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.
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Genesis 167 verses
- Genesis 1:1 אֱלֹהִ֑ים n c mp In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
- Genesis 1:2 אֱלֹהִ֔ים n c mp Now the earth was formless and empty. Darkness was on the surface of the deep. God's Spirit was hovering over the surface of the waters.
- Genesis 1:3 אֱלֹהִ֖ים n c mp God said, "Let there be light," and there was light.
- Genesis 1:4 אֱלֹהִ֛ים אֱלֹהִ֔ים n c mp n c mp God saw the light, and saw that it was good. God divided the light from the darkness.
- Genesis 1:5 אֱלֹהִ֤ים n c mp God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. There was evening and there was morning, one day.
- Genesis 1:6 אֱלֹהִ֔ים n c mp God said, "Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters."
- Genesis 1:7 אֱלֹהִים֮ n c mp God made the expanse, and divided the waters which were under the expanse from the waters which were above the expanse, and it was so.
- Genesis 1:8 אֱלֹהִ֛ים n c mp God called the expanse sky. There was evening and there was morning, a second day.
- Genesis 1:9 אֱלֹהִ֗ים n c mp God said, "Let the waters under the sky be gathered together to one place, and let the dry land appear," and it was so.
- Genesis 1:10 אֱלֹהִ֤ים אֱלֹהִ֖ים n c mp n c mp God called the dry land Earth, and the gathering together of the waters he called Seas. God saw that it was good.
- Genesis 1:11 אֱלֹהִ֗ים n c mp God said, "Let the earth put forth grass, herbs yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit after their kind, with its seed in it, on the earth," and it was so.
- Genesis 1:12 אֱלֹהִ֖ים n c mp The earth brought forth grass, herbs yielding seed after their kind, and trees bearing fruit, with its seed in it, after their kind: and God saw that it was good.
- Genesis 1:14 אֱלֹהִ֗ים n c mp God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of sky to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years;
- Genesis 1:16 אֱלֹהִ֔ים n c mp God made the two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night. He also made the stars.
- Genesis 1:17 אֱלֹהִ֖ים n c mp God set them in the expanse of sky to give light to the earth,
- Genesis 1:18 אֱלֹהִ֖ים n c mp and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness. God saw that it was good.
- Genesis 1:20 אֱלֹהִ֔ים n c mp God said, "Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of sky."
- Genesis 1:21 אֱלֹהִ֔ים אֱלֹהִ֖ים n c mp n c mp God created the large sea creatures, and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarmed, after their kind, and every winged bird after its kind. God saw that it was good.
- Genesis 1:22 אֱלֹהִ֖ים n c mp God blessed them, saying, "Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth."
- Genesis 1:24 אֱלֹהִ֗ים n c mp God said, "Let the earth bring forth living creatures after their kind, cattle, creeping things, and animals of the earth after their kind," and it was so.
- Genesis 1:25 אֱלֹהִים֩ אֱלֹהִ֖ים n c mp n c mp God made the animals of the earth after their kind, and the cattle after their kind, and everything that creeps on the ground after its kind. God saw that it was good.
- Genesis 1:26 אֱלֹהִ֔ים n c mp God said, "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the sky, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth."
- Genesis 1:27 אֱלֹהִ֤ים אֱלֹהִ֖ים n c mp n c mp God created man in his own image. In God's image he created him; male and female he created them.
- Genesis 1:28 אֱלֹהִים֒ אֱלֹהִ֗ים n c mp n c mp God blessed them. God said to them, "Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it. Have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the sky, and over every living thing that moves on the earth."
- Genesis 1:29 אֱלֹהִ֗ים n c mp God said, "Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed, which is on the surface of all the earth, and every tree, which bears fruit yielding seed. It will be your food.
- Genesis 1:31 אֱלֹהִים֙ n c mp God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. There was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.
- Genesis 2:2 אֱלֹהִים֙ n c mp On the seventh day God finished his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.
- Genesis 2:3 אֱלֹהִים֙ אֱלֹהִ֖ים n c mp n c mp God blessed the seventh day, and made it holy, because he rested in it from all his work which he had created and made.
- Genesis 2:4 אֱלֹהִ֖ים n c mp This is the history of the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that Yahweh God made earth and the heavens.
- Genesis 2:5 אֱלֹהִים֙ n c mp No plant of the field was yet in the earth, and no herb of the field had yet sprung up; for Yahweh God had not caused it to rain on the earth. There was not a man to till the ground,
- Genesis 2:7 אֱלֹהִ֜ים n c mp Yahweh God formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
- Genesis 2:8 אֱלֹהִ֛ים n c mp Yahweh God planted a garden eastward, in Eden, and there he put the man whom he had formed.
- Genesis 2:9 אֱלֹהִים֙ n c mp Out of the ground Yahweh God made every tree to grow that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
- Genesis 2:15 אֱלֹהִ֖ים n c mp Yahweh God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
- Genesis 2:16 אֱלֹהִ֔ים n c mp Yahweh God commanded the man, saying, "Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat:
- Genesis 2:18 אֱלֹהִ֔ים n c mp Yahweh God said, "It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper suitable for him."
- Genesis 2:19 אֱלֹהִ֜ים n c mp Out of the ground Yahweh God formed every animal of the field, and every bird of the sky, and brought them to the man to see what he would call them. Whatever the man called every living creature, that was its name.
- Genesis 2:21 אֱלֹהִ֧ים n c mp Yahweh God caused a deep sleep to fall on the man, and he slept; and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh in its place.
- Genesis 2:22 אֱלֹהִ֧ים n c mp He made the rib, which Yahweh God had taken from the man, into a woman, and brought her to the man.
- Genesis 3:1 אֱלֹהִ֑ים אֱלֹהִ֔ים n c mp n c mp Now the serpent was more subtle than any animal of the field which Yahweh God had made. He said to the woman, "Yes, has God said, 'You shall not eat of any tree of the garden?'"
- Genesis 3:3 אֱלֹהִ֗ים n c mp but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God has said, 'You shall not eat of it, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.'"
- Genesis 3:5 אֱלֹהִ֔ים כֵּֽ/אלֹהִ֔ים n c mp prep + n c mp for God knows that in the day you eat it, your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil."
- Genesis 3:8 אֱלֹהִ֛ים אֱלֹהִ֔ים n c mp n c mp They heard the voice of Yahweh God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of Yahweh God among the trees of the garden.
