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. Leviticus 25:17אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃ · your God
    Do not take advantage of each other, but fear your God; for I am the LORD your God.
  2. Leviticus 25:36מֵֽאֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ · your God
    Do not take any interest or profit from him, but fear your God, that your countryman may live among you.
  3. Leviticus 25:38אֱלֹ֣הֵיכֶ֔ם · your God; לֵאלֹהִֽים׃ס · God
    I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt to give you the land of Canaan and to be your God.
  4. Leviticus 25:43מֵאֱלֹהֶֽיךָ׃ · your God
    You are not to rule over them harshly, but you shall fear your God.
  5. Leviticus 25:55אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃ · your God
    For the Israelites are My servants. They are My servants, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.
  6. Leviticus 26:1אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃ · your God
    “You must not make idols for yourselves or set up a carved image or sacred pillar; you must not place a sculpted stone in your land to bow down to it. For I am the LORD your God.
  7. Leviticus 26:12לֵֽאלֹהִ֑ים · God
    I will walk among you and be your God, and you will be My people.
  8. Leviticus 26:13אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶ֗ם · your God
    I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt so that you would no longer be slaves to the Egyptians. I broke the bars of your yoke and enabled you to walk in uprightness.
  9. Leviticus 26:44אֱלֹהֵיהֶֽם׃ · their God
    Yet in spite of this, when they are in the land of their enemies, I will not reject or despise them so as to destroy them and break My covenant with them; for I am the LORD their God.
  10. Leviticus 26:45לֵאלֹהִ֖ים · God
    But for their sake I will remember the covenant with their fathers, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the nations, that I might be their God. I am the LORD.”
  11. Numbers 6:7אֱלֹהָ֖יו · to his God
    Even if his father or mother or brother or sister should die, he is not to defile himself, because the symbol of consecration to his God is upon his head.
  12. Numbers 10:9אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶ֔ם · your God
    When you enter into battle in your land against an adversary who attacks you, sound short blasts on the trumpets, and you will be remembered before the LORD your God and saved from your enemies.
  13. Numbers 10:10אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶ֔ם · your God; אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃פ · your God
    And on your joyous occasions, your appointed feasts, and the beginning of each month, you are to blow the trumpets over your burnt offerings and peace offerings to serve as a reminder for you before your God. I am the LORD your God.”
  14. Numbers 15:40לֵֽאלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃ · to your God
    Then you will remember and obey all My commandments, and you will be holy to your God.
  15. Numbers 15:41אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶ֗ם · your God; לֵאלֹהִ֑ים · God; אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃פ · your God
    I am the LORD your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt to be your God. I am the LORD your God.”
  16. Numbers 16:9אֱלֹהֵ֨י · the God
    Is it not enough for you that the God of Israel has separated you from the congregation of Israel and brought you near to Himself to perform the work at the LORD’s tabernacle, and to stand before the congregation to minister to them?
  17. Numbers 16:22אֱלֹהֵ֥י · the God
    But Moses and Aaron fell facedown and said, “O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, when one man sins, will You be angry with the whole congregation?”
  18. Numbers 21:5בֵּֽאלֹהִים֮ · against God
    …and spoke against God and against Moses: “Why have you led us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? There is no bread or water, and we detest this wretched food!”
  19. Numbers 22:9אֱלֹהִ֖ים · Then God
    Then God came to Balaam and asked, “Who are these men with you?”
  20. Numbers 22:10הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים · God
    And Balaam said to God, “Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab, sent me this message:
  21. Numbers 22:12אֱלֹהִים֙ · But God
    But God said to Balaam, “Do not go with them. You are not to curse this people, for they are blessed.”
  22. Numbers 22:18אֱלֹהָ֔י · my God
    But Balaam replied to the servants of Balak, “If Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not do anything small or great to go beyond the command of the LORD my God.
  23. Numbers 22:20אֱלֹהִ֥ים׀ · God
    That night God came to Balaam and said, “Since these men have come to summon you, get up and go with them, but you must only do what I tell you.”
