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Lexicon :: Strong's H430 - 'ĕlōhîm

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אֱלֹהִים
Transliteration
'ĕlōhîm
Pronunciation
el-o-heem'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 93c

Strong’s Definitions

אֱלֹהִים ʼĕlôhîym, el-o-heem'; plural of H433; 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:—angels, × exceeding, God (gods) (-dess, -ly), × (very) great, judges, × mighty.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 2,606x

The KJV translates Strong's H430 in the following manner: God (2,346x), god (244x), judge (5x), GOD (1x), goddess (2x), great (2x), mighty (2x), angels (1x), exceeding (1x), God-ward (with H4136) (1x), godly (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2,606x
The KJV translates Strong's H430 in the following manner: God (2,346x), god (244x), judge (5x), GOD (1x), goddess (2x), great (2x), mighty (2x), angels (1x), exceeding (1x), God-ward (with H4136) (1x), godly (1x).
  1. (plural)

    1. rulers, judges

    2. divine ones

    3. angels

    4. gods

  2. (plural intensive - singular meaning)

    1. god, goddess

    2. godlike one

    3. works or special possessions of God

    4. the (true) God

    5. God

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אֱלֹהִים ʼĕlôhîym, el-o-heem'; plural of H433; 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:—angels, × exceeding, God (gods) (-dess, -ly), × (very) great, judges, × mighty.
STRONGS H430: Abbreviations
אֱלֹהִים 2570 noun masculine plural (feminine 1 Kings 11:33; on number of occurrences of אֵל, אֱלוֺהַּ, אֱלֹהִים compare also Nesl.c.).
1. plural in number.
†a. rulers, judges, either as divine representatives at sacred places or as reflecting divine majesty and power: האלהים Exodus 21:6 (Onk Syriac Version, but τὸ κριτήριον τοῦ Θεοῦ Greek Version of the LXX) Exodus 22:7; Exodus 22:8; אלהים Exodus 22:8; Exodus 22:27 (Targum Ra AE Ew RVm; but gods, Greek Version of the LXX Josephus Philo AV; God, Di RV; all Covt. code of E) compare 1 Samuel 2:25 see Dr; Judges 5:8 (Ew, but gods Greek Version of the LXX; God Syriac Version BarHeb.; יהוה Vulgate Be) Psalm 82:1; Psalm 82:6 (De Ew Pe; but angels Bl Hup) Psalm 138:1 (Syriac Version Targum Rab Ki De; but angels Greek Version of the LXX Calv; God, Ew; gods, Hup Pe Che).
†b. divine ones, superhuman beings including God and angels Psalm 8:6 (De Che Br; but angels Greek Version of the LXX Syriac Version Targum Ew; God, RV and most moderns) Genesis 1:27 (if with Philo Targum Jerome De Che we interpret נעשה as God's consultation with angels; compare Job 38:7).
c. angels Psalm 97:7 (Greek Version of the LXX Syriac Version Calvin; but gods, Hup De Pe Che); compare בני (ה)אלהים = (the) sons of God, or sons of gods = angels Job 1:6; Job 2:1; Job 38:7; Genesis 6:2, 4 (J; so Greek Version of the LXX Books of Enoch & Jubilees Philo Jude Jude 1:6 2 Peter 2:4 JosAnt. i. 3. 1, most ancient fathers and modern critics; against usage are sons of princes, mighty men, Onk and Rab.; sons of God, the pious, Theod Chrys Jerome Augustine Luther Calvin Hengst; LXX of Lucian (Lag.) read οἱ υιὁὶ τοῦ Θεοῦ), compare בני אלים.