- Genesis 3:9 אֱלֹהִ֖ים n c mp Yahweh God called to the man, and said to him, "Where are you?"
- Genesis 3:13 אֱלֹהִ֛ים n c mp Yahweh God said to the woman, "What is this you have done?" The woman said, "The serpent deceived me, and I ate."
- Genesis 3:14 אֱלֹהִ֥ים n c mp Yahweh God said to the serpent, "Because you have done this, cursed are you above all cattle, and above every animal of the field. On your belly shall you go, and you shall eat dust all the days of your life.
- Genesis 3:21 אֱלֹהִ֜ים n c mp Yahweh God made coats of skins for Adam and for his wife, and clothed them.
- Genesis 3:22 אֱלֹהִ֗ים n c mp Yahweh God said, "Behold, the man has become like one of us, knowing good and evil. Now, lest he put forth his hand, and also take of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever..."
- Genesis 3:23 אֱלֹהִ֖ים n c mp Therefore Yahweh God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.
- Genesis 4:25 אֱלֹהִים֙ n c mp Adam knew his wife again. She gave birth to a son, and named him Seth. For, she said, "God has appointed me another child instead of Abel, for Cain killed him."
- Genesis 5:1 אֱלֹהִים֙ אֱלֹהִ֖ים n c mp n c mp This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, he made him in God's likeness.
- Genesis 5:22 הָֽ/אֱלֹהִ֗ים ptcl def.art + n c mp Enoch walked with God after he became the father of Methuselah three hundred years, and became the father of sons and daughters.
- Genesis 5:24 הָֽ/אֱלֹהִ֑ים אֱלֹהִֽים ptcl def.art + n c mp n c mp Enoch walked with God, and he was not, for God took him.
- Genesis 6:2 הָֽ/אֱלֹהִים֙ ptcl def.art + n c mp that God's sons saw that men's daughters were beautiful, and they took for themselves wives of all that they chose.
- Genesis 6:4 הָֽ/אֱלֹהִים֙ ptcl def.art + n c mp The Nephilim were in the earth in those days, and also after that, when God's sons came to men's daughters. They bore children to them: the same were the mighty men who were of old, men of renown.
- Genesis 6:9 הָֽ/אֱלֹהִ֖ים ptcl def.art + n c mp This is the history of the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time. Noah walked with God.
- Genesis 6:11 הָֽ/אֱלֹהִ֑ים ptcl def.art + n c mp The earth was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.
- Genesis 6:12 אֱלֹהִ֛ים n c mp God saw the earth, and saw that it was corrupt, for all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth.
- Genesis 6:13 אֱלֹהִ֜ים n c mp God said to Noah, "The end of all flesh has come before me, for the earth is filled with violence through them. Behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
- Genesis 6:22 אֱלֹהִ֖ים n c mp Thus Noah did. According to all that God commanded him, so he did.
- Genesis 7:9 אֱלֹהִ֖ים n c mp went by pairs to Noah into the ark, male and female, as God commanded Noah.
- Genesis 7:16 אֱלֹהִ֑ים n c mp Those who went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God commanded him; and Yahweh shut him in.
- Genesis 8:1 אֱלֹהִים֙ אֱלֹהִ֥ים n c mp n c mp God remembered Noah, all the animals, and all the cattle that were with him in the ark; and God made a wind to pass over the earth. The waters subsided.
- Genesis 8:15 אֱלֹהִ֖ים n c mp God spoke to Noah, saying,
- Genesis 9:1 אֱלֹהִ֔ים n c mp God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them, "Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.
- Genesis 9:6 אֱלֹהִ֔ים n c mp Whoever sheds man's blood, by man will his blood be shed, for in the image of God made he man.
- Genesis 9:8 אֱלֹהִים֙ n c mp God spoke to Noah, and to his sons with him, saying,
- Genesis 9:12 אֱלֹהִ֗ים n c mp God said, "This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations:
- Genesis 9:16 אֱלֹהִ֔ים n c mp The rainbow will be in the cloud. I will look at it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth."
- Genesis 9:17 אֱלֹהִ֖ים n c mp God said to Noah, "This is the token of the covenant which I have established between me and all flesh that is on the earth."
- Genesis 9:27 אֱלֹהִים֙ n c mp God enlarge Japheth, Let him dwell in the tents of Shem; Let Canaan be his servant."
- Genesis 17:3 אֱלֹהִ֖ים n c mp Abram fell on his face. God talked with him, saying,
- Genesis 17:7 לֵֽ/אלֹהִ֔ים prep + n c mp I will establish my covenant between me and you and your seed after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God to you and to your seed after you.
- Genesis 17:8 לֵ/אלֹהִֽים prep + n c mp I will give to you, and to your seed after you, the land where you are traveling, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession. I will be their God."
- Genesis 17:9 אֱלֹהִים֙ n c mp God said to Abraham, "As for you, you will keep my covenant, you and your seed after you throughout their generations.
- Genesis 17:15 אֱלֹהִים֙ n c mp God said to Abraham, "As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but her name will be Sarah.
- Genesis 17:18 הָֽ/אֱלֹהִ֑ים ptcl def.art + n c mp Abraham said to God, "Oh that Ishmael might live before you!"
- Genesis 17:19 אֱלֹהִ֗ים n c mp God said, "No, but Sarah, your wife, will bear you a son. You shall call his name Isaac. I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant for his seed after him.
- Genesis 17:22 אֱלֹהִ֔ים n c mp When he finished talking with him, God went up from Abraham.
- Genesis 17:23 אֱלֹהִֽים n c mp Abraham took Ishmael his son, all who were born in his house, and all who were bought with his money; every male among the men of Abraham's house, and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the same day, as God had said to him.
- Genesis 19:29 אֱלֹהִים֙ אֱלֹהִ֖ים n c mp n c mp It happened, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in which Lot lived.
- Genesis 20:3 אֱלֹהִ֛ים n c mp But God came to Abimelech in a dream of the night, and said to him, "Behold, you are a dead man, because of the woman whom you have taken. For she is a man's wife."
- Genesis 20:6 הָֽ/אֱלֹהִ֜ים ptcl def.art + n c mp God said to him in the dream, "Yes, I know that in the integrity of your heart you have done this, and I also withheld you from sinning against me. Therefore I didn't allow you to touch her.
- Genesis 20:11 אֱלֹהִ֔ים n c mp Abraham said, "Because I thought, 'Surely the fear of God is not in this place. They will kill me for my wife's sake.'
