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2 Chronicles 20:12
“O our God, wilt thou not judge them? for we have no might against this great company that cometh against us; neither know we what to do: but our eyes are upon thee.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H430 · Hebrew
- Definition
- 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
- Derivation
- plural of H433 (אֱלוֹהַּ);
- KJV renderings
- angels, [idiom] exceeding, God (gods) (-dess, -ly), [idiom] (very) great, judges, [idiom] mighty.
- Grammar
- אֱלֹהֵ֨י — common noun, masculine, plural, construct
- נוּ֙ — suffix (pronominal), 1st person, common, plural
- Usage
- Occurs 2,600 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 1:1Genesis 1:2Genesis 1:3Genesis 1:4Genesis 1:4
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read אֱלֹהִים here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.