אֱלֹהִים
e.lo.himGodHow to read Hebrew
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.
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
Occurrences
2,600 total
- Isaiah 8:19אֱלֹהָ֣יו · their God [instead]When men tell you to consult mediums and spiritists who whisper and mutter, shouldn’t a people consult their God instead? Why consult the dead on behalf of the living?
- Isaiah 8:21וּבֵאלֹהָ֖יו · and their GodThey will roam the land, dejected and hungry. When they are famished, they will become enraged; and looking upward, they will curse their king and their God.
- Isaiah 13:19אֱלֹהִ֔ים · by GodAnd Babylon, the jewel of the kingdoms, the glory of the pride of the Chaldeans, will be overthrown by God like Sodom and Gomorrah.
- Isaiah 17:6אֱלֹהֵ֥י · the GodYet gleanings will remain, like an olive tree that has been beaten—two or three berries atop the tree, four or five on its fruitful branches,” declares the LORD, the God of Israel.
- Isaiah 17:10אֱלֹהֵ֣י · the GodFor you have forgotten the God of your salvation and failed to remember the Rock of your refuge. Therefore, though you cultivate delightful plots and set out cuttings from exotic vines—
- Isaiah 21:9אֱלֹהֶ֖יהָ · of her godsLook, here come the riders, horsemen in pairs.” And one answered, saying: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon! All the images of her gods lie shattered on the ground!”
- Isaiah 21:10אֱלֹהֵ֥י · the GodO my people, crushed on the threshing floor, I tell you what I have heard from the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel.
- Isaiah 21:17אֱלֹהֵֽי־ · the GodThe remaining archers, the warriors of Kedar, will be few.” For the LORD, the God of Israel, has spoken.
- Isaiah 24:15אֱלֹהֵ֥י · the GodTherefore glorify the LORD in the east. Extol the name of the LORD, the God of Israel in the islands of the sea.
- Isaiah 25:1אֱלֹהַי֙ · are my GodO LORD, You are my God! I will exalt You; I will praise Your name. For You have worked wonders—plans formed long ago—in perfect faithfulness.
- Isaiah 25:9אֱלֹהֵ֥ינוּ · is our GodAnd in that day it will be said, “Surely this is our God; we have waited for Him, and He has saved us. This is the LORD for whom we have waited. Let us rejoice and be glad in His salvation.”
- Isaiah 26:13אֱלֹהֵ֔ינוּ · our GodO LORD our God, other lords besides You have ruled over us, but Your name alone do we confess.
- Isaiah 28:26אֱלֹהָ֥יו · For his GodFor his God instructs and teaches him properly.
- Isaiah 29:23אֱלֹהֵ֥י · of the GodFor when he sees his children around him, the work of My hands, they will honor My name, they will sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and they will stand in awe of the God of Israel.
- Isaiah 30:18אֱלֹהֵ֤י · GodTherefore the LORD longs to be gracious to you; therefore He rises to show you compassion, for the LORD is a just God. Blessed are all who wait for Him.
- Isaiah 35:2אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ׃ס · of our GodIt will bloom profusely and rejoice with joy and singing. The glory of Lebanon will be given to it, the splendor of Carmel and Sharon. They will see the glory of the LORD, the splendor of our God.
- Isaiah 35:4אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶם֙ · your God; אֱלֹהִ֔ים · With divineSay to those with anxious hearts: “Be strong, do not fear! Behold, your God will come with vengeance. With divine retribution He will come to save you.”
- Isaiah 36:7אֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּ · our GodBut if you say to me, ‘We trust in the LORD our God,’ is He not the One whose high places and altars Hezekiah has removed, saying to Judah and Jerusalem, ‘You must worship before this altar’?
- Isaiah 36:18אֱלֹהֵ֤י · Has the godDo not let Hezekiah mislead you when he says, ‘The LORD will deliver us.’ Has the god of any nation ever delivered his land from the hand of the king of Assyria?
- Isaiah 36:19אֱלֹהֵ֤י · are the gods; אֱלֹהֵ֣י · are the godsWhere are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim? Have they delivered Samaria from my hand?
