אֱלָהּ
e.lah (H0433)
god
AI Word Study
The Hebrew word "אֱלָהּ" (e.lah) is a term that refers to a god or deity. With 57 occurrences in the Bible, this word is used to describe a higher power or supernatural being. The definition is straightforward, indicating that "אֱלָהּ" is a term used to acknowledge or address a divine entity. The significance of this word lies in its use to describe various gods and goddesses in the ancient Near Eastern context. In the biblical text, "אֱלָהּ" is often used to refer to the gods of other nations, highlighting the diversity of deities worshipped in the region. This usage suggests that the concept of a single, all-powerful deity was not unique to the Israelites, but rather a common feature of ancient Near Eastern cultures. The prevalence of "אֱלָהּ" in the Bible underscores the importance of the concept of deity in ancient Israelite society. Its use to describe both the gods of other nations and the Israelite God suggests a nuanced understanding of the divine, one that recognizes the existence of multiple deities while also acknowledging the supremacy of the Israelite God.
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But Jeshurun grew fat, and kicked. You have grown fat. You have grown thick. You have become sleek. Then he abandoned God who made him, and rejected the Rock of his salvation.
They sacrificed to demons, not God, to gods that they didn’t know, to new gods that came up recently, which your fathers didn’t dread.
Now therefore don’t let Hezekiah deceive you, nor persuade you in this way. Don’t believe him, for no god of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people out of my hand, and out of the hand of my fathers. How much less will your God deliver you out of my hand?”
and refused to obey. They weren’t mindful of your wonders that you did among them, but hardened their neck, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage. But you are a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, and didn’t forsake them.
Let that day be darkness. Don’t let God from above seek for it, neither let the light shine on it.
By the breath of God they perish. By the blast of his anger are they consumed.
‘Shall mortal man be more just than God? Shall a man be more pure than his Maker?
“Behold, happy is the man whom God corrects. Therefore do not despise the chastening of the Almighty.
For the arrows of the Almighty are within me. My spirit drinks up their poison. The terrors of God set themselves in array against me.
“Oh that I might have my request, that God would grant the thing that I long for,
even that it would please God to crush me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!
“God will not withdraw his anger. The helpers of Rahab stoop under him.
I will tell God, ‘Do not condemn me. Show me why you contend with me.
But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against you,
that he would show you the secrets of wisdom! For true wisdom has two sides. Know therefore that God exacts of you less than your iniquity deserves.
“Can you fathom the mystery of God? Or can you probe the limits of the Almighty?
I am like one who is a joke to his neighbor, I, who called on God, and he answered. The just, the blameless man is a joke.
The tents of robbers prosper. Those who provoke God are secure, who carry their god in their hands.
Have you heard the secret counsel of God? Do you limit wisdom to yourself?
My friends scoff at me. My eyes pour out tears to God,
that he would maintain the right of a man with God, of a son of man with his neighbor!
know now that God has subverted me, and has surrounded me with his net.
After my skin is destroyed, then I will see God in my flesh,
Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them.
You say, ‘God lays up his iniquity for his children.’ Let him recompense it to himself, that he may know it.
“Isn’t God in the heights of heaven? See the height of the stars, how high they are!
For then you will delight yourself in the Almighty, and will lift up your face to God.
From out of the populous city, men groan. The soul of the wounded cries out, yet God doesn’t regard the folly.
(for the length of my life is still in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils);
For what is the hope of the godless, when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?
Will he delight himself in the Almighty, and call on God at all times?
“Oh that I were as in the months of old, as in the days when God watched over me;
For what is the portion from God above, and the heritage from the Almighty on high?
(let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know my integrity);
“Behold, I will answer you. In this you are not just, for God is greater than man.
He prays to God, and he is favorable to him, so that he sees his face with joy. He restores to man his righteousness.
“Bear with me a little, and I will show you; for I still have something to say on God’s behalf.
Do you know how God controls them, and causes the lightning of his cloud to shine?
Out of the north comes golden splendor. With God is awesome majesty.
because God has deprived her of wisdom, neither has he imparted to her understanding.
“Shall he who argues contend with the Almighty? He who argues with God, let him answer it.”
For who is God, except Yahweh? Who is a rock, besides our God,
“Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you into pieces, and there be no one to deliver.
Tremble, you earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob,
If only you, God, would kill the wicked. Get away from me, you bloodthirsty men!
“Every word of God is flawless. He is a shield to those who take refuge in him.
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