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

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Occurrences

2,600 total
  1. Judges 5:3אֱלֹהֵ֥י · the God
    Listen, O kings! Give ear, O princes! I will sing to the LORD; I will sing praise to the LORD, the God of Israel.
  2. Judges 5:5אֱלֹהֵ֥י · the God
    The mountains quaked before the LORD, the One of Sinai, before the LORD, the God of Israel.
  3. Judges 5:8אֱלֹהִ֣ים · gods
    When they chose new gods, then war came to their gates. Not a shield or spear was found among forty thousand in Israel.
  4. Judges 6:8אֱלֹהֵ֣י · the God
    He sent them a prophet, who told them, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: I brought you up out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
  5. Judges 6:10אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֔ם · your God; אֱלֹהֵ֣י · the gods
    And I said to you: ‘I am the LORD your God. You must not fear the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell.’ But you did not obey Me.”
  6. Judges 6:20הָאֱלֹהִ֗ים · of God
    And the angel of God said to him, “Take the meat and the unleavened bread, lay them on this rock, and pour out the broth.” And Gideon did so.
  7. Judges 6:26אֱלֹהֶ֗יךָ · your God
    Then build a proper altar to the LORD your God on the top of this stronghold. And with the wood of the Asherah pole you cut down, take the second bull and offer it as a burnt offering.”
  8. Judges 6:31אֱלֹהִ֥ים · is a god
    But Joash said to all who stood against him, “Are you contending for Baal? Are you trying to save him? Whoever pleads his case will be put to death by morning! If Baal is a god, let him contend for himself with the one who has torn down his altar.”
  9. Judges 6:36הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים · God
    Then Gideon said to God, “If You are going to save Israel by my hand, as You have said,
  10. Judges 6:39הָ֣אֱלֹהִ֔ים · God
    Then Gideon said to God, “Do not be angry with me; let me speak one more time. Please allow me one more test with the fleece. This time let it be dry, and the ground covered with dew.”
  11. Judges 6:40אֱלֹהִ֛ים · God
    And that night God did so. Only the fleece was dry, and dew covered the ground.
  12. Judges 7:14הָֽאֱלֹהִים֙ · God
    His friend replied: “This is nothing less than the sword of Gideon son of Joash, the Israelite. God has delivered Midian and the whole camp into his hand.”
  13. Judges 8:3אֱלֹהִ֜ים · God
    God has delivered Oreb and Zeeb, the two princes of Midian, into your hand. What was I able to do compared to you?” When he had said this, their anger against him subsided.
  14. Judges 8:33לֵאלֹהִֽים׃ · as their god
    And as soon as Gideon was dead, the Israelites turned and prostituted themselves with the Baals, and they set up Baal-berith as their god.
  15. Judges 8:34אֱלֹהֵיהֶ֑ם · their God
    The Israelites failed to remember the LORD their God who had delivered them from the hands of all their enemies on every side.
  16. Judges 9:7אֱלֹהִֽים׃ · and may God
    When this was reported to Jotham, he climbed to the top of Mount Gerizim, raised his voice, and cried out: “Listen to me, O leaders of Shechem, and may God listen to you.
  17. Judges 9:9אֱלֹהִ֖ים · both God
    But the olive tree replied, ‘Should I stop giving my oil that honors both God and man, to hold sway over the trees?’
  18. Judges 9:13אֱלֹהִ֖ים · [both] God
    But the grapevine replied, ‘Should I stop giving my wine that cheers both God and man, to hold sway over the trees?’
  19. Judges 9:23אֱלֹהִים֙ · God
    God sent a spirit of animosity between Abimelech and the leaders of Shechem and caused them to treat Abimelech deceitfully,
  20. Judges 9:27אֱ‍ֽלֹֽהֵיהֶ֔ם · of their god
    And after they had gone out into the fields, gathered grapes from their vineyards, and trodden them, they held a festival and went into the house of their god; and as they ate and drank, they cursed Abimelech.
  21. Judges 9:56אֱלֹהִ֔ים · In this way God
    In this way God repaid the wickedness that Abimelech had done to his father in murdering his seventy brothers.
