Definitions

1. Elohim (אֱלהִים) is a Hebrew word which expresses concepts of divinity or deity, notably used as a name of God in Judaism.
2. Elohim is the third word in the Hebrew text of Genesis and occurs frequently throughout the Hebrew Bible.
3. Elohim is what the Jews called angels and they're actually what early Christians based their belief in angels on.
4. Elohim is not found among all the Semitic races; the Aramaeans alone seem to have had an analogous form. (Web site)
5. If Elohim were an ordinary plural word, then the plural verb form bar'u בראו would have been used in this sentence instead. (Web site)

Eloah

1. The Hebrews had three common names of God, El, Elohim, and Eloah; besides, they had the proper name Yahweh. (Web site)

Cases

1. In other cases, Elohim acts as an ordinary plural of the word Eloah (אלוה), and refers to the polytheistic notion of multiple gods (for example, Ex.
2. In most cases, one referred to God as Yahweh while the other used the term Elohim.
3. In a few cases, where "Lord YHWH" (Adonai YHWH) appears, the combination is written as "Lord GOD" (Adonai elohim). (Web site)

Israel

1. From these same scriptures he knew God as Adonai Elohim, the Lord God of Israel. (Web site)

Point

1. Furthermore, we have to wonder at this point if Jephthah intended elohim as a "plural of dignity" when he applied it to the singular deity Chemosh.

Earth

1. This idea of the 70 nations of Earth, each ruled over by one of the Elohim (sons of God) is also found in Ugaritic texts. (Web site)

Concert

1. In this context, the Elohim may be a collective plural when the gods act in concert.

Referring

1. Such plural grammatical forms are in fact found in cases where Elohim has semantically plural reference (not referring to the God of Israel).

Source

1. The second identified source always referred to God as "Elohim", and was called the "E" source. (Web site)

Etymology

1. Discussions of the etymology of elohim essentially concern this expansion. (Web site)

Pantheon

1. Assembled on the holy mountain of heaven and ruled by one, the pantheon (Elohim) acts as one. (Web site)

Ark

1. Elohim cares about the dimensions of the ark, Yahweh cares about the clean animals.

Distinction

1. Much scholarly labour has been expended on how the distinction between Yahweh and `elohim might have been a clue to the original strands of the Pentateuch.

Singular

1. The Elohim as a pantheon might also have been considered a singular in the sense of m a collective plural when the gods act in concert. (Web site)
2. This doctrine was carried to Egypt, where this Trinity was worshiped under the name of Elohim, or in the singular as Eloah. (Web site)

Living Things

1. Elohim looked at the earth: it was corrupt, for corrupt were the ways of all living things on earth. (Web site)

Gods

1. As above, it is named because of its preferred use of "Elohim" (a generic title used to describe a god, God, or gods).
2. In the first or Elohim account, on the third day, after creating the dry land, Elohim (Gods) commanded, (Gen.
3. First we see a creation of everything by Elohim (Gods) in six days; then a creation of the heaven and naked earth by Yahveh in one day.

Hebrew Bible

1. The title most often used in the Hebrew Bible for God is Elohim, the generic Hebrew term for "god", El.

Polytheism

1. Part of their logic for their polytheism is that Elohim is plural, so there must be many gods. (Web site)
2. In this case, Elohim is used in the plural as a form of respect and not polytheism.

Father God

1. LDS - Father God (Elohim) is a resurrected man with a physical body. (Web site)

Hebrew

1. As above, it is named because of its preferred use of "Elohim" (Generic name for "god" in Hebrew).

Yhwh

1. This further provides a rationale for the interchange between YHWH and Elohim which is based on the literary structure of the Pentateuch. (Web site)

Meaning

1. Thus, it is argued, the meaning of Elohim therefore can mean one god, with many attributes.

Word God

1. However, the word God, in Hebrew, "Elohim," is also a general term for "heavenly power." This is true in Hebrew as well as other related Canaanite languages.

Names

1. Astruc made the beginning of progressive criticism by observing the distinction in usage of the two names for God, Elohim and Yhwh. (Web site)
2. He is Elohim, Jehovah, Adonai, El Gebor, and He is also spoken of by combinations of names, such as Jehovah-Elohim, Jehovah-Sabaoth, etc.

Name

1. A parallel history book (called E, from its use of the name Elohim, God) was produced in the Northern kingdom about a century later (circa 750).
2. For example, Genesis chapter 1 uses the name Elohim while Genesis chapter 2 uses the name YHWH. Patterns like this occur quite frequently in the Pentateuch.
3. The editors who supposedly inserted the Yahweh version were able to use both name, Elohim and Yahweh.

