The nations which you have carried away, and placed in the cities of Samaria, don't know the law of the god of the land: therefore he has sent lions among them, and, behold, they kill them, because they don't know the law of the god of the land.
- 2 Kings 17:27 אֱלֹהֵ֥י n c mp cs Then the king of Assyria commanded, saying, Carry there one of the priests whom you brought from there; and let them go and dwell there, and let him teach them the law of the god of the land.
- 2 Kings 17:29 אֱלֹהָ֑י/ו n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms However every nation made gods of their own, and put them in the houses of the high places which the Samaritans had made, every nation in their cities in which they lived.
- 2 Kings 17:31 אֱלֹהֵ֥י n c mp cs and the Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak; and the Sepharvites burnt their children in the fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim.
- 2 Kings 17:33 אֱלֹֽהֵי/הֶם֙ n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp They feared Yahweh, and served their own gods, after the manner of the nations from among whom they had been carried away.
- 2 Kings 17:35 אֱלֹהִ֣ים n c mp with whom Yahweh had made a covenant, and charged them, saying, You shall not fear other gods, nor bow yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them:
- 2 Kings 17:37 אֱלֹהִ֥ים n c mp and the statutes and the ordinances, and the law and the commandment, which he wrote for you, you shall observe to do forevermore; and you shall not fear other gods:
- 2 Kings 17:38 אֱלֹהִ֥ים n c mp and the covenant that I have made with you you shall not forget; neither shall you fear other gods:
- 2 Kings 17:39 אֱלֹהֵי/כֶ֖ם n c mp cs + sfx pers 2mp but Yahweh your God shall you fear; and he will deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies.
- 2 Kings 18:5 אֱלֹהֵֽי n c mp cs He trusted in Yahweh, the God of Israel; so that after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor [among them] that were before him.
- 2 Kings 18:12 אֱלֹהֵי/הֶ֔ם n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp because they didn't obey the voice of Yahweh their God, but transgressed his covenant, even all that Moses the servant of Yahweh commanded, and would not hear it, nor do it.
- 2 Kings 18:22 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 in Jerusalem?
- 2 Kings 18:33 אֱלֹהֵ֥י n c mp cs Has any of the gods of the nations ever delivered his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria?
- 2 Kings 18:34 אֱלֹהֵ֨י אֱלֹהֵ֥י n c mp cs n c mp cs Where are the gods of Hamath, and of Arpad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivvah? have they delivered Samaria out of my hand?
- 2 Kings 18:35 אֱלֹהֵ֣י n c mp cs Who are they among all the gods of the countries, that have delivered their country out of my hand, that Yahweh should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?
- 2 Kings 19:4 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 all 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.
- 2 Kings 19:10 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.
- 2 Kings 19:12 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 that were in Telassar?
- 2 Kings 19:15 אֱלֹהֵ֤י הָֽ/אֱלֹהִים֙ n c mp cs ptcl def.art + n c mp Hezekiah prayed before Yahweh, and said, Yahweh, the God of Israel, who sit [above] the cherubim, you are the God, even you alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; you have made heaven and earth.
- 2 Kings 19:16 אֱלֹהִ֥ים n c mp Incline your ear, Yahweh, and hear; open your eyes, Yahweh, and see; and hear the words of Sennacherib, with which he has sent him to defy the living God.
- 2 Kings 19:18 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.
- 2 Kings 19:19 אֱלֹהֵ֔י/נוּ אֱלֹהִ֖ים n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cp n c mp Now therefore, Yahweh our God, save you us, I beg you, out of his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you Yahweh are God alone.
- 2 Kings 19:20 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, I have heard [you].
- 2 Kings 19:37 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 struck him with the sword: and they escaped into the land of Ararat. Esar Haddon his son reigned in his place.
- 2 Kings 20:5 אֱלֹהֵי֙ n c mp cs Turn back, and tell Hezekiah the prince of my people, Thus says Yahweh, the God of David your father, I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears: behold, I will heal you; on the third day you shall go up to the house of Yahweh.
- 2 Kings 21:12 אֱלֹהֵ֣י n c mp cs therefore thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, Behold, I bring such evil on Jerusalem and Judah, that whoever hears of it, both his ears shall tingle.
- 2 Kings 21:22 אֱלֹהֵ֣י n c mp cs and he forsook Yahweh, the God of his fathers, and didn't walk in the way of Yahweh.
- 2 Kings 22:15 אֱלֹהֵ֣י n c mp cs She said to them, Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel: Tell you the man who sent you to me,
- 2 Kings 22:17 לֵ/אלֹהִ֣ים prep + n c mp Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense to other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the work of their hands, therefore my wrath shall be kindled against this place, and it shall not be quenched.
