אֱלֹהִים2570 H0430
God (of Israel); gods (pagan deities); god or goddess (foreign deity)
3. god or goddess (foreign deity) — A single foreign deity — 'the god of Ekron' (2 Ki 1:2), 'Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians' (1 Ki 11:5, 33), or 'their god' referring to a specific pagan deity; identified by Arabic إِلٰه/إِلَهَة (singular), Korean 신, Spanish dios/diosa, Hindi देवता. 14×
AR["إِلهِهِمْ","إِلَهٌ","إِلَهَةِ","إِلَهِ","إِلَهِهِمْ","إِلٰهَ","اللَّٰهِ"]·ben["ঈশ্বর","ঈশ্বরের।","তাদের-দেবতার","দেবতা","দেবতার","দেবী"]·DE["Gott","god-von","goddess-von","ihr-elohim","ihr-gott"]·EN["god","god-of","goddess-of","their-elohim","their-god"]·FR["Dieu","god-de","goddess-de","leur-dieu","leur-elohim"]·heb["אלוהי","אלוהיהם","אלוהים"]·HI["अपने-देवता","उनके-देवता-के","एलोहीम","एलोहीम-का","देवता"]·ID["Allah","allah","allah,","allah-mereka","allah."]·IT["Dio","dio-di","goddess-di","loro-dio"]·jav["allah","allah-ipun","dewa","dewa.","dewanipun","déwanipun"]·KO["그들의-신","신","신-그들의-의","하나님","하나님의","하나님이라"]·PT["'Elohim-deles","deus","deus-de","deuses","eloah-de","seu-deus"]·RU["бог","бога","бога-их","бога-своего","богине","богини","богов","богу","богу-их"]·ES["Elohim","dios-de","diosa-de","su-dios"]·SW["mungu","mungu-wa","mungu-wao"]·TR["Tanrı'nın","ilahi","ilahlarının","tanrı","tanrılarına","tanrılarını","tanrısı","tanrıçesi"]·urd["اپنے-معبود","خدا","خدا-کا","دیوتا","معبود","معبود-اپنے-کے","معبودہ"]
Judg 9:27, Judg 16:23, Judg 16:24, 1 Kgs 11:5, 1 Kgs 11:33, 1 Kgs 11:33, 1 Kgs 11:33, 2 Kgs 1:2, 2 Kgs 1:3, 2 Kgs 1:6, 2 Kgs 1:16, Ezek 28:2 (+2 more)
▼ 3 more senses below
Senses
1. God (of Israel) — The one true God, YHWH, the God of Israel — the dominant sense of Elohim throughout the Hebrew Bible, used with the article, in construct chains, with pronominal suffixes and prepositions, always referring to the covenant God. 2502×
AR["الإِلَهُ","الإِلَهِ","اللهُ","اللهِ"]·ben["ঈশ্বর"]·DE["Gott"]·EN["Elohim"]·FR["Dieu"]·heb["אלוהים"]·HI["एलोहीम","एलोहीम-ने","परमेश्वर","परमेश्वर-ने"]·ID["Allah"]·IT["Dio"]·jav["Gusti-Allah"]·KO["하나님-이","하나님이"]·PT["'Elohim","Deus"]·RU["Бог"]·ES["Dios","Elohim"]·SW["Mungu"]·TR["Tanrı"]·urd["خدا","خدا-نے"]
2. gods (pagan deities) — Foreign or pagan gods in the plural — the deities of the surrounding nations, as in 'the gods of Egypt' or 'you shall have no other gods'; identified by Arabic آلِهَة, Korean 신들, Swahili miungu, Hindi देवताओं, Spanish dioses. 81×
AR["آلِهَةً","آلِهَةٍ","إلهاً","اللّٰهِ","لِ-آلِهَةٍ"]·ben["ঈশ্বর","দেবতা","দেবতাদের","দেবতাদের-কে"]·DE["elohim"]·EN["elohim"]·FR["dieu","elohim","élohim"]·heb["אלוהים","ל-אלוהים"]·HI["एलोहीम","एलोहीम-की","एलोहीम-के","देव","देवताओं","देवताओं-का","देवताओं-की","देवताओं-को","परमेश्वर"]·ID["allah","allah-allah","kepada-allah-allah"]·IT["Dio","dio"]·jav["allah","allah-allah","dhateng-déwa-déwa","déwa","déwa-déwa","para-allah"]·KO["신들을","신들이","신이","에-신들에게","하나님들","하나님들을","하나님의"]·PT["'elohim","a-deuses","deuses"]·RU["-богами","бог","богам","богами","богов","божий","элохим"]·ES["a-dioses","dios","dioses"]·SW["miungu","mungu","ya-mungu"]·TR["ilahlara","tanrılar","tanrılara","tanrılardan","tanrıların"]·urd["خداؤں","معبود","معبودوں","معبودوں-کا","معبودوں-کو","معبودوں-کی","معبودوں-کے"]
Gen 35:2, Gen 35:4, Exod 12:12, Exod 20:23, Exod 22:20, Exod 32:31, Exod 34:17, Deut 6:14, Deut 7:4, Deut 8:19, Deut 11:16, Deut 11:28 (+38 more)
4. sense 4 2×
AR["إِلهاً"]·ben["ঈশ্বর-রূপে"]·DE["wie-Gott","wie-elohim"]·EN["as-Elohim","as-elohim"]·FR["comme-Dieu","comme-elohim"]·heb["ל-אלוהים"]·HI["देवता","परमेश्वर-के-रूप-में"]·ID["Allah","menjadi-allah"]·IT["come-Dio","come-dio"]·jav["Gusti-Allahipun","dados-allah"]·KO["신-으로","에-하나님이"]·PT["para-'Elohim","para-deus"]·RU["Богом","богом"]·ES["para-Elohim","por-dios"]·SW["Mungu","kuwa-mungu"]·TR["Tanrı-olarak","için-elohim"]·urd["-خدا","معبود-کے-طور-پر"]
BDB / Lexicon Reference
אֱלֹהִים2570 n.m.pl. (f. 1 K 11:33; on number of occurrences of אֵל, אֱלוֹהַּ, אֱלֹהִים cf. also Nesl.c.) 1. pl. in number. †a. rulers, judges, either as divine representatives at sacred places or as reflecting divine majesty and power: האלהים Ex 21:6 (Onk 𝔖, but τὸ κριτήριον τοῦ Θεοῦ 𝔊) 22:7, 8; אלהים 22:8, 27 (𝔗 Ra AE Ew RVm; but gods, 𝔊 Josephus Philo AV; God, Di RV; all Covt. code of E)…