ʼĕlôhîym — H430

Definition

masculine noun

1. God, the (true) God
2. gods, divine ones, god, goddess, godlike one
3. rulers, judges, angels

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

Usually translated as

God, gods, judges, goddess, angels

Origin

plural of H433

• ʼĕlôwahh (H433)

Greek equivalents

• theîos (G2304)
• theós (G2316)
• kýrios (G2962)

Occurrences

ʼĕlôhîym occurs 2,599 times in 2,246 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (189), Exodus (111), Leviticus (47), Numbers (23), Deuteronomy (312), Joshua (65), Judges (61), Ruth (3), 1 Samuel (90), 2 Samuel (48), 1 Kings (90), 2 Kings (83), 1 Chronicles (101), 2 Chronicles (167), Ezra (45), Nehemiah (64), Job (17), Psalms (324), Proverbs (5), Ecclesiastes (36), Isaiah (86), Jeremiah (128), Ezekiel (34), Daniel (19), Hosea (23), Joel (10), Amos (14), Jonah (14), Micah (9), Nahum (1), Habakkuk (2), Zephaniah (5), Haggai (2), Zechariah (11), Malachi (7)

• Genesis 1:1 — In the beginning God (אֱלֹהִ֑ים) created the heaven and the earth.
• Genesis 1:2 — And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God (אֱלֹהִ֔ים) moved upon the face of the waters.
• Genesis 1:3 — And God (אֱלֹהִ֖ים) said, Let there be light: and there was light.
• Genesis 1:4 — And God (אֱלֹהִ֛ים) saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
• Genesis 1:4 — And God saw the light, that it was good: and God (אֱלֹהִ֔ים) divided the light from the darkness.
• Genesis 1:5 — And God (אֱלֹהִ֤ים) called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
• Genesis 1:6 — And God (אֱלֹהִ֔ים) said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
• Genesis 1:7 — And God (אֱלֹהִים֮) made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.
• Genesis 1:8 — And God (אֱלֹהִ֛ים) called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
• Genesis 1:9 — And God (אֱלֹהִ֗ים) said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.
• Genesis 1:10 — And God (אֱלֹהִ֤ים) called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.
• Genesis 1:10 — And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God (אֱלֹהִ֖ים) saw that it was good.
• Genesis 1:11 — And God (אֱלֹהִ֗ים) said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.
• Genesis 1:12 — And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God (אֱלֹהִ֖ים) saw that it was good.
• Genesis 1:14 — And God (אֱלֹהִ֗ים) said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:
• Genesis 1:16 — And God (אֱלֹהִ֔ים) made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.
• Genesis 1:17 — And God (אֱלֹהִ֖ים) set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,
• Genesis 1:18 — And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God (אֱלֹהִ֖ים) saw that it was good.
• Genesis 1:20 — And God (אֱלֹהִ֔ים) said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
• Genesis 1:21 — And God (אֱלֹהִ֔ים) created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
• Genesis 1:21 — And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God (אֱלֹהִ֖ים) saw that it was good.
• Genesis 1:22 — And God (אֱלֹהִ֖ים) blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.
• Genesis 1:24 — And God (אֱלֹהִ֗ים) said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.
• Genesis 1:25 — And God (אֱלֹהִים֩) made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
• Genesis 1:25 — And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God (אֱלֹהִ֖ים) saw that it was good.
• Genesis 1:26 — And God (אֱלֹהִ֔ים) said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
• Genesis 1:27 — So God (אֱלֹהִ֤ים) created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
• Genesis 1:27 — So God created man in his own image, in the image of God (אֱלֹהִ֖ים) created he him; male and female created he them.
• Genesis 1:28 — And God (אֱלֹהִים֒) blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
• Genesis 1:28 — And God blessed them, and God (אֱלֹהִ֗ים) said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
• Genesis 1:29 — And God (אֱלֹהִ֗ים) said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.
• Genesis 1:31 — And God (אֱלֹהִים֙) saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
• Genesis 2:2 — And on the seventh day God (אֱלֹהִים֙) ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.
• Genesis 2:3 — And God (אֱלֹהִים֙) blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.
• Genesis 2:3 — And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God (אֱלֹהִ֖ים) created and made.
• Genesis 2:4 — These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God (אֱלֹהִ֖ים) made the earth and the heavens,
• Genesis 2:5 — And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God (אֱלֹהִים֙) had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground.
• Genesis 2:7 — And the LORD God (אֱלֹהִ֜ים) formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
• Genesis 2:8 — And the LORD God (אֱלֹהִ֛ים) planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.
• Genesis 2:9 — And out of the ground made the LORD God (אֱלֹהִים֙) to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
• Genesis 2:15 — And the LORD God (אֱלֹהִ֖ים) took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
• Genesis 2:16 — And the LORD God (אֱלֹהִ֔ים) commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:
• Genesis 2:18 — And the LORD God (אֱלֹהִ֔ים) said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.
• Genesis 2:19 — And out of the ground the LORD God (אֱלֹהִ֜ים) formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.
• Genesis 2:21 — And the LORD God (אֱלֹהִ֧ים) caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;
• Genesis 2:22 — And the rib, which the LORD God (אֱלֹהִ֧ים) had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.
• Genesis 3:1 — Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God (אֱלֹהִ֑ים) had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
• Genesis 3:1 — Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God (אֱלֹהִ֔ים) said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
• Genesis 3:3 — But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God (אֱלֹהִ֗ים) hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
• Genesis 3:5 — For God (אֱלֹהִ֔ים) doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.