אֱלֹהִים
e.lo.him
This name means "gods" (plural intensive-singular meaning), "God"
Another name of ye.ho.vah (יהוה "LORD" H3068G)
Lexicon: STEPBible Tyndale House Brief Lexicons (TBESH / TBESG) (CC BY 4.0)
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- Ezra 4:2 לֵֽאלֹהֵיכֶ֑ם
they approached Zerubbabel and the heads of the families, saying, “Let us build with you because, like you, we seek your God and have been sacrificing to Him since the time of King Esar-haddon of Assyria, who brought us here.”
- Ezra 4:3 לֵאלֹהֵ֑ינוּאֱלֹהֵ֣י
But Zerubbabel, Jeshua, and the other heads of the families of Israel replied, “You have no part with us in building a house for our God, since we alone must build it for the LORD, the God of Israel, as Cyrus king of Persia has commanded us.”
- Ezra 6:21 אֱלֹהֵ֥י
The Israelites who had returned from exile ate it, together with all who had separated themselves from the uncleanness of the peoples of the land to seek the LORD, the God of Israel.
- Ezra 6:22 הָאֱלֹהִ֖יםאֱלֹהֵ֥י
For seven days they kept the Feast of Unleavened Bread with joy, because the LORD had made them joyful and turned the heart of the king of Assyria toward them to strengthen their hands in the work on the house of the God of Israel.
- Ezra 7:6 אֱלֹהֵ֣יאֱלֹהָיו֙
this Ezra came up from Babylon. He was a scribe skilled in the Law of Moses, which the LORD, the God of Israel, had given. The king had granted Ezra all his requests, for the hand of the LORD his God was upon him.
- Ezra 7:9 אֱלֹהָ֖יו
He had begun the journey from Babylon on the first day of the first month, and he arrived in Jerusalem on the first day of the fifth month, for the gracious hand of his God was upon him.
- Ezra 7:27 אֱלֹהֵ֣י
Blessed be the LORD, the God of our fathers, who has put into the heart of the king to so honor the house of the LORD in Jerusalem,
- Ezra 7:28 אֱלֹהַי֙
and who has shown me favor before the king, his counselors, and all his powerful officials. And because the hand of the LORD my God was upon me, I took courage and gathered the leaders of Israel to return with me.
- Ezra 8:17 אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ׃
And I sent them to Iddo, the leader at Casiphia, with a message for him and his kinsmen, the temple servants at Casiphia, that they should bring to us ministers for the house of our God.
- Ezra 8:18 אֱלֹהֵ֨ינוּ
And since the gracious hand of our God was upon us, they brought us Sherebiah—a man of insight from the descendants of Mahli son of Levi, the son of Israel—along with his sons and brothers, 18 men;
- Ezra 8:21 אֱלֹהֵ֑ינוּ
And there by the Ahava Canal I proclaimed a fast, so that we might humble ourselves before our God and ask Him for a safe journey for us and our children, with all our possessions.
- Ezra 8:22 אֱלֹהֵ֤ינוּ
For I was ashamed to ask the king for an escort of soldiers and horsemen to protect us from our enemies on the road, since we had told him, “The hand of our God is gracious to all who seek Him, but His great anger is against all who forsake Him.”
- Ezra 8:23 מֵאֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּ
So we fasted and petitioned our God about this, and He granted our request.
- Ezra 8:25 אֱלֹהֵ֗ינוּ
and I weighed out to them the contribution of silver and gold and the articles that the king, his counselors, his leaders, and all the Israelites there had offered for the house of our God.
- Ezra 8:28 אֱלֹהֵ֥י
Then I told them, “You are holy to the LORD, and these articles are holy. The silver and gold are a freewill offering to the LORD, the God of your fathers.
- Ezra 8:30 אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ׃פ
So the priests and Levites took charge of the silver and gold and sacred articles that had been weighed out to be taken to the house of our God in Jerusalem.
- Ezra 8:31 אֱלֹהֵ֙ינוּ֙
On the twelfth day of the first month we set out from the Ahava Canal to go to Jerusalem, and the hand of our God was upon us to protect us from the hands of the enemies and bandits along the way.
- Ezra 8:33 אֱלֹהֵ֗ינוּ
On the fourth day, in the house of our God, we weighed out the silver and gold and sacred articles into the hand of Meremoth son of Uriah, the priest. Eleazar son of Phinehas was with him, along with the Levites Jozabad son of Jeshua and Noadiah son of Binnui.
- Ezra 8:35 לֵאלֹהֵ֣י
Then the exiles who had returned from captivity sacrificed burnt offerings to the God of Israel: 12 bulls for all Israel, 96 rams, 77 lambs, and a sin offering of 12 male goats. All this was a burnt offering to the LORD.
- Ezra 8:36 הָאֱלֹהִֽים׃ס
They also delivered the king’s edicts to the royal satraps and governors of the region west of the Euphrates, who proceeded to assist the people and the house of God.
- Ezra 9:4 אֱלֹהֵֽי־
Then everyone who trembled at the words of the God of Israel gathered around me because of the unfaithfulness of the exiles, while I sat there in horror until the evening offering.
- Ezra 9:5 אֱלֹהָֽי׃
At the evening offering, I got up from my humiliation with my tunic and cloak torn, and I fell on my knees, spread out my hands to the LORD my God,
- Ezra 9:6 אֱלֹהַי֙אֱלֹהַ֛י
and said: “O my God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift up my face to You, my God, because our iniquities are higher than our heads, and our guilt has reached the heavens.
