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Hebrew word study

אֱלֹהִיםʼĕlôhîym — gods in the ordinary sense

Pronounced “el-o-heem'”

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

Translated in the King James as: angels, exceeding, God (gods) (-dess, -ly), (very) great, judges, mighty.

Appears 2,597 times in Scripture

Origin: plural of H433 (אֱלוֹהַּ);

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Where it appears

Genesis — 219×
Genesis 1:1Genesis 1:2Genesis 1:3Genesis 1:4Genesis 1:5Genesis 1:6Genesis 1:7Genesis 1:8Genesis 1:9Genesis 1:10Genesis 1:11Genesis 1:12Genesis 1:14Genesis 1:16Genesis 1:17Genesis 1:18Genesis 1:20Genesis 1:21Genesis 1:22Genesis 1:24Genesis 1:25Genesis 1:26Genesis 1:27Genesis 1:28Genesis 1:29+ 194 more in Genesis
Exodus — 139×
Exodus 1:17Exodus 1:20Exodus 1:21Exodus 2:23Exodus 2:24Exodus 2:25Exodus 3:1Exodus 3:4Exodus 3:6Exodus 3:11Exodus 3:12Exodus 3:13Exodus 3:14Exodus 3:15Exodus 3:16Exodus 3:18Exodus 4:5Exodus 4:16Exodus 4:20Exodus 4:27Exodus 5:1Exodus 5:3Exodus 5:8Exodus 6:2Exodus 6:7+ 114 more in Exodus
Leviticus — 53×
Leviticus 2:13Leviticus 4:22Leviticus 11:44Leviticus 11:45Leviticus 18:2Leviticus 18:4Leviticus 18:21Leviticus 18:30Leviticus 19:2Leviticus 19:3Leviticus 19:4Leviticus 19:10Leviticus 19:12Leviticus 19:14Leviticus 19:25Leviticus 19:31Leviticus 19:32Leviticus 19:34Leviticus 19:36Leviticus 20:7Leviticus 20:24Leviticus 21:6Leviticus 21:7Leviticus 21:8Leviticus 21:12+ 28 more in Leviticus
Numbers — 27×
Numbers 6:7Numbers 10:9Numbers 10:10Numbers 15:40Numbers 15:41Numbers 16:9Numbers 16:22Numbers 21:5Numbers 22:9Numbers 22:10Numbers 22:12Numbers 22:18Numbers 22:20Numbers 22:22Numbers 22:38Numbers 23:4Numbers 23:21Numbers 23:27Numbers 24:2Numbers 25:2Numbers 25:13Numbers 27:16Numbers 33:4+ 4 more in Numbers
Deuteronomy — 374×
Deuteronomy 1:6Deuteronomy 1:10Deuteronomy 1:11Deuteronomy 1:17Deuteronomy 1:19Deuteronomy 1:20Deuteronomy 1:21Deuteronomy 1:25Deuteronomy 1:26Deuteronomy 1:30Deuteronomy 1:31Deuteronomy 1:32Deuteronomy 1:41Deuteronomy 2:7Deuteronomy 2:29Deuteronomy 2:30Deuteronomy 2:33Deuteronomy 2:36Deuteronomy 2:37Deuteronomy 3:3Deuteronomy 3:18Deuteronomy 3:20Deuteronomy 3:21Deuteronomy 3:22Deuteronomy 4:1+ 349 more in Deuteronomy
