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
- Jeremiah 24:7לֵאלֹהִ֑ים · GodI will give them a heart to know Me, that I am the LORD. They will be My people, and I will be their God, for they will return to Me with all their heart.
- Jeremiah 25:6אֱלֹהִ֣ים · godsDo not follow other gods to serve and worship them, and do not provoke Me to anger with the works of your hands. Then I will do you no harm.’
- Jeremiah 25:15אֱלֹהֵ֤י · the GodThis is what the LORD, the God of Israel, said to me: “Take from My hand this cup of the wine of wrath, and make all the nations to whom I send you drink from it.
- Jeremiah 25:27אֱלֹהֵ֣י · the God“Then you are to tell them that this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Drink, get drunk, and vomit. Fall down and never get up again, because of the sword I will send among you.’
- Jeremiah 26:13אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֑ם · your GodSo now, correct your ways and deeds, and obey the voice of the LORD your God, so that He might relent of the disaster He has pronounced against you.
- Jeremiah 26:16אֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּ · our GodThen the officials and all the people told the priests and prophets, “This man is not worthy of death, for he has spoken to us in the name of the LORD our God!”
- Jeremiah 27:4אֱלֹהֵ֣י · the GodGive them a message from the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, to relay to their masters:
- Jeremiah 27:21אֱלֹהֵ֣י · the GodYes, this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says about the articles that remain in the house of the LORD, in the palace of the king of Judah, and in Jerusalem:
- Jeremiah 28:2אֱלֹהֵ֥י · the God“This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.
- Jeremiah 28:14אֱלֹהֵ֣י · the GodFor this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘I have put a yoke of iron on the neck of all these nations to make them serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and they will serve him. I have even given him control of the beasts of the field.’”
- Jeremiah 29:4אֱלֹהֵ֣י · the GodThis is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says to all the exiles who were carried away from Jerusalem to Babylon:
- Jeremiah 29:8אֱלֹהֵ֣י · the GodFor this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Do not be deceived by the prophets and diviners among you, and do not listen to the dreams you elicit from them.
- Jeremiah 29:21אֱלֹהֵ֣י · the GodThis is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says about Ahab son of Kolaiah and Zedekiah son of Maaseiah, who are prophesying to you lies in My name: “I will deliver them to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and he will kill them before your very eyes.
- Jeremiah 29:25אֱלֹהֵ֥י · the God…this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “In your own name you have sent out letters to all the people of Jerusalem, to the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah, and to all the priests. You said to Zephaniah:
- Jeremiah 30:2אֱלֹהֵ֥י · the God“This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Write in a book all the words that I have spoken to you.
- Jeremiah 30:9אֱלֹֽהֵיהֶ֑ם · their GodInstead, they will serve the LORD their God and David their king, whom I will raise up for them.
- Jeremiah 30:22לֵאלֹהִֽים׃ס · God“And you will be My people, and I will be your God.”
- Jeremiah 31:1לֵֽאלֹהִ֔ים · the God“At that time,” declares the LORD, “I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they will be My people.”
- Jeremiah 31:6אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ׃פ · our GodFor there will be a day when watchmen will call out on the hills of Ephraim, ‘Arise, let us go up to Zion, to the LORD our God!’”
- Jeremiah 31:18אֱלֹהָֽי׃ · my GodI have surely heard Ephraim’s moaning: ‘You disciplined me severely, like an untrained calf. Restore me, that I may return, for You are the LORD my God.
- Jeremiah 31:23אֱלֹהֵ֣י · the GodThis is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “When I restore them from captivity, they will once again speak this word in the land of Judah and in its cities: ‘May the LORD bless you, O righteous dwelling place, O holy mountain.’
- Jeremiah 31:33לֵֽאלֹהִ֔ים · God“But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD. I will put My law in their minds and inscribe it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people.
- Jeremiah 32:14אֱלֹהֵ֣י · the God“This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Take these deeds—both the sealed copy and the open copy of the deed of purchase—and put them in a clay jar to preserve them for a long time.
- Jeremiah 32:15אֱלֹהֵ֣י · the GodFor this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Houses, fields, and vineyards will again be bought in this land.”
- Jeremiah 32:27אֱלֹהֵ֖י · the God“Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh. Is anything too difficult for Me?
- Jeremiah 32:29לֵאלֹהִ֣ים · godsAnd the Chaldeans who are fighting against this city will come in, set it on fire, and burn it, along with the houses of those who provoked Me to anger by burning incense to Baal on their rooftops and by pouring out drink offerings to other gods.
