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
Thou art my God, and I will praise thee: thou art my God, I will exalt thee.
Depart from me, ye evildoers: for I will keep the commandments of my God.
Because of the house of the LORD our God I will seek thy good.
Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes wait upon the LORD our God, until that he have mercy upon us.
Ye that stand in the house of the LORD, in the courts of the house of our God,
For I know that the LORD is great, and that our Lord is above all gods.
O give thanks unto the God of gods: for his mercy endureth for ever.
I will praise thee with my whole heart: before the gods will I sing praise unto thee.
Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: thy spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness.
I will sing a new song unto thee, O God: upon a psaltery and an instrument of ten strings will I sing praises unto thee.
Happy is that people, that is in such a case: yea, happy is that people, whose God is the LORD.
I will extol thee, my God, O king; and I will bless thy name for ever and ever.
While I live will I praise the LORD: I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being.
Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God:
The LORD shall reign for ever, even thy God, O Zion, unto all generations. Praise ye the LORD.
Praise ye the LORD: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely.
Sing unto the LORD with thanksgiving; sing praise upon the harp unto our God:
Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Zion.
Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.
Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.
So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.
It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.
Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith.
There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This also I saw, that it was from the hand of God.