Joshua — 76×
Joshua 1:9Joshua 1:11Joshua 1:13Joshua 1:15Joshua 1:17Joshua 2:11Joshua 3:3Joshua 3:9Joshua 4:5Joshua 4:23Joshua 4:24Joshua 7:13Joshua 7:19Joshua 7:20Joshua 8:7Joshua 8:30Joshua 9:9Joshua 9:18Joshua 9:19Joshua 9:23Joshua 9:24Joshua 10:19Joshua 10:40Joshua 10:42Joshua 13:14+ 51 more in Joshua
Judges — 71×
Judges 1:7Judges 2:3Judges 2:12Judges 2:17Judges 2:19Judges 3:6Judges 3:7Judges 3:20Judges 4:6Judges 4:23Judges 5:3Judges 5:5Judges 5:8Judges 6:8Judges 6:10Judges 6:20Judges 6:26Judges 6:31Judges 6:36Judges 6:39Judges 6:40Judges 7:14Judges 8:3Judges 8:33Judges 8:34+ 46 more in Judges
Ruth — 4×
Ruth 1:15Ruth 1:16Ruth 2:12+ 1 more in Ruth
1 Samuel — 100×
1 Sam 1:171 Sam 2:21 Sam 2:251 Sam 2:271 Sam 2:301 Sam 3:31 Sam 3:171 Sam 4:41 Sam 4:71 Sam 4:81 Sam 4:111 Sam 4:131 Sam 4:171 Sam 4:181 Sam 4:191 Sam 4:211 Sam 4:221 Sam 5:11 Sam 5:21 Sam 5:71 Sam 5:81 Sam 5:101 Sam 5:111 Sam 6:31 Sam 6:5+ 75 more in 1 Samuel
2 Samuel — 54×
2 Sam 2:272 Sam 3:92 Sam 3:352 Sam 5:102 Sam 6:22 Sam 6:32 Sam 6:42 Sam 6:62 Sam 6:72 Sam 6:122 Sam 7:22 Sam 7:222 Sam 7:232 Sam 7:242 Sam 7:252 Sam 7:262 Sam 7:272 Sam 7:282 Sam 9:32 Sam 10:122 Sam 12:72 Sam 12:162 Sam 14:112 Sam 14:132 Sam 14:14+ 29 more in 2 Samuel
1 Kings — 106×
1 Ki 1:171 Ki 1:301 Ki 1:361 Ki 1:471 Ki 1:481 Ki 2:31 Ki 2:231 Ki 3:51 Ki 3:71 Ki 3:111 Ki 3:281 Ki 4:291 Ki 5:31 Ki 5:41 Ki 5:51 Ki 8:151 Ki 8:171 Ki 8:201 Ki 8:231 Ki 8:251 Ki 8:261 Ki 8:271 Ki 8:281 Ki 8:571 Ki 8:59+ 81 more in 1 Kings
2 Kings — 97×
2 Ki 1:22 Ki 1:32 Ki 1:62 Ki 1:92 Ki 1:102 Ki 1:112 Ki 1:122 Ki 1:132 Ki 1:162 Ki 2:142 Ki 4:72 Ki 4:92 Ki 4:162 Ki 4:212 Ki 4:222 Ki 4:252 Ki 4:272 Ki 4:402 Ki 4:422 Ki 5:72 Ki 5:82 Ki 5:112 Ki 5:142 Ki 5:152 Ki 5:17+ 72 more in 2 Kings
1 Chronicles — 118×
1 Chr 4:101 Chr 5:201 Chr 5:221 Chr 5:251 Chr 5:261 Chr 6:481 Chr 6:491 Chr 9:111 Chr 9:131 Chr 9:261 Chr 9:271 Chr 10:101 Chr 11:21 Chr 11:191 Chr 12:171 Chr 12:181 Chr 12:221 Chr 13:21 Chr 13:31 Chr 13:51 Chr 13:61 Chr 13:71 Chr 13:81 Chr 13:101 Chr 13:12+ 93 more in 1 Chronicles