d. gods האלהים Exodus 18:11; Exodus 22:19 (E) 1 Samuel 4:8; 2 Chronicles 2:4; Psalm 86:8; אלהי האלהים the God of gods, supreme God Deuteronomy 10:17; Psalm 136:2; אלהים Exodus 32:1, 23 (JE) Judges 9:13; אלהים אחרים other gods Exodus 20:3; Exodus 23:13; Joshua 24:2, 16 (E) Deuteronomy 31:18, 20 (JE) Deuteronomy 5:7 + (17 times in D, not P) Judges 2:12, 17, 19; Judges 10:13; 1 Samuel 8:8; 1 Samuel 26:19; 1 Kings 9:6, 9 (= 2 Chronicles 7:19, 22) 2 Chronicles 11:4, 10; 2 Chronicles 14:9; 2 Kings 5:17; 2 Kings 17:35, 37, 38; 2 Kings 22:17 (= 2 Chronicles 34:25) 2 Chronicles 28:25; Jeremiah 1:16 + (18 times Jeremiah) Hosea 3:1; אלהי (ה)נכר foreign gods Genesis 35:2, 4; Joshua 24:20, 23 (E) Deuteronomy 31:16 (JE) Judges 10:16; 1 Samuel 7:3; 2 Chronicles 33:15; Jeremiah 5:19; נחור א׳ Genesis 31:53 (E); מצרים א׳ Exodus 12:12 (P) Jeremiah 43:12, 13; האמרי א׳ Joshua 24:15 (E) Judges 6:10; ארם א׳ etc. Judges 10:6; אלהים מעשה ידי Deuteronomy 4:28; הגוים א׳ gods of the nations 2 Kings 18:33; 2 Kings 19:12; Deuteronomy 29:17; 2 Chronicles 32:17, 19; Isaiah 36:18; Isaiah 37:12; העמים א׳ Deuteronomy 6:14; Deuteronomy 13:8; Judges 2:12; Psalm 96:5; 1 Chronicles 5:25; 1 Chronicles 16:26; 2 Chronicles 32:13, 14; כסף א׳ Exodus 20:23 (E); זהב א׳ Exodus 20:23 (E) Exodus 32:31 (JE); מַסֵּכָה א׳ Exodus 34:17 (J) Leviticus 19:4 (H).
2. Plural intensive.
a. god or goddess, always with suffix 1 Samuel 5:7 (Dagon), Judges 11:24 (Chemosh), 1 Kings 18:24 (Baal), Judges 9:27; Daniel 1:2 (twice in verse); or construct לעשתרת מואב צדנים לכמוש א׳ א׳ to Ashtoreth goddess of the Zidonians, Chemosh god of Moab, etc. 1 Kings 11:33; הארץ א׳ god of the land 2 Kings 17:26 (twice in verse); 2 Kings 17:27, and so the Syrians suppose that Yahweh is a mountain-god and not a god of valleys 1 Kings 20:28.
b. godlike one Exodus 4:16 (J; Moses in relation to Aaron), Exodus 7:1 (P; in relation to Pharaoh), 1 Samuel 28:13 (the shade of Samuel), Psalm 45:7 (the Messianic king, O God, Greek Version of the LXX Syriac Version Jerome, most scholars ancient and modern, but thy throne is God's = God's throne AE Ki Thea Ew Hup, compare 1 Chronicles 28:5).
c. works of God, or things specially belonging to him (see H410 אֵל 5) הר אלהים Psalm 68:16; Ezekiel 28:14, 16; אש אלהים Job 1:16; גן (ה)אלהים Ezekiel 28:13; Ezekiel 31:8, 9.
d. God (see 3 & 4).
3. הָאֱלֹהִים the (TRUE) God, הוא האלהים י׳ Yahweh is (the) God Deuteronomy 4:35, 39; Deuteronomy 7:9; 1 Kings 8:60; 1 Kings 18:39 (twice in verse); 2 Chronicles 33:13; הוא האלהים Isaiah 45:18; האלהים י׳ Joshua 22:34 (P ?) 1 Kings 18:21, 24; 2 Chronicles 32:16; אתה הוא האלהים 2 Samuel 7:28; 1 Kings 18:37; 2 Kings 19:15; 1 Chronicles 17:26; Isaiah 37:16; Nehemiah 9:7; האלהים as subject or object is used in E + 33 times, Chronicles + 38 times, Ecclesiastes + 31 times, Jonah + 5 times, elsewhere Genesis 5:22, 24; Genesis 6:9, 11 (sources of P) Genesis 17:18 (P) Joshua 22:34 (P ?) Genesis 44:16 (J) Deuteronomy 4:35, 39; Deuteronomy 7:9; Judges 6:36, 39; Judges 7:14; Judges 10:14; Judges 16:28; Judges 21:2; 1 Samuel 10:3, 7; 1 Samuel 14:36; 2 Samuel 2:27; 2 Samuel 6:7; 2 Samuel 7:28; 2 Samuel 12:16; 1 Kings 8:60; 1 Kings 18:21, 24 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 18:37, 39 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 19:15 (Ephr) Job 2:10; Jeremiah 11:12; Isaiah 37:16; Isaiah 45:18; Psalm 108:14 [Psalm 108:13] [?]; Daniel 1:9, 17; הקדוש הא׳ י׳ 1 Samuel 6:20; הגדול הא׳ י׳ Nehemiah 8:6; אשר בירושלם הא׳ Ezra 1:3; אדני האלהים Daniel 9:3; in many phrases, as איש האלהים the man of God, acting under divine authority and influence: =
(a) angel Judges 13:6, 8,
