אֱלֹהִים
e.lo.himGodHow to read Hebrew
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.
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
Occurrences
2,600 total
- Deuteronomy 31:13אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֑ם · your GodThen their children who do not know the law will listen and learn to fear the LORD your God, as long as you live in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess.”
- Deuteronomy 31:16אֱלֹהֵ֣י · godsAnd the LORD said to Moses, “You will soon rest with your fathers, and these people will rise up and prostitute themselves with the foreign gods of the land they are entering. They will forsake Me and break the covenant I have made with them.
- Deuteronomy 31:17אֱלֹהַי֙ · our GodOn that day My anger will burn against them, and I will abandon them and hide My face from them, so that they will be consumed, and many troubles and afflictions will befall them. On that day they will say, ‘Have not these disasters come upon us because our God is no longer with us?’
- Deuteronomy 31:18אֱלֹהִ֖ים · godsAnd on that day I will surely hide My face because of all the evil they have done by turning to other gods.
- Deuteronomy 31:20אֱלֹהִ֤ים · godsWhen I have brought them into the land that I swore to give their fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey, they will eat their fill and prosper. Then they will turn to other gods and worship them, and they will reject Me and break My covenant.
- Deuteronomy 31:26אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֑ם · your God“Take this Book of the Law and place it beside the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, so that it may remain there as a witness against you.
- Deuteronomy 32:3לֵאלֹהֵֽינוּ׃ · to our GodFor I will proclaim the name of the LORD. Ascribe greatness to our God!
- Deuteronomy 32:17אֱלֹהִ֖ים · to godsThey sacrificed to demons, not to God, to gods they had not known, to newly arrived gods, which your fathers did not fear.
- Deuteronomy 32:37אֱלֹהֵ֑ימוֹ · are their godsHe will say: “Where are their gods, the rock in which they took refuge,
- Deuteronomy 32:39אֱלֹהִ֖ים · GodSee now that I am He; there is no God besides Me. I bring death and I give life; I wound and I heal, and there is no one who can deliver from My hand.
- Deuteronomy 33:1הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים · of GodThis is the blessing that Moses the man of God pronounced upon the Israelites before his death.
- Deuteronomy 33:27אֱלֹ֣הֵי · GodThe eternal God is your dwelling place, and underneath are the everlasting arms. He drives out the enemy before you, giving the command, ‘Destroy him!’
- Joshua 1:9אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ · your GodHave I not commanded you to be strong and courageous? Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.”
- Joshua 1:11אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶ֔ם · your God“Go through the camp and tell the people, ‘Prepare your provisions, for within three days you will cross the Jordan to go in and take possession of the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess.’”
- Joshua 1:13אֱלֹהֵיכֶם֙ · your God“Remember what Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you when he said, ‘The LORD your God will give you rest, and He will give you this land.’
- Joshua 1:15אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶ֖ם · your God…until the LORD gives them rest as He has done for you, and your brothers also possess the land that the LORD your God is giving them. Then you may return to the land of your inheritance and take possession of that which Moses the servant of the LORD gave you on the east side of the Jordan.”
- Joshua 1:17אֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙ · your GodJust as we obeyed Moses in all things, so we will obey you. And may the LORD your God be with you, as He was with Moses.
- Joshua 2:11אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶ֔ם · your God; אֱלֹהִים֙ · is GodWhen we heard this, our hearts melted and everyone’s courage failed because of you, for the LORD your God is God in the heavens above and on the earth below.
- Joshua 3:3אֱלֹ֣הֵיכֶ֔ם · your God…and commanded the people: “When you see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God being carried by the Levitical priests, you are to set out from your positions and follow it.
- Joshua 3:9אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶֽם׃ · your GodSo Joshua told the Israelites, “Come here and listen to the words of the LORD your God.”
- Joshua 4:5אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶ֖ם · your God…and said to them, “Cross over before the ark of the LORD your God into the middle of the Jordan. Each of you is to take a stone upon his shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of Israel,
- Joshua 4:23אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֜ם · your God; אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֧םFor the LORD your God dried up the waters of the Jordan before you until you had crossed over, just as He did to the Red Sea, which He dried up before us until we had crossed over.
- Joshua 4:24אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֖ם · your GodHe did this so that all the peoples of the earth may know that the hand of the LORD is mighty, and so that you may always fear the LORD your God.”
- Joshua 7:13אֱלֹהֵ֣י · the GodGet up and consecrate the people, saying, ‘Consecrate yourselves for tomorrow, for this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Among you, O Israel, there are things devoted to destruction. You cannot stand against your enemies until you remove them.
