Strong's Lexicon: H433 אֱלוַֹהּ אֱלוַֹהּ

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H433
Word:	אֱלוַֹהּ אֱלוַֹהּ
Part of Speech:	noun masc
Etymology:	probably prolonged (emphat.) from H410
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	58
Transliteration:	elowahh
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	el-o'-ah; rarely (shortened) >eloahh {el-o'-ah}
Meaning:	1. a deity or the Deity
KJV Renderings:	God, god. See H0430.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB429

אֱלֹהַּ₅₇ so Deut 32:17 לֶאֱלֹהַּ Dan 11:38 (see BD) suffix לֵאלֹהוֺ Hab 1:11 elsewhere אֱלוֺהַּ noun masculine god, God. (Samaritan id., Aramaic אֱלָהּ, [untranscribed source text 216], Arabic [untranscribed source text 217], Sabean אלה DHM^l.c.; — אֱלֹהַּ as found in Hebrew probably a singular formed by inference from plural אֱלֹהִים: compare Nes^l.c.) —

1. a heathen god, late usage; כָּלאֱֿלוֺהַּ 2Chr 32:15 ; Dan 11:37 זוּ כחו לאלהו whose power is his god Hab 1:11; 2Kgs 17:31 (but Qr אֱלֹהֵי), אשר הביא אֱלוֺהַּ בְּיָדוֺ who doth bring God in his hand Job 12:6 ( Ew Di RVm , etc.)

2. God, used in ancient poems Deut 32:15; Deut 32:17; Ps 18:32, and on their basis an archaism in later poetry Job 3:4 + (41 t. Job), Ps 50:22; Ps 114:7; Ps 139:19; Prov 30:5; Isa 44:8; Hab 3:3; Neh 9:17 (citing Exod 34:6 where אֵל is used).

BDB9300

אֱלָהּ₉₄ noun masculine god, God (= Biblical Hebrew אֱלֹהַּ (p. 43), see also √ I. אלה ); — ׳ א absolute Dan 2:28 +, construct Dan 2:18 +; emphatic אֱלָהָא Dan 2:20 +; suffix אֱלָהִי Dan 6:23, הָךְ- Ezra 9:14 +, הֵהּ- Dan 6:6 +, הֲהֹם- Ezra 5:5; Ezra 7:16, הֲהוֺן- Dan 3:28 (twice in verse); Dan 3:29, הֲכֹם- Ezra 7:17, etc.; plural absolute אֱלָהִין Dan 2:11 +, emphatic הַיָּא- Jer 10:11, construct הֵי- Dan 5:4; Dan 5:23, suffix הַי- Dan 3:14, etc. [with prefix לֵאלָהָא Dan 5:23, לֵאלָהָיךְ Dan 3:14, etc.; but not in singular absolute or construct, e.g. לֶאֱלָהּ Ezra 5:12, etc.]; —

1. god, in general Dan 6:8; Dan 6:13 heathen deities Jer 10:11; Dan 2:11; Dan 3:15+ 15 t. Daniel (made of gold, etc. Dan 5:4; Dan 5:23) + בַּראֱֿלָהִין Dan 3:25.(see בַּר ).

2.₇₃ God (of Israel), Dan 2:28; Ezra 5:2 +; phrase ׳ אֱלָהּ יִשׂ Ezra 5:1; Ezra 6:14; Ezra 7:15 יְרוּשְׁלֵם ׳ א Ezra 7:19 אֲבָהָתַי ׳ א Dan 2:23 שְׁמַיָּא Ezra 5:11 (+ וְאַרְעָא), Ezra 5:12; Ezra 6:9; Ezra 6:10; Dan 2:18; Dan 2:19 + 6 t. (see שָׁמַיִם 2.a.); רַב ׳ א Dan 2:45 אֱלָהִין ׳ א Dan 2:47 אֱלָהָא עִלָּיָא Dan 3:26; Dan 3:32; Dan 5:18; Dan 5:21 חַיָּא ׳ א Dan 6:21; Dan 6:27 also בֵּית אֱלָהָא Dan 5:3; Ezra 4:24; Ezra 5:2 + 16 t. Ezra; ׳ עֲבִידַת א Ezra 6:18 .

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

אלוה (eloh’ah)

2 Chronicles 82:15

EHCC: for no god of any nation or kingdom

Nehemiah 9:17

KJV: And refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them; but hardened their necks, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage: but thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and forsookest them not.a God…: Heb. a God of pardons

EHCC: thou (art) a God ready to pardon,

Job 3:4

KJV: Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it.

EHCC: let not God regard it

Psalms 18:31

KJV: For who is God save the Lord? or who is a rock save our God?

EHCC: (32). For who (is) God save the Lord?

Habakkuk 1:11

KJV: Then shall his mind change, and he shall pass over, and offend, imputing this his power unto his god.

EHCC: this his power unto his god.

Strong's Lexicon

H433 — אֱלוַֹהּ אֱלוַֹהּ