- 2 Kings 22:18 אֱלֹהֵ֣י n c mp cs But to the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of Yahweh, thus shall you tell him, Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel: As touching the words which you have heard,
- 2 Kings 23:16 הָ/אֱלֹהִ֔ים ptcl def.art + n c mp As Josiah turned himself, he spied the tombs that were there in the mountain; and he sent, and took the bones out of the tombs, and burned them on the altar, and defiled it, according to the word of Yahweh which the man of God proclaimed, who proclaimed these things.
- 2 Kings 23:17 הָֽ/אֱלֹהִים֙ ptcl def.art + n c mp Then he said, What monument is that which I see? The men of the city told him, It is the tomb of the man of God, who came from Judah, and proclaimed these things that you have done against the altar of Bethel.
- 2 Kings 23:21 אֱלֹֽהֵי/כֶ֑ם n c mp cs + sfx pers 2mp The king commanded all the people, saying, Keep the Passover to Yahweh your God, as it is written in this book of the covenant.
1 Chronicles 101 verses
- 1 Chronicles 4:10 לֵ/אלֹהֵ֨י אֱלֹהִ֖ים prep + n c mp cs n c mp Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that you would bless me indeed, and enlarge my border, and that your hand might be with me, and that you would keep me from evil, that it not be to my sorrow! God granted him that which he requested.
- 1 Chronicles 5:20 לֵ/אלֹהִ֤ים prep + n c mp They were helped against them, and the Hagrites were delivered into their hand, and all who were with them; for they cried to God in the battle, and he was entreated of them, because they put their trust in him.
- 1 Chronicles 5:22 מֵ/הָ/אֱלֹהִ֖ים prep + ptcl def.art + n c mp For there fell many slain, because the war was of God. They lived in their place until the captivity.
- 1 Chronicles 5:25 בֵּ/אלֹהֵ֖י אֱלֹהֵ֣י אֱלֹהִ֖ים prep + n c mp cs n c mp cs n c mp They trespassed against the God of their fathers, and played the prostitute after the gods of the peoples of the land, whom God destroyed before them.
- 1 Chronicles 5:26 אֱלֹהֵ֨י n c mp cs The God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgath Pilneser king of Assyria, and he carried them away, even the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, and brought them to Halah, and Habor, and Hara, and to the river of Gozan, to this day.
- 1 Chronicles 6:48 הָ/אֱלֹהִֽים ptcl def.art + n c mp Their brothers the Levites were appointed for all the service of the tent of the house of God.
- 1 Chronicles 6:49 הָ/אֱלֹהִֽים ptcl def.art + n c mp But Aaron and his sons offered on the altar of burnt offering, and on the altar of incense, for all the work of the most holy place, and to make atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.
- 1 Chronicles 9:11 הָ/אֱלֹהִֽים ptcl def.art + n c mp and Azariah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the ruler of the house of God;
- 1 Chronicles 9:13 הָ/אֱלֹהִֽים ptcl def.art + n c mp and their brothers, heads of their fathers' houses, one thousand seven hundred sixty; very able men for the work of the service of the house of God.
- 1 Chronicles 9:26 הָ/אֱלֹהִֽים ptcl def.art + n c mp for the four chief porters, who were Levites, were in an office of trust, and were over the chambers and over the treasuries in the house of God.
- 1 Chronicles 9:27 הָ/אֱלֹהִ֖ים ptcl def.art + n c mp They lodged round about the house of God, because the charge [of it] was on them; and to them pertained the opening of it morning by morning.
- 1 Chronicles 10:10 אֱלֹהֵי/הֶ֑ם n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp They put his armor in the house of their gods, and fastened his head in the house of Dagon.
- 1 Chronicles 11:2 אֱלֹהֶ֜י/ךָ n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms In times past, even when Saul was king, it was you who led out and brought in Israel: and Yahweh your God said to you, You shall be shepherd of my people Israel, and you shall be prince over my people Israel.
- 1 Chronicles 11:19 מֵ/אֱלֹהַ֜/י prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs and said, My God forbid it me, that I should do this: shall I drink the blood of these men who have put their lives in jeopardy? for with [the jeopardy of] their lives they brought it. Therefore he would not drink it. These things did the three mighty men.
- 1 Chronicles 12:17 אֱלֹהֵ֥י n c mp cs David went out to meet them, and answered them, If you be come peaceably to me to help me, my heart shall be knit to you; but if [you be come] to betray me to my adversaries, seeing there is no wrong in my hands, the God of our fathers look thereon, and rebuke it.
