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. Isaiah 45:3אֱלֹהֵ֥י · the God
    I will give you the treasures of darkness and the riches hidden in secret places, so that you may know that I am the LORD, the God of Israel, who calls you by name.
  2. Isaiah 45:5אֱלֹהִ֑ים · God
    I am the LORD, and there is no other; there is no God but Me. I will equip you for battle, though you have not known Me,
  3. Isaiah 45:14אֱלֹהִֽים׃ · other God
    This is what the LORD says: “The products of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush, along with the Sabeans, men of stature, will come over to you and will be yours; they will trudge behind you; they will come over in chains and bow down to you. They will confess to you: ‘God is indeed with you, and there is no other; there is no other God.’”
  4. Isaiah 45:15אֱלֹהֵ֥י · O God
    Truly You are a God who hides Himself, O God of Israel, the Savior.
  5. Isaiah 45:18הָאֱלֹהִ֗ים · [is] God
    For thus says the LORD, who created the heavens—He is God; He formed the earth and fashioned it; He established it; He did not create it to be empty, but formed it to be inhabited: “I am the LORD, and there is no other.
  6. Isaiah 45:21אֱלֹהִים֙ · God
    Speak up and present your case—yes, let them take counsel together. Who foretold this long ago? Who announced it from ancient times? Was it not I, the LORD? There is no other God but Me, a righteous God and Savior; there is none but Me.
  7. Isaiah 46:9אֱלֹהִ֖ים · I am God
    Remember what happened long ago, for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like Me.
  8. Isaiah 48:1וּבֵאלֹהֵ֤י · the God
    “Listen to this, O house of Jacob, you who are called by the name of Israel, who have descended from the line of Judah, who swear by the name of the LORD, who invoke the God of Israel—but not in truth or righteousness—
  9. Isaiah 48:2אֱלֹהֵ֥י · the God
    …who indeed call yourselves after the holy city and lean on the God of Israel; the LORD of Hosts is His name.
  10. Isaiah 48:17אֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙ · your God
    Thus says the LORD your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “I am the LORD your God, who teaches you for your benefit, who directs you in the way you should go.
  11. Isaiah 49:4אֱלֹהָֽי׃ · My God
    But I said, “I have labored in vain, I have spent My strength in futility and vanity; yet My vindication is with the LORD, and My reward is with My God.”
  12. Isaiah 49:5וֵאלֹהַ֖י · and My God
    And now says the LORD, who formed Me from the womb to be His Servant, to bring Jacob back to Him, that Israel might be gathered to Him—for I am honored in the sight of the LORD, and My God is My strength—
  13. Isaiah 50:10בֵּאלֹהָֽיו׃ · on his God
    Who among you fears the LORD and obeys the voice of His Servant? Who among you walks in darkness and has no light? Let him trust in the name of the LORD; let him lean on his God.
  14. Isaiah 51:15אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ · your God
    For I am the LORD your God who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar—the LORD of Hosts is His name.
  15. Isaiah 51:20אֱלֹהָֽיִךְ׃ · of your God
    Your sons have fainted; they lie at the head of every street, like an antelope in a net. They are full of the wrath of the LORD, the rebuke of your God.
  16. Isaiah 51:22וֵאלֹהַ֙יִךְ֙ · even your God
    Thus says your Lord, the LORD, even your God, who defends His people: “See, I have removed from your hand the cup of staggering. From that goblet, the cup of My fury, you will never drink again.
  17. Isaiah 52:7אֱלֹהָֽיִךְ׃ · Your God
    How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news, who proclaim peace, who bring good tidings, who proclaim salvation, who say to Zion, “Your God reigns!”
  18. Isaiah 52:10אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ׃ס · of our God
    The LORD has bared His holy arm in the sight of all the nations; all the ends of the earth will see the salvation of our God.
  19. Isaiah 52:12אֱלֹהֵ֥י · and the God
    For you will not leave in a hurry nor flee in haste, for the LORD goes before you, and the God of Israel is your rear guard.
  20. Isaiah 53:4אֱלֹהִ֖ים · by God
    Surely He took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows; yet we considered Him stricken, struck down by God, and afflicted.
  21. Isaiah 54:5אֱלֹהֵ֥י · the God
    For your husband is your Maker—the LORD of Hosts is His name—the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; He is called the God of all the earth.
  22. Isaiah 54:6אֱלֹהָֽיִךְ׃ · your God
    For the LORD has called you back, like a wife deserted and wounded in spirit, like the rejected wife of one’s youth,” says your God.
  23. Isaiah 55:5אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ · your God
    Surely you will summon a nation you do not know, and nations who do not know you will run to you. For the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, has bestowed glory on you.”