- Ezra 9:8 אֱלֹהֵ֗ינוּאֱלֹהֵ֔ינוּ
But now, for a brief moment, grace has come from the LORD our God to preserve for us a remnant and to give us a stake in His holy place. Even in our bondage, our God has given us new life and light to our eyes.
- Ezra 9:9 אֱלֹהֵ֑ינוּאֱלֹהֵ֙ינוּ֙
Though we are slaves, our God has not forsaken us in our bondage, but He has extended to us grace in the sight of the kings of Persia, giving us new life to rebuild the house of our God and repair its ruins, and giving us a wall of protection in Judah and Jerusalem.
- Ezra 9:10 אֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּ
And now, our God, what can we say after this? For we have forsaken the commandments
- Ezra 9:13 אֱלֹהֵ֗ינוּ
After all that has come upon us because of our evil deeds and our great guilt (though You, our God, have punished us less than our iniquities deserve and have given us such a remnant as this),
- Ezra 9:15 אֱלֹהֵ֤י
O LORD, God of Israel, You are righteous! For we remain this day as a remnant. Here we are before You in our guilt, though because of it no one can stand before You.”
- Ezra 10:1 הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים
While Ezra prayed and made this confession, weeping and falling facedown before the house of God, a very large assembly of Israelites—men, women, and children—gathered around him, and the people wept bitterly as well.
- Ezra 10:2 בֵאלֹהֵ֔ינוּ
Then Shecaniah son of Jehiel, an Elamite, said to Ezra: “We have been unfaithful to our God by marrying foreign women from the people of the land, yet in spite of this, there is hope for Israel.
- Ezra 10:3 לֵ֠אלֹהֵינוּאֱלֹהֵ֑ינוּ
So now let us make a covenant before our God to send away all the foreign wives and their children, according to the counsel of my lord and of those who tremble at the command of our God. Let it be done according to the Law.
- Ezra 10:6 הָֽאֱלֹהִ֔ים
Then Ezra withdrew from before the house of God and walked to the chamber of Jehohanan son of Eliashib. And while he stayed there, he ate no food and drank no water, because he was mourning over the unfaithfulness of the exiles.
- Ezra 10:9 הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים
So within the three days, all the men of Judah and Benjamin assembled in Jerusalem, and on the twentieth day of the ninth month, all the people sat in the square at the house of God, trembling regarding this matter and because of the heavy rain.
- Ezra 10:11 אֱלֹהֵֽי־
Now, therefore, make a confession to the LORD, the God of your fathers, and do His will. Separate yourselves from the people of the land and from your foreign wives.”
- Ezra 10:14 אֱלֹהֵ֙ינוּ֙
Let our leaders represent the whole assembly. Then let everyone in our towns who has married a foreign woman come at an appointed time, together with the elders and judges of each town, until the fierce anger of our God in this matter is turned away from us.”
- Nehemiah 1:4 אֱלֹהֵ֥י
When I heard these words, I sat down and wept. I mourned for days, fasting and praying before the God of heaven.
- Nehemiah 1:5 אֱלֹהֵ֣י
Then I said: “O LORD, God of heaven, the great and awesome God who keeps His covenant of loving devotion with those who love Him and keep His commandments,
- Nehemiah 2:4 אֱלֹהֵ֖י
“What is your request?” replied the king. So I prayed to the God of heaven
- Nehemiah 2:8 אֱלֹהַ֖י
And may I have a letter to Asaph, keeper of the king’s forest, so that he will give me timber to make beams for the gates of the citadel to the temple, for the city wall, and for the house I will occupy.” And because the gracious hand of my God was upon me, the king granted my requests.
- Nehemiah 2:12 אֱלֹהַי֙
I set out at night with a few men. I did not tell anyone what my God had laid on my heart to do for Jerusalem. The only animal with me was the one on which I was riding.
- Nehemiah 2:18 אֱלֹהַ֗י
I also told them about the gracious hand of my God upon me, and what the king had said to me. “Let us start rebuilding,” they replied, and they set their hands to this good work.
- Nehemiah 2:20 אֱלֹהֵ֣י
So I answered them and said, “The God of heaven is the One who will grant us success. We, His servants, will start rebuilding, but you have no portion, right, or claim in Jerusalem.”
- Nehemiah 4:4 אֱלֹהֵ֙ינוּ֙
Hear us, O God, for we are despised. Turn their scorn back upon their own heads, and let them be taken as plunder to a land of captivity.
- Nehemiah 4:9 אֱלֹהֵ֑ינוּ
So we prayed to our God and posted a guard against them day and night.
- Nehemiah 4:15 הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים
When our enemies heard that we were aware of their scheme and that God had frustrated it, each of us returned to his own work on the wall.
- Nehemiah 4:20 אֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּ
Wherever you hear the sound of the horn, rally to us there. Our God will fight for us!”
- Nehemiah 5:9 אֱלֹהֵ֙ינוּ֙
So I continued, “What you are doing is not right. Shouldn’t you walk in the fear of our God to avoid the reproach of our foreign enemies?
- Nehemiah 5:13 הָֽאֱלֹהִ֟ים
I also shook out the folds of my robe and said, “May God likewise shake out of His house and possession every man who does not keep this promise. May such a man be shaken out and have nothing!” The whole assembly said, “Amen,” and they praised the LORD. And the people did as they had promised.
- Nehemiah 5:15 אֱלֹהִֽים׃
The governors before me had heavily burdened the people, taking from them bread and wine plus forty shekels of silver. Their servants also oppressed the people, but I did not do this because of my fear of God.
- Nehemiah 5:19 אֱלֹהַ֖י
Remember me favorably, O my God, for all that I have done for this people.