- Genesis 20:13 אֱלֹהִים֮ n c mp It happened, when God caused me to wander from my father's house, that I said to her, 'This is your kindness which you shall show to me. Everywhere that we go, say of me, "He is my brother."'"
- Genesis 20:17 הָ/אֱלֹהִ֑ים אֱלֹהִ֜ים ptcl def.art + n c mp n c mp Abraham prayed to God. God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maid-servants, and they bore children.
- Genesis 21:2 אֱלֹהִֽים n c mp Sarah conceived, and bore Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.
- Genesis 21:4 אֱלֹהִֽים n c mp Abraham circumcised his son, Isaac, when he was eight days old, as God had commanded him.
- Genesis 21:6 אֱלֹהִ֑ים n c mp Sarah said, "God has made me laugh. Everyone who hears will laugh with me."
- Genesis 21:12 אֱלֹהִ֜ים n c mp God said to Abraham, "Don't let it be grievous in your sight because of the boy, and because of your handmaid. In all that Sarah says to you, listen to her voice. For from Isaac will your seed be called.
- Genesis 21:17 אֱלֹהִים֮ אֱלֹהִ֤ים אֱלֹהִ֛ים n c mp n c mp n c mp God heard the voice of the boy. The angel of God called to Hagar out of the sky, and said to her, "What ails you, Hagar? Don't be afraid. For God has heard the voice of the boy where he is.
- Genesis 21:19 אֱלֹהִים֙ n c mp God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water. She went, filled the bottle with water, and gave the boy drink.
- Genesis 21:20 אֱלֹהִ֛ים n c mp God was with the boy, and he grew. He lived in the wilderness, and became, as he grew up, an archer.
- Genesis 21:22 אֱלֹהִ֣ים n c mp It happened at that time, that Abimelech and Phicol the captain of his host spoke to Abraham, saying, "God is with you in all that you do.
- Genesis 21:23 בֵֽ/אלֹהִים֙ prep + n c mp Now therefore swear to me here by God that you will not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son's son. But according to the kindness that I have done to you, you shall do to me, and to the land in which you have lived as a foreigner."
- Genesis 22:1 וְ/הָ֣/אֱלֹהִ֔ים conj + ptcl def.art + n c mp It happened after these things, that God tested Abraham, and said to him, "Abraham!" He said, "Here I am."
- Genesis 22:3 הָ/אֱלֹהִֽים ptcl def.art + n c mp Abraham rose early in the morning, and saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son. He split the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went to the place of which God had told him.
- Genesis 22:8 אֱלֹהִ֞ים n c mp Abraham said, "God will provide himself the lamb for a burnt offering, my son." So they both went together.
- Genesis 22:9 הָ/אֱלֹהִים֒ ptcl def.art + n c mp They came to the place which God had told him of. Abraham built the altar there, and laid the wood in order, bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar, on the wood.
- Genesis 22:12 אֱלֹהִים֙ n c mp He said, "Don't lay your hand on the boy, neither do anything to him. For now I know that you fear God, seeing you have not withheld your son, your only son, from me."
- Genesis 23:6 אֱלֹהִ֤ים n c mp "Hear us, my lord. You are a prince of God among us. In the choice of our tombs bury your dead. None of us will withhold from you his tomb, but that you may bury your dead."
- Genesis 25:11 אֱלֹהִ֖ים n c mp It happened after the death of Abraham, that God blessed Isaac, his son. Isaac lived by Beer Lahai Roi.
- Genesis 27:28 הָ/אֱלֹהִ֔ים ptcl def.art + n c mp God give you of the dew of the sky, of the fatness of the earth, and plenty of grain and new wine.
- Genesis 28:4 אֱלֹהִ֖ים n c mp and give you the blessing of Abraham, to you, and to your seed with you, that you may inherit the land where you travel, which God gave to Abraham."
- Genesis 28:12 אֱלֹהִ֔ים n c mp He dreamed. Behold, a stairway set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven. Behold, the angels of God ascending and descending on it.
- Genesis 28:17 אֱלֹהִ֔ים n c mp He was afraid, and said, "How dreadful is this place! This is none other than God's house, and this is the gate of heaven."
- Genesis 28:20 אֱלֹהִ֜ים n c mp Jacob vowed a vow, saying, "If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and clothing to put on,
- Genesis 28:21 לֵ/אלֹהִֽים prep + n c mp so that I come again to my father's house in peace, and Yahweh will be my God,
- Genesis 28:22 אֱלֹהִ֑ים n c mp then this stone, which I have set up for a pillar, will be God's house. Of all that you will give me I will surely give the tenth to you."
- Genesis 30:2 אֱלֹהִים֙ n c mp Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel, and he said, "Am I in God's place, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?"
- Genesis 30:6 אֱלֹהִ֔ים n c mp Rachel said, "God has judged me, and has also heard my voice, and has given me a son." Therefore called she his name Dan.
- Genesis 30:8 אֱלֹהִ֧ים n c mp Rachel said, "With mighty wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and have prevailed." She named him Naphtali.
- Genesis 30:17 אֱלֹהִ֖ים n c mp God listened to Leah, and she conceived, and bore Jacob a fifth son.
- Genesis 30:18 אֱלֹהִים֙ n c mp Leah said, "God has given me my hire, because I gave my handmaid to my husband." She named him Issachar.
- Genesis 30:20 אֱלֹהִ֥ים n c mp Leah said, "God has endowed me with a good dowry. Now my husband will live with me, because I have borne him six sons." She named him Zebulun.
- Genesis 30:22 אֱלֹהִ֖ים אֱלֹהִ֔ים n c mp n c mp God remembered Rachel, and God listened to her, and opened her womb.
- Genesis 30:23 אֱלֹהִ֖ים n c mp She conceived, bore a son, and said, "God has taken away my reproach."
- Genesis 31:7 אֱלֹהִ֔ים n c mp Your father has deceived me, and changed my wages ten times, but God didn't allow him to hurt me.
- Genesis 31:9 אֱלֹהִ֛ים n c mp Thus God has taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.
- Genesis 31:11 הָ/אֱלֹהִ֛ים ptcl def.art + n c mp The angel of God said to me in the dream, 'Jacob,' and I said, 'Here I am.'
- Genesis 31:16 אֱלֹהִים֙ אֱלֹהִ֛ים n c mp n c mp For all the riches which God has taken away from our father, that is ours and our children's. Now then, whatever God has said to you, do."