  24. Isaiah 55:7אֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּ · our God
    Let the wicked man forsake his way and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that He may have compassion, and to our God, for He will freely pardon.
  25. Isaiah 57:21אֱלֹהַ֖י · my God
    “There is no peace,” says my God, “for the wicked.”
  26. Isaiah 58:2אֱלֹהָיו֙ · of their God; אֱלֹהִ֖ים · of God
    For day after day they seek Me and delight to know My ways, like a nation that does what is right and does not forsake the justice of their God. They ask Me for righteous judgments; they delight in the nearness of God.”
  27. Isaiah 59:2אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶ֑ם · and your God
    But your iniquities have built barriers between you and your God, and your sins have hidden His face from you, so that He does not hear.
  28. Isaiah 59:13אֱלֹהֵ֑ינוּ · our God
    …rebelling and denying the LORD, turning away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering lies from the heart.
  29. Isaiah 60:9אֱלֹהַ֔יִךְ · your God
    Surely the islands will wait for Me, with the ships of Tarshish in the lead, to bring your children from afar, with their silver and gold, to the honor of the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, for He has glorified you.
  30. Isaiah 60:19וֵאלֹהַ֖יִךְ · and your God
    No longer will the sun be your light by day, nor the brightness of the moon shine on your night; for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your splendor.
  31. Isaiah 61:2לֵאלֹהֵ֑ינוּ · of our God’s
    …to proclaim the year of the LORD’s favor and the day of our God’s vengeance, to comfort all who mourn,
  32. Isaiah 61:6אֱלֹהֵ֔ינוּ · of our God
    But you will be called the priests of the LORD; they will speak of you as ministers of our God; you will feed on the wealth of nations, and you will boast in their riches.
  33. Isaiah 61:10בֵּֽאלֹהַ֔י · in my God
    I will rejoice greatly in the LORD, my soul will exult in my God; for He has clothed me with garments of salvation and wrapped me in a robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom wears a priestly headdress, as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
  34. Isaiah 62:3אֱלֹהָֽיִךְ׃ · of your God
    You will be a crown of glory in the hand of the LORD, a royal diadem in the palm of your God.
  35. Isaiah 62:5אֱלֹהָֽיִךְ׃ · so your God
    For as a young man marries a young woman, so your sons will marry you; and as a bridegroom rejoices over his bride, so your God will rejoice over you.
  36. Isaiah 64:4אֱלֹהִים֙ · any God
    From ancient times no one has heard, no ear has perceived, no eye has seen any God besides You, who acts on behalf of those who wait for Him.
  37. Isaiah 65:16בֵּאלֹהֵ֣י · by the God; בֵּאלֹהֵ֣י · by the God
    Whoever invokes a blessing in the land will do so by the God of truth, and whoever takes an oath in the land will swear by the God of truth. For the former troubles will be forgotten and hidden from My sight.
  38. Isaiah 66:9אֱלֹהָֽיִךְ׃ס · your God
    Shall I bring a baby to the point of birth and not deliver it?” says the LORD. “Or will I who deliver close the womb?” says your God.
  39. Jeremiah 1:16לֵאלֹהִ֣ים · gods
    I will pronounce My judgments against them for all their wickedness, because they have forsaken Me, and they have burned incense to other gods and worshiped the works of their own hands.
  40. Jeremiah 2:11אֱלֹהִ֔ים · its gods; אֱלֹהִ֑ים · gods [at all]
    Has a nation ever changed its gods? (Yet they are not gods at all.) But My people have exchanged their Glory for useless idols.
  41. Jeremiah 2:17אֱלֹהַ֔יִךְ · your God
    Have you not brought this on yourself by forsaking the LORD your God when He led you in the way?
  42. Jeremiah 2:19אֱלֹהָ֑יִךְ · your God
    Your own evil will discipline you; your own apostasies will reprimand you. Consider and realize how evil and bitter it is for you to forsake the LORD your God and to have no fear of Me,” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts.
  43. Jeremiah 2:28אֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙ · are the gods; אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ · your gods
    But where are the gods you made for yourselves? Let them rise up in your time of trouble and save you if they can; for your gods are as numerous as your cities, O Judah.
  44. Jeremiah 3:13אֱלֹהַ֖יִךְ · your God
    Only acknowledge your guilt, that you have rebelled against the LORD your God. You have scattered your favors to foreign gods under every green tree and have not obeyed My voice,’” declares the LORD.
  45. Jeremiah 3:21אֱלֹהֵיהֶֽם׃ · their God
    A voice is heard on the barren heights, the children of Israel weeping and begging for mercy, because they have perverted their ways and forgotten the LORD their God.
  46. Jeremiah 3:22אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ׃ · our God
    “Return, O faithless children, and I will heal your faithlessness.” “Here we are. We come to You, for You are the LORD our God.