- Joshua 7:19אֱלֹהֵ֥י · the GodSo Joshua said to Achan, “My son, give glory to the LORD, the God of Israel, and make a confession to Him. I urge you to tell me what you have done; do not hide it from me.”
- Joshua 7:20אֱלֹהֵ֣י · the God“It is true,” Achan replied, “I have sinned against the LORD, the God of Israel. This is what I did:
- Joshua 8:7אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶ֖ם · your God…you are to rise from the ambush and seize the city, for the LORD your God will deliver it into your hand.
- Joshua 8:30אֱלֹהֵ֣י · the GodAt that time Joshua built an altar on Mount Ebal to the LORD, the God of Israel,
- Joshua 9:9אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ · your God“Your servants have come from a very distant land,” they replied, “because of the fame of the LORD your God. For we have heard the reports about Him: all that He did in Egypt,
- Joshua 9:18אֱלֹהֵ֣י · the GodBut the Israelites did not attack them, because the leaders of the congregation had sworn an oath to them by the LORD, the God of Israel. And the whole congregation grumbled against the leaders.
- Joshua 9:19אֱלֹהֵ֣י · the GodAll the leaders answered, “We have sworn an oath to them by the LORD, the God of Israel, and now we cannot touch them.
- Joshua 9:23אֱלֹהָֽי׃ · of my GodNow therefore you are under a curse and will perpetually serve as woodcutters and water carriers for the house of my God.”
- Joshua 9:24אֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙ · your GodThe Gibeonites answered, “Your servants were told clearly that the LORD your God had commanded His servant Moses to give you all the land and wipe out all its inhabitants before you. So we greatly feared for our lives because of you, and that is why we have done this.
- Joshua 10:19אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֖ם · your GodBut you, do not stop there. Pursue your enemies and attack them from behind. Do not let them reach their cities, for the LORD your God has delivered them into your hand.”
- Joshua 10:40אֱלֹהֵ֥י · the GodSo Joshua conquered the whole region—the hill country, the Negev, the foothills, and the slopes, together with all their kings—leaving no survivors. He devoted to destruction everything that breathed, just as the LORD, the God of Israel, had commanded.
- Joshua 10:42אֱלֹהֵ֣י · the GodAnd because the LORD, the God of Israel, fought for Israel, Joshua captured all these kings and their land in one campaign.
- Joshua 13:14אֱלֹהֵ֤י · the GodTo the tribe of Levi, however, Moses had given no inheritance. The food offerings to the LORD, the God of Israel, are their inheritance, just as He had promised them.
- Joshua 13:33אֱלֹהֵ֤י · the GodTo the tribe of Levi, however, Moses had given no inheritance. The LORD, the God of Israel, is their inheritance, just as He had promised them.
- Joshua 14:6הָאֱלֹהִ֗ים · of GodThen the sons of Judah approached Joshua at Gilgal, and Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, “You know what the LORD said to Moses the man of God at Kadesh-barnea about you and me.
- Joshua 14:8אֱלֹהָֽי׃ · my GodAlthough my brothers who went with me made the hearts of the people melt with fear, I remained loyal to the LORD my God.
- Joshua 14:9אֱלֹהָֽי׃ · my GodOn that day Moses swore to me, saying, ‘Surely the land on which you have set foot will be an inheritance to you and your children forever, because you have wholly followed the LORD my God.’
- Joshua 14:14אֱלֹהֵ֥י · the GodTherefore Hebron belongs to Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite as an inheritance to this day, because he wholly followed the LORD, the God of Israel.
- Joshua 18:3אֱלֹהֵ֥י · the GodSo Joshua said to the Israelites, “How long will you put off entering and possessing the land that the LORD, the God of your fathers, has given you?
- Joshua 18:6אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ׃ · our GodWhen you have mapped out the seven portions of land and brought it to me, I will cast lots for you here in the presence of the LORD our God.
- Joshua 22:3אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃ · your GodAll this time you have not deserted your brothers, up to this very day, but have kept the charge given you by the LORD your God.
- Joshua 22:4אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶם֙ · your GodAnd now that the LORD your God has given your brothers rest as He promised them, you may return to your homes in the land that Moses the servant of the LORD gave you across the Jordan.
- Joshua 22:5אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶ֜ם · your GodBut be very careful to observe the commandment and the law that Moses the servant of the LORD gave you: to love the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways, to keep His commandments, to hold fast to Him, and to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul.”
- Joshua 22:16בֵּאלֹהֵ֣י · against the God“This is what the whole congregation of the LORD says: ‘What is this breach of faith you have committed today against the God of Israel by turning away from the LORD and building for yourselves an altar, that you might rebel against the LORD this day?