Elohim in the Bible

Compiled by The BibleStudyTools Staff on 08/14/2018
Elohim in the Bible
What does Elohim mean in the Bible? The term Elohim is used in the Hebrew Bible to refer to divinities and is one of the many names for God in the Bible. It is commonly believed that Elohim is stemmed from Eloah. While only found in the Hebrew translations of scripture, here are the English versions of verses that included the word Elohim. Discover these scriptures in this collection of Bible verses.
6 yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we live; and there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we live.
4 Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one.
14 God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: ‘I AM has sent me to you.’ ”
3 I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob as God Almighty, but by my name the LORD I did not make myself fully known to them.
Genesis 1:1
1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
In what ways do you think we are in the likeness of God? - Genesis 1:26
26 Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.”
27 So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.
14 Is anything too hard for the LORD? I will return to you at the appointed time next year, and Sarah will have a son.”
Advent Week 2 - Peace
6 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
10 “You are my witnesses,” declares the LORD, “and my servant whom I have chosen, so that you may know and believe me and understand that I am he. Before me no god was formed, nor will there be one after me.
He is timeless and eternal! Amen?! - John 1:1
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
18 No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is himself God and is in closest relationship with the Father, has made him known.
28 “You heard me say, ‘I am going away and I am coming back to you.’ If you loved me, you would be glad that I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I.
28 Thomas said to him, “My Lord and my God!”
Luke 2:11
11 Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord.
29 “The most important one,” answered Jesus, “is this: ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.
46 About three in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eli, Eli,lemasabachthani?” (which means “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”).
7 I will proclaim the LORD’s decree: He said to me, “You are my son; today I have become your father.
1 The LORD says to my lord:“Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet.”
12 This calls for patient endurance on the part of the people of God who keep his commands and remain faithful to Jesus.
Mother's Womb
13 For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb.
14 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.
15 My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.