אֱלֹהִים

e.lo.himGod
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.

Glossary entries

Lord Righteousness Eli, Eli, Lema Sabachthani? Eli Abba Most High

Where it occurs

Old TestamentNew Testament

Occurrences

2,600 total
  1. Exodus 4:5 (2×)אֱלֹהֵ֥י · the God; וֵאלֹהֵ֥י · and the God
    “This is so that they may believe that the LORD, the God of their fathers—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob—has appeared to you.”
  2. Exodus 4:16לֵֽאלֹהִֽים׃ · God
    He will speak to the people for you. He will be your spokesman, and it will be as if you were God to him.
  3. Exodus 4:20הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים · of God
    So Moses took his wife and sons, put them on a donkey, and headed back to Egypt. And he took the staff of God in his hand.
  4. Exodus 4:27הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים · of God
    Meanwhile, the LORD had said to Aaron, “Go and meet Moses in the wilderness.” So he went and met Moses at the mountain of God and kissed him.
  5. Exodus 5:1אֱלֹהֵ֣י · the God
    After that, Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Let My people go, so that they may hold a feast to Me in the wilderness.’”
  6. Exodus 5:3 (2×)אֱלֹהֵ֥י · The God; אֱלֹהֵ֔ינוּ · our God
    “The God of the Hebrews has met with us,” they answered. “Please let us go on a three-day journey into the wilderness to sacrifice to the LORD our God, or He may strike us with plagues or with the sword.”
  7. Exodus 5:8לֵאלֹהֵֽינוּ׃ · to our God
    But require of them the same quota of bricks as before; do not reduce it. For they are lazy; that is why they are crying out, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to our God.’
  8. Exodus 6:2אֱלֹהִ֖ים · God also
    God also told Moses, “I am the LORD.
  9. Exodus 6:7 (2×)לֵֽאלֹהִ֑ים · God; אֱלֹ֣הֵיכֶ֔ם · your God
    I will take you as My own people, and I will be your God. Then you will know that I am the LORD your God, who brought you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians.
  10. Exodus 7:1אֱלֹהִ֖ים · you like God
    The LORD answered Moses, “See, I have made you like God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron will be your prophet.
  11. Exodus 7:16אֱלֹהֵ֤י · the God
    Then say to him, ‘The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, has sent me to tell you: Let My people go, so that they may worship Me in the wilderness. But until now you have not listened.
  12. Exodus 8:10אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ׃ · our God
    “Tomorrow,” Pharaoh answered. “May it be as you say,” Moses replied, “so that you may know that there is no one like the LORD our God.
  13. Exodus 8:19אֱלֹהִ֖ים · of God
    “This is the finger of God,” the magicians said to Pharaoh. But Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not listen to them, just as the LORD had said.
  14. Exodus 8:25לֵֽאלֹהֵיכֶ֖ם · to your God
    Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “Go, sacrifice to your God within this land.”
  15. Exodus 8:26אֱלֹהֵ֑ינוּ · our God
    But Moses replied, “It would not be right to do that, because the sacrifices we offer to the LORD our God would be detestable to the Egyptians. If we offer sacrifices that are detestable before the Egyptians, will they not stone us?
  16. Exodus 8:27אֱלֹהֵ֔ינוּ · our God
    We must make a three-day journey into the wilderness and sacrifice to the LORD our God as He commands us.”
  17. Exodus 8:28אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶם֙ · your God
    Pharaoh answered, “I will let you go and sacrifice to the LORD your God in the wilderness, but you must not go very far. Now pray for me.”
  18. Exodus 9:1אֱלֹהֵ֣י · the God
    Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh and tell him that this is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: ‘Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.
  19. Exodus 9:13אֱלֹהֵ֣י · the God
    Then the LORD said to Moses, “Get up early in the morning, stand before Pharaoh, and tell him that this is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: ‘Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.
  20. Exodus 9:28אֱלֹהִ֖ים · of God’s
    Pray to the LORD, for there has been enough of God’s thunder and hail. I will let you go; you do not need to stay any longer.”
  21. Exodus 9:30אֱלֹהִֽים׃ · our God
    But as for you and your officials, I know that you still do not fear the LORD our God.”
  22. Exodus 10:3אֱלֹהֵ֣י · the God
    So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and told him, “This is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: ‘How long will you refuse to humble yourself before Me? Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.
  23. Exodus 10:7אֱלֹהֵיהֶ֑ם · their God
    Pharaoh’s officials asked him, “How long will this man be a snare to us? Let the people go, so that they may worship the LORD their God. Do you not yet realize that Egypt lies in ruins?”
