God
אֱלָהּStrong’s H0426elah (e-lah)
Appears in 78 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Elah is the Aramaic word usually translated “god”, “god of” and “god your”. It appears in 78 verses of the Old Testament.
“And it is a rare thing that the king requireth, and there is none other that can shew it before the king, except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh.”
Meaning
- God, Godgod, heathen deity · God (of Israel)
How it's translated
- god 30
- god of 14
- god your 11
- gods 9
- god their 4
- god his 4
- god the 3
- to god of 3
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Daniel 41
- Ezra 36
- Jeremiah 1
3 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Daniel 2:18In contextThat they would desire mercies of the God of heaven concerning this secret; that Daniel and his fellows should not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.
- Daniel 2:19In contextThen was the secret revealed unto Daniel in a night vision. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven.
- Daniel 2:20In contextDaniel answered and said, Blessed be the name of God for ever and ever: for wisdom and might are his:
- Daniel 2:23In contextI thank thee, and praise thee, O thou God of my fathers, who hast given me wisdom and might, and hast made known unto me now what we desired of thee: for thou hast now made known unto us the king’s matter.
- Daniel 2:28In contextBut there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets, and maketh known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed, are these;
- Daniel 2:37In contextThou, O king, art a king of kings: for the God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory.
All 78 verses, by book
Aramaic dictionary
אֱלָהּ elah · god
1) god, God 1a) god, heathen deity 1b) God (of Israel)
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 Aramaic, not from any one translation.