אֱלוֹהַּʼĕlôwahh

god, God

Pronunciation: el-o'-ah · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H433

Meanings

1. a heathen god, late usage; כָּלאֱֿלוֺהַּ 2Chr 32:15; Dan 11:37 זוּ כחו לאלהו whose power is his god Hab 1:11; 2Kgs 17:31 (but Qr אֱלֹהֵי), אשר הביא אֱלוֺהַּ בְּיָדוֺ who doth bring God in his hand Job 12:6 (Ew Di RVm, etc.) (2 Chronicles 32:15; Daniel 11:37; Habakkuk 1:11)

2. God (Deuteronomy 32:15; Deuteronomy 32:17; Psalms 18:32)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 57 times in the Bible.

  • Deuteronomy 32:15 “But Israel soon became fat and unruly; the people grew heavy, plump, and stuffed! Then they abandoned the God who had made them; they made light of the Rock of their salvation.
  • Deuteronomy 32:17 They offered sacrifices to demons, which are not God, to gods they had not known before, to new gods only recently arrived, to gods their ancestors had never feared.
  • 2 Chronicles 32:15 Don’t let Hezekiah deceive you! Don’t let him fool you like this! I say it again—no god of any nation or kingdom has ever yet been able to rescue his people from me or my ancestors. How much less will your God rescue you from my power!”
  • Nehemiah 9:17 They refused to obey and did not remember the miracles you had done for them. Instead, they became stubborn and appointed a leader to take them back to their slavery in Egypt. But you are a God of forgiveness, gracious and merciful, slow to become angry, and rich in unfailing love. You did not abandon them,
  • Job 3:4 Let that day be turned to darkness. Let it be lost even to God on high, and let no light shine on it.
  • Job 3:23 Why is life given to those with no future, those God has surrounded with difficulties?
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).