Élohim — meaning in English
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English meaning
- Elohim noun One of the principal Hebrew names for God in the Hebrew Bible, used of the God of Israel as creator and sovereign; it is grammatically a plural form but takes singular verbs when it refers to the one God.
Senses
Élohim is used for these senses in English:
- Elohim (Judaism) God; the name used for God in Hebrew scriptures, and used for the Father by Latter-day Saints.
Elohim — full definition
- noun One of the principal Hebrew names for God in the Hebrew Bible, used of the God of Israel as creator and sovereign; it is grammatically a plural form but takes singular verbs when it refers to the one God.
- noun In its literal plural sense, gods or divine beings, used in the Hebrew Bible of the gods of other nations and of members of the divine council.