- Isaiah 36:20אֱלֹהֵ֤י · the godsWho among all the gods of these lands has delivered his land from my hand? How then can the LORD deliver Jerusalem from my hand?”
- Isaiah 37:4אֱלֹהֶ֜יךָ · your God; אֱלֹהִ֣ים · God; אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ · your GodPerhaps the LORD your God will hear the words of the Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to defy the living God, and He will rebuke him for the words that the LORD your God has heard. Therefore lift up a prayer for the remnant that still survives.”
- Isaiah 37:10אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ · let your God“Give this message to Hezekiah king of Judah: ‘Do not let your God, in whom you trust, deceive you by saying that Jerusalem will not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.
- Isaiah 37:12אֱלֹהֵ֤י · Did the godsDid the gods of the nations destroyed by my fathers rescue those nations—the gods of Gozan, Haran, and Rezeph, and of the people of Eden in Telassar?
- Isaiah 37:16אֱלֹהֵ֤י · God; הָֽאֱלֹהִים֙ · are God“O LORD of Hosts, God of Israel, enthroned above the cherubim, You alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth. You made the heavens and the earth.
- Isaiah 37:17אֱלֹהִ֥ים · GodIncline Your ear, O LORD, and hear; open Your eyes, O LORD, and see. Listen to all the words that Sennacherib has sent to defy the living God.
- Isaiah 37:19אֱלֹהֵיהֶ֖ם · their gods; אֱלֹהִ֜ים · godsThey have cast their gods into the fire and destroyed them, for they were not gods, but only wood and stone—the work of human hands.
- Isaiah 37:20אֱלֹהֵ֔ינוּ · our GodAnd now, O LORD our God, save us from his hand, so that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that You alone, O LORD, are God.”
- Isaiah 37:21אֱלֹהֵ֣י · the GodThen Isaiah son of Amoz sent a message to Hezekiah: “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Because you have prayed to Me concerning Sennacherib king of Assyria,
- Isaiah 37:38אֱלֹהָ֗יו · of his godOne day, while he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer put him to the sword and escaped to the land of Ararat. And his son Esar-haddon reigned in his place.
- Isaiah 38:5אֱלֹהֵי֙ · the God“Go and tell Hezekiah that this is what the LORD, the God of your father David, says: ‘I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. Behold, I will add fifteen years to your life.
- Isaiah 40:1אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃ · your God“Comfort, comfort My people,” says your God.
- Isaiah 40:3לֵאלֹהֵֽינוּ׃ · for our GodA voice of one calling: “Prepare the way for the LORD in the wilderness; make a straight highway for our God in the desert.
- Isaiah 40:8אֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּ · of our GodThe grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever.”
- Isaiah 40:9אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃ · is your GodGo up on a high mountain, O Zion, herald of good news. Raise your voice loudly, O Jerusalem, herald of good news. Lift it up, do not be afraid! Say to the cities of Judah, “Here is your God!”
- Isaiah 40:27וּמֵאֱלֹהַ֖י · by my GodWhy do you say, O Jacob, and why do you assert, O Israel, “My way is hidden from the LORD, and my claim is ignored by my God”?
- Isaiah 40:28אֱלֹהֵ֨י · GodDo you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary; His understanding is beyond searching out.
- Isaiah 41:10אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ · am your GodDo not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.
- Isaiah 41:13אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ · your GodFor I am the LORD your God, who takes hold of your right hand and tells you: Do not fear, I will help you.
- Isaiah 41:17אֱלֹהֵ֥י · I, the GodThe poor and needy seek water, but there is none; their tongues are parched with thirst. I, the LORD, will answer them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.
- Isaiah 41:23אֱלֹהִ֖ים · are godsTell us the things that are to come, so that we may know that you are gods. Yes, do something good or evil, that we may look on together in dismay.
- Isaiah 42:17אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ׃ס · are our godsBut those who trust in idols and say to molten images, ‘You are our gods!’ will be turned back in utter shame.
- Isaiah 43:3אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ · your GodFor I am the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior; I give Egypt for your ransom, Cush and Seba in your place.
- Isaiah 44:6אֱלֹהִֽים׃ · GodThus says the LORD, the King and Redeemer of Israel, the LORD of Hosts: “I am the first and I am the last, and there is no God but Me.