- 1 Chronicles 12:18 אֱלֹהֶ֑י/ךָ n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms Then the Spirit came on Amasai, who was chief of the thirty, [and he said], "We are yours, David, and on your side, you son of Jesse: peace, peace be to you, and peace be to your helpers; for your God helps you." Then David received them, and made them captains of the band.
- 1 Chronicles 12:22 אֱלֹהִֽים n c mp For from day to day men came to David to help him, until there was a great host, like the host of God.
- 1 Chronicles 13:2 אֱלֹהֵ֗י/נוּ n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cp David said to all the assembly of Israel, If it seem good to you, and if it be of Yahweh our God, let us send abroad everywhere to our brothers who are left in all the land of Israel, with whom the priests and Levites are in their cities that have suburbs, that they may gather themselves to us;
- 1 Chronicles 13:3 אֱלֹהֵ֖י/נוּ n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cp and let us bring again the ark of our God to us: for we didn't seek it in the days of Saul.
- 1 Chronicles 13:5 הָ/אֱלֹהִ֔ים ptcl def.art + n c mp So David assembled all Israel together, from the Shihor [the brook] of Egypt even to the entrance of Hamath, to bring the ark of God from Kiriath Jearim.
- 1 Chronicles 13:6 הָ/אֱלֹהִ֧ים ptcl def.art + n c mp David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah, [that is], to Kiriath Jearim, which belonged to Judah, to bring up from there the ark of God Yahweh that sits [above] the cherubim, that is called by the Name.
- 1 Chronicles 13:7 הָ/אֱלֹהִים֙ ptcl def.art + n c mp They carried the ark of God on a new cart, [and brought it] out of the house of Abinadab: and Uzza and Ahio drove the cart.
- 1 Chronicles 13:8 הָ/אֱלֹהִ֖ים ptcl def.art + n c mp David and all Israel played before God with all their might, even with songs, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with tambourines, and with cymbals, and with trumpets.
- 1 Chronicles 13:10 אֱלֹהִֽים n c mp The anger of Yahweh was kindled against Uzza, and he struck him, because he put forth his hand to the ark; and there he died before God.
- 1 Chronicles 13:12 הָ֣/אֱלֹהִ֔ים הָ/אֱלֹהִֽים ptcl def.art + n c mp ptcl def.art + n c mp David was afraid of God that day, saying, How shall I bring the ark of God home to me?
- 1 Chronicles 13:14 הָ/אֱלֹהִ֜ים ptcl def.art + n c mp The ark of God remained with the family of Obed-edom in his house three months: and Yahweh blessed the house of Obed-edom, and all that he had.
- 1 Chronicles 14:10 בֵּ/אלֹהִים֙ prep + n c mp David inquired of God, saying, Shall I go up against the Philistines? and will you deliver them into my hand? Yahweh said to him, Go up; for I will deliver them into your hand.
- 1 Chronicles 14:11 הָֽ/אֱלֹהִ֧ים ptcl def.art + n c mp So they came up to Baal Perazim, and David struck them there; and David said, God has broken my enemies by my hand, like the breach of waters. Therefore they called the name of that place Baal Perazim.
- 1 Chronicles 14:12 אֱלֹֽהֵי/הֶ֑ם n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp They left their gods there; and David gave commandment, and they were burned with fire.
- 1 Chronicles 14:14 בֵּֽ/אלֹהִ֔ים הָֽ/אֱלֹהִ֔ים prep + n c mp ptcl def.art + n c mp David inquired again of God; and God said to him, You shall not go up after them: turn away from them, and come on them over against the mulberry trees.
- 1 Chronicles 14:15 הָֽ/אֱלֹהִים֙ ptcl def.art + n c mp It shall be, when you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then you shall go out to battle; for God is gone out before you to strike the host of the Philistines.
- 1 Chronicles 14:16 הָֽ/אֱלֹהִ֑ים ptcl def.art + n c mp David did as God commanded him: and they struck the host of the Philistines from Gibeon even to Gezer.
- 1 Chronicles 15:1 הָֽ/אֱלֹהִ֔ים ptcl def.art + n c mp [David] made him houses in the city of David; and he prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent.
- 1 Chronicles 15:2 הָֽ/אֱלֹהִ֔ים ptcl def.art + n c mp Then David said, None ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites: for them has Yahweh chosen to carry the ark of God, and to minister to him forever.
- 1 Chronicles 15:12 אֱלֹהֵ֣י n c mp cs and said to them, You are the heads of the fathers' [houses] of the Levites: sanctify yourselves, both you and your brothers, that you may bring up the ark of Yahweh, the God of Israel, to [the place] that I have prepared for it.
