אֱלָהּ
ʼĕlâhh · el-aw'
God
Lexicon
Derivation: (Aramaic) corresponding to H433 (אֱלוֹהַּ);
God
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: God, god.
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › authority, the one who leads › to reveal, behold
Strength, the leader of authority, the one who leads that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אֱלָהּ above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
95 occurrences · 95 OT · 0 NT · 52 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of god22 · 25%
- god13 · 15%
- of the god7 · 8%
- the god7 · 8%
- of thy god6 · 7%
- gods4 · 5%
- the gods3 · 3%
- of their god2 · 2%
- unto the god2 · 2%
- and the god2 · 2%
- of your god2 · 2%
- thy gods2 · 2%
- of the gods2 · 2%
- his god2 · 2%
- unto them, the gods1 · 1%
- thee, o thou god1 · 1%
- a god1 · 1%
- for the god1 · 1%
- shall the god1 · 1%
- your god1 · 1%
- is a god1 · 1%
- of gods1 · 1%
- my gods1 · 1%
- is that god1 · 1%
- it be so, our god1 · 1%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.