Word

1. The form of the word Elohim, with the ending -im, is plural and masculine, but the construction is usually singular, i.e. (Web site)
2. Etymology The etymology of the word Elohim is prehistoric, and therefore unknown. (Web site)

Deity

1. E was similar material that used the generic term for deity (elohim) in referring to God. (Web site)
2. The use of different names for deity, Yahweh and Elohim, provided the decisive clue for this hypothesis. (Web site)
3. As above, it is named because of its preferred use of "Elohim" (Generic name any heathen god or deity in Hebrew).

Mormonism

1. Mormonism says that Elohim had sex with Mary to birth Jesus.
2. In Mormonism, the word Elohim (also spelled Eloheim) usually refers specifically to God the Father, as a wholly separate and distinct being from Jesus.

Lawlessness

1. Elohim saw that the earth was corrupt and full of lawlessness. (Web site)

Seventh Day

1. The gods (Elohim) "rested [Heb., shabath, the sabbath] on the seventh day" (Gen.

Noah

1. Then Elohim said to Noah, 'Come out of the ark, you, your wife, your sons, and your sons' wives with you. (Web site)
2. Elohim said to Noah, 'I have decided that the end has come for all living things, for the earth is full of lawlessness because of human beings. (Web site)

Genesis

1. In certain sections of Genesis "Elohim" appears exclusively (Gen. (Web site)

Spirit

1. The meaning of Elohim is further complicated by the fact that it is used to describe the spirit of the dead prophet Samuel, raised by Saul in 1 Samuel 28:13.

Reverence

1. Eloah and Elohim, therefore, would be "He who is the object of fear or reverence," or "He with whom one who is afraid takes refuge". (Web site)

Old Testament

1. Some of the later writers in the Old Testament employ the appellative Elohim, God, prevailingly or exclusively: a collection of Psalms (Ps.

Three Words

1. The alternative polytheist theory would seem to explain why there are three words built on the same stem: El, Elohim, and eloah.

Plural Form

1. This also holds true for the various Hebrew words for God, which are "El" and "Elah", and the plural form "Elohim". (Web site)
2. The first is that the plural form "Elohim" is analogous to the royal plural as used in English.
3. Elohim has been explained as a plural form of Eloah or as plural derivative of El. (Web site)

God

1. When the Hebrew Bible uses elohim not in reference to God, it usually takes plural forms of the verb (for example, Exodus 20:3).
2. It uses the name "Elohim" to refer to God, prior to the revelation of the Divine Name given to Moses on Mt.
3. Noting that the first chapter of Genesis uses only the word "Elohim" for God, while in other sections the word Jehovah is used. (Web site)

Jehovah

1. One of these accounts consistently referred to God as "Elohim", or "The Lord", while the other account consistently referred to God by the name "Jehovah". (Web site)
2. In this section the combination Jehovah Elohim is expressive of the fact, that Jehovah is God, or one with Elohim. (Web site)
3. Jehovah is the Jewish name of the deity, and Elohim the title. (Web site)

Plural

1. The plural is Elohim, also translated in the Bible by the word God, in the singular.
2. When the Hebrew Bible uses elohim not in reference to God, it is plural (for example, Exodus 20:3). (Web site)
3. However, the word God in Hebrew (Elohim) is also a plural, meaning "powerful ones" or "rulers". (Web site)

Hebrew Word

1. The Hebrew word "elohim" is also used to refer to God in the Torah (and the Christian Old Testament), and this refers to a plural nature of God. (Web site)
2. The Hebrew word for God, elohim, is also generally found in the plural.

Yahweh Elohim

1. No, they could not call on Jesus, they called on the name of the Lord (Yahweh Elohim).

Yahweh

1. The Hebrew word for "God", Elohim, which has an inherent plurality, has the function as a surname as in Yahweh Elohim.
2. Two names of God are used, Elohim in the first account and Yahweh Elohim in the second account.
3. It happened enough to indicate that Bible writers had some difficulty deciding whether to call their Yahweh elohim (gods) or el (god).

Elohim

1. Astruc identified sources of diverse material in Genesis, based largely on the use of two different names for God in Hebrew - Yahweh and Elohim.
2. While it is true that the word for God in the Old Testament, Elohim, is a plural word, it is not a reference to three separate, distinct beings. (Web site)
3. El, the father god, has many divine sons, who are known by the plural of his name, Elohim, or El s. (Web site)

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