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. Psalm 147:12אֱלֹהַ֣יִךְ · your God
    Exalt the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise your God, O Zion!
  2. Proverbs 2:5אֱלֹהִ֣ים · of God
    …then you will discern the fear of the LORD and discover the knowledge of God.
  3. Proverbs 2:17אֱלֹהֶ֣יהָ · of her God
    …who abandons the partner of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God.
  4. Proverbs 3:4אֱלֹהִ֣ים · of God
    Then you will find favor and high regard in the sight of God and man.
  5. Proverbs 25:2אֱ֭לֹהִים · of God
    It is the glory of God to conceal a matter and the glory of kings to search it out.
  6. Proverbs 30:9אֱלֹהָֽי׃פ · of my God
    Otherwise, I may have too much and deny You, saying, ‘Who is the LORD?’ Or I may become poor and steal, profaning the name of my God.
  7. Ecclesiastes 1:13אֱלֹהִ֛ים · God
    And I set my mind to seek and explore by wisdom all that is done under heaven. What a miserable task God has laid upon the sons of men to occupy them!
  8. Ecclesiastes 2:24הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים · of God
    Nothing is better for a man than to eat and drink and enjoy his work. I have also seen that this is from the hand of God.
  9. Ecclesiastes 2:26הָֽאֱלֹהִ֔ים · God
    To the man who is pleasing in His sight, He gives wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner He assigns the task of gathering and accumulating that which he will hand over to one who pleases God. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
  10. Ecclesiastes 3:10אֱלֹהִ֛ים · God
    I have seen the burden that God has laid upon the sons of men to occupy them.
  11. Ecclesiastes 3:11הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים · God
    He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men, yet they cannot fathom the work that God has done from beginning to end.
  12. Ecclesiastes 3:13אֱלֹהִ֖ים · of God
    …and also that every man should eat and drink and find satisfaction in all his labor—this is the gift of God.
  13. Ecclesiastes 3:14הָאֱלֹהִים֙ · God; וְהָאֱלֹהִ֣ים · God
    I know that everything God does endures forever; nothing can be added to it or taken from it. God does it so that they should fear Him.
  14. Ecclesiastes 3:15וְהָאֱלֹהִ֖ים · for God
    What exists has already been, and what will be has already been, for God will call to account what has passed.
  15. Ecclesiastes 3:17הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים · God
    I said in my heart, “God will judge the righteous and the wicked, since there is a time for every activity and every deed.”
  16. Ecclesiastes 3:18הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים · God
    I said to myself, “As for the sons of men, God tests them so that they may see for themselves that they are but beasts.”
  17. Ecclesiastes 5:1הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים · of God
    Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. Draw near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools, who do not know that they do wrong.
  18. Ecclesiastes 5:2הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים · God; הָאֱלֹהִ֤ים · God
    Do not be quick to speak, and do not be hasty in your heart to utter a word before God. For God is in heaven and you are on earth. So let your words be few.
  19. Ecclesiastes 5:4לֵֽאלֹהִ֗ים · to God
    When you make a vow to God, do not delay in fulfilling it, because He takes no pleasure in fools. Fulfill your vow.
  20. Ecclesiastes 5:6הָֽאֱלֹהִים֙ · should God
    Do not let your mouth cause your flesh to sin, and do not tell the messenger that your vow was a mistake. Why should God be angry with your words and destroy the work of your hands?
  21. Ecclesiastes 5:7הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים · God
    For as many dreams bring futility, so do many words. Therefore, fear God.
  22. Ecclesiastes 5:18הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים · God
    Here is what I have seen to be good and fitting: to eat and drink, and to find satisfaction in all the labor one does under the sun during the few days of life that God has given him—for this is his lot.
  23. Ecclesiastes 5:19הָאֱלֹהִים֩ · God; אֱלֹהִ֖ים · from God
    Furthermore, God has given riches and wealth to every man, and He has enabled him to enjoy them, to accept his lot, and to rejoice in his labor. This is a gift from God.
  24. Ecclesiastes 5:20הָאֱלֹהִ֛ים · God
    For a man seldom considers the days of his life, because God keeps him occupied with the joy of his heart.