(b) prophet (the term coming into use in the Northern kingdom in the age of Elijah 1 Samuel 9:9-10, compare אִישׁ הָרוּחַ Hosea 9:7): of Moses Deuteronomy 33:1; Joshua 14:6 (E) 1 Chronicles 23:14; 2 Chronicles 30:16; Ezra 3:2; Psalm 90:1; of Samuel 1 Samuel 9:6-10; of David 2 Chronicles 8:14; Nehemiah 12:24, 36; Shemaiah 1 Kings 12:22 (= 2 Chronicles 11:2); Elijah, Elisha, and others of their time 1 Kings 13:1-31; 1 Kings 17:18-24; 1 Kings 20:28; 2 Kings 1:9-13; 2 Kings 4:7-42; 2 Kings 5:8-20; 2 Kings 6:6-15; 2 Kings 7:2-9; 2 Kings 8:2-11; 2 Kings 13:19; 2 Kings 23:16-17 (Ephr) 2 Chronicles 25:7, 9; unnamed prophet 1 Samuel 2:27; Hanan Jeremiah 35:4; a later title of prophet was עֶבֶד האלהים the servant of God, used of Moses 1 Chronicles 6:34; 2 Chronicles 24:9; Nehemiah 10:30; Daniel 9:11. בית האלהים the house of God, Judges 18:31, especially late, Chronicles (52 times) Ecclesiastes 4:17 [Ecclesiastes 5:1]; Daniel 1:2; בית י׳ הא׳ 1 Chronicles 22:1; ארון (ברית) האלהים the ark (of the covenant) of God Judges 20:27; 1 Samuel 4:1-5:12; 1 Samuel 14; 2 Samuel 6:1-7:29; 15(23 times); 1 Chronicles 13; 1 Chronicles 15; 1 Chronicles 16; 2 Chronicles 1:4 (13 times); מטה האלהים the rod of God Exodus 4:20; Exodus 17:9 (E); הר האלהים the mount of God (Horeb) Exodus 3:1; Exodus 4:27; Exodus 18:5; Exodus 24:13 (E) 1 Kings 19:8 (Ephr); מלאך האלהים the (theophanic) angel of God Genesis 31:11; Exodus 14:19 (E) Judges 6:20; Judges 13:6, 9; 2 Samuel 14:17, 20; 2 Samuel 19:28; in other combinations Exodus 18:16; Numbers 23:27 (E) Judges 20:2; 1 Samuel 4:8; 1 Samuel 5:11; 1 Samuel 10:5; 2 Samuel 16:23; 1 Kings 12:22; 1 Chronicles 21:7 + (14 times) Psalm 87:3; Ecclesiastes 9:1.
4. אֱלֹהִים = God אֱלֹהִים אֱמֶת י׳ = Yahweh is God in truth Jeremiah 10:10.
a. אלהים (as subject object direct or indirect) is used by P (50 times in story of creation and deluge, elsewhere + 28 times), by E (91 times), J chiefly in poetic sources Genesis 3:1, 3, 5 (twice in verse); Genesis 9:27; Genesis 39:9; Deuteronomy 32:17, 39, by D (11 times) Judges (21 times) Samuel (50 times) Kings (29 times) Chronicles (45 times); in Psalm 42-86 (180 times often by editorial change for an original H3068 יהוה), elsewhere Psalm 3:3; Psalm 5:11; Psalm 7:11; Psalm 7:12; Psalm 9:18; Psalm 10:4; Psalm 10:13; Psalm 14:1; Psalm 14:2; Psalm 14:5; Psalm 25:22; Psalm 36:2; Psalm 36:8; Psalm 77:14; Psalm 100:3; Psalm 108:2; Psalm 108:6; Psalm 108:8; Psalm 108:12 (twice in verse); Psalm 149:9; Job 5:8; Job 20:29; Job 28:23; Job 32:2; Job 34:9 (& in Prologue + 6 times) Proverbs 2:5; Proverbs 3:4; Proverbs 25:2; Ecclesiastes (7 times) Hosea (5 times); Amos 4:11 (כמהפכת אלתים את סדם as God overthrew Sodom = Jeremiah 50:40 = Isaiah 13:19) Zechariah 8:23; Zechariah 12:8; Micah 3:7 (but אליהם Greek Version of the LXX Syriac Version) Isaiah 35:4; Isa2 (9 times); Jeremiah 10:10; Ezekiel (13 times); Malachi (5 times); Jonah (4 times); the phrase לאלהים היה ל׳ Genesis 28:21 (ER) Genesis 17:7, 8; Exodus 6:7; Exodus 29:45; Leviticus 11:45; Leviticus 22:33; Leviticus 25:38; Leviticus 26:12, 45; Numbers 15:41 (P); Deuteronomy 26:17; Deuteronomy 29:13; 2 Samuel 7:24 (= 1 Chronicles 17:22); Zechariah 8:8; Jeremiah (6 times); Ezekiel (6 times); אלהים צדיק righteous God Psalm 7:10; קדשים א׳ holy God Joshua 24:19 (E); חיים א׳ living God Deuteronomy 5:23; 1 Samuel 17:26, 36; Jeremiah 10:10; Jeremiah 23:36; חי א׳ 2 Kings 19:4, 16 (= Isaiah 37:4, 17). For the phrases יהוה א׳, צבאות א׳ י׳, צבאות א׳, י׳ אל א׳, יה א׳, צבאות א׳ י׳, אלתי י׳, צבאות, אדני א׳ see יהוה, יה, צבאות & אדני.
b. construct אֱלֹהֵי
