Elohim
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elohim-180-9003216
title:
Elohim
text:
Elohim, the plural of אֱלוֹהַּ (ʾĔlōah), is a Hebrew word meaning "gods" or "godhood". Although the word is grammatically plural, in the Hebrew Bible it most often takes singular verbal or pronominal agreement and refers to a single deity, particularly the God of Israel. In other verses it refers to the singular gods of other nations or to deities in the plural. Morphologically, the word is the plural form of the word אֱלוֹהַּ (eloah) and related to el. It is cognate to the word 'l-h-m which is
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description:
Word for deity or deities in the Hebrew Bible
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elohim
date created:
2003-07-26T19:17:47Z
date modified:
2024-09-05T13:05:51Z
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