  22. Judges 9:57אֱלֹהִ֖ים · God
    And God also brought all the wickedness of the men of Shechem back upon their own heads. So the curse of Jotham son of Jerubbaal came upon them.
  23. Judges 10:6אֱלֹהֵ֣י · the gods; אֱלֹהֵ֨י; אֱלֹהֵ֣י; אֱלֹהֵ֣י · the gods; אֱלֹהֵ֣י
    And again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD. They served the Baals, the Ashtoreths, the gods of Aram, Sidon, and Moab, and the gods of the Ammonites and Philistines. Thus they forsook the LORD and did not serve Him.
  24. Judges 10:10אֱלֹהֵ֔ינוּ · our God
    Then the Israelites cried out to the LORD, saying, “We have sinned against You, for we have indeed forsaken our God and served the Baals.”
  25. Judges 10:13אֱלֹהִ֣ים · gods
    But you have forsaken Me and served other gods, so I will no longer save you.
  26. Judges 10:14הָ֣אֱלֹהִ֔ים · the gods
    Go and cry out to the gods you have chosen. Let them save you in your time of trouble.”
  27. Judges 10:16אֱלֹהֵ֤י · gods
    So they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the LORD, and He could no longer bear the misery of Israel.
  28. Judges 11:21אֱלֹהֵֽי־ · the God
    Then the LORD, the God of Israel, delivered Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel, who defeated them. So Israel took possession of all the land of the Amorites who inhabited that country,
  29. Judges 11:23אֱלֹהֵ֣י · the God
    Now since the LORD, the God of Israel, has driven out the Amorites from before His people Israel, should you now possess it?
  30. Judges 11:24אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ · your god; אֱלֹהֵ֛ינוּ · our God
    Do you not possess whatever your god Chemosh grants you? So also, we possess whatever the LORD our God has granted us.
  31. Judges 13:5אֱלֹהִ֛ים · to God
    For behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son. And no razor shall touch his head, because the boy will be a Nazirite to God from the womb, and he will begin the deliverance of Israel from the hand of the Philistines.”
  32. Judges 13:6הָאֱלֹהִים֙ · of God; הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים · of God
    So the woman went and told her husband, “A man of God came to me. His appearance was like the angel of God, exceedingly awesome. I did not ask him where he came from, and he did not tell me his name.
  33. Judges 13:7אֱלֹהִים֙ · to God
    But he said to me, ‘Behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son. Now, therefore, do not drink wine or strong drink, and do not eat anything unclean, because the boy will be a Nazirite to God from the womb until the day of his death.’”
  34. Judges 13:8הָאֱלֹהִ֞ים · of God
    Then Manoah prayed to the LORD, “Please, O Lord, let the man of God You sent us come to us again to teach us how to raise the boy who is to be born.”
  35. Judges 13:9הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים · And God; הָאֱלֹהִ֨ים · of God
    And God listened to the voice of Manoah, and the angel of God returned to the woman as she was sitting in the field; but her husband Manoah was not with her.
  36. Judges 13:22אֱלֹהִ֖ים · God
    “We are going to die,” he said to his wife, “for we have seen God!”
  37. Judges 15:19אֱלֹהִ֜ים · So God
    So God opened up the hollow place in Lehi, and water came out of it. When Samson drank, his strength returned, and he was revived. That is why he named it En-hakkore, and it remains in Lehi to this day.
  38. Judges 16:17אֱלֹהִ֛ים · to God
    Samson told her all that was in his heart: “My hair has never been cut, because I have been a Nazirite to God from my mother’s womb. If I am shaved, my strength will leave me, and I will become as weak as any other man.”
  39. Judges 16:23אֱלֹהֵיהֶ֖ם · to their god; אֱלֹהֵ֙ינוּ֙ · Our god
    Now the lords of the Philistines gathered together to offer a great sacrifice to their god Dagon. They rejoiced and said, “Our god has delivered Samson our enemy into our hands.”
  40. Judges 16:24אֱלֹהֵיהֶ֑ם · their god; אֱלֹהֵ֤ינוּ · Our god
    And when the people saw him, they praised their god, saying: “Our god has delivered into our hands our enemy who destroyed our land and multiplied our dead.”