(α) with persons אֱלֹהֵי אַבְרָהָם = God of Abraham, a phrase of J, Genesis 26:24; Genesis 28:13; Genesis 31:53, elsewhere Psalm 47:10; 1 Kings 18:36; 1 Chronicles 29:18; 2 Chronicles 30:6; אדני אברהם א׳ Genesis 24:12, 27, 42, 48 (J); אלהי אב father's God (various suffix & names), a phrase of E, Genesis 31:5, 29, 42; Genesis 46:3; Genesis 50:17; Exodus 3:6, 13, 15, 16; Exodus 15:2; Exodus 18:4; Joshua 18:3, elsewhere Genesis 32:10; Genesis 43:23 (J) Exodus 4:5 (J ?) Deuteronomy (8 times); Judges 2:12; 2 Kings 21:22; Chronicles (31 times); Daniel 11:37; אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל Israel's God, phrase of E, Genesis 33:20; Exodus 5:1; Exodus 24:10; Exodus 32:27; Joshua 8:30; Joshua 14:14; Joshua 22:16; Joshua 24:2, 23, elsewhere Exodus 34:23; Joshua 7:13, 19, 20 (JE) Numbers 16:9; Joshua 9:18, 19; Joshua 22:24; Joshua 10:40, 42; Joshua 13:14, 33 (R see Di Joshua 7:13) Judges 4:6; Judges 5:3, 5; Judges 6:8; Judges 11:21, 23; Judges 21:3; 1 Samuel 1:17 + (20 times) Kings (26 times) Chronicles (45 times); Psalm 41:14 [Psalm 41:13]; Psalm 106:48 (doxology) Psalm 59:6; Psalm 69:7; Isaiah 17:6; Isaiah 21:10, 17; Isaiah 29:23; Isaiah3, Isaiah 24:15; Isaiah 37:16, 21; Isaiah2, Isaiah 41:17 + (6 times); Jeremiah 35:17 + (48 times); Ezekiel 8:4 + (7 times); Zephaniah 2:9; Malachi 2:16; Ruth 2:12; מערכות ישראל א׳ God of the battle array of Israel 1 Samuel 17:45; א׳ יַעֲקֹב 2 Samuel 23:1 (poetry) Psalm 20:2; Psalm 46:8; Psalm 46:12; Psalm 75:10; Psalm 76:7; Psalm 81:2; Psalm 81:5; Psalm 84:9; Psalm 94:7; Isaiah 2:3 (= Micah 4:2); העבריים א׳ God of the Hebrews Exodus 3:18; Exodus 5:3; Exodus 7:16; Exodus 9:1, 13 (JE); it is used with other proper names, Nahor Genesis 31:53 (E), Shem Genesis 9:26 (J), David 2 Kings 20:5; 2 Chronicles 21:12; 34:3; Isaiah 38:5, Hezekiah 2 Chronicles 32:17, Elijah 2 Kings 2:14; ארני המלך א׳ the God of my lord the king 1 Kings 1:36.
(β) with nouns of attributes or relationships, קֶרֶם א׳ ancient God Deuteronomy 33:27; עולם א׳ everlasting God Isaiah 40:28; אֱמֶת א׳ true God 2 Chronicles 15:3; אָמֵן א׳ Isaiah 65:16 (see אָמֵן); משפט א׳ Isaiah 30:18; Malachi 2:17; מרום א׳ Micah 6:6; כָל בָשָׂר א׳ God of all flesh Jeremiah 32:27; compare א׳ הרוחות לכל בשר Numbers 16:22; Numbers 27:16 (P); השמים א׳ God of heaven Genesis 24:7 (JR) 2 Chronicles 36:23; Ezra 1:2; Nehemiah 1:4, 5; Nehemiah 2:4, 20; compare כל הארץ א׳ Isaiah 54:5; השמים וא׳ א׳ י׳ הארץ Genesis 24:3 (JR); מִקָּרֹב א׳ a God at hand opposed to מֵרָחֹק א׳ Jeremiah 23:23, ישועתי א׳, יִשְׁעִי א׳ God of my salvation Psalm 18:47 (= 2 Samuel 22:47) Psalm 24:5; Psalm 25:5; Psalm 27:9; Psalm 65:6; Psalm 79:9; Psalm 85:5; Isaiah 17:10; Micah 7:7; Habakkuk 3:18; 1 Chronicles 16:35; ישועתי א׳ Psalm 88:2; תשועתי א׳ Psalm 51:16; צִדְקִי א׳ God of righteousness Psalm 4:2; חַסְדִּי א׳ Psalm 59:11; Psalm 59:18; צוּרִי א׳ God who is my rock 2 Samuel 22:3 (compare Psalm 18:3); מָעוּזִּי֯ א׳ God who is my stronghold Psalm 43:2; תְהִלָּתִי א׳ God who is my praise Psalm 109:1.
c. with suffix in P (22 times including phrase ויראת מאלהיך) Leviticus 19:14, 32; Leviticus 25:17, 36, 43 (H) Exodus 8:21; Joshua 24:27 (E) Deuteronomy 32:37 (poetry) Joshua 9:23 (JE) Deuteronomy 10:21; Deuteronomy 31:17; Judges 10:10; Judges 16:23, 24; 1 Samuel 10:19; 2 Samuel 10:12; 2 Samuel 22:32 + (4 times poetry) 1 Kings 12:28; 1 Kings 20:23; 2 Kings 19:10; Chronicles (83 times); Psalms (62 times); Proverbs 2:17; Proverbs 30:9; Ruth 1:15, 16 (twice in verse); Isaiah 1:10; Isaiah 7:13; Isaiah 8:19, 21; Isaiah2 (29 times); Jeremiah 5:4, 5; Jeremiah 23:36; Jeremiah 51:5; Ezekiel 34:31; Daniel (5 times); Hosea (12 times); Amos 2:8; Amos 4:12; Joel 1:13 (twice in verse); Joel 1:16; Joel 2:17; Micah 6:8; Micah 7:7; Jonah 1:5, 6; Zephaniah 3:2; Nahum 1:14; Zechariah 9:7; Zechariah 12:5; אלהים with suffix is also used with יהוה several hundred times (see H3068 יהוה).
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Genesis