- 1 Chronicles 15:13 אֱלֹהֵ֨י/נוּ֙ n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cp For because you didn't carry it at the first, Yahweh our God made a breach on us, because we didn't seek him according to the ordinance.
- 1 Chronicles 15:14 אֱלֹהֵ֥י n c mp cs So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of Yahweh, the God of Israel.
- 1 Chronicles 15:15 הָֽ/אֱלֹהִ֔ים ptcl def.art + n c mp The children of the Levites bore the ark of God on their shoulders with the poles thereon, as Moses commanded according to the word of Yahweh.
- 1 Chronicles 15:24 הָֽ/אֱלֹהִ֑ים ptcl def.art + n c mp Shebaniah, and Joshaphat, and Nethanel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, did blow the trumpets before the ark of God: and Obed-edom and Jehiah were doorkeepers for the ark.
- 1 Chronicles 15:26 הָֽ/אֱלֹהִ֔ים ptcl def.art + n c mp It happened, when God helped the Levites who bore the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, that they sacrificed seven bulls and seven rams.
- 1 Chronicles 16:1 הָֽ/אֱלֹהִ֔ים הָ/אֱלֹהִֽים ptcl def.art + n c mp ptcl def.art + n c mp They brought in the ark of God, and set it in the midst of the tent that David had pitched for it: and they offered burnt offerings and peace-offerings before God.
- 1 Chronicles 16:4 אֱלֹהֵ֥י n c mp cs He appointed certain of the Levites to minister before the ark of Yahweh, and to celebrate and to thank and praise Yahweh, the God of Israel:
- 1 Chronicles 16:6 הָ/אֱלֹהִֽים ptcl def.art + n c mp and Benaiah and Jahaziel the priests with trumpets continually, before the ark of the covenant of God.
- 1 Chronicles 16:14 אֱלֹהֵ֔י/נוּ n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cp He is Yahweh our God; His judgments are in all the earth.
- 1 Chronicles 16:25 אֱלֹהִֽים n c mp For great is Yahweh, and greatly to be praised: He also is to be feared above all gods.
- 1 Chronicles 16:26 אֱלֹהֵ֤י n c mp cs For all the gods of the peoples are idols: But Yahweh made the heavens.
- 1 Chronicles 16:35 אֱלֹהֵ֣י n c mp cs Say you, Save us, God of our salvation, Gather us together and deliver us from the nations, To give thanks to your holy name, To triumph in your praise.
- 1 Chronicles 16:36 אֱלֹהֵ֣י n c mp cs Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, From everlasting even to everlasting. All the people said, Amen, and praised Yahweh.
- 1 Chronicles 16:42 הָ/אֱלֹהִ֑ים ptcl def.art + n c mp and with them Heman and Jeduthun [with] trumpets and cymbals for those that should sound aloud, and [with] instruments for the songs of God; and the sons of Jeduthun to be at the gate.
- 1 Chronicles 17:2 הָ/אֱלֹהִ֖ים ptcl def.art + n c mp Nathan said to David, Do all that is in your heart; for God is with you.
- 1 Chronicles 17:3 אֱלֹהִ֔ים n c mp It happened the same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying,
- 1 Chronicles 17:16 אֱלֹהִים֙ n c mp Then David the king went in, and sat before Yahweh; and he said, Who am I, Yahweh God, and what is my house, that you have brought me thus far?
- 1 Chronicles 17:17 אֱלֹהִ֔ים אֱלֹהִֽים n c mp n c mp This was a small thing in your eyes, God; but you have spoken of your servant's house for a great while to come, and have regarded me according to the estate of a man of high degree, Yahweh God.
- 1 Chronicles 17:20 אֱלֹהִ֖ים n c mp Yahweh, there is none like you, neither is there any God besides you, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
- 1 Chronicles 17:21 הָ/אֱלֹהִ֜ים ptcl def.art + n c mp What one nation in the earth is like your people Israel, whom God went to redeem to himself for a people, to make you a name by great and awesome things, in driving out nations from before your people, whom you redeem out of Egypt?
- 1 Chronicles 17:22 לֵ/אלֹהִֽים prep + n c mp For your people Israel did you make your own people forever; and you, Yahweh, became their God.
- 1 Chronicles 17:24 אֱלֹהֵ֣י אֱלֹהִ֖ים n c mp cs n c mp Let your name be established and magnified forever, saying, Yahweh of Hosts is the God of Israel, even a God to Israel: and the house of David your servant is established before you.
- 1 Chronicles 17:25 אֱלֹהַ֗/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs For you, my God, have revealed to your servant that you will build him a house: therefore has your servant found [in his heart] to pray before you.
