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. 2 Chronicles 25:16אֱלֹהִים֙ · God
    While he was still speaking, the king asked, “Have we made you the counselor to the king? Stop! Why be struck down?” So the prophet stopped, but he said, “I know that God has determined to destroy you, because you have done this and have not heeded my advice.”
  2. 2 Chronicles 25:20מֵהָֽאֱלֹהִים֙ · from God; אֱלֹהֵ֥י · the gods
    But Amaziah would not listen, for this had come from God in order to deliver them into the hand of Jehoash, because they had sought the gods of Edom.
  3. 2 Chronicles 25:24הָאֱלֹהִ֜ים · of God
    He took all the gold and silver and all the articles found in the house of God with Obed-edom and in the treasuries of the royal palace, as well as some hostages. Then he returned to Samaria.
  4. 2 Chronicles 26:5אֱלֹהִ֔ים · God; הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים · of God; הָאֱלֹהִֽים׃ס · God
    He sought God throughout the days of Zechariah, who instructed him in the fear of God. And as long as he sought the LORD, God gave him success.
  5. 2 Chronicles 26:7הָֽאֱלֹהִ֜ים · God
    God helped him against the Philistines, against the Arabs living in Gur-baal, and against the Meunites.
  6. 2 Chronicles 26:16אֱלֹהָ֑יו · his God
    But when Uzziah became powerful, his arrogance led to his own destruction. He was unfaithful to the LORD his God, for he entered the temple of the LORD to burn incense on the altar of incense.
  7. 2 Chronicles 26:18אֱלֹהִֽים׃ · God
    They took their stand against King Uzziah and said, “Uzziah, you have no right to offer incense to the LORD. Only the priests, the descendants of Aaron, are consecrated to burn incense. Leave the sanctuary, for you have acted unfaithfully; you will not receive honor from the LORD God.”
  8. 2 Chronicles 27:6אֱלֹהָֽיו׃ · his God
    So Jotham grew powerful because he ordered his ways before the LORD his God.
  9. 2 Chronicles 28:5אֱלֹהָיו֮ · his God
    So the LORD his God delivered Ahaz into the hand of the king of Aram, who attacked him and took many captives to Damascus. Ahaz was also delivered into the hand of the king of Israel, who struck him with great force.
  10. 2 Chronicles 28:6אֱלֹהֵ֥י · the God
    For in one day Pekah son of Remaliah killed 120,000 valiant men in Judah. This happened because they had forsaken the LORD, the God of their fathers.
  11. 2 Chronicles 28:9אֱלֹהֵֽי־ · the God
    But a prophet of the LORD named Oded was there, and he went out to meet the army that returned to Samaria. “Look,” he said to them, “because of His wrath against Judah, the LORD, the God of your fathers, has delivered them into your hand. But you have slaughtered them in a rage that reaches up to heaven.
  12. 2 Chronicles 28:10אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃ · your God
    And now you intend to reduce to slavery the men and women of Judah and Jerusalem. But are you not also guilty before the LORD your God?
  13. 2 Chronicles 28:23לֵֽאלֹהֵ֣י · to the gods; אֱלֹהֵ֤י · the gods
    He sacrificed to the gods of Damascus, who had defeated him, and he said, “Because the gods of the kings of Aram have helped them, I will sacrifice to them that they may help me.” But these gods were the downfall of Ahaz and of all Israel.
  14. 2 Chronicles 28:24הָֽאֱלֹהִ֗ים · of God; הָֽאֱלֹהִ֔ים
    Then Ahaz gathered up the articles of the house of God, cut them into pieces, shut the doors of the house of the LORD, and set up altars of his own on every street corner in Jerusalem.
  15. 2 Chronicles 28:25לֵֽאלֹהִ֣ים · gods; אֱלֹהֵ֥י · the God
    In every city of Judah he built high places to offer incense to other gods, and so he provoked the LORD, the God of his fathers.
  16. 2 Chronicles 29:5אֱלֹהֵ֣י · the God
    “Listen to me, O Levites,” he said. “Consecrate yourselves now and consecrate the house of the LORD, the God of your fathers. Remove from the Holy Place every impurity.
  17. 2 Chronicles 29:6אֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּ · our God
    For our fathers were unfaithful and did evil in the sight of the LORD our God. They abandoned Him, turned their faces away from the dwelling place of the LORD, and turned their backs on Him.
  18. 2 Chronicles 29:7לֵאלֹהֵ֖י · of the God
    They also shut the doors of the portico and extinguished the lamps. They did not burn incense or present burnt offerings in the Holy Place of the God of Israel.
  19. 2 Chronicles 29:10אֱלֹהֵ֣י · the God
    Now it is in my heart to make a covenant with the LORD, the God of Israel, so that His fierce anger will turn away from us.
  20. 2 Chronicles 29:36הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים · God
    Then Hezekiah and all the people rejoiced at what God had prepared for the people, because everything had been accomplished so quickly.