2 Chronicles — 203×
2 Chr 1:12 Chr 1:32 Chr 1:42 Chr 1:72 Chr 1:82 Chr 1:92 Chr 1:112 Chr 2:42 Chr 2:52 Chr 2:122 Chr 3:32 Chr 4:112 Chr 4:192 Chr 5:12 Chr 5:142 Chr 6:42 Chr 6:72 Chr 6:102 Chr 6:142 Chr 6:162 Chr 6:172 Chr 6:182 Chr 6:192 Chr 6:402 Chr 6:41+ 178 more in 2 Chronicles
Ezra — 55×
Ezra 1:2Ezra 1:3Ezra 1:4Ezra 1:5Ezra 1:7Ezra 2:68Ezra 3:2Ezra 3:8Ezra 3:9Ezra 4:1Ezra 4:2Ezra 4:3Ezra 6:21Ezra 6:22Ezra 7:6Ezra 7:9Ezra 7:27Ezra 7:28Ezra 8:17Ezra 8:18Ezra 8:21Ezra 8:22Ezra 8:23Ezra 8:25Ezra 8:28+ 30 more in Ezra
Nehemiah — 70×
Nehemiah 1:4Nehemiah 1:5Nehemiah 2:4Nehemiah 2:8Nehemiah 2:12Nehemiah 2:18Nehemiah 2:20Nehemiah 4:4Nehemiah 4:9Nehemiah 4:15Nehemiah 4:20Nehemiah 5:9Nehemiah 5:13Nehemiah 5:15Nehemiah 5:19Nehemiah 6:10Nehemiah 6:12Nehemiah 6:14Nehemiah 6:16Nehemiah 7:2Nehemiah 7:5Nehemiah 8:6Nehemiah 8:8Nehemiah 8:9Nehemiah 8:16+ 45 more in Nehemiah
Job — 17×
Job 1:1Job 1:5Job 1:6Job 1:8Job 1:9Job 1:16Job 1:22Job 2:1Job 2:3Job 2:9Job 2:10Job 5:8Job 20:29Job 28:23Job 32:2Job 34:9Job 38:7
Psalms — 365×
Psalms 3:2Psalms 3:7Psalms 4:1Psalms 5:2Psalms 5:10Psalms 7:1Psalms 7:3Psalms 7:9Psalms 7:10Psalms 7:11Psalms 8:5Psalms 9:17Psalms 10:4Psalms 10:13Psalms 13:3Psalms 14:1Psalms 14:2Psalms 14:5Psalms 18:6Psalms 18:21Psalms 18:28Psalms 18:29Psalms 18:31Psalms 18:46Psalms 20:1+ 340 more in Psalms
Proverbs — 5×
Proverbs 2:5Proverbs 2:17Proverbs 3:4Proverbs 25:2Proverbs 30:9
Ecclesiastes — 40×
Eccles 1:13Eccles 2:24Eccles 2:26Eccles 3:10Eccles 3:11Eccles 3:13Eccles 3:14Eccles 3:15Eccles 3:17Eccles 3:18Eccles 5:1Eccles 5:2Eccles 5:4Eccles 5:6Eccles 5:7Eccles 5:18Eccles 5:19Eccles 5:20Eccles 6:2Eccles 7:13Eccles 7:14Eccles 7:18Eccles 7:26Eccles 7:29Eccles 8:2+ 15 more in Ecclesiastes
Isaiah — 94×
Isaiah 1:10Isaiah 2:3Isaiah 7:11Isaiah 7:13Isaiah 8:19Isaiah 8:21Isaiah 13:19Isaiah 17:6Isaiah 17:10Isaiah 21:9Isaiah 21:10Isaiah 21:17Isaiah 24:15Isaiah 25:1Isaiah 25:9Isaiah 26:13Isaiah 28:26Isaiah 29:23Isaiah 30:18Isaiah 35:2Isaiah 35:4Isaiah 36:7Isaiah 36:18Isaiah 36:19Isaiah 36:20+ 69 more in Isaiah
Jeremiah — 145×
