אֱלֹהַּ eloah
Hebrew word for “god” · Strong’s H433 · used 57 times in 56 verses
Meaning
1) God; 2) false god; Aramaic equivalent: e.lah (אֱלָהּ "god" H0426)
How it is translated
Glosses given for eloah in context, with how often each is used:
- god 55
- when god 1
- becomes god 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Job | 41 | 4.9 | |
| Psalms | 4 | 0.2 | |
| Daniel | 4 | 0.7 | |
| Deuteronomy | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Habakkuk | 2 | 3.0 | |
| 2 Chronicles | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Nehemiah | 1 | 0.2 | |
| Proverbs | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Isaiah | 1 | 0.1 |
Chapters where it is used most
Job 6 (3), Job 11 (3), Job 19 (3), Job 27 (3), Daniel 11 (3), Deuteronomy 32 (2), Job 3 (2), Job 4 (2), Job 12 (2), Job 16 (2)
Forms
- אלוה 49
- לאלוה 2
- אלה 1
- מאלוה 1
- ואלוה 1
- ולאלה 1
- ולאלוה 1
- לאלהו 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with eloah more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- שַׁדַּי shadday “Almighty” 7
- יָדַע yada “to know” 9
- רֵעַ rea “neighbor” 4
- אֱנוֹשׁ enosh “human” 5
- אַל al “not” 5
- יָכַח yakhach “to rebuke” 3
- אַף aph “face” 4
- גָּבֶר gaver “great man” 3
- צוּר tsur “rock” 3
- מִי mi “who?” 4
- רוּחַ ruach “spirit” 4
- נָשָׁה nashah “to forget” 2
Key verses
The verses using eloah that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Deuteronomy 32:15 — But 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…
- Nehemiah 9:17 — And 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…
- Job 6:4 — For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.
- Job 11:6 — And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that they are double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity…
- Job 11:7 — Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?
- Job 12:4 — I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn.
- Job 27:8 — For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?
- Job 33:26 — He shall pray unto God, and he will be favourable unto him: and he shall see his face with joy: for he will render unto man his righteousness.
- Job 40:2 — Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.
- Psalms 50:22 — Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.
- Isaiah 44:8 — Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that time, and have declared it? ye are even my witnesses. Is there a God beside me? yea, there is no…
- Habakkuk 3:3 — God came from Teman, and the Holy One from mount Paran. Selah. His glory covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his praise.
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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.