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. 2 Chronicles 2:5אֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּ · our God; הָאֱלֹהִֽים׃ · gods
    The house that I am building will be great, for our God is greater than all gods.
  2. 2 Chronicles 2:12אֱלֹהֵ֣י · the God
    And Hiram added: “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who made the heavens and the earth! He has given King David a wise son with insight and understanding, who will build a temple for the LORD and a royal palace for himself.
  3. 2 Chronicles 3:3הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים · of God
    The foundation that Solomon laid for the house of God was sixty cubits long and twenty cubits wide, according to the old standard.
  4. 2 Chronicles 4:11הָאֱלֹהִֽים׃ · of God
    Additionally, Huram made the pots, shovels, and sprinkling bowls. So Huram finished the work that he had undertaken for King Solomon in the house of God:
  5. 2 Chronicles 4:19הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים · of God
    Solomon also made all the furnishings for the house of God: the golden altar; the tables on which was placed the Bread of the Presence;
  6. 2 Chronicles 5:1הָאֱלֹהִֽים׃פ · of God
    So all the work that Solomon had performed for the house of the LORD was completed. Then Solomon brought in the items his father David had dedicated—the silver, the gold, and all the furnishings—and he placed them in the treasuries of the house of God.
  7. 2 Chronicles 5:14הָאֱלֹהִֽים׃פ · of God
    …so that the priests could not stand there to minister because of the cloud. For the glory of the LORD filled the house of God.
  8. 2 Chronicles 6:4אֱלֹהֵ֣י · the God
    …and said: “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who has fulfilled with His own hand what He spoke with His mouth to my father David, saying,
  9. 2 Chronicles 6:7אֱלֹהֵ֥י · the God
    Now it was in the heart of my father David to build a house for the Name of the LORD, the God of Israel.
  10. 2 Chronicles 6:10אֱלֹהֵ֥י · the God
    Now the LORD has fulfilled the word that He spoke. I have succeeded my father David, and I sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised. I have built the house for the Name of the LORD, the God of Israel.
  11. 2 Chronicles 6:14אֱלֹהֵ֤י · God; אֱלֹהִ֔ים · God
    …and said: “O LORD, God of Israel, there is no God like You in heaven or on earth, keeping Your covenant of loving devotion with Your servants who walk before You with all their hearts.
  12. 2 Chronicles 6:16אֱלֹהֵ֣י · God
    Therefore now, O LORD, God of Israel, keep for Your servant, my father David, what You promised when You said: ‘You will never fail to have a man to sit before Me on the throne of Israel, if only your descendants guard their way to walk in My law as you have walked before Me.’
  13. 2 Chronicles 6:17אֱלֹהֵ֣י · God
    And now, O LORD, God of Israel, please confirm what You promised to Your servant David.
  14. 2 Chronicles 6:18אֱלֹהִ֛ים · will God
    But will God indeed dwell with man upon the earth? The heavens, even the highest heavens, cannot contain You, much less this temple I have built.
  15. 2 Chronicles 6:19אֱלֹהָ֑י · my God
    Yet regard the prayer and plea of Your servant, O LORD my God, so that You may hear the cry and the prayer that Your servant is praying before You.
  16. 2 Chronicles 6:40אֱלֹהַ֗י · my God
    Now, my God, may Your eyes be open and Your ears attentive to the prayer offered in this place.
  17. 2 Chronicles 6:41אֱלֹהִים֙ · God; אֱלֹהִים֙ · God
    Now therefore, arise, O LORD God, and enter Your resting place, You and the ark of Your might. May Your priests, O LORD God, be clothed with salvation, and may Your godly ones rejoice in goodness.
  18. 2 Chronicles 6:42אֱלֹהִ֔ים · God
    O LORD God, do not reject Your anointed one. Remember Your loving devotion to Your servant David.”
  19. 2 Chronicles 7:5הָֽאֱלֹהִ֔ים · of God
    And King Solomon offered a sacrifice of 22,000 oxen and 120,000 sheep. So the king and all the people dedicated the house of God.
  20. 2 Chronicles 7:19אֱלֹהִ֣ים · gods
    But if you turn away and forsake the statutes and commandments I have set before you, and if you go off to serve and worship other gods,
  21. 2 Chronicles 7:22אֱלֹהֵ֣י · the God; בֵּאלֹהִ֣ים · gods
    And others will answer, ‘Because they have forsaken the LORD, the God of their fathers, who brought them out of the land of Egypt, and have embraced other gods, worshiping and serving them—because of this, He has brought all this disaster upon them.’”
