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 42:9אֱלֹהֵ֣י · the GodJeremiah told them, “Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, to whom you sent me to present your petition:
- Jeremiah 42:13אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃ · your GodBut if you say, ‘We will not stay in this land,’ and you thus disobey the voice of the LORD your God,
- Jeremiah 42:15אֱלֹהֵ֣י · the God…then hear the word of the LORD, O remnant of Judah! This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘If you are determined to go to Egypt and reside there,
- Jeremiah 42:18אֱלֹהֵ֣י · the GodFor this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Just as My anger and wrath were poured out on the residents of Jerusalem, so will My wrath be poured out on you if you go to Egypt. You will become an object of cursing and horror, of vilification and disgrace, and you will never see this place again.’
- Jeremiah 42:20אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶם֙ · your God; אֱלֹהֵ֑ינוּ · our God; אֱלֹהֵ֛ינוּ · our GodFor you have deceived yourselves by sending me to the LORD your God, saying, ‘Pray to the LORD our God on our behalf, and as for all that the LORD our God says, tell it to us and we will do it.’
- Jeremiah 42:21אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶ֔ם · your GodFor I have told you today, but you have not obeyed the voice of the LORD your God in all He has sent me to tell you.
- Jeremiah 43:1אֱלֹהֵיהֶ֔ם · their God; אֱלֹהֵיהֶ֖םWhen Jeremiah had finished telling all the people all the words of the LORD their God—everything that the LORD had sent him to say—
- Jeremiah 43:2אֱלֹהֵ֙ינוּ֙ · our GodAzariah son of Hoshaiah, Johanan son of Kareah, and all the arrogant men said to Jeremiah, “You are lying! The LORD our God has not sent you to say, ‘You must not go to Egypt to reside there.’
- Jeremiah 43:10אֱלֹהֵ֣י · the GodThen tell them that this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and I will set his throne over these stones that I have embedded, and he will spread his royal pavilion over them.
- Jeremiah 43:12אֱלֹהֵ֣י · of the godsI will kindle a fire in the temples of the gods of Egypt, and Nebuchadnezzar will burn those temples and take their gods as captives. So he will wrap himself with the land of Egypt as a shepherd wraps himself in his garment, and he will depart from there unscathed.
- Jeremiah 43:13אֱלֹהֵֽי־ · of the godsHe will demolish the sacred pillars of the temple of the sun in the land of Egypt, and he will burn down the temples of the gods of Egypt.’”
- Jeremiah 44:2אֱלֹהֵ֣י · the God“This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: You have seen all the disaster that I brought against Jerusalem and all the cities of Judah; and behold, they lie today in ruins and desolation
- Jeremiah 44:3לֵאלֹהִ֣ים · gods…because of the evil they have done. They provoked Me to anger by continuing to burn incense and to serve other gods that neither they nor you nor your fathers ever knew.
- Jeremiah 44:5לֵאלֹהִ֥ים · godsBut they did not listen or incline their ears; they did not turn from their wickedness or stop burning incense to other gods.
- Jeremiah 44:7אֱלֹהֵ֨י · God; אֱלֹהֵ֣י · the GodSo now, this is what the LORD God of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Why are you doing such great harm to yourselves by cutting off from Judah man and woman, child and infant, leaving yourselves without a remnant?
- Jeremiah 44:8לֵאלֹהִ֤ים · godsWhy are you provoking Me to anger by the work of your hands by burning incense to other gods in the land of Egypt, where you have gone to reside? As a result, you will be cut off and will become an object of cursing and reproach among all the nations of the earth.
- Jeremiah 44:11אֱלֹהֵ֣י · the GodTherefore this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: I will set My face to bring disaster and to cut off all Judah.
- Jeremiah 44:15לֵאלֹהִ֣ים · godsThen all the men who knew that their wives were burning incense to other gods, and all the women standing by—a great assembly—along with all the people living in the land of Egypt and in Pathros, said to Jeremiah,
- Jeremiah 44:25אֱלֹהֵ֨י · the GodThis is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: As for you and your wives, you have spoken with your mouths and fulfilled with your hands your words: ‘We will surely perform our vows that we have made to burn incense to the Queen of Heaven and to pour out drink offerings to her.’ Go ahead, then, do what you have promised! Keep your vows!
- Jeremiah 45:2אֱלֹהֵ֣י · the God“This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says to you, Baruch:
- Jeremiah 46:25אֱלֹהֵ֣י · the God; אֱלֹהֶ֖יהָ · her godsThe LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Behold, I am about to punish Amon god of Thebes, along with Pharaoh, Egypt with her gods and kings, and those who trust in Pharaoh.
