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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 Kings 18:10: "As the LORD thy God liveth, there is no nation or kingdom, whither"
1 Kings 18:21: "two opinions? if the LORD be God, follow him: but if"
1 Kings 18:24: "And call of your gods, and I will call on the name of the LORD: and the God"
1 Kings 18:24: "will call on the name of the LORD: and the God that answereth by fire, let him"
1 Kings 18:24: "by fire, let him be God. And all the people answered and said,"
1 Kings 18:25: "are many; and call on the name of your gods, but put no fire"
1 Kings 18:27: "aloud: for he is a god; either he is talking, or"
1 Kings 18:36: "came near, and said, LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known"
1 Kings 18:36: "this day that thou art God in Israel, and that I am thy servant, and that I have done"
1 Kings 18:37: "that thou art the LORD God, and that thou hast turned their heart"
1 Kings 18:39: "and they said, The LORD, he is the God; the LORD, he is the God."
1 Kings 18:39: "is the God; the LORD, he is the God."
1 Kings 19:2: "Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to me, and more also, if"
1 Kings 19:8: "unto Horeb the mount of God."
1 Kings 19:10: "And he said, for the LORD God of hosts: for the children"
1 Kings 19:14: "And he said, for the LORD God of hosts: because the children"
1 Kings 20:10: "unto him, and said, The gods do so unto me, and more also,"
1 Kings 20:23: "of Syria said unto him, Their gods are gods of the hills; therefore"
1 Kings 20:23: "said unto him, Their gods are gods of the hills; therefore they were stronger"
1 Kings 20:28: "And there came of God, and spoke unto the king of Israel, and said,"
1 Kings 20:28: "Because the Syrians have said, The LORD is God of the hills, but he is not"
1 Kings 20:28: "is God of the hills, but he is not God of the valleys, therefore will I deliver"
1 Kings 21:10: "him, to bear witness against him, saying, Thou didst blaspheme God and the king. And then carry him out, and stone him, that he may die."
1 Kings 21:13: "saying, Naboth did blaspheme God and the king. Then they carried him forth out of"
1 Kings 22:53: "him, and provoked to anger the LORD God of Israel, according to all that his father"
2 Kings 1:2: "them, Go, inquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron whether I shall recover of this disease."
2 Kings 1:3: "unto them, Is it not because there is not a God in Israel, that ye go"
2 Kings 1:3: "that ye go to inquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron?"
2 Kings 1:6: "the LORD, Is it not because there is not a God in Israel, that thou sendest"
2 Kings 1:6: "that thou sendest to inquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron? therefore thou shalt not"
2 Kings 1:9: "And he spoke unto him, Thou man of God, the king hath said, Come down."
2 Kings 1:10: "If I be a man of God, then let fire come down from heaven,"
2 Kings 1:11: "and said unto him, O man of God, thus hath the king said, Come down"
2 Kings 1:12: "them, If I be a man of God, let fire come down from heaven,"
2 Kings 1:12: "and consume thee and thy fifty. And the fire of God came down from heaven, and consumed"
2 Kings 1:13: "and besought him, and said unto him, O man of God, I pray thee, let my life, and the life"
2 Kings 1:16: "thou hast sent messengers to inquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron, is it not because"
2 Kings 1:16: "the god of Ekron, is it not because there is no God in Israel to inquire"
2 Kings 2:14: "the waters, and said, Where is the LORD God of Elijah? and when he also"
2 Kings 4:7: "Then she came the man of God. And he said, Go, sell"
2 Kings 4:9: "this is a holy man of God, which passeth by us continually."
2 Kings 4:16: "Nay, my lord, thou man of God, do not lie unto thine handmaid."
2 Kings 4:21: "him on the bed of the man of God, and shut the door upon him, and went out."
2 Kings 4:22: "that I may run to the man of God, and come again."
2 Kings 4:25: "unto the man of God to mount Carmel. And it came to pass,"
2 Kings 4:25: "Carmel. And it came to pass, when the man of God saw her afar off, that he said"
2 Kings 4:27: "And when she came the man of God to the hill, she caught him by the feet:"
2 Kings 4:27: "came near to thrust her away. And the man of God said, Let her alone; for her soul"
2 Kings 4:40: "that they cried out, and said, O thou man of God, there is death in the pot. And they could"
2 Kings 4:42: "from Baal-shalisha, and brought the man of God bread of the firstfruits, twenty"









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