אֱלֹהִים
Part of speech
A noun names a person, place, thing, or abstract idea. In Biblical Hebrew, nouns carry grammatical gender and inflect for number, governing the agreement of adjectives and verbs around them. Here it is grammatically masculine.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
All occurrences in KJV
2,249 verses
O my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind.
Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O LORD of hosts, my King, and my God.
They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God.
O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah.
Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed.
For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine anger toward us to cease.
Preserve my soul; for I am holy: O thou my God, save thy servant that trusteth in thee.
Among the gods there is none like unto thee, O Lord; neither are there any works like unto thy works.
For thou art great, and doest wondrous things: thou art God alone.
I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart: and I will glorify thy name for evermore.
O God, the proud are risen against me, and the assemblies of violent men have sought after my soul; and have not set thee before them.
Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God. Selah.
O LORD God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee:
O LORD God of hosts, who is a strong LORD like unto thee? or to thy faithfulness round about thee?
Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations.
And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.
I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.
Those that be planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of our God.
Yet they say, The LORD shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard it.
But the LORD is my defence; and my God is the rock of my refuge.
And he shall bring upon them their own iniquity, and shall cut them off in their own wickedness; yea, the LORD our God shall cut them off.
For the LORD is a great God, and a great King above all gods.
For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. To day if ye will hear his voice,