- Genesis 31:24 אֱלֹהִ֛ים n c mp God came to Laban, the Syrian, in a dream of the night, and said to him, "Take heed to yourself that you don't speak to Jacob either good or bad."
- Genesis 31:42 אֱלֹהֵ֣י אֱלֹהֵ֨י אֱלֹהִ֖ים n c mp cs n c mp cs n c mp Unless the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely now you would have sent me away empty. God has seen my affliction and the labor of my hands, and rebuked you last night."
- Genesis 31:50 אֱלֹהִ֥ים n c mp If you will afflict my daughters, and if you will take wives besides my daughters, no man is with us; behold, God is witness between me and you."
- Genesis 32:1 אֱלֹהִֽים n c mp Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him.
- Genesis 32:2 אֱלֹהִ֖ים n c mp When he saw them, Jacob said, "This is God's host." He called the name of that place Mahanaim.
- Genesis 32:28 אֱלֹהִ֛ים n c mp He said, "Your name will no longer be called 'Jacob,' but, 'Israel,' for you have fought with God and with men, and have prevailed."
- Genesis 32:30 אֱלֹהִים֙ n c mp Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for, he said, "I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved."
- Genesis 33:5 אֱלֹהִ֖ים n c mp He lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, "Who are these with you?" He said, "The children whom God has graciously given your servant."
- Genesis 33:10 אֱלֹהִ֖ים n c mp Jacob said, "Please, no, if I have now found favor in your sight, then receive my present at my hand, because I have seen your face, as one sees the face of God, and you were pleased with me.
- Genesis 33:11 אֱלֹהִ֖ים n c mp Please take the gift that I brought to you; because God has dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough." He urged him, and he took it.
- Genesis 35:1 אֱלֹהִים֙ n c mp God said to Jacob, "Arise, go up to Bethel, and live there. Make there an altar to God, who appeared to you when you fled from the face of Esau your brother."
- Genesis 35:5 אֱלֹהִ֗ים n c mp They traveled: and a terror of God was on the cities that were round about them, and they didn't pursue the sons of Jacob.
- Genesis 35:7 הָֽ/אֱלֹהִ֔ים ptcl def.art + n c mp He built an altar there, and called the place El Beth El; because there God was revealed to him, when he fled from the face of his brother.
- Genesis 35:9 אֱלֹהִ֤ים n c mp God appeared to Jacob again, when he came from Paddan Aram, and blessed him.
- Genesis 35:10 אֱלֹהִ֖ים n c mp God said to him, "Your name is Jacob. Your name shall not be Jacob any more, but your name will be Israel." He named him Israel.
- Genesis 35:11 אֱלֹהִ֜ים n c mp God said to him, "I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation and a company of nations will be from you, and kings will come out of your loins.
- Genesis 35:13 אֱלֹהִ֑ים n c mp God went up from him in the place where he spoke with him.
- Genesis 35:15 אֱלֹהִ֖ים n c mp Jacob called the name of the place where God spoke with him "Bethel."
- Genesis 39:9 לֵֽ/אלֹהִֽים prep + n c mp He isn't greater in this house than I, neither has he kept back anything from me but you, because you are his wife. How then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?"
- Genesis 40:8 לֵֽ/אלֹהִים֙ prep + n c mp They said to him, "We have dreamed a dream, and there is no one who can interpret it." Joseph said to them, "Don't interpretations belong to God? Please tell it to me."
- Genesis 41:16 אֱלֹהִ֕ים n c mp Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, "It isn't in me. God will give Pharaoh an answer of peace."
- Genesis 41:25 הָ/אֱלֹהִ֛ים ptcl def.art + n c mp Joseph said to Pharaoh, "The dream of Pharaoh is one. What God is about to do he has declared to Pharaoh.
- Genesis 41:28 הָ/אֱלֹהִ֛ים ptcl def.art + n c mp That is the thing which I spoke to Pharaoh. What God is about to do he has shown to Pharaoh.
- Genesis 41:32 הָ/אֱלֹהִ֔ים הָ/אֱלֹהִ֖ים ptcl def.art + n c mp ptcl def.art + n c mp The dream was doubled to Pharaoh, because the thing is established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass.
- Genesis 41:38 אֱלֹהִ֖ים n c mp Pharaoh said to his servants, "Can we find such a one as this, a man in whom is the Spirit of God?"
- Genesis 41:39 אֱלֹהִ֛ים n c mp Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Because God has shown you all of this, there is none so discreet and wise as you.
- Genesis 41:51 אֱלֹהִים֙ n c mp Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh, "For," he said, "God has made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house."
- Genesis 41:52 אֱלֹהִ֖ים n c mp The name of the second, he called Ephraim: "For God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction."
- Genesis 42:18 הָ/אֱלֹהִ֖ים ptcl def.art + n c mp Joseph said to them the third day, "Do this, and live, for I fear God.
- Genesis 42:28 אֱלֹהִ֖ים n c mp He said to his brothers, "My money is restored! Behold, it is even in my sack." Their hearts failed them, and they turned trembling one to another, saying, "What is this that God has done to us?"
- Genesis 43:29 אֱלֹהִ֥ים n c mp He lifted up his eyes, and saw Benjamin, his brother, his mother's son, and said, "Is this your youngest brother, of whom you spoke to me?" He said, "God be gracious to you, my son."
- Genesis 44:16 הָ/אֱלֹהִ֗ים ptcl def.art + n c mp Judah said, "What will we tell my lord? What will we speak? Or how will we clear ourselves? God has found out the iniquity of your servants. Behold, we are my lord's bondservants, both we, and he also in whose hand the cup is found."
- Genesis 45:5 אֱלֹהִ֖ים n c mp Now don't be grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that you sold me here, for God sent me before you to preserve life.
- Genesis 45:7 אֱלֹהִים֙ n c mp God sent me before you to preserve you a remnant in the earth, and to save you alive by a great deliverance.
- Genesis 45:8 הָ/אֱלֹהִ֑ים ptcl def.art + n c mp So now it wasn't you who sent me here, but God, and he has made me a father to Pharaoh, lord of all his house, and ruler over all the land of Egypt.
- Genesis 45:9 אֱלֹהִ֛ים n c mp Hurry, and go up to my father, and tell him, 'This is what your son Joseph says, "God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me. Don't wait.
- Genesis 46:2 אֱלֹהִ֤ים n c mp God spoke to Israel in the visions of the night, and said, "Jacob, Jacob!" He said, "Here I am."
