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elohim
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Elohim \E*lo"him\ ([-e]*l[=o]"h[i^]m), n. [Heb.] One of the principal names by which God is designated in the Hebrew Scriptures.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
a name of God in the Bible, c.1600, from Hebrew, plural (of majesty?) of Eloh "God" (cognate with Allah), a word of unknown etymology, perhaps an augmentation of El "God," also of unknown origin. Generally taken as singular, the use of this word instead of Yahveh is taken by biblical scholars as an important clue to authorship in the Old Testament, hence Elohist (1862; Elohistic is from 1841), title of the supposed writer of passages of the Pentateuch where the word is used.
Wikipedia
Elohim ( Hebrew: אֱלֹהִים) is a grammatically plural noun for " gods" or " Deity" in Biblical Hebrew. In modern Hebrew it is often referred to in the singular, despite the -im ending that denotes plural masculine nouns in Hebrew.
It is generally thought that Elohim is a formation from eloah, the latter being an expanded form of the Northwest Semitic noun il (, ʾēl). The related nouns eloah and el are used as proper names or as generics, in which case they are interchangeable with elohim.
The notion of divinity underwent radical changes throughout the period of early Israelite identity. The ambiguity of the term elohim is the result of such changes, cast in terms of "vertical translatability", i.e. the re-interpretation of the gods of the earliest recalled period as the national god of monolatrism as it emerged in the 7th to 6th century BCE in the Kingdom of Judah and during the Babylonian captivity, and further in terms of monotheism by the emergence of Rabbinical Judaism in the 2nd century CE.
The word is identical to the usual plural of el meaning gods or magistrates, and is cognate to the 'l-h-m found in Ugaritic, where it is used for the pantheon of Canaanite gods, the children of El and conventionally vocalized as "Elohim". Most use of the term Elohim in the later Hebrew text imply a view that is at least monolatrist at the time of writing, and such usage (in the singular), as a proper title for the supreme deity, is generally not considered to be synonymous with the term elohim, "gods" (plural, simple noun). Hebrew grammar allows for this nominally plural form to mean "He is the Power (singular) over powers (plural)", or roughly, "God of gods". Rabbinic scholar Maimonides wrote that the various other usages are commonly understood to be homonyms.
Elohim is a Hebrew word for "gods" and a name of the god of Israel in the Hebrew Bible.
Elohim may also refer to:
- Elohim (gods), "Sons of El" in Canaanite mythology
- Elohim (Alpha Blondy album)
- Elohim (Aka Moon album)
- Elohim, an album by Alpha Blondy
- Elohim, a species of extraterrestrials that created life on Earth in the UFO religion Raëlism
- the Elohim, a race of godlike beings in the fantasy series The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant by Stephen R. Donaldson
Elohim is a 1999 reggae album by the Ivorian artist Alpha Blondy.
Usage examples of "elohim".
You can choose between Elohim or Adonay or use both together but you can never say Yahweh.
Atlantis, and that it was probably from Atlantis they derived their god Baal, or Bel, or El, whose name crops out in the Bel of the Babylonians, the Elohim, and the Beelzebub of the Jews, and the Allah of the Arabians, And we find that this great deity, whose worship extended so widely among the Mediterranean races, was known and adored also upon the northern and western coasts of Europe.
The sense of Deus, Elohim, in the ancient languages, is critically examined by Le Clerc, (Ars Critica, p.
And Covenant's glare burned against the back of her neck as if she were participating in the way the Elohim demeaned him.
When she looked at a fountain of feathers or a glode of ophite, she only knew that it was one of the Elohim because she had already witnessed similar incarnations.
A tale of Ravers and Elohim and Forestals and sleep, the fatal sleep of long time and unmitigated loss.
And the goodwill of the Elohim for me and my companions was won by the teaching of a simple knot-a thing so common among us that we scarcely thought to offer it, yet it was deemed of worth to the Elohim.
The Elohim are bespoken as a people of sovereign faery puissance and wonder, the highest and most treasurable of all wonders.
A former Grand Imperial Dragon of the KKK, and number three man in WAR, the Tulsan was a frequent visitor to Lampley's place, and to Elohim City.