  25. Ecclesiastes 6:2הָאֱלֹהִ֡ים · God; הָֽאֱלֹהִים֙ · but God
    God gives a man riches, wealth, and honor, so that he lacks nothing his heart desires; but God does not allow him to enjoy them. Instead, a stranger will enjoy them. This is futile and a grievous affliction.
  26. Ecclesiastes 7:13הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים · of God
    Consider the work of God: Who can straighten what He has bent?
  27. Ecclesiastes 7:14הָֽאֱלֹהִ֔ים · God
    In the day of prosperity, be joyful, but in the day of adversity, consider this: God has made one of these along with the other, so that a man cannot discover anything that will come after him.
  28. Ecclesiastes 7:18אֱלֹהִ֖ים · God
    It is good to grasp the one and not let the other slip from your hand. For he who fears God will follow both warnings.
  29. Ecclesiastes 7:26הָאֱלֹהִים֙ · God
    And I find more bitter than death the woman who is a snare, whose heart is a net, and whose hands are chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is ensnared.
  30. Ecclesiastes 7:29הָאֱלֹהִ֛ים · God
    Only this have I found: I have discovered that God made mankind upright, but they have sought out many schemes.”
  31. Ecclesiastes 8:2אֱלֹהִֽים׃ · before God
    Keep the king’s command, I say, because of your oath before God.
  32. Ecclesiastes 8:12הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים · God
    Although a sinner does evil a hundred times and still lives long, yet I also know that it will go well with those who fear God, who are reverent in His presence.
  33. Ecclesiastes 8:13אֱלֹהִֽים׃ · God
    Yet because the wicked do not fear God, it will not go well with them, and their days will not lengthen like a shadow.
  34. Ecclesiastes 8:15הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים · God
    So I commended the enjoyment of life, because there is nothing better for a man under the sun than to eat and drink and be merry. For this joy will accompany him in his labor during the days of his life that God gives him under the sun.
  35. Ecclesiastes 8:17הָאֱלֹהִים֒ · of God
    I saw every work of God, and that a man is unable to comprehend the work that is done under the sun. Despite his efforts to search it out, he cannot find its meaning; even if the wise man claims to know, he is unable to comprehend.
  36. Ecclesiastes 9:1הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים · are in God’s
    So I took all this to heart and concluded that the righteous and the wise, as well as their deeds, are in God’s hands. Man does not know what lies ahead, whether love or hate.
  37. Ecclesiastes 9:7הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים · God
    Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a cheerful heart, for God has already approved your works:
  38. Ecclesiastes 11:5הָֽאֱלֹהִ֔ים · of God
    As you do not know the path of the wind, or how the bones are formed in a mother’s womb, so you cannot understand the work of God, the Maker of all things.
  39. Ecclesiastes 11:9הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים · God
    Rejoice, O young man, while you are young, and let your heart be glad in the days of your youth. Walk in the ways of your heart and in the sight of your eyes, but know that for all these things God will bring you to judgment.
  40. Ecclesiastes 12:7הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים · God
    …before the dust returns to the ground from which it came and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
  41. Ecclesiastes 12:13הָאֱלֹהִ֤ים · God
    When all has been heard, the conclusion of the matter is this: Fear God and keep His commandments, because this is the whole duty of man.
  42. Ecclesiastes 12:14הָאֱלֹהִ֛ים · God
    For God will bring every deed into judgment, along with every hidden thing, whether good or evil.
  43. Isaiah 1:10אֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּ · of our God
    Hear the word of the LORD, you rulers of Sodom; listen to the instruction of our God, you people of Gomorrah!
  44. Isaiah 2:3אֱלֹהֵ֣י · of the God
    And many peoples will come and say: “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us His ways so that we may walk in His paths.” For the law will go forth from Zion, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
  45. Isaiah 7:11אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ · your God
    “Ask for a sign from the LORD your God, whether from the depths of Sheol or the heights of heaven.”
  46. Isaiah 7:13אֱלֹהָֽי׃ · of my God
    Then Isaiah said, “Hear now, O house of David! Is it not enough to try the patience of men? Will you try the patience of my God as well?