- Genesis 48:9 אֱלֹהִ֖ים n c mp Joseph said to his father, "They are my sons, whom God has given me here." He said, "Please bring them to me, and I will bless them."
- Genesis 48:11 אֱלֹהִ֖ים n c mp Israel said to Joseph, "I didn't think I would see your face, and, behold, God has let me see your seed also."
- Genesis 48:15 הָֽ/אֱלֹהִ֡ים הָֽ/אֱלֹהִים֙ ptcl def.art + n c mp ptcl def.art + n c mp He blessed Joseph, and said, "The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God who has fed me all my life long to this day,
- Genesis 48:20 אֱלֹהִ֔ים n c mp He blessed them that day, saying, "In you will Israel bless, saying, 'God make you as Ephraim and as Manasseh'" He set Ephraim before Manasseh.
- Genesis 48:21 אֱלֹהִים֙ n c mp Israel said to Joseph, "Behold, I am dying, but God will be with you, and bring you again to the land of your fathers.
- Genesis 50:19 אֱלֹהִ֖ים n c mp Joseph said to them, "Don't be afraid, for am I in the place of God?
- Genesis 50:20 אֱלֹהִים֙ n c mp As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save many people alive.
- Genesis 50:24 וֵֽ/אלֹהִ֞ים conj + n c mp Joseph said to his brothers, "I am dying, but God will surely visit you, and bring you up out of this land to the land which he swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob."
- Genesis 50:25 אֱלֹהִים֙ n c mp Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, "God will surely visit you, and you shall carry up my bones from here."
Exodus 61 verses
- Exodus 1:17 הָ֣/אֱלֹהִ֔ים ptcl def.art + n c mp But the midwives feared God, and didn't do what the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the baby boys alive.
- Exodus 1:20 אֱלֹהִ֖ים n c mp God dealt well with the midwives, and the people multiplied, and grew very mighty.
- Exodus 1:21 הָ/אֱלֹהִ֑ים ptcl def.art + n c mp It happened, because the midwives feared God, that he gave them families.
- Exodus 2:23 הָ/אֱלֹהִ֖ים ptcl def.art + n c mp It happened in the course of those many days, that the king of Egypt died, and the children of Israel sighed because of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up to God because of the bondage.
- Exodus 2:24 אֱלֹהִ֖ים אֱלֹהִים֙ n c mp n c mp God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
- Exodus 2:25 אֱלֹהִ֖ים אֱלֹהִֽים n c mp n c mp God saw the children of Israel, and God was concerned about them.
- Exodus 3:1 הָ/אֱלֹהִ֖ים ptcl def.art + n c mp Now Moses was keeping the flock of Jethro, his father-in-law, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the back of the wilderness, and came to God's mountain, to Horeb.
- Exodus 3:4 אֱלֹהִ֜ים n c mp When Yahweh saw that he turned aside to see, God called to him out of the midst of the bush, and said, "Moses! Moses!" He said, "Here I am."
- Exodus 3:6 אֱלֹהֵ֣י אֱלֹהֵ֧י אֱלֹהֵ֥י וֵ/אלֹהֵ֣י הָ/אֱלֹהִֽים n c mp cs n c mp cs n c mp cs conj + n c mp cs ptcl def.art + n c mp Moreover he said, "I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob." Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look at God.
- Exodus 3:11 הָ֣/אֱלֹהִ֔ים ptcl def.art + n c mp Moses said to God, "Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt?"
- Exodus 3:12 הָ֣/אֱלֹהִ֔ים ptcl def.art + n c mp He said, "Certainly I will be with you. This will be the token to you, that I have sent you: when you have brought forth the people out of Egypt, you shall serve God on this mountain."
- Exodus 3:13 הָֽ/אֱלֹהִ֗ים אֱלֹהֵ֥י ptcl def.art + n c mp n c mp cs Moses said to God, "Behold, when I come to the children of Israel, and tell them, 'The God of your fathers has sent me to you;' and they ask me, 'What is his name?' What should I tell them?"
- Exodus 3:14 אֱלֹהִים֙ n c mp God said to Moses, "I AM WHO I AM," and he said, "You shall tell the children of Israel this: "I AM has sent me to you."
- Exodus 3:15 אֱלֹהִ֜ים אֱלֹהֵ֣י אֱלֹהֵ֨י אֱלֹהֵ֥י וֵ/אלֹהֵ֥י n c mp n c mp cs n c mp cs n c mp cs conj + n c mp cs God said moreover to Moses, "You shall tell the children of Israel this, 'Yahweh, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you.' This is my name forever, and this is my memorial to all generations.
- Exodus 4:16 לֵֽ/אלֹהִֽים prep + n c mp He will be your spokesman to the people; and it will happen, that he will be to you a mouth, and you will be to him as God.
- Exodus 4:20 הָ/אֱלֹהִ֖ים ptcl def.art + n c mp Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them on a donkey, and he returned to the land of Egypt. Moses took God's rod in his hand.
- Exodus 4:27 הָ/אֱלֹהִ֖ים ptcl def.art + n c mp Yahweh said to Aaron, "Go into the wilderness to meet Moses." He went, and met him on God's mountain, and kissed him.
- Exodus 6:2 אֱלֹהִ֖ים n c mp God spoke to Moses, and said to him, "I am Yahweh;
- Exodus 6:7 לֵֽ/אלֹהִ֑ים אֱלֹ֣הֵי/כֶ֔ם prep + n c mp n c mp cs + sfx pers 2mp and I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God; and you shall know that I am Yahweh your God, who brings you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.
- Exodus 7:1 אֱלֹהִ֖ים n c mp Yahweh said to Moses, "Behold, I have made you as God to Pharaoh; and Aaron your brother shall be your prophet.
- Exodus 8:19 אֱלֹהִ֖ים n c mp Then the magicians said to Pharaoh, "This is the finger of God:" and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he didn't listen to them; as Yahweh had spoken.
- Exodus 9:28 אֱלֹהִ֖ים n c mp Pray to Yahweh; for there has been enough of mighty thunderings and hail. I will let you go, and you shall stay no longer."
- Exodus 9:30 אֱלֹהִֽים n c mp But as for you and your servants, I know that you don't yet fear Yahweh God."