  21. 2 Chronicles 30:1אֱלֹהֵ֥י · the God
    Then Hezekiah sent word throughout all Israel and Judah, and he also wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasseh inviting them to come to the house of the LORD in Jerusalem to keep the Passover of the LORD, the God of Israel.
  22. 2 Chronicles 30:5אֱלֹהֵֽי־ · the God
    So they established a decree to circulate a proclamation throughout Israel, from Beersheba to Dan, that the people should come to keep the Passover of the LORD, the God of Israel, in Jerusalem. For they had not observed it in great numbers as prescribed.
  23. 2 Chronicles 30:6אֱלֹהֵי֙ · the God
    At the command of the king, the couriers went throughout Israel and Judah with letters from the king and his officials, which read: “Children of Israel, return to the LORD, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, so that He may return to those of you who remain, who have escaped the grasp of the kings of Assyria.
  24. 2 Chronicles 30:7אֱלֹהֵ֣י · the God
    Do not be like your fathers and brothers who were unfaithful to the LORD, the God of their fathers, so that He made them an object of horror, as you can see.
  25. 2 Chronicles 30:8אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֔ם · your God
    Now do not stiffen your necks as your fathers did. Submit to the LORD and come to His sanctuary, which He has consecrated forever. Serve the LORD your God, so that His fierce anger will turn away from you.
  26. 2 Chronicles 30:9אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֔ם · your God
    For if you return to the LORD, your brothers and sons will receive mercy in the presence of their captors and will return to this land. For the LORD your God is gracious and merciful; He will not turn His face away from you if you return to Him.”
  27. 2 Chronicles 30:12הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים · of God
    Moreover, the power of God was on the people in Judah to give them one heart to obey the command of the king and his officials according to the word of the LORD.
  28. 2 Chronicles 30:16הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים · of God
    They stood at their prescribed posts, according to the Law of Moses the man of God. The priests splattered the blood, which they received from the hand of the Levites.
  29. 2 Chronicles 30:19הָאֱלֹהִ֥ים׀ · God; אֱלֹהֵ֣י · the God
    …who sets his heart on seeking God—the LORD, the God of his fathers—even if he is not cleansed according to the purification rules of the sanctuary.”
  30. 2 Chronicles 30:22אֱלֹהֵ֥י · the God
    And Hezekiah encouraged all the Levites who performed skillfully before the LORD. For seven days they ate their assigned portion, sacrificing peace offerings and giving thanks to the LORD, the God of their fathers.
  31. 2 Chronicles 31:6אֱלֹהֵיהֶ֑ם · their God
    And the Israelites and Judahites who lived in the cities of Judah also brought a tithe of their herds and flocks and a tithe of the holy things consecrated to the LORD their God, and they laid them in large heaps.
  32. 2 Chronicles 31:13הָאֱלֹהִֽים׃ · of God
    Jehiel, Azaziah, Nahath, Asahel, Jerimoth, Jozabad, Eliel, Ismachiah, Mahath, and Benaiah were overseers under the authority of Conaniah and his brother Shimei, by appointment of King Hezekiah and of Azariah the chief official of the house of God.
  33. 2 Chronicles 31:14הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים · given to God
    Kore son of Imnah the Levite, the keeper of the East Gate, was in charge of the freewill offerings given to God, distributing the contributions to the LORD and the consecrated gifts.
  34. 2 Chronicles 31:20אֱלֹהָֽיו׃ · his God
    So this is what Hezekiah did throughout Judah. He did what was good and upright and true before the LORD his God.
  35. 2 Chronicles 31:21הָאֱלֹהִ֗ים · of God; לֵֽאלֹהָ֑יו · his God
    He acted with all his heart in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law and the commandments, in order to seek his God. And so he prospered.
  36. 2 Chronicles 32:8אֱלֹהֵ֙ינוּ֙ · our God
    With him is only the arm of flesh, but with us is the LORD our God to help us and to fight our battles.” So the people were strengthened by the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.
  37. 2 Chronicles 32:11אֱלֹהֵ֔ינוּ · our God
    Is not Hezekiah misleading you to give you over to death by famine and thirst when he says, ‘The LORD our God will deliver us from the hand of the king of Assyria?’
  38. 2 Chronicles 32:13אֱלֹהֵי֙ · Have the gods
    Do you not know what I and my fathers have done to all the peoples of the lands? Have the gods of these nations ever been able to deliver their land from my hand?
  39. 2 Chronicles 32:14אֱלֹהֵ֞י · the gods; אֱלֹ֣הֵיכֶ֔ם · your God
    Who among all the gods of these nations that my fathers devoted to destruction has been able to deliver his people from my hand? How then can your God deliver you from my hand?
  40. 2 Chronicles 32:15אֱ‍ֽלֹהֵיכֶ֔ם · will your God
    So now, do not let Hezekiah deceive you, and do not let him mislead you like this. Do not believe him, for no god of any nation or kingdom has been able to deliver his people from my hand or from the hand of my fathers. How much less will your God deliver you from my hand!”
  41. 2 Chronicles 32:16הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים · God
    And the servants of Sennacherib spoke further against the LORD God and against His servant Hezekiah.