God
אֱלָהּStrong’s H0433elah (e-lah)
Appears in 56 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Elah is the Hebrew word usually translated “god”, “god of” and “from god”. It appears in 56 verses of the Old Testament.
“Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all.”
Meaning
- God, Godgod, heathen deity · God (of Israel)
How it's translated
- god 44
- god of 2
- a god 2
- from god 1
- to god 1
- and god 1
- for god 1
- o god 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Job 41
- Psalms 4
- Daniel 3
- Deuteronomy 2
- Habakkuk 2
- 2 Chronicles 1
9 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Daniel 11:38In contextBut in his estate shall he honour the God of forces: and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.
- Daniel 11:39In contextThus shall he do in the most strong holds with a strange god, whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many, and shall divide the land for gain.
- Deuteronomy 32:15But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
- Deuteronomy 32:17They sacrificed unto devils, not to God; to gods whom they knew not, to new gods that came newly up, whom your fathers feared not.
- 2 Chronicles 32:15Now therefore let not Hezekiah deceive you, nor persuade you on this manner, neither yet believe him: for no god of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people out of mine hand, and out of the hand of my fathers: how much less shall your God deliver you out of mine hand?
- Nehemiah 9:17And refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them; but hardened their necks, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage: but thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and forsookest them not.
All 56 verses, by book
Hebrew 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 Hebrew, not from any one translation.