  22. 2 Chronicles 8:14הָאֱלֹהִֽים׃ · of God
    In keeping with the ordinances of his father David, Solomon appointed the divisions of the priests over their service, and the Levites for their duties to offer praise and to minister before the priests according to the daily requirement. He also appointed gatekeepers by their divisions at each gate, for this had been the command of David, the man of God.
  23. 2 Chronicles 9:8אֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙ · your God; אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ · your God; אֱלֹהֶ֤יךָ · Because your God
    Blessed be the LORD your God, who has delighted in you to set you on His throne to be king for the LORD your God. Because your God loved Israel enough to establish them forever, He has made you king over them to carry out justice and righteousness.”
  24. 2 Chronicles 9:23הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים · God
    All the kings of the earth sought an audience with Solomon to hear the wisdom that God had put in his heart.
  25. 2 Chronicles 10:15הָֽאֱלֹהִ֔ים · God
    So the king did not listen to the people, and indeed this turn of events was from God, in order that the LORD might fulfill the word that He had spoken through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam son of Nebat.
  26. 2 Chronicles 11:2הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים · of God
    But the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah the man of God:
  27. 2 Chronicles 11:16אֱלֹהֵ֣י · God; אֱלֹהֵ֥י · the God
    Those from every tribe of Israel who had set their hearts to seek the LORD their God followed the Levites to Jerusalem to sacrifice to the LORD, the God of their fathers.
  28. 2 Chronicles 13:5אֱלֹהֵ֣י · the God
    Do you not know that the LORD, the God of Israel, has given the kingship of Israel to David and his descendants forever by a covenant of salt?
  29. 2 Chronicles 13:8לֵאלֹהִֽים׃ · as gods
    And now you think you can resist the kingdom of the LORD, which is in the hands of David’s descendants. You are indeed a vast army, and you have with you the golden calves that Jeroboam made for you as gods.
  30. 2 Chronicles 13:9אֱלֹהִֽים׃ס · gods
    But did you not drive out the priests of the LORD, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites? And did you not make priests for yourselves as do the peoples of other lands? Now whoever comes to consecrate himself with a young bull and seven rams can become a priest of things that are not gods.
  31. 2 Chronicles 13:10אֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּ · is our God
    But as for us, the LORD is our God. We have not forsaken Him; the priests who minister to the LORD are sons of Aaron, and the Levites attend to their duties.
  32. 2 Chronicles 13:11אֱלֹהֵ֑ינוּ · our God
    Every morning and every evening they present burnt offerings and fragrant incense to the LORD. They set out the rows of showbread on the ceremonially clean table, and every evening they light the lamps of the gold lampstand. We are carrying out the requirements of the LORD our God, while you have forsaken Him.
  33. 2 Chronicles 13:12הָאֱלֹהִ֧ים׀ · God Himself is; אֱלֹהֵֽי־ · the God
    Now behold, God Himself is with us as our head, and His priests with their trumpets sound the battle call against you. O children of Israel, do not fight against the LORD, the God of your fathers, for you will not succeed.”
  34. 2 Chronicles 13:15וְהָאֱלֹהִ֗ים · God
    …and the men of Judah raised the battle cry. And when they raised the cry, God routed Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.
  35. 2 Chronicles 13:16אֱלֹהִ֖ים · and God
    So the Israelites fled before Judah, and God delivered them into their hands.
  36. 2 Chronicles 13:18אֱלֹהֵ֥י · the God
    Thus the Israelites were subdued at that time, and the men of Judah prevailed because they relied on the LORD, the God of their fathers.
  37. 2 Chronicles 14:2אֱלֹהָֽיו׃ · his God
    And Asa did what was good and right in the eyes of the LORD his God.
  38. 2 Chronicles 14:4אֱלֹהֵ֣י · the God
    He commanded the people of Judah to seek the LORD, the God of their fathers, and to observe the law and the commandments.
  39. 2 Chronicles 14:7אֱלֹהֵ֔ינוּ · our God
    So he said to the people of Judah, “Let us build these cities and surround them with walls and towers, with doors and bars. The land is still ours because we have sought the LORD our God. We have sought Him, and He has given us rest on every side.” So they built and prospered.
  40. 2 Chronicles 14:11אֱלֹהָיו֮ · his God; אֱלֹהֵ֙ינוּ֙ · our God; אֱלֹהֵ֙ינוּ֙ · are our God
    Then Asa cried out to the LORD his God: “O LORD, there is no one besides You to help the powerless against the mighty. Help us, O LORD our God, for we rely on You, and in Your name we have come against this multitude. O LORD, You are our God. Do not let a mere mortal prevail against You.”