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)
Translated as (BSB)
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- Genesis 35:4 אֱלֹהֵ֤י
So they gave Jacob all their foreign gods and all their earrings, and Jacob buried them under the oak near Shechem.
- Genesis 35:5 אֱלֹהִ֗ים
As they set out, a terror from God fell over the surrounding cities, so that they did not pursue Jacob’s sons.
- Genesis 35:7 הָֽאֱלֹהִ֔ים
There Jacob built an altar, and he called that place El-bethel, because it was there that God had revealed Himself to Jacob as he fled from his brother.
- Genesis 35:9 אֱלֹהִ֤ים
After Jacob had returned from Paddan-aram, God appeared to him again and blessed him.
- Genesis 35:10 אֱלֹהִ֖ים
And God said to him, “Though your name is Jacob, you will no longer be called Jacob. Instead, your name will be Israel.” So God named him Israel.
- Genesis 35:11 אֱלֹהִ֜ים
And God told him, “I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation—even a company of nations—shall come from you, and kings shall descend from you.
- Genesis 35:13 אֱלֹהִ֑ים
Then God went up from the place where He had spoken with him.
- Genesis 35:15 אֱלֹהִ֖ים
Jacob called the place where God had spoken with him Bethel.
- Genesis 39:9 לֵֽאלֹהִֽים׃
No one in this house is greater than I am. He has withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. So how could I do such a great evil and sin against God?”
- Genesis 40:8 לֵֽאלֹהִים֙
“We both had dreams,” they replied, “but there is no one to interpret them.” Then Joseph said to them, “Don’t interpretations belong to God? Tell me your dreams.”
- Genesis 41:16 אֱלֹהִ֕ים
“I myself cannot do it,” Joseph replied, “but God will give Pharaoh a sound answer.”
- Genesis 41:25 הָאֱלֹהִ֛ים
At this, Joseph said to Pharaoh, “The dreams of Pharaoh are one and the same. God has revealed to Pharaoh what He is about to do.
- Genesis 41:28 הָאֱלֹהִ֛ים
It is just as I said to Pharaoh: God has shown Pharaoh what He is about to do.
- Genesis 41:32 הָאֱלֹהִ֔יםהָאֱלֹהִ֖ים
Moreover, because the dream was given to Pharaoh in two versions, the matter has been decreed by God, and He will carry it out shortly.
- Genesis 41:38 אֱלֹהִ֖ים
So Pharaoh asked them, “Can we find anyone like this man, in whom the Spirit of God abides?”
- Genesis 41:39 אֱלֹהִ֛ים
Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Since God has made all this known to you, there is no one as discerning and wise as you.
- Genesis 41:51 אֱלֹהִים֙
Joseph named the firstborn Manasseh, saying, “God has made me forget all my hardship and all my father’s household.”
- Genesis 41:52 אֱלֹהִ֖ים
And the second son he named Ephraim, saying, “God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.”
- Genesis 42:18 הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים
and on the third day he said to them, “I fear God. So do this and you will live:
- Genesis 42:28 אֱלֹהִ֖ים
“My silver has been returned!” he said to his brothers. “It is here in my sack.” Their hearts sank, and trembling, they turned to one another and said, “What is this that God has done to us?”
- Genesis 43:23 אֱלֹ֨הֵיכֶ֜םוֵֽאלֹהֵ֤י
“It is fine,” said the steward. “Do not be afraid. Your God, the God of your father, gave you the treasure that was in your sacks. I received your silver.” Then he brought Simeon out to them.
- Genesis 43:29 אֱלֹהִ֥ים
When Joseph looked up and saw his brother Benjamin, his own mother’s son, he asked, “Is this your youngest brother, the one you told me about?” Then he declared, “May God be gracious to you, my son.”
- Genesis 44:16 הָאֱלֹהִ֗ים
“What can we say to my lord?” Judah replied. “How can we plead? How can we justify ourselves? God has exposed the iniquity of your servants. We are now my lord’s slaves—both we and the one who was found with the cup.”
- Genesis 45:5 אֱלֹהִ֖ים
And now, do not be distressed or angry with yourselves that you sold me into this place, because it was to save lives that God sent me before you.
