God
אֵלStrong’s H0410el
Appears in 231 verses of the Old Testament
In short
El is the Hebrew word usually translated “god”, “god my” and “o god”. It appears in 231 verses of the Old Testament.
“And I prayed unto the LORD my God, and made my confession, and said, O Lord, the great and dreadful God, keeping the covenant and mercy to them that love him, and to them that keep his commandments;”
Meaning
- This name means god, god-like one, mighty one, strength, power
- This name means god, god-like one, mighty one, strength, power
- God, god-like one, mighty onemighty men, men of rank, mighty heroes · angels · god, false god, (demons, imaginations) · God, the one true God, Jehovah
- Mighty things in nature
- Strength, power
How it's translated
- god 118
- a god 32
- god my 10
- to god 9
- o god 8
- and god 7
- a god of 6
- god of 6
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 73
- Job 56
- Isaiah 21
- Genesis 18
- Deuteronomy 14
- Numbers 10
22 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Daniel 11:36In contextAnd the king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done.
- Genesis 14:18And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God.
- Genesis 14:19And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth:
- Genesis 14:20And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all.
- Genesis 14:22And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the LORD, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth,
- Genesis 16:13And she called the name of the LORD that spake unto her, Thou God seest me: for she said, Have I also here looked after him that seeth me?
All 231 verses, by book
- Judges 1
- 9:46
- 1 Samuel 1
- 2:3
- Job 56
- 5:88:38:58:138:209:212:613:313:713:815:415:1115:1315:2516:1118:2119:2220:1520:2921:1421:2222:222:1322:1723:1625:427:227:927:1127:1331:1431:2331:2832:1333:433:633:1433:2934:534:1034:1234:2334:3134:3735:235:1336:536:2236:2637:537:1037:1438:4140:940:1941:25
- Psalms 73
- 5:47:1110:1110:1216:117:618:218:3018:3218:4719:122:122:1029:129:331:536:642:242:842:943:444:2050:152:152:555:1957:263:168:1968:2068:2468:3573:1173:1774:877:977:1377:1478:778:878:1878:1978:3478:3578:4180:1081:982:183:184:285:886:1589:689:789:2690:294:195:399:8102:24104:21106:14106:21107:11118:27118:28136:26139:17139:23140:6146:5149:6150:1
- Proverbs 1
- 3:27
- Isaiah 21
- 5:168:109:610:2112:214:1331:340:1842:543:1043:1244:1044:1544:1745:1445:1545:2045:2145:2246:646:9
- Lamentations 1
- 3:41
- Jonah 1
- 4:2
- Nahum 1
- 1:2
Hebrew dictionary
אֵל el · God
This name means god, god-like one, mighty one, strength, power Another name of ye.ho.vah (יהוה "LORD" H3068G)
אֵל el · El (Berith)
This name means god, god-like one, mighty one, strength, power Combined with "Berith" (berith בְּרִית H1286)
אֵל el · god
: god 1) god, god-like one, mighty one 1a) mighty men, men of rank, mighty heroes 1b) angels 1c) god, false god, (demons, imaginations) 1d) God, the one true God, Jehovah 2) mighty things in nature 3) strength, power Also means: ": power" (el אֵל H0410L)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “god” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
GOD, noun
- The Supreme Being; Jehovah; the eternal and infinite spirit, the creator, and the sovereign of the universe.“GOD is a spirit; and they that worship him, must worship him in spirit and in truth” John 4:24
- A false god; a heathen deity; an idol.“Fear not the gods of the Amorites” Judges 6:10
- A prince; a ruler; a magistrate or judge; an angel.
- Any person or thing exalted too much in estimation, or deified and honored as the chief good.“Whose god is their belly” Philippians 3:19
All definitions and other forms of “god”
GOD, verb transitive
To deify. [Not used.]
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.