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 23:11: "thy servant hath heard? O LORD God of Israel, I beseech thee, tell thy servant."
1 Samuel 23:14: "sought him every day, but God delivered him not into his hand."
1 Samuel 23:16: "and strengthened his hand in God."
1 Samuel 25:22: "also do God unto the enemies of David, if I leave"
1 Samuel 25:29: "of life with the LORD thy God; and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out, as out of the middle"
1 Samuel 25:32: "to Abigail, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, which sent thee this"
1 Samuel 25:34: "For in very deed, God of Israel liveth, which hath kept me back from hurting"
1 Samuel 26:8: "to David, God hath delivered thine enemy into thine hand"
1 Samuel 26:19: "saying, Go, serve other gods."
1 Samuel 28:13: "unto Saul, I saw gods ascending out of the earth."
1 Samuel 28:15: "I am sore distressed; for the Philistines make war against me, and God is departed from"
1 Samuel 29:9: "art good in my sight, as an angel of God: notwithstanding the princes of the Philistines have said,"
1 Samuel 30:6: "but David encouraged himself in the LORD his God."
1 Samuel 30:15: "company? And he said, Swear unto me by God, that thou wilt neither kill me, nor deliver"
2 Samuel 2:27: "And Joab As God liveth, unless thou hadst spoken, surely"
2 Samuel 3:9: "So God to Abner, and more also, except, as"
2 Samuel 3:35: "saying, So do God to me, and more also, if"
2 Samuel 5:10: "and grew great, and the LORD God of hosts was with"
2 Samuel 6:2: "to bring up from thence the ark of God, whose name"
2 Samuel 6:3: "And they set the ark of God upon a new cart, and brought"
2 Samuel 6:4: "which was at Gibeah, accompanying the ark of God: and Ahio went before"
2 Samuel 6:6: "put forth his hand to the ark of God, and took hold of it; for the oxen shook"
2 Samuel 6:7: "was kindled against Uzzah; and God smote him there for his error;"
2 Samuel 6:7: "he died by the ark of God."
2 Samuel 6:12: "that pertaineth unto him, because of the ark of God. So David went and brought up"
2 Samuel 6:12: "and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed-edom into the city"
2 Samuel 7:2: "in a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwelleth within curtains."
2 Samuel 7:22: "for there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that"
2 Samuel 7:23: "is like thy people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem for a people to himself, and to make"
2 Samuel 7:23: "which thou redeemedst to thee from Egypt, from the nations and their gods?"
2 Samuel 7:24: "unto thee forever: and thou, LORD, art become their God."
2 Samuel 7:25: "And now, God, the word that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant,"
2 Samuel 7:26: "forever, saying, The LORD of hosts is the God over Israel: and let the house"
2 Samuel 7:27: "O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, hast revealed to thy servant,"
2 Samuel 7:28: "GOD, thou art that God, and thy words be true, and thou hast promised"
2 Samuel 9:3: "of Saul, that I may show the kindness of God unto him? And Ziba said unto"
2 Samuel 10:12: "our people, and for the cities of our God: and the LORD do that which seemeth him good."
2 Samuel 12:7: "Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I anointed thee king"
2 Samuel 12:16: "David God for the child; and David fasted,"
2 Samuel 14:11: "remember the LORD thy God, that thou wouldest not suffer the revengers of blood to destroy"
2 Samuel 14:13: "such a thing against the people of God? for the king doth speak this"
2 Samuel 14:14: "which cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God respect any person: yet doth he devise"
2 Samuel 14:16: "that would destroy me and my son together out of the inheritance of God."
2 Samuel 14:17: "comfortable: for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern"
2 Samuel 14:17: "good and bad: therefore the LORD thy God will be with"
2 Samuel 14:20: "is wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God, to know all things that"
2 Samuel 15:24: "the ark of the covenant of God: and they set down the ark of God;"
2 Samuel 15:24: "and they set down the ark of God; and Abiathar went up, until all"
2 Samuel 15:25: "Carry back the ark of God into the city: if I shall find favor"
2 Samuel 15:29: "carried the ark of God again to Jerusalem: and they tarried there."