  24. Exodus 10:8אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֑ם · your God
    So Moses and Aaron were brought back to Pharaoh. “Go, worship the LORD your God,” he said. “But who exactly will be going?”
  25. Exodus 10:16אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶ֖ם · your God
    Pharaoh quickly summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “I have sinned against the LORD your God and against you.
  26. Exodus 10:17אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֑ם · your God
    Now please forgive my sin once more and appeal to the LORD your God, that He may remove this death from me.”
  27. Exodus 10:25אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ׃ · our God
    But Moses replied, “You must also provide us with sacrifices and burnt offerings to present to the LORD our God.
  28. Exodus 10:26אֱלֹהֵ֑ינוּ · our God
    Even our livestock must go with us; not a hoof will be left behind, for we will need some of them to worship the LORD our God, and we will not know how we are to worship the LORD until we arrive.”
  29. Exodus 12:12אֱלֹהֵ֥י · the gods
    On that night I will pass through the land of Egypt and strike down every firstborn male, both man and beast, and I will execute judgment against all the gods of Egypt. I am the LORD.
  30. Exodus 13:17 (2×)אֱלֹהִ֗ים · God; אֱלֹהִ֗ים · God
    When Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them along the road through the land of the Philistines, though it was shorter. For God said, “If the people face war, they might change their minds and return to Egypt.”
  31. Exodus 13:18אֱלֹהִ֧ים׀ · So God
    So God led the people around by the way of the wilderness toward the Red Sea. And the Israelites left the land of Egypt arrayed for battle.
  32. Exodus 13:19אֱלֹהִים֙ · God
    Moses took the bones of Joseph with him because Joseph had made the sons of Israel swear a solemn oath when he said, “God will surely attend to you, and then you must carry my bones with you from this place.”
  33. Exodus 14:19הָאֱלֹהִ֗ים · of God
    And the angel of God, who had gone before the camp of Israel, withdrew and went behind them. The pillar of cloud also moved from before them and stood behind them,
  34. Exodus 15:2אֱלֹהֵ֥י · God
    The LORD is my strength and my song, and He has become my salvation. He is my God, and I will praise Him, my father’s God, and I will exalt Him.
  35. Exodus 15:26אֱלֹהֶ֗יךָ · your God
    …saying, “If you will listen carefully to the voice of the LORD your God, and do what is right in His eyes, and pay attention to His commands, and keep all His statutes, then I will not bring on you any of the diseases I inflicted on the Egyptians. For I am the LORD who heals you.”
  36. Exodus 16:12אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃ · your God
    “I have heard the grumbling of the Israelites. Tell them, ‘At twilight you will eat meat, and in the morning you will be filled with bread. Then you will know that I am the LORD your God.’”
  37. Exodus 17:9הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים · of God
    So Moses said to Joshua, “Choose some of our men and go out to fight the Amalekites. Tomorrow I will stand on the hilltop with the staff of God in my hand.”
  38. Exodus 18:1אֱלֹהִים֙ · God
    Now Moses’ father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian, heard about all that God had done for Moses and His people Israel, and how the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt.
  39. Exodus 18:4אֱלֹהֵ֤י · The God
    The other son was named Eliezer, for Moses had said, “The God of my father was my helper and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh.”
  40. Exodus 18:5הָאֱלֹהִֽים׃ · of God
    Moses’ father-in-law Jethro, along with Moses’ wife and sons, came to him in the desert, where he was encamped at the mountain of God.
  41. Exodus 18:11הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים · gods
    Now I know that the LORD is greater than all other gods, for He did this when they treated Israel with arrogance.”
  42. Exodus 18:12 (2×)לֵֽאלֹהִ֑ים · to God; הָאֱלֹהִֽים׃ · of God
    Then Moses’ father-in-law Jethro brought a burnt offering and sacrifices to God, and Aaron came with all the elders of Israel to eat bread with Moses’ father-in-law in the presence of God.
  43. Exodus 18:15אֱלֹהִֽים׃ · of God
    “Because the people come to me to inquire of God,” Moses replied.
  44. Exodus 18:16הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים · of God
    “Whenever they have a dispute, it is brought to me to judge between one man and another, and I make known to them the statutes and laws of God.”
  45. Exodus 18:19אֱלֹהִ֖ים · and may God
    Now listen to me; I will give you some advice, and may God be with you. You must be the people’s representative before God and bring their causes to Him.