אֱלֹהִים

hebrewOld TestamentNoun · masculine2,600 occurrences35 books2,247 verses
This word comes from the name of LORD.

Definition

plural of H433; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
Traditional renderings: angels, × exceeding, God (gods) (-dess, -ly), × (very) great, judges, × mighty.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders אֱלֹהִים:

Glossary entries

Lord Righteousness Eli, Eli, Lema Sabachthani? Eli Abba Most High

Usage patterns

Old TestamentNew Testament

Occurrences

2,600 total
  1. Deuteronomy 5:24אֱלֹהֵ֙ינוּ֙ · our God; אֱלֹהִ֛ים · [even if] God
    …and you said, “Behold, the LORD our God has shown us His glory and greatness, and we have heard His voice out of the fire. Today we have seen that a man can live even if God speaks with him.
  2. Deuteronomy 5:25אֱלֹהֵ֛ינוּ · our God
    But now, why should we die? For this great fire will consume us, and we will die, if we hear the voice of the LORD our God any longer.
  3. Deuteronomy 5:26אֱלֹהִ֨ים · God
    For who of all flesh has heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the fire, as we have, and survived?
  4. Deuteronomy 5:27אֱלֹהֵ֑ינוּ · our God; אֱלֹהֵ֛ינוּ · our God
    Go near and listen to all that the LORD our God says. Then you can tell us everything the LORD our God tells you; we will listen and obey.”
  5. Deuteronomy 5:32אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֖ם · your God
    So be careful to do as the LORD your God has commanded you; you are not to turn aside to the right or to the left.
  6. Deuteronomy 5:33אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֛ם · your God
    You must walk in all the ways that the LORD your God has commanded you, so that you may live and prosper and prolong your days in the land that you will possess.
  7. Deuteronomy 6:1אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֖ם · your God
    These are the commandments and statutes and ordinances that the LORD your God has instructed me to teach you to follow in the land that you are about to enter and possess,
  8. Deuteronomy 6:2אֱלֹהֶ֗יךָ · your God
    …so that you and your children and grandchildren may fear the LORD your God all the days of your lives by keeping all His statutes and commandments that I give you, and so that your days may be prolonged.
  9. Deuteronomy 6:3אֱלֹהֵ֤י · the God
    Hear, O Israel, and be careful to observe them, so that you may prosper and multiply greatly in a land flowing with milk and honey, just as the LORD, the God of your fathers, has promised you.
  10. Deuteronomy 6:4אֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּ · our God
    Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is One.
  11. Deuteronomy 6:5אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ · your God
    And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.
  12. Deuteronomy 6:10אֱלֹהֶ֗יךָ · your God
    And when the LORD your God brings you into the land He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, that He would give you—a land with great and splendid cities that you did not build,
  13. Deuteronomy 6:13אֱלֹהֶ֛יךָ · your God
    Fear the LORD your God, serve Him only, and take your oaths in His name.
  14. Deuteronomy 6:14אֱלֹהִ֣ים · gods; מֵאֱלֹהֵי֙ · the gods
    Do not follow other gods, the gods of the peoples around you.
  15. Deuteronomy 6:15אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ · your God; אֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙ · your God
    For the LORD your God, who is among you, is a jealous God. Otherwise the anger of the LORD your God will be kindled against you, and He will wipe you off the face of the earth.
  16. Deuteronomy 6:16אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֑ם · your God
    Do not test the LORD your God as you tested Him at Massah.
  17. Deuteronomy 6:17אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֑ם · your God
    You are to diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God and the testimonies and statutes He has given you.
  18. Deuteronomy 6:20אֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּ · our God
    In the future, when your son asks, “What is the meaning of the decrees and statutes and ordinances that the LORD our God has commanded you?”
  19. Deuteronomy 6:24אֱלֹהֵ֑ינוּ · our God
    And the LORD commanded us to observe all these statutes and to fear the LORD our God, that we may always be prosperous and preserved, as we are to this day.
  20. Deuteronomy 6:25אֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּ · our God
    And if we are careful to observe every one of these commandments before the LORD our God, as He has commanded us, then that will be our righteousness.”
  21. Deuteronomy 7:1אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ · your God
