Strong's #430: 'elohiym (pronounced el-o-heem')
plural of 433; 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:--angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:
'ĕlôhı̂ym
1) (plural)
1a) rulers, judges
1b) divine ones
1c) angels
1d) gods
2) (plural intensive - singular meaning)
2a) god, goddess
2b) godlike one
2c) works or special possessions of God
2d) the (true) God
2e) God
Part of Speech: noun masculine plural
Relation: plural of H433
Usage:
This word is used 2601 times:
1 Samuel 7:8: "to cry unto the LORD our God for us, that he will save us out of the hand"
1 Samuel 8:8: "even unto this day, wherewith they have forsaken me, and served other gods, so"
1 Samuel 9:6: "there is in this city a man of God, and he is an honorable man; all that"
1 Samuel 9:7: "and there is not a present to bring to the man of God: what"
1 Samuel 9:8: "of silver: that will I give to the man of God, to tell us our way."
1 Samuel 9:9: "when a man went to inquire of God, thus he spoke, Come, and let us go"
1 Samuel 9:10: "the city where the man of God"
1 Samuel 9:27: "a while, that I may show thee the word of God."
1 Samuel 10:3: "thee three men going up to God to Bethel, one carrying"
1 Samuel 10:5: "After that to the hill of God, where is the garrison"
1 Samuel 10:7: "unto thee, that thou do as occasion serve thee; for God is with"
1 Samuel 10:9: "to go from Samuel, God gave him another heart:"
1 Samuel 10:10: "of prophets met him; and the Spirit of God came upon him, and he prophesied among"
1 Samuel 10:18: "Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I brought up"
1 Samuel 10:19: "rejected your God, who himself saved you out of all"
1 Samuel 10:26: "him a band of men, whose hearts God had touched."
1 Samuel 11:6: "And the Spirit of God came upon Saul when he heard those"
1 Samuel 12:9: "And when they forgot the LORD their God, he sold them into the hand of Sisera, captain"
1 Samuel 12:12: "shall reign over us: when the LORD your God was your king."
1 Samuel 12:14: "you continue following the LORD your God:"
1 Samuel 12:19: "thy servants unto the LORD thy God, that we die not: for we have added"
1 Samuel 13:13: "the commandment of the LORD thy God, which he commanded thee: for now"
1 Samuel 14:15: "and the earth quaked: so it was a very great trembling."
1 Samuel 14:18: "unto Ahiah, Bring hither the ark of God. For the ark of God was"
1 Samuel 14:18: "of God. For the ark of God was at that time with the children"
1 Samuel 14:36: "Let us draw near hither unto God."
1 Samuel 14:37: "And Saul of God, Shall I go down after the Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into the hand"
1 Samuel 14:41: "unto the LORD God of Israel, Give a perfect lot. And Saul"
1 Samuel 14:44: "And Saul God do so and more also: for"
1 Samuel 14:45: "to the ground; for he hath wrought with God this day. So the people"
1 Samuel 15:15: "the best of the sheep and of the oxen, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God; and the rest"
1 Samuel 15:21: "the chief of the things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God in Gilgal."
1 Samuel 15:30: "with me, that I may worship the LORD thy God."
1 Samuel 16:15: "now, an evil spirit from God troubleth"
1 Samuel 16:16: "when the evil spirit from God is upon thee, that he shall play with his hand, and thou shalt be well."
1 Samuel 16:23: "And it came to pass, the evil spirit from God was upon Saul, that David took"
1 Samuel 17:26: "that he should defy the armies of the living God?"
1 Samuel 17:36: "he hath defied the armies of the living God."
1 Samuel 17:43: "cursed David by his gods."
1 Samuel 17:45: "thee in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied."
1 Samuel 17:46: "the earth may know that there is a God in Israel."
1 Samuel 18:10: "that the evil spirit from God came upon Saul,"
1 Samuel 19:20: "as appointed over them, the Spirit of God was upon the messengers of Saul,"
1 Samuel 19:23: "Naioth in Ramah: and the Spirit of God was upon him also,"
1 Samuel 20:12: "unto David, O LORD God of Israel, when I have sounded"
1 Samuel 22:3: "and be with you, till I know what God will do"
1 Samuel 22:13: "him bread, and a sword, and hast inquired of God for him, that he should rise against me, to lie in wait, as at this"
1 Samuel 22:15: "Did I then to inquire of God for him? be it far from me: let not the king impute"
1 Samuel 23:7: "to Keilah. And Saul said, God hath delivered him into mine hand; for he is shut in,"
1 Samuel 23:10: "Then said O LORD God of Israel, thy servant hath certainly heard"
