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אֱלֹהִים
ʼĕlôhîym · Hebrew · Strong's H430 · 2598 occurrences
The KJV renders 2 different Hebrew and Greek words as “goddess”
What it means
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
plural of H433 (אֱלוֹהַּ);
How the KJV renders it
angels, goddess, judges
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“goddess”
also renders theá (G2299)
Answers that weigh this word
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Where it appears
2598 occurrences in the Hebrew text, first 60 verses shown.
1 Chronicles 4:10 · HNcmpa
Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, “Oh that you would bless me indeed, and enlarge my border! May your hand be with me, and may you keep me from evil, that I may not cause pain!” God granted him that which he requested.
1 Chronicles 5:20 · HR/Ncmpa
They were helped against them, and the Hagrites were delivered into their hand, and all who were with them; for they cried to God in the battle, and he answered them because they put their trust in him.
1 Chronicles 5:22 · HR/Td/Ncmpa
For many fell slain, because the war was of God. They lived in their place until the captivity.
1 Chronicles 5:25 · HNcmpa
They trespassed against the God of their fathers, and played the prostitute after the gods of the peoples of the land whom God destroyed before them.
1 Chronicles 5:26 · HNcmpc
So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgath Pilneser king of Assyria, and he carried away the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, and brought them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and to the river of Gozan, to this day.
1 Chronicles 6:48 · HTd/Ncmpa
Their brothers the Levites were appointed for all the service of the tabernacle of God’s house.
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Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Hebrew text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.