Elohim

E482403

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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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Elohim canonical	2
Yahweh	2
El (God)	1
God of truth	1
“El” as name of the high god	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4842653 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Elohim
Context triple: [Names of God in Judaism, includesName, Elohim]

A. Shaddai
Shaddai is a Hebrew name for God, often associated with divine protection and power in Jewish tradition.
B. Eledumare
Eledumare is the supreme creator deity in Yoruba religion, revered as the all-powerful source of existence and ultimate authority over the universe.
C. חַוָּה
חַוָּה is the Hebrew name of Eve, the first woman in the biblical creation narrative in the Book of Genesis.
D. Adonai
Adonai is a Hebrew title for God, meaning "Lord," traditionally used in Jewish prayer and scripture reading in place of pronouncing the divine name YHWH.
E. Demiurge
The Demiurge is a divine craftsman figure in Platonic philosophy who orders pre-existing chaos into a rational, structured cosmos.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

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

A. Shaddai
Shaddai is a Hebrew name for God, often associated with divine protection and power in Jewish tradition.
B. Eledumare
Eledumare is the supreme creator deity in Yoruba religion, revered as the all-powerful source of existence and ultimate authority over the universe.
C. חַוָּה
חַוָּה is the Hebrew name of Eve, the first woman in the biblical creation narrative in the Book of Genesis.
D. Adonai
Adonai is a Hebrew title for God, meaning "Lord," traditionally used in Jewish prayer and scripture reading in place of pronouncing the divine name YHWH.
E. Demiurge
The Demiurge is a divine craftsman figure in Platonic philosophy who orders pre-existing chaos into a rational, structured cosmos.
F. None of above. chosen

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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

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

Names of God in Judaism → includesName → 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)

Netzach → angelicOrder → Elohim ⓘ

Bull El → semanticComponent → Elohim ⓘ

this entity surface form: “El” as name of the high god

Abiram → punishedBy → Elohim ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yahweh

Phinehas → rewardedBy → Elohim ⓘ