- Jeremiah 48:1אֱלֹהֵ֣י · the GodConcerning Moab, this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Woe to Nebo, for it will be devastated. Kiriathaim will be captured and disgraced; the fortress will be shattered and dismantled.
- Jeremiah 48:35לֵאלֹהָֽיו׃ · to their godsIn Moab, declares the LORD, I will bring an end to those who make offerings on the high places and burn incense to their gods.
- Jeremiah 50:4אֱלֹהֵיהֶ֖ם · their God“In those days and at that time, declares the LORD, the children of Israel and the children of Judah will come together, weeping as they come, and will seek the LORD their God.
- Jeremiah 50:18אֱלֹהֵ֣י · the GodTherefore this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “I will punish the king of Babylon and his land as I punished the king of Assyria.
- Jeremiah 50:28אֱלֹהֵ֔ינוּ · our GodListen to the fugitives and refugees from the land of Babylon, declaring in Zion the vengeance of the LORD our God, the vengeance for His temple.
- Jeremiah 50:40אֱלֹהִ֜ים · As GodAs God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah along with their neighbors,” declares the LORD, “no one will dwell there; no man will abide there.
- Jeremiah 51:5מֵֽאֱלֹהָ֔יו · by their GodFor Israel and Judah have not been abandoned by their God, the LORD of Hosts, though their land is full of guilt before the Holy One of Israel.”
- Jeremiah 51:10אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ׃ · our God“The LORD has brought forth our vindication; come, let us tell in Zion what the LORD our God has accomplished.”
- Jeremiah 51:33אֱלֹהֵ֣י · the GodFor this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “The Daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor at the time it is trampled. In just a little while her harvest time will come.”
- Ezekiel 1:1אֱלֹהִֽים׃ · of GodIn the thirtieth year, on the fifth day of the fourth month, while I was among the exiles by the River Kebar, the heavens opened and I saw visions of God.
- Ezekiel 8:3אֱלֹהִ֗ים · of GodHe stretched out what looked like a hand and took me by the hair of my head. Then the Spirit lifted me up between earth and heaven and carried me in visions of God to Jerusalem, to the entrance of the north gate of the inner court, where the idol that provokes jealousy was seated.
- Ezekiel 8:4אֱלֹהֵ֣י · of the GodAnd there I saw the glory of the God of Israel, like the vision I had seen in the plain.
- Ezekiel 9:3אֱלֹהֵ֣י · of the GodThen the glory of the God of Israel rose from above the cherubim, where it had been, and moved to the threshold of the temple. And He called to the man clothed in linen who had the writing kit at his side.
- Ezekiel 10:19אֱלֹהֵֽי־ · of the GodAs I watched, the cherubim lifted their wings and rose up from the ground, with the wheels beside them as they went. And they stopped at the entrance of the east gate of the house of the LORD, with the glory of the God of Israel above them.
- Ezekiel 10:20אֱלֹהֵֽי־ · the GodThese were the living creatures I had seen beneath the God of Israel by the River Kebar, and I knew that they were cherubim.
- Ezekiel 11:20לֵאלֹהִֽים׃ · God…so that they may follow My statutes, keep My ordinances, and practice them. Then they will be My people, and I will be their God.
- Ezekiel 11:22אֱלֹהֵֽי־ · of the GodThen the cherubim, with the wheels beside them, spread their wings, and the glory of the God of Israel was above them.
- Ezekiel 11:24אֱלֹהִ֑ים · of GodAnd the Spirit lifted me up and carried me back to Chaldea, to the exiles in the vision given by the Spirit of God. After the vision had gone up from me,
- Ezekiel 14:11לֵֽאלֹהִ֔ים · God…in order that the house of Israel may no longer stray from Me and no longer defile themselves with all their transgressions. Then they will be My people and I will be their God, declares the Lord GOD.’”
- Ezekiel 20:5אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃ · your God…and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: On the day I chose Israel, I swore an oath to the descendants of the house of Jacob and made Myself known to them in the land of Egypt. With an uplifted hand I said to them, ‘I am the LORD your God.’
- Ezekiel 20:7אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃ · your GodAnd I said to them: ‘Each of you must throw away the abominations before his eyes, and you must not defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.’
- Ezekiel 20:19אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֔ם · your GodI am the LORD your God; walk in My statutes, keep My ordinances, and practice them.
- Ezekiel 20:20אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃ · your GodKeep My Sabbaths holy, that they may be a sign between us, so that you may know that I am the LORD your God.’
- Ezekiel 28:2אֱלֹהִ֛ים · of gods“Son of man, tell the ruler of Tyre that this is what the Lord GOD says: Your heart is proud, and you have said, ‘I am a god; I sit in the seat of gods in the heart of the sea.’ Yet you are a man and not a god, though you have regarded your heart as that of a god.