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Elohim

אֱלֹהִים

Elohim — pronounced el-oh-HEEM · appears ~2,600 (of the true God) times · Strong's H430

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

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