- Genesis 45:7 אֱלֹהִים֙
God sent me before you to preserve you as a remnant on the earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance.
- Genesis 45:8 הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים
Therefore it was not you who sent me here, but God, who has made me a father to Pharaoh—lord of all his household and ruler over all the land of Egypt.
- Genesis 45:9 אֱלֹהִ֛ים
Now return quickly to my father and tell him, ‘This is what your son Joseph says: God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me without delay.
- Genesis 46:1 לֵאלֹהֵ֖י
So Israel set out with all that he had, and when he came to Beersheba, he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.
- Genesis 46:2 אֱלֹהִ֤ים׀
And that night God spoke to Israel in a vision: “Jacob, Jacob!” He said. “Here I am,” replied Jacob.
- Genesis 46:3 אֱלֹהֵ֣י
“I am God,” He said, “the God of your father. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you into a great nation there.
- Genesis 48:9 אֱלֹהִ֖ים
Joseph said to his father, “They are the sons God has given me in this place.” So Jacob said, “Please bring them to me, that I may bless them.”
- Genesis 48:11 אֱלֹהִ֖ים
“I never expected to see your face again,” Israel said to Joseph, “but now God has let me see your children as well.”
- Genesis 48:15 הָֽאֱלֹהִ֡יםהָֽאֱלֹהִים֙
Then he blessed Joseph and said: “May the God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, the God who has been my shepherd all my life to this day,
- Genesis 48:20 אֱלֹהִ֔ים
So that day Jacob blessed them and said: “By you shall Israel pronounce this blessing: ‘May God make you like Ephraim and Manasseh.’” So he put Ephraim before Manasseh.
- Genesis 48:21 אֱלֹהִים֙
Then Israel said to Joseph, “Look, I am about to die, but God will be with you and bring you back to the land of your fathers.
- Genesis 50:17 אֱלֹהֵ֣י
‘This is what you are to say to Joseph: I beg you, please forgive the transgression and sin of your brothers, for they did you wrong.’ So now, Joseph, please forgive the transgression of the servants of the God of your father.” When their message came to him, Joseph wept.
- Genesis 50:19 אֱלֹהִ֖ים
But Joseph replied, “Do not be afraid. Am I in the place of God?
- Genesis 50:20 אֱלֹהִים֙
As for you, what you intended against me for evil, God intended for good, in order to accomplish a day like this—to preserve the lives of many people.
- Genesis 50:24 וֵֽאלֹהִ֞ים
Then Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die, but God will surely visit you and bring you up from this land to the land He promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”
- Genesis 50:25 אֱלֹהִים֙
And Joseph made the sons of Israel take an oath and said, “God will surely attend to you, and then you must carry my bones up from this place.”
- Exodus 1:17 הָ֣אֱלֹהִ֔ים
The midwives, however, feared God and did not do as the king of Egypt had instructed; they let the boys live.
- Exodus 1:20 אֱלֹהִ֖ים
So God was good to the midwives, and the people multiplied and became even more numerous.
- Exodus 1:21 הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים
And because the midwives feared God, He gave them families of their own.
- Exodus 2:23 הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים
After a long time, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned and cried out under their burden of slavery, and their cry for deliverance from bondage ascended to God.
- Exodus 2:24 אֱלֹהִ֖יםאֱלֹהִים֙
So God heard their groaning, and He remembered His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
- Exodus 2:25 אֱלֹהִ֖יםאֱלֹהִֽים׃ס
God saw the Israelites and took notice.
- Exodus 3:1 הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים
Meanwhile, Moses was shepherding the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian. He led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.
- Exodus 3:4 אֱלֹהִ֜ים
When the LORD saw that he had gone over to look, God called out to him from within the bush, “Moses, Moses!” “Here I am,” he answered.
- Exodus 3:6 אֱלֹהֵ֣יאֱלֹהֵ֧יאֱלֹהֵ֥יוֵאלֹהֵ֣יהָאֱלֹהִֽים׃
Then He said, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” At this, Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at God.
- Exodus 3:11 הָ֣אֱלֹהִ֔ים
But Moses asked God, “Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?”