Elohim
אֱלֹהִים
God — grammatically plural, used with singular verbs for the one Creator; the name of Genesis 1.
Jewish grammar reads the plural as majesty and fullness of power — the plural of intensity. Christian thought has long pondered the 'Let Us' of creation; both traditions agree the singular verbs guard the oneness while the plural form hints at unsearchable depth.
First occurrence
Gen 1:1 — 'In the beginning Elohim created'
Key passages
Gen 1:26 — 'Let Us make man in Our image'
Deut 4:35 — 'YHVH, He is Elohim; there is no other'
Ps 19:1 — 'The heavens declare the glory of El'
In the Greek Scriptures
Θεός