- Exodus 13:17 אֱלֹהִ֗ים אֱלֹהִ֗ים n c mp n c mp It happened, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God didn't lead them by the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, "Lest perhaps the people change their minds when they see war, and they return to Egypt;"
- Exodus 13:18 אֱלֹהִ֧ים n c mp but God led the people around by the way of the wilderness by the Red Sea; and the children of Israel went up armed out of the land of Egypt.
- Exodus 13:19 אֱלֹהִים֙ n c mp Moses took the bones of Joseph with him, for he had made the children of Israel swear, saying, "God will surely visit you, and you shall carry up my bones away from here with you."
- Exodus 14:19 הָ/אֱלֹהִ֗ים ptcl def.art + n c mp The angel of God, who went before the camp of Israel, moved and went behind them; and the pillar of cloud moved from before them, and stood behind them.
- Exodus 17:9 הָ/אֱלֹהִ֖ים ptcl def.art + n c mp Moses said to Joshua, "Choose men for us, and go out, fight with Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with God's rod in my hand."
- Exodus 18:1 אֱלֹהִים֙ n c mp Now Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses' father-in-law, heard of all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel his people, how that Yahweh had brought Israel out of Egypt.
- Exodus 18:5 הָ/אֱלֹהִֽים ptcl def.art + n c mp Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, came with his sons and his wife to Moses into the wilderness where he was encamped, at the Mountain of God.
- Exodus 18:11 הָ/אֱלֹהִ֑ים ptcl def.art + n c mp Now I know that Yahweh is greater than all gods because of the thing in which they dealt arrogantly against them."
- Exodus 18:12 לֵֽ/אלֹהִ֑ים הָ/אֱלֹהִֽים prep + n c mp ptcl def.art + n c mp Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, took a burnt offering and sacrifices for God. Aaron came with all of the elders of Israel, to eat bread with Moses' father-in-law before God.
- Exodus 18:15 אֱלֹהִֽים n c mp Moses said to his father-in-law, "Because the people come to me to inquire of God.
About this entry
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אלהים — transliterated ʼĕlôhîym — is a Hebrew name carrying the sense “God.” It first appears in Genesis 1:1. The Hebrew Bible uses it across 2,246 verses — among the most common. Each statement above links to its evidence; the full detail follows below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H430 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 2,246
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 2,246 distinct verses.
- 35 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 35 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #13
- by frequency
- Top 25 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 13 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 2,246 occurrences in the concordance →
Most concentrated in
- Psalms 322 verses 14%
- Deuteronomy 312 verses 14%
- Genesis 190 verses 8%
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 2,246 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 784 verses · 35%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 779 verses · 35%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 683 verses · 30%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: God 2,100×, Gods 160×, Is no god 7×
- American Standard Version: God 1,915×, Gods 141×, Jehovah thy god 20×
- Berean Standard Bible: God 2,183×, Gods 176×, May god 17×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: God 1,924×, God of 307×, Gods 148×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H430 across 2,605 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 173 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 1 further occurrence.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H430 across 2,605 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 248 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 2 further occurrences.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H430 across 2,560 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 60 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 40 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H430 across 2,584 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 48 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
15 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 15 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
- 1. pl. in number.
- a. rulers, judges, either as divine representatives at sacred places or as reflecting divine majesty and power: האלהים Ex 21:6 (Onk 𝔖, but τὸ κριτήριον τοῦ Θεοῦ 𝔊) 22:7, 8; אלהים 22:8, 27 (𝔗 Ra AE Ew RVm; but gods, 𝔊 Josephus Philo AV; God, Di RV; all Covt. code of E) cf. 1 S 2:25 v. Dr.; Ju 5:8 (Ew, but gods 𝔊; God 𝔖 BarHeb.; יהוה 𝔙 Be) ψ 82:1, 6 (De Ew Pe; but angels Bl Hup) 138:1 (𝔖 𝔗 Rab Ki De; but angels 𝔊 Calv; God, Ew; gods, Hup Pe Che). e.g. Exodus 21:6
- b. divine ones, superhuman beings including God and angels ψ 8:6 (De Che Br; but angels 𝔊 𝔖 𝔗 Ew; God, RV and most moderns) Gn 1:27 (if with Philo 𝔗 Jer De Che we interpret נעשה as God’s consultation with angels; cf. Jb 38:7). e.g. Psalms 8:6
- c. angels ψ 97:7 (𝔊 𝔖 Calv; but gods, Hup De Pe Che); cf. בני (ה)אלהים = (the) sons of God, or sons of gods = angels Jb 1:6; 2:1; 38:7 Gn 6:2, 4 (J; so 𝔊 Bks. of Enoch & Jubilees Philo Jude v 6; 2 Pet 2:4 JosAnt. i, 3, 1, most ancient fathers and modern critics; against usage are sons of princes, mighty men, Onk and Rab.; sons of God, the pious, Theod Chrys Jer Augustine Luther Calv Hengst; 𝔊L read οἱ υἱοὶ τοῦ Θεοῦ), cf. בני אלים. e.g. Psalms 97:7
- d. gods האלהים Ex 18:11; 22:19 (E) 1 S 4:3; 2 Ch 2:4 ψ 86:3; אלהי האלהים the God of gods, supreme God Dt 10:17 ψ 136:2; אלהים Ex 32:1, 23 (JE) Ju 9:13; אלהים אחרים other gods Ex 20:3; 23:13 Jos 24:2, 16 (E) Dt 31:18, 20 (JE) 5:7 + (17 times in D, not P) Ju 2:12, 17, 19; 10:13 1 S 8:8; 26:19 1 K 9:6, 9 (= 2 Ch 7:19, 22) 11:4, 10; 14:9 2 K 5:17; 17:35, 37, 38; 22:17 (= 2 Ch 34:25) 2 Ch 28:25 Je 1:16 + (18 times Je) Ho 3:1; אלהי (ה)נכר foreign gods Gn 35:2, 4 Jos 24:20, 23 (E) Dt 31:16 (JE) Ju 10:16 1 S 7:3 2 Ch 33:15 Je 5:19; א׳ נחור (v. 4 b); א׳ מצרים Ex 12:12 (P) Je 43:12, 13; א׳ האמרי Jos 24:15 (E) Ju 6:10; א׳ ארם etc. Ju 10:6; אלהים מעשה ידי Dt 4:28; א׳ הגוים gods of the nations 2 K 18:33; 19:12 Dt 29:17; 2 Ch 32:17, 19 Is 36:18; 37:12; א׳ העמים Dt 6:14; 13:8 Ju 2:12 ψ 96:5 1 Ch 5:25; 16:26; 2 Ch 32:13, 14; א׳ כסף Ex 20:23 (E); א׳ זהב Ex 20:23 (E) 32:31 (JE); א׳ מַסֵּכָה Ex 34:17 (J) Lv 19:4 (H). e.g. Exodus 18:11
- 2. Pl. intensive.