- 1 Chronicles 17:26 הָ/אֱלֹהִ֑ים ptcl def.art + n c mp Now, Yahweh, you are God, and have promised this good thing to your servant:
- 1 Chronicles 19:13 אֱלֹהֵ֑י/נוּ n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cp Be of good courage, and let us play the man for our people, and for the cities of our God: and Yahweh do that which seems him good.
- 1 Chronicles 21:7 הָ/אֱלֹהִ֔ים ptcl def.art + n c mp God was displeased with this thing; therefore he struck Israel.
- 1 Chronicles 21:8 הָ֣/אֱלֹהִ֔ים ptcl def.art + n c mp David said to God, I have sinned greatly, in that I have done this thing: but now, put away, I beg you, the iniquity of your servant; for I have done very foolishly.
- 1 Chronicles 21:15 הָ/אֱלֹהִ֨ים ptcl def.art + n c mp God sent an angel to Jerusalem to destroy it: and as he was about to destroy, Yahweh saw, and he repented him of the evil, and said to the destroying angel, It is enough; now stay your hand. The angel of Yahweh was standing by the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
- 1 Chronicles 21:17 הָ/אֱלֹהִ֡ים אֱלֹהַ֗/י ptcl def.art + n c mp n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs David said to God, Isn't it I who commanded the people to be numbered? It is even I who have sinned and done very wickedly; but these sheep, what have they done? Please let your hand, O Yahweh my God, be against me, and against my father's house; but not against your people, that they should be plagued.
- 1 Chronicles 21:30 אֱלֹהִ֑ים n c mp But David couldn't go before it to inquire of God; for he was afraid because of the sword of the angel of Yahweh.
- 1 Chronicles 22:1 הָ/אֱלֹהִ֑ים ptcl def.art + n c mp Then David said, This is the house of Yahweh God, and this is the altar of burnt-offering for Israel.
- 1 Chronicles 22:2 הָ/אֱלֹהִֽים ptcl def.art + n c mp David commanded to gather together the foreigners who were in the land of Israel; and he set masons to hew worked stones to build the house of God.
- 1 Chronicles 22:6 אֱלֹהֵ֥י n c mp cs Then he called for Solomon his son, and charged him to build a house for Yahweh, the God of Israel.
- 1 Chronicles 22:7 אֱלֹהָֽ/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs David said to Solomon his son, As for me, it was in my heart to build a house to the name of Yahweh my God.
- 1 Chronicles 22:11 אֱלֹהֶ֔י/ךָ n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms Now, my son, Yahweh be with you; and prosper you, and build the house of Yahweh your God, as he has spoken concerning you.
- 1 Chronicles 22:12 אֱלֹהֶֽי/ךָ n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms May Yahweh give you discretion and understanding, and put you in charge of Israel; that so you may keep the law of Yahweh your God.
- 1 Chronicles 22:18 אֱלֹֽהֵי/כֶם֙ n c mp cs + sfx pers 2mp Isn't Yahweh your God with you? Hasn't he given you rest on every side? for he has delivered the inhabitants of the land into my hand; and the land is subdued before Yahweh, and before his people.
- 1 Chronicles 22:19 אֱלֹהֵי/כֶ֑ם הָֽ/אֱלֹהִ֔ים הָֽ/אֱלֹהִ֔ים n c mp cs + sfx pers 2mp ptcl def.art + n c mp ptcl def.art + n c mp Now set your heart and your soul to seek after Yahweh your God; arise therefore, and build the sanctuary of Yahweh God, to bring the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, and the holy vessels of God, into the house that is to be built to the name of Yahweh.
- 1 Chronicles 23:14 הָ/אֱלֹהִ֑ים ptcl def.art + n c mp But as for Moses the man of God, his sons were named among the tribe of Levi.
- 1 Chronicles 23:25 אֱלֹהֵֽי n c mp cs For David said, Yahweh, the God of Israel, has given rest to his people; and he dwells in Jerusalem forever:
- 1 Chronicles 23:28 הָ/אֱלֹהִֽים ptcl def.art + n c mp For their office was to wait on the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of Yahweh, in the courts, and in the chambers, and in the purifying of all holy things, even the work of the service of the house of God;
- 1 Chronicles 24:5 הָ/אֱלֹהִ֔ים ptcl def.art + n c mp Thus were they divided impartially by drawing lots; for there were princes of the sanctuary, and princes of God, both of the sons of Eleazar, and of the sons of Ithamar.
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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.
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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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People and places named from this root — a name, not an additional meaning of the word.
Compare all same-root words → 2 of the same-root words are proper names (people or places). They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
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.
