Elohim

English

Etymology

From Hebrew אֱלֹהִים‎/אֱלוֹהִים‎ (ʾélôhím, “(a) god(s)”), plural of אֱלוֹהַּ‎ (ʾélôah, “god”), often taken to be an expanded form of אֵל‎ (ʾēl, “god”) (whence El).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌɛlɵˈhiːm/, /ɛˈloʊ̯ˌhɨm/
Hyphenation: E‧lo‧him

Proper noun

Elohim

God; the name used for God in Hebrew scriptures, and used for the Father by Latter-day Saints.
(Raëlism, plural) The extraterrestrial creators of humans; the Raelian gods.

Derived terms

Elohist

Related terms

El

Translations

name for God

Arabic: إِلُوهِيم‎ m (ʾilūhīm)
Armenian: Էլոհիմ (Ēlohim)
Belarusian: Элахі́м m (Elaxím)
Bulgarian: Елохи́м m (Elohím)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 伊羅欣, 伊罗欣 (Yīluóxīn), 埃洛希姆 (Āiluòxīmǔ), 耶洛因 (Yéluòyīn)
French: Elohim (fr) m
Georgian: ელოჰიმ (elohim)
German: Elohim (de) m
Greek: Ελοχίμ m (Elochím)
Hebrew: אֱלוֹהִים \ אֱלֹהִים‎ (he) m (elohím)

Hindi: एलोहिम m (elohim)
Japanese: エロヒム (Erohimu)
Korean: 엘로힘 (Ellohim)
Persian: الوهیم‎ (fa) (eluhim)
Polish: Elohim (pl) m
Russian: Элохи́м (ru) m (Eloxím), Элоги́м m (Elogím), Элои́м m (Eloím)
Spanish: Elohim m
Thai: เอโลฮิม
Turkish: Elohim (tr)
Ukrainian: Елогі́м m (Elohím)

See also

Allah (cognate to singular Eloh "God")
Yahweh

Anagrams

Homiel

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