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 16:28הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים · O God
    Then Samson called out to the LORD: “O Lord GOD, please remember me. Strengthen me, O God, just once more, so that with one vengeful blow I may pay back the Philistines for my two eyes.”
  2. Judges 17:5אֱלֹהִ֑ים
    Now this man Micah had a shrine, and he made an ephod and some household idols, and ordained one of his sons as his priest.
  3. Judges 18:5בֵאלֹהִ֑ים · of God
    Then they said to him, “Please inquire of God to determine whether we will have a successful journey.”
  4. Judges 18:10אֱלֹהִ֖ים · God
    When you enter, you will come to an unsuspecting people and a spacious land, for God has delivered it into your hand. It is a place where nothing on earth is lacking.”
  5. Judges 18:24אֱלֹהַי֩ · the gods
    He replied, “You took the gods I had made, and my priest, and went away. What else do I have? How can you say to me, ‘What is the matter with you?’”
  6. Judges 18:31הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים · of God
    So they set up for themselves Micah’s graven image, and it was there the whole time the house of God was in Shiloh.
  7. Judges 20:2הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים · of God’s
    The leaders of all the people and all the tribes of Israel presented themselves in the assembly of God’s people: 400,000 men on foot, armed with swords.
  8. Judges 20:18בֵאלֹהִים֒ · of God
    The Israelites set out, went up to Bethel, and inquired of God, “Who of us shall go up first to fight against the Benjamites?” “Judah will be first,” the LORD replied.
  9. Judges 20:27הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים · of God
    And the Israelites inquired of the LORD. (In those days the ark of the covenant of God was there,
  10. Judges 21:2הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים · God
    So the people came to Bethel and sat there before God until evening, lifting up their voices and weeping bitterly.
  11. Judges 21:3אֱלֹהֵ֣י · God
    “Why, O LORD God of Israel,” they cried out, “has this happened in Israel? Today in Israel one tribe is missing!”
  12. Ruth 1:15אֱלֹהֶ֑יהָ · her gods
    “Look,” said Naomi, “your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and her gods; follow her back home.”
  13. Ruth 1:16וֵאלֹהַ֖יִךְ · and your God; אֱלֹהָֽי׃ · will be my God
    But Ruth replied: “Do not urge me to leave you or to turn from following you. For wherever you go, I will go, and wherever you live, I will live; your people will be my people, and your God will be my God.
  14. Ruth 2:12אֱלֹהֵ֣י · the God
    May the LORD repay your work, and may you receive a rich reward from the LORD, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have taken refuge.”
  15. 1 Samuel 1:17וֵאלֹהֵ֣י · and may the God
    “Go in peace,” Eli replied, “and may the God of Israel grant the petition you have asked of Him.”
  16. 1 Samuel 2:2כֵּאלֹהֵֽינוּ׃ · like our God
    There is no one holy like the LORD. Indeed, there is no one besides You! And there is no Rock like our God.
  17. 1 Samuel 2:25אֱלֹהִ֔ים · God
    If a man sins against another man, God can intercede for him; but if a man sins against the LORD, who can intercede for him?” But they would not listen to their father, since the LORD intended to put them to death.
  18. 1 Samuel 2:27אֱלֹהִ֖ים · of God
    Then a man of God came to Eli and told him, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Did I not clearly reveal Myself to your father’s house when they were in Egypt under Pharaoh’s house?
  19. 1 Samuel 2:30אֱלֹהֵ֣י · the God
    Therefore, the LORD, the God of Israel, declares: ‘I did indeed say that your house and the house of your father would walk before Me forever. But now the LORD declares: Far be it from Me! For I will honor those who honor Me, but those who despise Me will be disdained.
  20. 1 Samuel 3:3אֱלֹהִים֙ · of God; אֱלֹהִֽים׃פ · of God
    Before the lamp of God had gone out, Samuel was lying down in the temple of the LORD, where the ark of God was located.
  21. 1 Samuel 3:17אֱלֹהִים֙ · May God
    “What was the message He gave you?” Eli asked. “Do not hide it from me. May God punish you, and ever so severely, if you hide from me anything He said to you.”
