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Elohim

A Dictionary of the Bible | 1997 | | Copyright

Elohim The word is plural in form, literally denoting ‘gods’ (as in Exod. 20: 3), but normally used for the God of Israel as a plural of majesty, as in other languages. The singular form El is also found, especially in the book of Job. The use of Elohim in one source of the Pentateuch from the call of Abraham (Gen. 22: 1–19) to the revealing of God's name Yahweh (Exod. 3: 13–15) has led to its being called the E source. It is thought to derive from the northern part of the country in the 9th to 8th cent. BCE period.

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Elohim

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions | 1997 | | Copyright

Elohim (Heb., God(s)). A name for the God of the Jews. Its plural form may once have been literal—‘mighty ones’—but it became subsumed in the accumulating Jewish sense that if God is indeed God, then there can only be what God is: One, and not a plurality of gods.

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JOHN BOWKER. "Elohim." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

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Elohim

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church | 2000 | | Copyright

Elohim. A Hebrew word meaning ‘gods’. In the OT it is generally used of the God of Israel, especially frequently in what is commonly reckoned the second oldest Pentateuchal source (the supposed author of which is therefore referred to by critics as ‘the Elohist’).

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E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Elohim." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

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Elohim

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2008 | Copyright

Elohim , term used to designate the God of Israel. The use of Elohim in Israel's religious texts is an attempt to treat the particular Hebrew God, Yahweh, in a more general religious context.

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Elohim

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

Elohim •bedim, brim, crim, dim, glim, grim, Grimm, gym, him, hymn, Jim, Kim, limb, limn, nim, prim, quim, rim, scrim, shim, Sim, skim, slim, swim, Tim, trim, vim, whim •poem • goyim • cherubim • Hasidim •seraphim, teraphim •Elohim • Sikkim • Joachim • prelim •forelimb • Muslim • Blenheim •paynim • minim • pseudonym •homonym • anonym • synonym •eponym • acronym • antonym •metonym • Antrim • megrim •Leitrim • pilgrim • Purim • interim •passim • maxim • kibbutzim •Midrashim • literatim •seriatim, verbatim •victim •system • ecosystem • subsystem •item • Ashkenazim

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