Elohim

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛˈloʊˌhɪm/, sometimes /ˌɛ.loʊˈhɪm/; /ˌɛ.loʊˈhim/, /ɛˈloʊˌhim/
• Hyphenation: E‧lo‧him

Proper noun

Elohim

2. (Judaism) God; the name used for God in Hebrew scriptures, and used for the Father by Latter-day Saints.
   • 2018, “God = Dog”, performed by Behemoth:

     Elohim (Elohim)
     I shall not forgive
     Adonai (Adonai)
     I shall not forgive
     Living God (Living God)
     I shall not the forgive
     Jesus Christ (Jesus Christ)
     I forgive Thee not

3. (Raëlism, in the plural) The extraterrestrial creators of humans; the Raelian gods.

Derived terms

• Elohist

Related terms

• El

Translations

name for God

• Arabic: إِلُوهِيم m (ʔilūhīm)
• 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, Élohim (fr) m
• Georgian: ელოჰიმ (elohim)
• German: Elohim (de) m
• Greek: Ελοχίμ (el) 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, Mohéli

Polish

Etymology

Transliteration of Biblical Hebrew אלוהים.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛˈlɔ.xim/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔxim
• Syllabification: E‧lo‧him

Proper noun

Elohim m pers (indeclinable)

1. (biblical, Judaism, theology) Elohim (one of the alternate names of God found in the Old Testament)

Related terms

adjectives

• elohistyczny

 

nouns

• elohista

 

Further reading

• Elohim in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Elohim in PWN's encyclopedia