Elohim
Sign in to savethumb|Elohim in Hebrew script. The letters are, right-to-left: aleph-lamed-he-yud-[[mem.]]
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18 sectionsContents
- Grammar and etymology
- Canaanite religion
- Usage
- With plural verb
- With singular verb
- Angels and judges
- Other plural-singulars in biblical Hebrew
- The Divine Council
- Sons of God
- Elohist
- Latter Day Saint movement
- Raëlism
- Gnosticism
- See also
- Notes
- References
- General bibliography
- External links
thumb|Elohim in Hebrew script. The letters are, right-to-left: aleph-lamed-he-yud-[[mem.]]
Elohim ( ) is a Hebrew word meaning "gods" or "godhood". Although the word is plural in form (as an abstract noun referring to the concept of "divinity"), in the Hebrew Bible it most often takes singular verbal or pronominal agreement and refers to a single deity, particularly but not always the God of Judaism. In other verses it takes plural agreement and refers to gods in the plural.