אֱלוֹהַּ
ʼĕlôwahh · el-o'-ah
a deity or the Deity
Lexicon
Derivation: rarely (shortened) אֱלֹהַּ; probably prolonged (emphatic) from H410 (אֵל);
a deity or the Deity
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. See H430 (אֱלֹהִים).
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
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- 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 fasten and establish › to reveal, behold
Strength, the leader of authority, the one who leads that works to fasten and establish that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אֱלוֹהַּ 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
57 occurrences · 57 OT · 0 NT · 22 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- god11 · 22%
- of god9 · 18%
- unto god3 · 6%
- when god3 · 6%
- upon god2 · 4%
- with god2 · 4%
- that god2 · 4%
- not to god1 · 2%
- him: for no god1 · 2%
- but thou art a god1 · 2%
- let not god1 · 2%
- and whom god1 · 2%
- than god1 · 2%
- whom god1 · 2%
- and that god1 · 2%
- if god1 · 2%
- therefore that god1 · 2%
- tears unto god1 · 2%
- is not god1 · 2%
- yet god1 · 2%
- thee, that god1 · 2%
- where is god1 · 2%
- on god's1 · 2%
- because god1 · 2%
- for who is god1 · 2%
Where it is used, by book.
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.