  22. 1 Samuel 4:4הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים · of God
    So the people sent men to Shiloh, and they brought back the ark of the covenant of the LORD of Hosts, who sits enthroned between the cherubim. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.
  23. 1 Samuel 4:7אֱלֹהִ֖ים · The gods
    …the Philistines were afraid. “The gods have entered their camp!” they said. “Woe to us, for nothing like this has happened before.
  24. 1 Samuel 4:8הָאֱלֹהִ֥ים · gods; הָאֱלֹהִ֗ים · are the gods
    Woe to us! Who will deliver us from the hand of these mighty gods? These are the gods who struck the Egyptians with all kinds of plagues in the wilderness.
  25. 1 Samuel 4:11אֱלֹהִ֖ים · of God
    The ark of God was captured, and Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, died.
  26. 1 Samuel 4:13הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים · of God
    When he arrived, there was Eli, sitting on his chair beside the road and watching, because his heart trembled for the ark of God. When the man entered the city to give a report, the whole city cried out.
  27. 1 Samuel 4:17הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים · of God
    The messenger answered, “Israel has fled before the Philistines, and there has been a great slaughter among the people. Your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, are both dead, and the ark of God has been captured.”
  28. 1 Samuel 4:18הָאֱלֹהִ֗ים · of God
    As soon as the ark of God was mentioned, Eli fell backward from his chair by the city gate, and being old and heavy, he broke his neck and died. And Eli had judged Israel forty years.
  29. 1 Samuel 4:19הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים · of God’s
    Now Eli’s daughter-in-law, the wife of Phinehas, was pregnant and about to give birth. When she heard the news of the capture of God’s ark and the deaths of her father-in-law and her husband, she collapsed and gave birth, for her labor pains overtook her.
  30. 1 Samuel 4:21הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים · of God
    And she named the boy Ichabod, saying, “The glory has departed from Israel,” because the ark of God had been captured and her father-in-law and her husband had been killed.
  31. 1 Samuel 4:22הָאֱלֹהִֽים׃פ · of God
    “The glory has departed from Israel,” she said, “for the ark of God has been captured.”
  32. 1 Samuel 5:1הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים · of God
    After the Philistines had captured the ark of God, they took it from Ebenezer to Ashdod,
  33. 1 Samuel 5:2הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים
    …carried it into the temple of Dagon, and set it beside his statue.
  34. 1 Samuel 5:7אֱלֹהֵ֤י · of the God; אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ׃ · our god
    And when the men of Ashdod saw what was happening, they said, “The ark of the God of Israel must not stay here with us, because His hand is heavy upon us and upon our god Dagon.”
  35. 1 Samuel 5:8אֱלֹהֵ֣י · of the God of; אֱלֹהֵ֣י; אֱלֹהֵ֥י · of the God
    So they called together all the rulers of the Philistines and asked, “What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel?” “It must be moved to Gath,” they replied. So they carried away the ark of the God of Israel.
  36. 1 Samuel 5:10הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים · of God; הָאֱלֹהִים֙; אֱלֹהֵ֣י · of the God
    So they sent the ark of God to Ekron, but as it arrived, the Ekronites cried out, “They have brought us the ark of the God of Israel in order to kill us and our people!”
  37. 1 Samuel 5:11אֱלֹהֵ֤י · of the God; הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים · of God
    Then the Ekronites called together all the rulers of the Philistines and said, “Send away the ark of the God of Israel. It must return to its place, so that it will not kill us and our people!” For a deadly confusion had pervaded the city; the hand of God was very heavy upon it.
  38. 1 Samuel 6:3אֱלֹהֵ֤י · of the God
    They replied, “If you return the ark of the God of Israel, do not send it away empty, but by all means return it to Him with a guilt offering. Then you will be healed, and you will understand why His hand has not been lifted from you.”
  39. 1 Samuel 6:5לֵאלֹהֵ֥י · to the God; אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֖ם · your gods
    Make images of your tumors and of the rats that are ravaging the land. Give glory to the God of Israel, and perhaps He will lift His hand from you and your gods and your land.
  40. 1 Samuel 6:20הָאֱלֹהִ֛ים · God
    The men of Beth-shemesh asked, “Who can stand in the presence of the LORD, this holy God? To whom should the ark go up from here?”