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God

אֱלֹהִיםStrong’s H0430

elohim (e-lo-him)

Appears in 2,248 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Elohim is the Hebrew word usually translated “god”, “god your” and “god of”. It appears in 2,248 verses of the Old Testament.

“And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with part of the vessels of the house of God: which he carried into the land of Shinar to the house of his god; and he brought the vessels into the treasure house of his god.”
Daniel 1:2 KJV
Meaning
  1. This name means "gods" (plural intensive-singular meaning), "God"
How it's translated
  • god 874
  • god your 492
  • god of 338
  • god our 165
  • gods 79
  • o god 75
  • god my 72
  • god their 55

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Psalms 325
  • Deuteronomy 312
  • Genesis 190
  • 2 Chronicles 167
  • Jeremiah 128
  • Exodus 111

35 books in all.

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Explore in Scripture
All 2,248 verses, by book
Genesis 190
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Deuteronomy 312
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Psalms 325
3:23:74:15:25:107:17:37:97:107:118:59:1710:410:1313:314:114:214:518:618:2118:2818:2918:3118:4620:120:520:722:224:525:225:525:2227:930:230:1231:1433:1235:2335:2436:136:737:3138:1538:2140:340:540:840:1741:1342:142:242:342:442:542:642:1042:1143:143:243:443:544:144:444:844:2044:2145:245:645:746:146:446:546:746:1046:1147:147:547:647:747:847:948:148:348:848:948:1048:1449:749:1550:150:250:350:650:750:1450:1650:2351:151:1051:1451:1752:752:853:153:253:453:553:654:154:254:354:455:155:1455:1655:1955:2356:156:456:756:956:1056:1156:1256:1357:157:257:357:557:757:1158:658:1159:159:559:959:1059:1359:1760:160:660:1060:1261:161:561:762:162:562:762:862:1163:163:1164:164:764:965:165:565:966:166:366:566:866:1066:1666:1966:2067:167:367:567:667:768:168:268:368:468:568:668:768:868:968:1068:1568:1668:1768:1868:2168:2468:2668:2868:3168:3268:3468:3569:169:369:569:669:1369:2969:3069:3269:3570:170:470:571:471:1171:1271:1771:1871:1971:2272:172:1873:173:2673:2874:174:1074:1274:2275:175:775:976:176:676:976:1177:177:377:1377:1678:778:1078:1978:2278:3178:3578:5678:5979:179:979:1080:380:480:780:1480:1981:181:481:1082:182:682:883:183:1283:1384:384:784:884:984:1084:1185:486:286:886:1086:1286:1487:388:189:890:190:1791:292:1394:794:2294:2395:395:796:496:597:797:998:399:599:899:9100:3104:1104:33105:7106:47106:48108:1108:5108:7108:11108:13109:1109:26113:5115:2115:3116:5118:28119:115122:9123:2135:2135:5136:2138:1143:10144:9144:15145:1146:2146:5146:10147:1147:7147:12
Nahum 1
1:14
Habakkuk 2
1:123:18
Haggai 2
1:121:14
Hebrew dictionary

אֱלֹהִים elohim · God

This name means "gods" (plural intensive-singular meaning), "God" Another name of ye.ho.vah (יהוה "LORD" H3068G)

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

  1. 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
  2. A false god; a heathen deity; an idol.“Fear not the gods of the Amorites” Judges 6:10
  3. A prince; a ruler; a magistrate or judge; an angel.
  4. 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.