- Jeremiah 32:36אֱלֹהֵ֣י · the GodNow therefore, about this city of which you say, ‘It will be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon by sword and famine and plague,’ this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says:
- Jeremiah 32:38לֵאלֹהִֽים׃ · GodThey will be My people, and I will be their God.
- Jeremiah 33:4אֱלֹהֵ֣י · the GodFor this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says about the houses of this city and the palaces of the kings of Judah that have been torn down for defense against the siege ramps and the sword:
- Jeremiah 34:2אֱלֹהֵ֣י · the GodThe LORD, the God of Israel, told Jeremiah to go and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah and tell him that this is what the LORD says: “Behold, I am about to deliver this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will burn it down.
- Jeremiah 34:13אֱלֹהֵ֣י · the God“This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: I made a covenant with your forefathers when I brought them out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery, saying:
- Jeremiah 35:4הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים · of God…and I brought them into the house of the LORD, to a chamber occupied by the sons of Hanan son of Igdaliah, a man of God. This room was near the chamber of the officials, which was above the chamber of Maaseiah son of Shallum the doorkeeper.
- Jeremiah 35:13אֱלֹהֵ֣י · the God“This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Go and tell the men of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem: ‘Will you not accept discipline and obey My words?’ declares the LORD.
- Jeremiah 35:15אֱלֹהִ֤ים · godsAgain and again I have sent you all My servants the prophets, proclaiming: ‘Turn now, each of you, from your wicked ways, and correct your actions. Do not go after other gods to serve them. Live in the land that I have given to you and your fathers.’ But you have not inclined your ear or listened to Me.
- Jeremiah 35:17אֱלֹהֵ֤י · God; אֱלֹהֵ֣י · the GodTherefore this is what the LORD God of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Behold, I will bring to Judah and to all the residents of Jerusalem all the disaster I have pronounced against them, because I have spoken to them but they have not obeyed, and I have called to them but they have not answered.’”
- Jeremiah 35:18אֱלֹהֵ֣י · the GodThen Jeremiah said to the house of the Rechabites: “This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Because you have obeyed the command of your forefather Jonadab and have kept all his commandments and have done all that he charged you to do,
- Jeremiah 35:19אֱלֹהֵ֣י · the God…this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Jonadab son of Rechab will never fail to have a man to stand before Me.’”
- Jeremiah 37:3אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ׃ · our GodYet King Zedekiah sent Jehucal son of Shelemiah and Zephaniah the priest, the son of Maaseiah, to Jeremiah the prophet with the message, “Please pray to the LORD our God for us!”
- Jeremiah 37:7אֱלֹהֵ֣י · the God“This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says that you are to tell the king of Judah, who sent you to Me: Behold, Pharaoh’s army, which has marched out to help you, will go back to its own land of Egypt.
- Jeremiah 38:17אֱלֹהֵ֨י · God; אֱלֹהֵ֣י · the GodThen Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, “This is what the LORD God of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘If you indeed surrender to the officers of the king of Babylon, then you will live, this city will not be burned down, and you and your household will survive.
- Jeremiah 39:16אֱלֹהֵ֣י · the God“Go and tell Ebed-melech the Cushite that this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘I am about to fulfill My words against this city for harm and not for good, and on that day they will be fulfilled before your eyes.
- Jeremiah 40:2אֱלֹהֶ֗יךָ · your GodThe captain of the guard found Jeremiah and said to him, “The LORD your God decreed this disaster on this place,
- Jeremiah 42:2אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ · your GodJeremiah the prophet and said, “May our petition come before you; pray to the LORD your God on behalf of this entire remnant. For few of us remain of the many, as you can see with your own eyes.
- Jeremiah 42:3אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ · your GodPray that the LORD your God will tell us the way we should walk and the thing we should do.”
- Jeremiah 42:4אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֖ם · your God“I have heard you,” replied Jeremiah the prophet. “I will surely pray to the LORD your God as you request, and I will tell you everything that the LORD answers. I will not withhold a word from you.”
- Jeremiah 42:5אֱלֹהֶ֛יךָ · your GodThen they said to Jeremiah, “May the LORD be a true and faithful witness against us if we do not act upon every word that the LORD your God sends you to tell us.
- Jeremiah 42:6אֱלֹהֵ֗ינוּ · our God; אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ׃ס · our GodWhether it is pleasant or unpleasant, we will obey the voice of the LORD our God to whom we are sending you, so that it may go well with us when we obey the voice of the LORD our God!”