# H430 אֱלֹהִים

אֱלֹהִים (ʼĕlôhîym), Strong’s H430: 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…

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*ʼĕlôhîym* — 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…

Occurs 2595 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- 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

## Where it occurs
- [Genesis 1:1](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/1?v=1) — In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.
- [Genesis 1:2](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/1?v=2) — The earth was formless and empty. Darkness was on the surface of the deep and God’s Spirit was hovering over the…
- [Genesis 1:3](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/1?v=3) — God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.
- [Genesis 1:4](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/1?v=4) — God saw the light, and saw that it was good. God divided the light from the darkness.
- [Genesis 1:5](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/1?v=5) — God called the light “day”, and the darkness he called “night”. There was evening and there was morning, the first day.
- [Genesis 1:6](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/1?v=6) — God said, “Let there be an expanse in the middle of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.”
- [Genesis 1:7](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/1?v=7) — God made the expanse, and divided the waters which were under the expanse from the waters which were above the expanse…
- [Genesis 1:8](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/1?v=8) — God called the expanse “sky”. There was evening and there was morning, a second day.
- [Genesis 1:9](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/1?v=9) — God said, “Let the waters under the sky be gathered together to one place, and let the dry land appear;” and it was so.
- [Genesis 1:10](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/1?v=10) — God called the dry land “earth”, and the gathering together of the waters he called “seas”. God saw that it was good.