אֱלֹהִים elohim

Hebrew word for “God” · Strong’s H430 · used 2,601 times in 2,248 verses

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Meaning

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

Senses in the lexicon

• God (2,383)
• God (216)
• (LORD)-Elohe (1)
• (Gibeath)-elohim (1)

How it is translated

Glosses given for elohim in context, with how often each is used:

• god 2,365
• gods 209
• against god 5
• like god 3
• judges 3
• against the god 2
• any of the gods 2
• own gods 2
• will be god 1
• ¿ god 1
• more than god 1
• ¿ a god 1

Where it is used

Also in 23 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Genesis 1 (26), Deuteronomy 4 (22), Psalms 68 (22), Deuteronomy 12 (19), Deuteronomy 5 (15), Deuteronomy 16 (15), Deuteronomy 28 (15), Deuteronomy 6 (14), Deuteronomy 7 (14), 2 Kings 17 (14)

Forms

• אלהים 680
• אלהי 500
• האלהים 366
• אלהיך 339
• אלהינו 174
• אלהיכם 162
• לאלהים 79
• אלהיהם 71
• אלהיו 58
• באלהים 31

Words used with it

Words that share verses with elohim more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• אַתָּה attah “you(m.s.)” 201
• שָׁמַע shama “to hear” 199
• אָב av “father” 181
• הָלַךְ halakh “to go” 191
• ךָּ ka “you” 150
• דָּבָר davar “word” 171
• זֶה zeh “this” 160
• אֲנִי ani “I” 145
• עִם im “with” 147
• כֶם khem “you” 119
• דָבַר davar “to speak” 142
• יָדַע yada “to know” 133

Key verses

The verses using elohim that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Genesis 17:7 — And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to…
• Exodus 20:5 — Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto…
• 1 Chronicles 28:9 — And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and…
• Psalms 46:1 — [To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, A Song upon Alamoth.] God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
• Psalms 84:11 — For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
• Isaiah 41:10 — Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right…
• Isaiah 55:7 — Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he…
• Isaiah 61:10 — I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe…
• Jeremiah 10:10 — But the LORD is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide…
• Jeremiah 31:18 — I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed turn thou me, and I shall be turned;…
• Jeremiah 31:33 — But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write…
• Zechariah 13:9 — And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name,…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.