1:27; 3:1; 3:3; 3:5; 5:22; 5:24; 6:2; 6:4; 6:9; 6:11; 9:26; 9:27; 17:7; 17:8; 17:18; 24:3; 24:7; 24:12; 24:27; 24:42; 24:48; 26:24; 28:13; 28:21; 31:5; 31:11; 31:29; 31:42; 31:53; 31:53; 31:53; 32:10; 33:20; 35:2; 35:4; 39:9; 43:23; 44:16; 46:3; 50:17

Exodus

3:1; 3:6; 3:13; 3:15; 3:16; 3:18; 4:5; 4:16; 4:20; 4:27; 5:1; 5:3; 6:7; 7:1; 7:16; 8:21; 9:1; 9:13; 12:12; 14:19; 15:2; 17:9; 18:4; 18:5; 18:11; 18:16; 20:3; 20:23; 20:23; 21:6; 22:7; 22:8; 22:8; 22:19; 22:27; 23:13; 24:10; 24:13; 29:45; 32:1; 32:23; 32:27; 32:31; 34:17; 34:23

Leviticus

11:45; 19:4; 19:14; 19:32; 22:33; 25:17; 25:36; 25:38; 25:43; 26:12; 26:45

Numbers

15:41; 16:9; 16:22; 23:27; 27:16

Deuteronomy

4:28; 4:35; 4:35; 4:39; 4:39; 5:7; 5:23; 6:14; 7:9; 7:9; 10:17; 10:21; 13:8; 26:17; 29:13; 29:17; 31:16; 31:17; 31:18; 31:20; 32:17; 32:37; 32:39; 33:1; 33:27

Joshua

7:13; 7:13; 7:19; 7:20; 8:30; 9:18; 9:19; 9:23; 10:40; 10:42; 13:14; 13:33; 14:6; 14:14; 18:3; 22:16; 22:24; 22:34; 22:34; 24:2; 24:2; 24:15; 24:16; 24:19; 24:20; 24:23; 24:23; 24:27

Judges

2:12; 2:12; 2:12; 2:17; 2:19; 4:6; 5:3; 5:5; 5:8; 6:8; 6:10; 6:20; 6:36; 6:39; 7:14; 9:13; 9:27; 10:6; 10:10; 10:13; 10:14; 10:16; 11:21; 11:23; 11:24; 13:6; 13:6; 13:8; 13:9; 16:23; 16:24; 16:28; 18:31; 20:2; 20:27; 21:2; 21:3

