Strong's Concordance

אֱלֹהִים

ʼĕlôhîym/el-o-heem'/
H430hebrew

Part of speech

Definition

plural of H433 (אֱלוֹהַּ); gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative

KJV usage

angels, [idiom] exceeding, God (gods) (-dess, -ly), [idiom] (very) great, judges, [idiom] mighty

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2,249 verses

  1. That ye may remember, and do all my commandments, and be holy unto your God.

  2. I am the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the LORD your God.

  3. Seemeth it but a small thing unto you, that the God of Israel hath separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to himself to do the service of the tabernacle of the LORD, and to stand before the congregation to minister unto them?

  4. And they fell upon their faces, and said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and wilt thou be wroth with all the congregation?

  5. And the people spake against God, and against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for there is no bread, neither is there any water; and our soul loatheth this light bread.

  6. And God came unto Balaam, and said, What men are these with thee?

  7. And Balaam said unto God, Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, hath sent unto me, saying,

  8. And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou shalt not curse the people: for they are blessed.

  9. And Balaam answered and said unto the servants of Balak, If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of the LORD my God, to do less or more.

  10. And God came unto Balaam at night, and said unto him, If the men come to call thee, rise up, and go with them; but yet the word which I shall say unto thee, that shalt thou do.

  11. And God's anger was kindled because he went: and the angel of the LORD stood in the way for an adversary against him. Now he was riding upon his ass, and his two servants were with him.

  12. And Balaam said unto Balak, Lo, I am come unto thee: have I now any power at all to say any thing? the word that God putteth in my mouth, that shall I speak.

  13. And God met Balaam: and he said unto him, I have prepared seven altars, and I have offered upon every altar a bullock and a ram.

  14. He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel: the LORD his God is with him, and the shout of a king is among them.

  15. And Balak said unto Balaam, Come, I pray thee, I will bring thee unto another place; peradventure it will please God that thou mayest curse me them from thence.

  16. And Balaam lifted up his eyes, and he saw Israel abiding in his tents according to their tribes; and the spirit of God came upon him.

  17. And they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods: and the people did eat, and bowed down to their gods.

  18. And he shall have it, and his seed after him, even the covenant of an everlasting priesthood; because he was zealous for his God, and made an atonement for the children of Israel.

  19. Let the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation,

  20. For the Egyptians buried all their firstborn, which the LORD had smitten among them: upon their gods also the LORD executed judgments.

  21. The LORD our God spake unto us in Horeb, saying, Ye have dwelt long enough in this mount:

  22. The LORD your God hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude.

  23. (The LORD God of your fathers make you a thousand times so many more as ye are, and bless you, as he hath promised you!)

  24. Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God's: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring it unto me, and I will hear it.

  25. And when we departed from Horeb, we went through all that great and terrible wilderness, which ye saw by the way of the mountain of the Amorites, as the LORD our God commanded us; and we came to Kadeshbarnea.