  24. Numbers 22:22אֱלֹהִים֮ · Then God’s
    Then God’s anger was kindled because Balaam was going along, and the angel of the LORD stood in the road to oppose him. Balaam was riding his donkey, and his two servants were with him.
  25. Numbers 22:38אֱלֹהִ֛ים · God
    “See, I have come to you,” Balaam replied, “but can I say just anything? I must speak only the word that God puts in my mouth.”
  26. Numbers 23:4אֱלֹהִ֖ים · and God
    …and God met with him. “I have set up seven altars,” Balaam said, “and on each altar I have offered a bull and a ram.”
  27. Numbers 23:21אֱלֹהָיו֙ · their God
    He considers no disaster for Jacob; He sees no trouble for Israel. The LORD their God is with them, and the shout of the King is among them.
  28. Numbers 23:27הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים · God
    “Please come,” said Balak, “I will take you to another place. Perhaps it will please God that you curse them for me from there.”
  29. Numbers 24:2אֱלֹהִֽים׃ · of God
    When Balaam looked up and saw Israel encamped tribe by tribe, the Spirit of God came upon him,
  30. Numbers 25:2אֱלֹהֵיהֶ֑ן · for their gods; לֵֽאלֹהֵיהֶֽן׃ · to these gods
    …who also invited them to the sacrifices for their gods. And the people ate and bowed down to these gods.
  31. Numbers 25:13לֵֽאלֹהָ֔יו · for his God
    It will be a covenant of permanent priesthood for him and his descendants, because he was zealous for his God and made atonement for the Israelites.”
  32. Numbers 27:16אֱלֹהֵ֥י · the God
    “May the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the congregation
  33. Numbers 33:4וּבֵאלֹ֣הֵיהֶ֔ם · against their gods
    …who were burying all their firstborn, whom the LORD had struck down among them; for the LORD had executed judgment against their gods.
  34. Deuteronomy 1:6אֱלֹהֵ֛ינוּ · our God
    The LORD our God said to us at Horeb: “You have stayed at this mountain long enough.
  35. Deuteronomy 1:10אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֖ם · your God
    The LORD your God has multiplied you, so that today you are as numerous as the stars in the sky.
  36. Deuteronomy 1:11אֱלֹהֵ֣י · the God
    May the LORD, the God of your fathers, increase you a thousand times over and bless you as He has promised.
  37. Deuteronomy 1:17לֵאלֹהִ֣ים · belongs to God
    Show no partiality in judging; hear both small and great alike. Do not be intimidated by anyone, for judgment belongs to God. And bring to me any case too difficult for you, and I will hear it.”
  38. Deuteronomy 1:19אֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּ · our God
    And just as the LORD our God had commanded us, we set out from Horeb and went toward the hill country of the Amorites, through all the vast and terrifying wilderness you have seen. When we reached Kadesh-barnea,
  39. Deuteronomy 1:20אֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּ · our God
    I said: “You have reached the hill country of the Amorites, which the LORD our God is giving us.
  40. Deuteronomy 1:21אֱלֹהֶ֛יךָ · your God; אֱלֹהֵ֤י · the God
    See, the LORD your God has placed the land before you. Go up and take possession of it as the LORD, the God of your fathers, has told you. Do not be afraid or discouraged.”
  41. Deuteronomy 1:25אֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּ · our God
    They took some of the fruit of the land in their hands, carried it down to us, and brought us word: “It is a good land that the LORD our God is giving us.”
  42. Deuteronomy 1:26אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃ · your God
    But you were unwilling to go up; you rebelled against the command of the LORD your God.
  43. Deuteronomy 1:30אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶם֙ · your God
    The LORD your God, who goes before you, will fight for you, just as you saw Him do for you in Egypt
  44. Deuteronomy 1:31אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ · your God
    …and in the wilderness, where the LORD your God carried you, as a man carries his son, all the way by which you traveled until you reached this place.”