Ruth

1:15; 1:16; 2:12

1 Samuel

1:17; 2:25; 2:27; 4:1; 4:2; 4:3; 4:4; 4:5; 4:6; 4:7; 4:8; 4:8; 4:8; 4:9; 4:10; 4:11; 4:12; 4:13; 4:14; 4:15; 4:16; 4:17; 4:18; 4:19; 4:20; 4:21; 4:22; 5:1; 5:2; 5:3; 5:4; 5:5; 5:6; 5:7; 5:7; 5:8; 5:9; 5:10; 5:11; 5:11; 5:12; 6:20; 7:3; 8:8; 9:6; 9:7; 9:8; 9:9; 9:9; 9:10; 9:10; 10:3; 10:5; 10:7; 10:19; 14; 14:36; 17:26; 17:36; 17:45; 26:19; 28:13

2 Samuel

2:27; 6:1; 6:2; 6:3; 6:4; 6:5; 6:6; 6:7; 6:7; 6:8; 6:9; 6:10; 6:11; 6:12; 6:13; 6:14; 6:15; 6:16; 6:17; 6:18; 6:19; 6:20; 6:21; 6:22; 6:23; 7:1; 7:2; 7:3; 7:4; 7:5; 7:6; 7:7; 7:8; 7:9; 7:10; 7:11; 7:12; 7:13; 7:14; 7:15; 7:16; 7:17; 7:18; 7:19; 7:20; 7:21; 7:22; 7:23; 7:24; 7:24; 7:25; 7:26; 7:27; 7:28; 7:28; 7:28; 7:29; 10:12; 12:16; 14:17; 14:20; 15; 16:23; 19:28; 22:3; 22:32; 22:47; 23:1

1 Kings

1:36; 8:60; 8:60; 9:6; 9:9; 11:33; 11:33; 12:22; 12:22; 12:28; 13:1; 13:2; 13:3; 13:4; 13:5; 13:6; 13:7; 13:8; 13:9; 13:10; 13:11; 13:12; 13:13; 13:14; 13:15; 13:16; 13:17; 13:18; 13:19; 13:20; 13:21; 13:22; 13:23; 13:24; 13:25; 13:26; 13:27; 13:28; 13:29; 13:30; 13:31; 17:18; 17:19; 17:20; 17:21; 17:22; 17:23; 17:24; 18:21; 18:21; 18:24; 18:24; 18:24; 18:36; 18:37; 18:37; 18:39; 18:39; 19:8; 19:15; 20:23; 20:28; 20:28

2 Kings

1:9; 1:10; 1:11; 1:12; 1:13; 2:14; 4:7; 4:8; 4:9; 4:10; 4:11; 4:12; 4:13; 4:14; 4:15; 4:16; 4:17; 4:18; 4:19; 4:20; 4:21; 4:22; 4:23; 4:24; 4:25; 4:26; 4:27; 4:28; 4:29; 4:30; 4:31; 4:32; 4:33; 4:34; 4:35; 4:36; 4:37; 4:38; 4:39; 4:40; 4:41; 4:42; 5:8; 5:9; 5:10; 5:11; 5:12; 5:13; 5:14; 5:15; 5:16; 5:17; 5:17; 5:18; 5:19; 5:20; 6:6; 6:7; 6:8; 6:9; 6:10; 6:11; 6:12; 6:13; 6:14; 6:15; 7:2; 7:3; 7:4; 7:5; 7:6; 7:7; 7:8; 7:9; 8:2; 8:3; 8:4; 8:5; 8:6; 8:7; 8:8; 8:9; 8:10; 8:11; 13:19; 17:26; 17:27; 17:35; 17:37; 17:38; 18:33; 19:4; 19:10; 19:12; 19:15; 19:16; 20:5; 21:22; 22:17; 23:16; 23:17

1 Chronicles

5:25; 6:34; 13; 15; 16; 16:26; 16:35; 17:22; 17:26; 21:7; 22:1; 23:14; 28:5; 29:18

2 Chronicles

1:4; 2:4; 7:19; 7:22; 8:14; 11:2; 11:4; 11:10; 14:9; 15:3; 21:12; 24:9; 25:7; 25:9; 28:25; 30:6; 30:16; 32:13; 32:14; 32:16; 32:17; 32:17; 32:19; 33:13; 33:15; 34:3; 34:25; 36:23