Jeremiah 1:16Jeremiah 2:11Jeremiah 2:17Jeremiah 2:19Jeremiah 2:28Jeremiah 3:13Jeremiah 3:21Jeremiah 3:22Jeremiah 3:23Jeremiah 3:25Jeremiah 5:4Jeremiah 5:5Jeremiah 5:7Jeremiah 5:14Jeremiah 5:19Jeremiah 5:24Jeremiah 7:3Jeremiah 7:6Jeremiah 7:9Jeremiah 7:18Jeremiah 7:21Jeremiah 7:23Jeremiah 7:28Jeremiah 8:14Jeremiah 9:15+ 120 more in Jeremiah
Ezekiel — 36×
Ezekiel 1:1Ezekiel 8:3Ezekiel 8:4Ezekiel 9:3Ezekiel 10:19Ezekiel 10:20Ezekiel 11:20Ezekiel 11:22Ezekiel 11:24Ezekiel 14:11Ezekiel 20:5Ezekiel 20:7Ezekiel 20:19Ezekiel 20:20Ezekiel 28:2Ezekiel 28:6Ezekiel 28:9Ezekiel 28:13Ezekiel 28:14Ezekiel 28:16Ezekiel 28:26Ezekiel 31:8Ezekiel 31:9Ezekiel 34:24Ezekiel 34:30+ 11 more in Ezekiel
Daniel — 22×
Daniel 1:2Daniel 1:9Daniel 1:17Daniel 9:3Daniel 9:4Daniel 9:9Daniel 9:10Daniel 9:11Daniel 9:13Daniel 9:14Daniel 9:15Daniel 9:17Daniel 9:18Daniel 9:19Daniel 9:20Daniel 10:12Daniel 11:8Daniel 11:32Daniel 11:37+ 3 more in Daniel
Hosea — 26×
Hosea 1:7Hosea 2:23Hosea 3:1Hosea 3:5Hosea 4:1Hosea 4:6Hosea 4:12Hosea 5:4Hosea 6:6Hosea 7:10Hosea 8:2Hosea 8:6Hosea 9:1Hosea 9:8Hosea 9:17Hosea 12:3Hosea 12:5Hosea 12:6Hosea 12:9Hosea 13:4Hosea 13:16Hosea 14:1Hosea 14:3+ 3 more in Hosea
Joel — 11×
Joel 1:13Joel 1:14Joel 1:16Joel 2:13Joel 2:14Joel 2:17Joel 2:23Joel 2:26Joel 2:27Joel 3:17+ 1 more in Joel
Amos — 14×
Amos 2:8Amos 3:13Amos 4:11Amos 4:12Amos 4:13Amos 5:14Amos 5:15Amos 5:16Amos 5:26Amos 5:27Amos 6:8Amos 6:14Amos 8:14Amos 9:15
Jonah — 16×
Jonah 1:5Jonah 1:6Jonah 1:9Jonah 2:1Jonah 2:6Jonah 3:3Jonah 3:5Jonah 3:8Jonah 3:9Jonah 3:10Jonah 4:6Jonah 4:7Jonah 4:8Jonah 4:9+ 2 more in Jonah
Micah — 11×
Micah 3:7Micah 4:2Micah 4:5Micah 5:4Micah 6:6Micah 6:8Micah 7:7Micah 7:10Micah 7:17+ 2 more in Micah
Nahum — 1×
Nahum 1:14
Habakkuk — 2×
Habakkuk 1:12Habakkuk 3:18
Zephaniah — 5×
Zeph 2:7Zeph 2:9Zeph 2:11Zeph 3:2Zeph 3:17
Haggai — 3×
Haggai 1:12Haggai 1:14+ 1 more in Haggai
Zechariah — 11×
Zech 6:15Zech 8:8Zech 8:23Zech 9:7Zech 9:16Zech 10:6Zech 11:4Zech 12:5Zech 12:8Zech 13:9Zech 14:5
Malachi — 7×
Malachi 2:15Malachi 2:16Malachi 2:17Malachi 3:8Malachi 3:14Malachi 3:15Malachi 3:18

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