{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H430",
  "lemma": "אֱלֹהִים",
  "transliteration": "ʼĕlôhîym",
  "definition": "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…",
  "kjv": "angels, [idiom] exceeding, God (gods) (-dess, -ly), [idiom] (very) great, judges…",
  "occurrences": 2595,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "אֱלֹהִים 2570 n.m.pl.",
    "1. pl. in number.",
    "a. rulers, judges, either as divine representatives at sacred places or as reflecting divine majesty and power",
    "b. divine ones, superhuman beings including God and angels",
    "c. angels",
    "d. gods",
    "2. pl. intensive",
    "a. god or goddess",
    "b. godlike one",
    "c. works of God, or things belongng to him",
    "d. God",
    "3. הָאֱלֹהִים the (true) God",
    "4. אֱלֹהִים = God"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 1:1",
      "text": "In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/1?v=1"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 1:2",
      "text": "The earth was formless and empty. Darkness was on the surface of the deep and God’s Spirit was hovering over the…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/1?v=2"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 1:3",
      "text": "God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/1?v=3"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 1:4",
      "text": "God saw the light, and saw that it was good. God divided the light from the darkness.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/1?v=4"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 1:5",
      "text": "God called the light “day”, and the darkness he called “night”. There was evening and there was morning, the first day.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/1?v=5"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 1:6",
      "text": "God said, “Let there be an expanse in the middle of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.”",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/1?v=6"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 1:7",
      "text": "God made the expanse, and divided the waters which were under the expanse from the waters which were above the expanse…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/1?v=7"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 1:8",
      "text": "God called the expanse “sky”. There was evening and there was morning, a second day.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/1?v=8"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 1:9",
      "text": "God said, “Let the waters under the sky be gathered together to one place, and let the dry land appear;” and it was so.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/1?v=9"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 1:10",
      "text": "God called the dry land “earth”, and the gathering together of the waters he called “seas”. God saw that it was good.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/1?v=10"
    }
  ],
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