Ezra

1:2; 1:3; 3:2

Nehemiah

1:4; 1:5; 2:4; 2:20; 8:6; 9:7; 10:30; 12:24; 12:36

Job

1:6; 1:16; 2:1; 2:10; 5:8; 20:29; 28:23; 32:2; 34:9; 38:7; 38:7

Psalms

3:3; 4:2; 5:11; 7:10; 7:11; 7:12; 8:6; 9:18; 10:4; 10:13; 14:1; 14:2; 14:5; 18:3; 18:47; 20:2; 24:5; 25:5; 25:22; 27:9; 36:2; 36:8; 41:13; 42; 43; 43:2; 44; 45; 45:7; 46; 46:8; 47; 47:10; 48; 49; 50; 51; 51:16; 52; 53; 54; 55; 56; 57; 58; 59; 59:6; 59:11; 60; 61; 62; 63; 64; 65; 65:6; 66; 67; 68; 68:16; 69; 69:7; 70; 71; 72; 73; 74; 75; 75:10; 76; 76:7; 77; 77:14; 78; 79; 79:9; 80; 81; 81:2; 81:5; 82; 82:1; 82:6; 83; 84; 84:9; 85; 85:5; 86; 86:8; 87:3; 88:2; 90:1; 94:7; 96:5; 97:7; 100:3; 106:48; 108:2; 108:6; 108:8; 108:12; 108:13; 109:1; 136:2; 138:1; 149:9

Proverbs

2:5; 2:17; 3:4; 25:2; 30:9

Ecclesiastes

5:1; 9:1

Isaiah

1:10; 2:3; 7:13; 8:19; 8:21; 13:19; 17:6; 17:10; 21:10; 21:17; 24:15; 29:23; 30:18; 35:4; 36:18; 37:4; 37:12; 37:16; 37:16; 37:16; 37:17; 37:21; 38:5; 40:28; 41:17; 45:18; 45:18; 54:5; 65:16

Jeremiah

1:16; 5:4; 5:5; 5:19; 10:10; 10:10; 10:10; 11:12; 23:23; 23:36; 23:36; 32:27; 35:4; 35:17; 43:12; 43:13; 50:40; 51:5

Ezekiel

8:4; 28:13; 28:14; 28:16; 31:8; 31:9; 34:31

Daniel

1:2; 1:2; 1:9; 1:17; 9:3; 9:11; 11:37

Hosea

3:1; 9:7

Joel

1:13; 1:16; 2:17

Amos

2:8; 4:11; 4:12

Jonah

1:5; 1:6

Micah

3:7; 4:2; 6:6; 6:8; 7:7; 7:7

Nahum

1:14

Habakkuk

3:18

Zephaniah

2:9; 3:2

Zechariah

8:8; 8:23; 9:7; 12:5; 12:8

Malachi

2:16; 2:17

2 Peter

2:4

Jude

1:6

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H430 matches the Hebrew אֱלֹהִים ('ĕlōhîm),
which occurs 54 times in 48 verses in '2Sa' in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:27 -

“As God lives,” Joab replied, “if you had not spoken up, the troops wouldn’t have stopped pursuing their brothers until morning.”

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:9 -

“May God punish Abner and do so severely if I don’t do for David what the LORD swore to him:

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:35 -

Then they came to urge David to eat food while it was still day, but David took an oath: “May God punish me and do so severely if I taste bread or anything else before sunset! ”

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:10 -

David became more and more powerful, and the LORD God of Armies was with him.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:2 -

He and all his troops set out to bring the ark of God from Baale-judah.[fn] The ark bears the Name, the name of the LORD of Armies who is enthroned between the cherubim.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:3 -

They set the ark of God on a new cart and transported it from Abinadab’s house, which was on the hill. Uzzah and Ahio,[fn] sons of Abinadab, were guiding the cart

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:4 -

and brought it with the ark of God from Abinadab’s house on the hill. Ahio walked in front of the ark.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:6 -

When they came to Nacon’s threshing floor, Uzzah reached out to the ark of God and took hold of it because the oxen had stumbled.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:7 -

Then the LORD’s anger burned against Uzzah, and God struck him dead on the spot for his irreverence, and he died there next to the ark of God.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:12 -

It was reported to King David, “The LORD has blessed Obed-edom’s family and all that belongs to him because of the ark of God.” So David went and had the ark of God brought up from Obed-edom’s house to the city of David with rejoicing.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:2 -

the king said to the prophet Nathan, “Look, I am living in a cedar house while the ark of God sits inside tent curtains.”

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:22 -

This is why you are great, Lord GOD. There is no one like you, and there is no God besides you, as all we have heard confirms.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:23 -

And who is like your people Israel? God came to one nation on earth in order to redeem a people for himself, to make a name for himself, and to perform for them[fn] great and awesome acts,[fn] driving out nations and their gods before your people you redeemed for yourself from Egypt.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:24 -

You established your people Israel to be your own people forever, and you, LORD, have become their God.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:25 -

Now, LORD God, fulfill the promise forever that you have made to your servant and his house. Do as you have promised,

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:26 -

so that your name will be exalted forever, when it is said, “The LORD of Armies is God over Israel.” The house of your servant David will be established before you

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:27 -

since you, LORD of Armies, God of Israel, have revealed this to your servant when you said, “I will build a house for you.” Therefore, your servant has found the courage to pray this prayer to you.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:28 -

Lord GOD, you are God; your words are true, and you have promised this good thing to your servant.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 9:3 -

So the king asked, “Is there anyone left of Saul’s family that I can show the kindness of God to? ”

Ziba said to the king, “There is still Jonathan’s son who was injured in both feet.”

