Elohim

Elohim
Elohimic /el'oh him"ik/, adj.
/e loh"him/; Seph. Heb. /e law heem"/; Ashk. Heb. /e'loh him"/; in nonliturgical use by Orthodox Jews /e law keem", e'loh kim"/, n.
God, esp. as used in the Hebrew text of the Old Testament.
[ < Heb elohim, pl. of ELOAH God]

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▪ Hebrew god
singular  Eloah  

      (Hebrew: God), the God of Israel in the Old Testament. A plural of majesty, the term Elohim—though sometimes used for other deities, such as the Moabite god Chemosh, the Sidonian goddess Astarte, and also for other majestic beings such as angels, kings, judges (the Old Testament shofeṭim), and the Messiah—is usually employed in the Old Testament for the one and only God of Israel, whose personal name was revealed to Moses as YHWH, or Yahweh (q.v.). When referring to Yahweh, elohim very often is accompanied by the article ha-, to mean, in combination, “the God,” and sometimes with a further identification Elohim ḥayyim, meaning “the living God.”

      Though Elohim is plural in form, it is understood in the singular sense. Thus, in Genesis the words, “In the beginning God (Elohim) created the heavens and the earth,” Elohim is monotheistic in connotation, though its grammatical structure seems polytheistic. The Israelites probably borrowed the Canaanite plural noun Elohim and made it singular in meaning in their cultic practices and theological reflections.

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