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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:

2 Chronicles 2:4: "and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts of the LORD our God. This is an ordinance forever to Israel."
2 Chronicles 2:5: "is great: for great is our God above all gods."
2 Chronicles 2:5: "great is our God above all gods."
2 Chronicles 2:12: "moreover, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, that made"
2 Chronicles 3:3: "for the building of the house of God. The length by cubits after the first measure"
2 Chronicles 4:11: "finished the work that he was to make for king Solomon for the house of God;"
2 Chronicles 4:19: "the vessels that were for the house of God, the golden altar also, and the tables whereon"
2 Chronicles 5:1: "put he among the treasures of the house of God."
2 Chronicles 5:14: "of the LORD had filled the house of God."
2 Chronicles 6:4: "And he said, be the LORD God of Israel, who hath with his hands fulfilled that which"
2 Chronicles 6:7: "a house for the name of the LORD God of Israel."
2 Chronicles 6:10: "the house for the name of the LORD God of Israel."
2 Chronicles 6:14: "And said, God of Israel, there is no God like thee in the heaven,"
2 Chronicles 6:14: "God of Israel, there is no God like thee in the heaven, nor in the earth; which keepest"
2 Chronicles 6:16: "Now God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father"
2 Chronicles 6:17: "Now God of Israel, let thy word be verified, which thou hast spoken"
2 Chronicles 6:18: "But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth?"
2 Chronicles 6:19: "and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to hearken unto the cry and the prayer"
2 Chronicles 6:40: "Now, my God, let, I beseech thee, thine eyes be open, and let thine ears be attent"
2 Chronicles 6:41: "Now O LORD God, into thy resting place, thou, and the ark of thy strength:"
2 Chronicles 6:41: "of thy strength: let thy priests, O LORD God, be clothed with salvation, and let thy saints rejoice"
2 Chronicles 6:42: "O LORD God, turn not away the face of thine anointed: remember the mercies"
2 Chronicles 7:5: "dedicated the house of God."
2 Chronicles 7:19: "you, and shall go and serve other gods, and worship"
2 Chronicles 7:22: "they forsook the LORD God of their fathers, which brought them forth"
2 Chronicles 7:22: "out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold on other gods, and worshiped them, and served"
2 Chronicles 8:14: "at every gate: for so had David the man of God commanded."
2 Chronicles 9:8: "Blessed the LORD thy God, which delighted in thee to set thee on"
2 Chronicles 9:8: "his throne, to be king for the LORD thy God: because thy God loved Israel,"
2 Chronicles 9:8: "to be king for the LORD thy God: because thy God loved Israel, to establish"
2 Chronicles 9:23: "his wisdom, that God had put in his heart."
2 Chronicles 10:15: "the cause was of God, that the LORD might perform"
2 Chronicles 11:2: "to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,"
2 Chronicles 11:16: "their hearts to seek the LORD God of Israel came to Jerusalem,"
2 Chronicles 11:16: "came to Jerusalem, to sacrifice unto the LORD God of their fathers."
2 Chronicles 13:5: "that the LORD God of Israel gave the kingdom over"
2 Chronicles 13:8: "which Jeroboam made you for gods."
2 Chronicles 13:9: "and seven rams, the same may be a priest of them that are no gods."
2 Chronicles 13:10: "But as for us, is our God, and we have not forsaken him; and the priests, which minister unto the LORD,"
2 Chronicles 13:11: "every evening: for we keep the charge of the LORD our God;"
2 Chronicles 13:12: "And, behold, God himself is with us for our captain, and his priests with sounding trumpets to cry alarm"
2 Chronicles 13:12: "ye not against the LORD God of your fathers; for ye shall not prosper."
2 Chronicles 13:15: "of Judah shouted, it came to pass, that God smote Jeroboam and all"
2 Chronicles 13:16: "fled before Judah: and God delivered them into their hand."
2 Chronicles 13:18: "they relied upon the LORD God of their fathers."
2 Chronicles 14:2: "and right in the eyes of the LORD his God:"
2 Chronicles 14:4: "to seek the LORD God of their fathers, and to do the law and the commandment."
2 Chronicles 14:7: "we have sought the LORD our God, we have sought him, and he hath given us rest on every side."
2 Chronicles 14:11: "unto the LORD his God, and said, LORD, it is nothing with"
2 Chronicles 14:11: "power: help us, O LORD our God; for we rest on thee, and in thy name"









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