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:12 -

“Be strong! Let’s prove ourselves strong for our people and for the cities of our God. May the LORD’s will be done.”[fn]

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:7 -

Nathan replied to David, “You are the man! This is what the LORD God of Israel says: ‘I anointed you king over Israel, and I rescued you from Saul.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:16 -

David pleaded with God for the boy. He fasted, went home, and spent the night lying on the ground.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:11 -

She replied, “Please, may the king invoke the LORD your God, so that the avenger of blood will not increase the loss, and they will not eliminate my son! ”

“As the LORD lives,” he vowed, “not a hair of your son will fall to the ground.”

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:13 -

The woman asked, “Why have you devised something similar against the people of God? When the king spoke as he did about this matter, he has pronounced his own guilt. The king has not brought back his own banished one.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:14 -

“We will certainly die and be like water poured out on the ground, which can’t be recovered. But God would not take away a life; he would devise plans so that the one banished from him does not remain banished.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:16 -

“The king will surely listen in order to keep his servant from the grasp of this man who would eliminate both me and my son from God’s inheritance.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:17 -

“Your servant thought: May the word of my lord the king bring relief, for my lord the king is able to discern the good and the bad like the angel of God. May the LORD your God be with you.”

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:20 -

“Joab your servant has done this to address the issue indirectly,[fn] but my lord has wisdom like the wisdom of the angel of God, knowing everything on earth.”

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:24 -

Zadok was also there, and all the Levites with him were carrying the ark of the covenant of God. They set the ark of God down, and Abiathar offered sacrifices[fn] until the people had finished marching past.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:25 -

Then the king instructed Zadok, “Return the ark of God to the city. If I find favor with the LORD, he will bring me back and allow me to see both it and its[fn] dwelling place.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:29 -

So Zadok and Abiathar returned the ark of God to Jerusalem and stayed there.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:32 -

When David came to the summit where he used to worship God, Hushai the Archite was there to meet him with his robe torn and dust on his head.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:23 -

Now the advice Ahithophel gave in those days was like someone asking about a word from God ​— ​such was the regard that both David and Absalom had for Ahithophel’s advice.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:28 -

Ahimaaz called out to the king, “All is well,” and paid homage to the king with his face to the ground. He continued, “Blessed be the LORD your God! He delivered up the men who rebelled against my lord the king.”

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:13 -

“And tell Amasa, ‘Aren’t you my flesh and blood?[fn] May God punish me and do so severely if you don’t become commander of my army from now on instead of Joab! ’ ”

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:27 -

“Ziba slandered your servant to my lord the king. But my lord the king is like the angel of God, so do whatever you think best.[fn]

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:14 -

and buried the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan at Zela in the land of Benjamin in the tomb of Saul’s father Kish. They did everything the king commanded. After this, God was receptive to prayer for the land.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:3 -

my God,[fn] my rock where I seek refuge.

My shield, the horn of my salvation, my stronghold, my refuge,

and my Savior, you save me from violence.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:7 -

I called to the LORD in my distress;

I called to my God.

From his temple he heard my voice,

and my cry for help reached his ears.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:22 -

For I have kept the ways of the LORD

and have not turned from my God to wickedness.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:30 -

With you I can attack a barricade,[fn]

and with my God I can leap over a wall.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:32 -

For who is God besides the LORD?

And who is a rock? Only our God.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:47 -

The LORD lives ​— ​blessed be my rock!

God, the rock of my salvation, is exalted.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:1 -

These are the last words of David:

The declaration of David son of Jesse,

the declaration of the man raised on high,[fn]

the one anointed by the God of Jacob.

This is the most delightful of Israel’s songs.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:3 -

The God of Israel spoke;

the Rock of Israel said to me,

“The one who rules the people with justice,

who rules in the fear of God,

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:3 -

Joab replied to the king, “May the LORD your God multiply the troops a hundred times more than they are ​— ​while my lord the king looks on! But why does my lord the king want to do this? ”

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:23 -

“Your Majesty, Araunah gives everything here to the king.” Then he said to the king, “May the LORD your God accept you.”

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:24 -

The king answered Araunah, “No, I insist on buying it from you for a price, for I will not offer to the LORD my God burnt offerings that cost me nothing.” David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for twenty ounces[fn] of silver.

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