Elohim

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Hebrew word theological concept theonym

Elohim is a Hebrew term for God used frequently in the Hebrew Bible, often emphasizing divine majesty, power, and authority.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Yahweh 2
El (God) 1
God of truth 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hebrew word ⓘ
theological concept ⓘ
theonym ⓘ
appearsIn Book of Exodus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Book of Genesis NERFINISHED ⓘ
Book of Psalms NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ketuvim NERFINISHED ⓘ
Neviim NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tanakh NERFINISHED ⓘ
Torah NERFINISHED ⓘ
category Hebrew divine titles ⓘ
names of God in Judaism ⓘ
connotation authority ⓘ
majesty ⓘ
power ⓘ
distinguishedFrom Adonai NERFINISHED ⓘ
YHWH NERFINISHED ⓘ
etymologyRoot El NERFINISHED ⓘ
field biblical Hebrew linguistics ⓘ
biblical theology ⓘ
firstBiblicalOccurrence Genesis 1:1 ⓘ
grammaticalFormOf Eloah NERFINISHED ⓘ
grammaticalGender masculine ⓘ
grammaticalNumber morphologically plural ⓘ
language Hebrew ⓘ
partOf Hebrew Bible vocabulary ⓘ
pluralUsageMeaning divine beings ⓘ
gods ⓘ
relatedTerm El NERFINISHED ⓘ
Eloah ⓘ
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ
Samaritanism ⓘ
roleInGenesis1 creator of heavens and earth ⓘ
script Hebrew alphabet NERFINISHED ⓘ
semanticField God NERFINISHED ⓘ
deity ⓘ
divinity ⓘ
theologicalInterpretation intensive plural ⓘ
plural of majesty ⓘ
translationInEnglishBibles God NERFINISHED ⓘ
gods ⓘ
typicalUsage singular reference to God of Israel ⓘ
typicalVerbAgreement singular in reference to God of Israel ⓘ
usedFor God of Israel NERFINISHED ⓘ
heavenly beings ⓘ
judges ⓘ
other gods ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Netzach → angelicOrder → Elohim ⓘ
the Father of Lies → contrastedWith → Elohim ⓘ
subject surface form: Father of Lies
this entity surface form: God of truth
Elias → etymologicalElement → Elohim ⓘ
this entity surface form: El (God)
Names of God in Judaism → includesName → Elohim ⓘ
Abiram → punishedBy → Elohim ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yahweh
Phinehas → rewardedBy → Elohim ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yahweh
Bull El → semanticComponent → Elohim ⓘ
this entity surface form: “El” as name of the high god