- a. god or goddess, always with sf. 1 S 5:7 (Dagon), Ju 11:24 (Chemosh), 1 K 18:24 (Baal), Ju 9:27 Dn 1:2(×2); or cstr. לעשתרת א׳ צדנים לכמוש א׳ מואב to Ashtoreth goddess of the Zidonians, Chemosh god of Moab, etc. 1 K 11:33; א׳ הארץ god of the land 2 K 17:26(×2), 27, and so the Syrians suppose that Yahweh is a mountain-god and not a god of valleys 1 K 20:28. e.g. 1 Samuel 5:7
- b. godlike one Ex 4:16 (J; Moses in relation to Aaron), Ex 7:1 (P; in relation to Pharaoh), 1 S 28:13 (the shade of Samuel), ψ 45:7 (the Messianic king, O God, 𝔊 𝔖 Jer, most scholars ancient and modern, but thy throne is God’s = God’s throne AE Ki Thes Ew Hup, cf. 1 Ch 28:5). e.g. Exodus 4:16
- c. works of God, or things specially belonging to him (vid. אֵל 5) הר אלהים ψ 68:16; Ez 28:14, 16; אש אלהים Jb 1:16; גן (ה)אלהים Ez 28:13; 31:8, 9. e.g. Psalms 68:16
- d. God (vid. 3 & 4).
- 3. הָאֱלֹהִים the (true) God, י׳ הוא האלהים Yahweh is (the) God Dt 4:35, 39; 7:9 1 K 8:60; 18:39(×2) 2 Ch 33:13 הוא האלהים 1 K 18:24 Is 45:18; י׳ האלהים Jos 22:34 (P?) 1 K 18:21; 2 Ch 32:16; אתה הוא האלהים 2 S 7:28; 1 K 18:37; 2 K 19:15; 1 Ch 17:26; Is 37:16; Ne 9:7; האלהים as subj. or obj. is used in E 33 times, Chr 38 times, Ec 31 times, Jon 5 times, elsewhere Gn 5:22, 24; 6:9, 11 (sources of P) 17:18 (P) Jos 22:34 (P?) Gn 44:16 (J) Dt 4:35, 39; 7:9; Ju 6:36, 39; 7:14; 10:14; 16:28; 21:2 1 S 10:3, 7; 14:36; 2 S 2:27; 6:7; 7:28; 12:16 1 K 8:60; 18:21, 24(×2), 37, 39(×2) 2 K 19:15 (Ephr) Jb 2:10 Je 11:12 Is 37:16; 45:18 ψ 108:14 Dn 1:9, 17; י׳ הא׳ הקדוש 1 S 6:20; י׳ הא׳ הגדול Ne 8:6; הא׳ אשר בירושלם Ezr 1:3; אדני האלהים Dn 9:3; in many phrases, as איש האלהים the man of God, acting under divine authority and influence: = (a) angel Ju 13:6, 8, (b) prophet (the term coming into use in the Northern kingdom in the age of Elijah 1 S 9:6–10, cf. אִישׁ הָרוּחַ Hos 9:7): of Moses Dt 33:1 Jos 14:6 (E) 1 Ch 23:14 2 Ch 30:16 Ezr 3:2 ψ 90:1; of Samuel 1 S 9:6–10; of David 2 Ch 8:14 Ne 12:24, 36; Shemaiah 1 K 12:22 (= 2 Ch 11:2); Elijah, Elisha, and others of their time 1 K 13:1–31; 17:18–24; 20:28 2 K 1:9–13; 4:7–42; 5:8–20; 6:6–15; 7:2, 17; 8:2–11; 13:19; 23:16–17 (Ephr.) 2 Ch 25:7, 9; unnamed prophet 1 S 2:27; Hanan Je 35:4; a later title of prophet was עֶבֶד האלהים the servant of God, used of Moses 1 Ch 6:34 2 Ch 24:9 Ne 10:30 Dn 9:11. בית האלהים the house of God, Ju 18:31, especially late, Chr (52 times) Ec 4:17 Dn 1:2; בית י׳ הא׳ 1 Ch 22:1; האלהים (ברית) ארון the ark (of the covenant) of God Ju 20:27 1 S 4–5. 14, 2 S 6–7. 15 (23 times) 1 Ch 13. 15. 16, 2 Ch 1:4 (13 times); מטה האלהים the rod of God Ex 4:20; 17:9 (E); הר האלהים the mount of God (Horeb) Ex 3:1; 4:27; 18:5; 24:13 (E) 1 K 19:8 (Ephr.); מלאך האלהים the (theophanic) angel of God Gn 31:11 Ex 14:19 (E) Ju 6:20; 13:6, 9 2 S 14:17, 20; 19:28; in other combinations Ex 18:16 Nu 23:27 (E) Ju 20:2 1 S 4:8; 5:11; 10:5 2 S 16:23 1 K 12:22 1 Ch 21:7 + ψ 87:3 Ec 9:1. e.g. Deuteronomy 4:35
- 4. אֱלֹהִים = God י׳ אֱלֹהִים אֱמֶת = Yahweh is God in truth Je 10:10. e.g. Jeremiah 10:10
- a. אלהים (as subj. obj. direct or indirect) is used by P (50 times in story of creation and deluge, elsewhere 28 times), by E (91 times), J chiefly in poetic sources Gn 3:1, 3, 5(×2); 9:27; 39:9 Dt 32:17, 39, by D (11 times) Ju (21 times) S (50 times) K (29 times) Chr (45 times); in ψ 42–86 (180 times often by editorial change for an original יהוה), elsewhere ψ 3:3; 5:11; 7:11, 12; 9:18; 10:4, 13; 14:1, 2, 5; 25:22; 36:2, 8; 77:14; 100:3; 108:2, 6, 8, 12(×2), 14 Jb 5:8; 20:29; 28:23; 32:2; 34:9 (& in Prologue 6 times) Pr 2:5; 3:4; 25:2 Ec (7 times) Hos (5 times) Am 4:11 (כמהפכת אלהים את סדם as God overthrew Sodom = Je 50:40 = Is 13:19) Zc 8:23; 12:8 Mi 3:7 (but אליהם 𝔊 𝔖) Is 35:4 Is 2 (9 times) Je 10:10 Ez (13 times) Mal (5 times) Jon (4 times); the phrase היה ל׳ לאלהים Gn 28:21 (ER) 17:7, 8 Ex 6:7; 29:45 Lv 11:45; 22:33; 25:38; 26:12, 45 Nu 15:41 (P) Dt 26:17; 29:13 2 S 7:24 (= 1 Ch 17:22) Zc 8:8 Je (6 times) Ez (6 times); אלהים צדיק righteous God ψ 7:10; א׳ קדשים holy God Jos 24:19 (E); א׳ חיים living God Dt 5:23 1 S 17:26, 36 Je 10:10; 23:36; א׳ חי 2 K 19:4, 16 (= Is 37:4, 17). For the phrases יהוה א׳, י׳ א׳ צבאות, א׳ צבאות, אל א׳ י׳, יה א׳, י׳ צבאות א׳, י׳ אלהי צבאות, אדני א׳ vid. יהוה, יה, צבאות & אדני. e.g. Genesis 3:1