    When the LORD your God brings you into the land that you are entering to possess, and He drives out before you many nations—the Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, seven nations larger and stronger than you—
  22. Deuteronomy 7:2אֱלֹהֶ֛יךָ · your God
    …and when the LORD your God has delivered them over to you to defeat them, then you must devote them to complete destruction. Make no treaty with them and show them no mercy.
  23. Deuteronomy 7:4אֱלֹהִ֣ים · gods
    …because they will turn your sons away from following Me to serve other gods. Then the anger of the LORD will burn against you, and He will swiftly destroy you.
  24. Deuteronomy 7:6אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ · your God; אֱלֹהֶ֗יךָ · your God
    For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all peoples on the face of the earth.
  25. Deuteronomy 7:9אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ · your God; הָֽאֱלֹהִ֑ים · is God
    Know therefore that the LORD your God is God, the faithful God who keeps His covenant of loving devotion for a thousand generations of those who love Him and keep His commandments.
  26. Deuteronomy 7:12אֱלֹהֶ֜יךָ · your God
    If you listen to these ordinances and keep them carefully, then the LORD your God will keep His covenant and the loving devotion that He swore to your fathers.
  27. Deuteronomy 7:16אֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙ · your God; אֱלֹ֣הֵיהֶ֔ם · their gods
    You must destroy all the peoples the LORD your God will deliver to you. Do not look on them with pity. Do not worship their gods, for that will be a snare to you.
  28. Deuteronomy 7:18אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ · your God
    But do not be afraid of them. Be sure to remember what the LORD your God did to Pharaoh and all Egypt:
  29. Deuteronomy 7:19אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ · your God; אֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙ · your God
    …the great trials that you saw, the signs and wonders, and the mighty hand and outstretched arm by which the LORD your God brought you out. The LORD your God will do the same to all the peoples you now fear.
  30. Deuteronomy 7:20אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ · your God
    Moreover, the LORD your God will send the hornet against them until even the survivors hiding from you have perished.
  31. Deuteronomy 7:21אֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙ · your God
    Do not be terrified by them, for the LORD your God, who is among you, is a great and awesome God.
  32. Deuteronomy 7:22אֱלֹהֶ֜יךָ · your God
    The LORD your God will drive out these nations before you little by little. You will not be enabled to eliminate them all at once, or the wild animals would multiply around you.
  33. Deuteronomy 7:23אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ · your God
    But the LORD your God will give them over to you and throw them into great confusion, until they are destroyed.
  34. Deuteronomy 7:25אֱלֹהֵיהֶ֖ם · of their gods; אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ · your God
    You must burn up the images of their gods; do not covet the silver and gold that is on them or take it for yourselves, or you will be ensnared by it; for it is detestable to the LORD your God.
  35. Deuteronomy 8:2אֱלֹהֶ֛יךָ · your God
    Remember that these forty years the LORD your God led you all the way in the wilderness, so that He might humble you and test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep His commandments.
  36. Deuteronomy 8:5אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ · your God
    So know in your heart that just as a man disciplines his son, so the LORD your God disciplines you.
  37. Deuteronomy 8:6אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ · your God
    Therefore you shall keep the commandments of the LORD your God, walking in His ways and fearing Him.
  38. Deuteronomy 8:7אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ · your God
    For the LORD your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks and fountains and springs that flow through the valleys and hills;
  39. Deuteronomy 8:10אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ · your God
    When you eat and are satisfied, you are to bless the LORD your God for the good land that He has given you.
  40. Deuteronomy 8:11אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ · your God
    Be careful not to forget the LORD your God by failing to keep His commandments and ordinances and statutes, which I am giving you this day.
  41. Deuteronomy 8:14אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ · your God
    …then your heart will become proud, and you will forget the LORD your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.