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 34:15לֵאלֹ֣הֵיהֶ֔ם · to [them]
    Do not make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, for when they prostitute themselves to their gods and sacrifice to them, they will invite you, and you will eat their sacrifices.
  2. Exodus 34:16 (2×)אֱלֹ֣הֵיהֶ֔ן · their gods; אֱלֹהֵיהֶֽן׃
    And when you take some of their daughters as brides for your sons, their daughters will prostitute themselves to their gods and cause your sons to do the same.
  3. Exodus 34:17אֱלֹהֵ֥י · gods
    You shall make no molten gods for yourselves.
  4. Exodus 34:23אֱלֹהֵ֥י · the God
    Three times a year all your males are to appear before the Lord GOD, the God of Israel.
  5. Exodus 34:24אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ · your God
    For I will drive out the nations before you and enlarge your borders, and no one will covet your land when you go up three times a year to appear before the LORD your God.
  6. Exodus 34:26אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ · your God
    Bring the best of the firstfruits of your soil to the house of the LORD your God. You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.”
  7. Exodus 35:31אֱלֹהִ֑ים · of God
    And He has filled him with the Spirit of God, with skill, ability, and knowledge in all kinds of craftsmanship,
  8. Leviticus 2:13אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ · of your God
    And you shall season each of your grain offerings with salt. You must not leave the salt of the covenant of your God out of your grain offering; you are to add salt to each of your offerings.
  9. Leviticus 4:22אֱלֹהָ֜יו · his God
    When a leader sins unintentionally and does what is prohibited by any of the commandments of the LORD his God, he incurs guilt.
  10. Leviticus 11:44אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶם֒ · your God
    For I am the LORD your God; consecrate yourselves, therefore, and be holy, because I am holy. You must not defile yourselves by any creature that crawls along the ground.
  11. Leviticus 11:45לֵאלֹהִ֑ים · God
    For I am the LORD, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt so that I would be your God; therefore be holy, because I am holy.
  12. Leviticus 18:2אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃ · your God
    “Speak to the Israelites and tell them: I am the LORD your God.
  13. Leviticus 18:4אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃ · your God
    You are to practice My judgments and keep My statutes by walking in them. I am the LORD your God.
  14. Leviticus 18:21אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ · of your God
    You must not give any of your children to be sacrificed to Molech, for you must not profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.
  15. Leviticus 18:30אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃פ · your God
    You must keep My charge not to practice any of the abominable customs that were practiced before you, so that you do not defile yourselves by them. I am the LORD your God.”
  16. Leviticus 19:2אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃ · your God
    “Speak to the whole congregation of Israel and tell them: Be holy because I, the LORD your God, am holy.
  17. Leviticus 19:3אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃ · your God
    Each of you must respect his mother and father, and you must keep My Sabbaths. I am the LORD your God.
  18. Leviticus 19:4 (2×)וֵֽאלֹהֵי֙ · gods; אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃ · your God
    Do not turn to idols or make for yourselves molten gods. I am the LORD your God.
  19. Leviticus 19:10אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃ · your God
    You must not strip your vineyard bare or gather its fallen grapes. Leave them for the poor and the foreigner. I am the LORD your God.
  20. Leviticus 19:12אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ · of your God
    You must not swear falsely by My name and so profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.
  21. Leviticus 19:14מֵּאֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ · your God
    You must not curse the deaf or place a stumbling block before the blind, but you shall fear your God. I am the LORD.
  22. Leviticus 19:25אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃ · your God
    But in the fifth year you may eat its fruit; thus your harvest will be increased. I am the LORD your God.
  23. Leviticus 19:31אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃ · your God
    You must not turn to mediums or spiritists; do not seek them out, or you will be defiled by them. I am the LORD your God.
  24. Leviticus 19:32מֵּאֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ · your God
    You are to rise in the presence of the elderly, honor the aged, and fear your God. I am the LORD.
  25. Leviticus 19:34אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃ · your God
    You must treat the foreigner living among you as native-born and love him as yourself, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.
  26. Leviticus 19:36אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶ֔ם · your God
    You shall maintain honest scales and weights, an honest ephah, and an honest hin. I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
  27. Leviticus 20:7אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃ · your God
    Consecrate yourselves, therefore, and be holy, because I am the LORD your God.
  28. Leviticus 20:24אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶ֔ם · your God
    But I have told you that you will inherit their land, since I will give it to you as an inheritance—a land flowing with milk and honey. I am the LORD your God, who has set you apart from the peoples.
  29. Leviticus 21:6 (3×)לֵאלֹ֣הֵיהֶ֔ם · to their God; אֱלֹהֵיהֶ֑ם · of their God; אֱלֹהֵיהֶ֛ם · of their God
    They must be holy to their God and not profane the name of their God. Because they present to the LORD the food offerings, the food of their God, they must be holy.
  30. Leviticus 21:7לֵאלֹהָֽיו׃ · to his God
    A priest must not marry a woman defiled by prostitution or divorced by her husband, for the priest is holy to his God.
  31. Leviticus 21:8אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ · of your God
    You are to regard him as holy, since he presents the food of your God. He shall be holy to you, because I the LORD am holy—I who set you apart.
  32. Leviticus 21:12 (2×)אֱלֹהָ֑יו · of his God; אֱלֹהָ֛יו · of his God
    He must not leave or desecrate the sanctuary of his God, for the consecration of the anointing oil of his God is on him. I am the LORD.
  33. Leviticus 21:17אֱלֹהָֽיו׃ · of his God
    “Say to Aaron, ‘For the generations to come, none of your descendants who has a physical defect may approach to offer the food of his God.
  34. Leviticus 21:21אֱלֹהָ֔יו · of his God
    No descendant of Aaron the priest who has a defect shall approach to present the food offerings to the LORD. Since he has a defect, he is not to come near to offer the food of his God.
  35. Leviticus 21:22אֱלֹהָ֔יו · of his God
    He may eat the most holy food of his God as well as the holy food,
  36. Leviticus 22:25אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֖ם · to your God
    Neither you nor a foreigner shall present food to your God from any such animal. They will not be accepted on your behalf, because they are deformed and flawed.’”
  37. Leviticus 22:33לֵאלֹהִ֑ים · God
    …who brought you out of the land of Egypt to be your God. I am the LORD.”
  38. Leviticus 23:14אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֑ם · to your God
    You must not eat any bread or roasted or new grain until the very day you have brought this offering to your God. This is to be a permanent statute for the generations to come, wherever you live.
  39. Leviticus 23:22אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃ס · your God
    When you reap the harvest of your land, do not reap all the way to the edges of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest. Leave them for the poor and the foreign resident. I am the LORD your God.’”
  40. Leviticus 23:28אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃ · your God
    On this day you are not to do any work, for it is the Day of Atonement, when atonement is made for you before the LORD your God.
  41. Leviticus 23:40אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֖ם · your God
    On the first day you are to gather the fruit of majestic trees, the branches of palm trees, and the boughs of leafy trees and of willows of the brook. And you are to rejoice before the LORD your God for seven days.
  42. Leviticus 23:43אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃ · your God
    …so that your descendants may know that I made the Israelites dwell in booths when I brought them out of the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.’”
  43. Leviticus 24:15אֱלֹהָ֖יו · his God
    And you are to tell the Israelites, ‘If anyone curses his God, he shall bear the consequences of his sin.
  44. Leviticus 24:22אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃ · your God
    You are to have the same standard of law for the foreign resident and the native; for I am the LORD your God.’”
  45. Leviticus 25:17מֵֽאֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ · your God
    Do not take advantage of each other, but fear your God; for I am the LORD your God.