- b. cstr. אֱלֹהֵי (α) with persons אֱלֹהֵי אַבְרָהָם = God of Abraham, a phrase of J, Gn 26:24; 28:13; 31:53, Gn 31:42 (ε) Ex 3:6 ψ 47:10 1 K 18:36 1 Ch 29:18 2 Ch 30:6; א׳ אדני אברהם Gn 24:12, 27, 42, 48 (J); אלהי אב father’s God (various sf. & names), a phrase of E, Gn 31:5, 29, 42; 46:3; 50:17 Ex 3:6, 13, 15, 16; 15:2; 18:4 Jos 18:3, elsewhere Gn 32:10; 43:23 (J) Ex 4:5 (J?) Dt (8 times) Ju 2:12 2 K 21:22 Chr (31 times) Dn 11:37; אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל Israel’s God, phrase of E, Gn 33:20 Ex 5:1; 24:10; 32:27 Jos 8:30; 14:14; 22:16; 24:2, 23, elsewhere Ex 34:23 Jos 7:13, 19, 20 (JE) Nu 16:9 Jos 9:18, 19; 22:24; 10:40, 42; 13:14, 33 (R vid. Di Jos 7:13) Ju 4:6; 5:3, 5; 6:8; 11:21, 23; 21:3 1 S 1:17 + (20 times) K (26 times) Chr (45 times) ψ 41:14; 106:48 (doxol.) 59:6; 69:7 Is 17:6; 21:10, 17; 29:23 Is 3; 24:15; 37:16, 21 Is 2; 41:17 + (6 times) Je 35:17 + (48 times), Ez 8:4 + (7 times) Zp 2:9 Mal 2:16 Ru 2:12; א׳ מערכות ישראל God of the battle array of Israel 1 S 17:45; א׳ יַעֲקֹב 2 S 23:1 (poet.) ψ 20:2; 46:8, 12; 75:10; 76:7; 81:2, 5; 84:9; 94:7 Is 2:3 (= Mi 4:2); א׳ העבריים God of the Hebrews Ex 3:18; 5:3; 7:16; 9:1, 13 (JE); it is used with other proper names, Nahor Gn 31:53 (E), Shem Gn 9:26 (J), David 2 K 20:5 2 Ch 21:12; 34:3 Is 38:5, Hezekiah 2 Ch 32:17, Elijah 2 K 2:14; א׳ אדני המלך the God of my lord the king 1 K 1:36. (β) with nouns of attributes or relationships, א׳ קֶדֶם ancient God Dt 33:27; א׳ עולם everlasting God Is 40:28; א׳ אֱמֶת true God 2 Ch 15:3; א׳ אָמֵן Is 65:16 (vid. אָמֵן); א׳ משפט Is 30:18 Mal 2:17; א׳ מרום Mi 6:6; א׳ כָל בָשָׂר God of all flesh Je 32:27; cf. א׳ הרוחת לכל בשר Nu 16:22; 27:16 (P); א׳ השמים God of heaven Gn 24:7 (JR) 2 Ch 36:23 Ezr 1:2 Ne 1:4, 5; 2:4, 20; cf. א׳ כל הארץ Is 54:5; י׳ א׳ השמים וא׳ הארץ Gn 24:3 (JR); א׳ מִקָּרֹב a God at hand opp. א׳ מֵרָחֹק Je 23:23, א׳ ישועתי, א׳ יִשְׁעִי God of my salvation ψ 18:47 (= 2 S 22:47) 24:5; 25:5; 27:9; 65:6; 79:9; 85:5 Is 17:10 Mi 7:7 Hb 3:18 1 Ch 16:35; א׳ ישועתי ψ 88:2; א׳ תשועתי ψ 51:16; א׳ צִדְקִי God of my righteousness ψ 4:2; א׳ חַסְדִּי ψ 59:11, 18; א׳ צוּרִי God who is my rock 2 S 22:3 (cf. ψ 18:3); א׳ מָעוּזִּי֯ God who is my stronghold ψ 43:2; א׳ תְהִלָּתִי God who is my praise ψ 109:1. e.g. Genesis 26:24
- c. with sf. in P (22 times incl. phr. ויראת מאלהיך) Lv 19:14, 32; 25:17, 36, 43 (H) Ex 8:21 Jos 24:27 (E) Dt 32:37 (poet.) Jos 9:23 (JE) Dt 10:21; 31:17 Ju 10:10; 16:23, 24 1 S 10:19 2 S 10:12; 22:32 + (4 times poet.) 1 K 12:28; 20:23 2 K 19:10 Chr (83 times) ψ (62 times) Pr 2:17; 30:9 Ru 1:15, 16(×2) Is 1:10; 7:13; 8:19, 21 Is 2 (29 times) Je 5:4, 5; 23:36; 51:5 Ez 34:31 Dn (5 times) Ho (12 times) Am 2:8; 4:12 Jo 1:13(×2), 16; 2:17 Mi 6:8; 7:7 Jon 1:5, 6 Zp 3:2 Na 1:14 Zc 9:7; 12:5; אלהים with sf. is also used with יהוה several hundred times (vid. יהוה). e.g. Leviticus 19:14
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
n.m.pl. (f. 1 K 11:33; on number of occurrences of אֵל, אֱלוֹהַּ, אֱלֹהִים cf. also Nesl.c.)
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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.
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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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