אֱלֹהִים ʼĕlôhîym

Hebrew · Strong's H430 · pronounced el-o-heem' · used 2603 times in 2248 verses

Meaning

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

In the King James Version: angels, [idiom] exceeding, God (gods) (-dess, -ly), [idiom] (very) great, judges, [idiom] mighty.

Derivation: plural of H433 (אֱלוֹהַּ);

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Where it is used

Psalms 38:21 Do not forsake me, O LORD; be not far from me, O my God.
Psalms 40:3 He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear and put their trust in the LORD.
Psalms 40:5 Many, O LORD my God, are the wonders You have done, and the plans You have for us—none can compare to You—if I proclaim and declare them, they are more than I can count.
Psalms 40:8 I delight to do Your will, O my God; Your law is within my heart.”
Psalms 40:17 But I am poor and needy; may the Lord think of me. You are my helper and deliverer; O my God, do not delay.
Psalms 41:13 Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Amen and Amen.
Psalms 42:1 For the choirmaster. A Maskil of the sons of Korah. As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul longs after You, O God.
Psalms 42:2 My soul thirsts for God, the living God. When shall I come and appear in God’s presence?
Psalms 42:3 My tears have been my food both day and night, while men ask me all day long, “Where is your God?”
Psalms 42:4 These things come to mind as I pour out my soul: how I walked with the multitude, leading the festive procession to the house of God with shouts of joy and praise.
Psalms 42:5 Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him for the salvation of His presence.
Psalms 42:6 O my God, my soul despairs within me. Therefore I remember You from the land of Jordan and the peaks of Hermon—even from Mount Mizar.
Psalms 42:10 Like the crushing of my bones, my enemies taunt me, while they say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”
Psalms 42:11 Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, my Savior and my God.
Psalms 43:1 Vindicate me, O God, and plead my case against an ungodly nation; deliver me from deceitful and unjust men.
Psalms 43:2 For You are the God of my refuge. Why have You rejected me? Why must I walk in sorrow because of the enemy’s oppression?
Psalms 43:4 Then I will go to the altar of God, to God, my greatest joy. I will praise You with the harp, O God, my God.
Psalms 43:5 Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, my Savior and my God.
Psalms 44:1 For the choirmaster. A Maskil of the sons of Korah. We have heard with our ears, O God; our fathers have told us the work You did in their days, in the days of old.
Psalms 44:4 You are my King, O God, who ordains victories for Jacob.
Psalms 44:8 In God we have boasted all day long, and Your name we will praise forever. Selah
Psalms 44:20 If we had forgotten the name of our God or spread out our hands to a foreign god,
Psalms 44:21 would not God have discovered, since He knows the secrets of the heart?
Psalms 45:2 You are the most handsome of men; grace has anointed your lips; therefore God has blessed you forever.
Psalms 45:6 Your throne, O God, endures forever and ever, and justice is the scepter of Your kingdom.
Psalms 45:7 You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, has anointed you above your companions with the oil of joy.
Psalms 46:1 For the choirmaster. Of the sons of Korah. According to Alamoth. A song. God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in times of trouble.
Psalms 46:4 There is a river whose streams delight the city of God, the holy place where the Most High dwells.
Psalms 46:5 God is within her; she will not be moved. God will help her when morning dawns.
Psalms 46:7 The LORD of Hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah
Psalms 46:10 “Be still and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted over the earth.”
Psalms 46:11 The LORD of Hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah
Psalms 47:1 For the choirmaster. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. Clap your hands, all you peoples; shout unto God with a voice of triumph.
Psalms 47:5 God has ascended amid shouts of joy, the LORD with the sound of the horn.
Psalms 47:6 Sing praises to God, sing praises; sing praises to our King, sing praises!
Psalms 47:7 For God is King of all the earth; sing to Him a psalm of praise.
Psalms 47:8 God reigns over the nations; God is seated on His holy throne.
Psalms 47:9 The nobles of the nations have assembled as the people of the God of Abraham; for the shields of the earth belong to God; He is highly exalted.
Psalms 48:1 A song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, His holy mountain.
Psalms 48:3 God is in her citadels; He has shown Himself to be a fortress.
Psalms 48:8 As we have heard, so we have seen in the city of the LORD of Hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish her forever. Selah
Psalms 48:9 Within Your temple, O God, we contemplate Your loving devotion.
Psalms 48:10 Your name, O God, like Your praise, reaches to the ends of the earth; Your right hand is full of righteousness.
Psalms 48:14 For this God is our God forever and ever; He will be our guide even till death.
Psalms 49:7 No man can possibly redeem his brother or pay his ransom to God.
Psalms 49:15 But God will redeem my life from Sheol, for He will surely take me to Himself. Selah
Psalms 50:1 A Psalm of Asaph. The Mighty One, God the LORD, speaks and summons the earth from where the sun rises to where it sets.
Psalms 50:2 From Zion, perfect in beauty, God shines forth.
Psalms 50:3 Our God approaches and will not be silent! Consuming fire precedes Him, and a tempest rages around Him.
Psalms 50:6 And the heavens proclaim His righteousness, for God Himself is Judge. Selah
Psalms 50:7 “Hear, O My people, and I will speak, O Israel, and I will testify against you: I am God, your God.
Psalms 50:14 Sacrifice a thank offering to God, and fulfill your vows to the Most High.
Psalms 50:16 To the wicked, however, God says, “What right have you to recite My statutes and to bear My covenant on your lips?
Psalms 50:23 He who sacrifices a thank offering honors Me, and to him who rightly orders his way, I will show the salvation of God.”
Psalms 51:1 For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. When Nathan the prophet came to him after his adultery with Bathsheba. Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your loving devotion; according to Your great compassion, blot out my transgressions.
Psalms 51:10 Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.
Psalms 51:14 Deliver me from bloodguilt, O God, the God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing of Your righteousness.
Psalms 51:17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.
Psalms 52:7 “Look at the man who did not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his wealth and strengthened himself by destruction.”
Psalms 52:8 But I am like an olive tree flourishing in the house of God; I trust in the loving devotion of God forever and ever.