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Lemma

אֱלוֹהַּ

eloah

God. A singular Hebrew noun for God, common in Job.

Forms

  • אֱלוֹהַּ eloah H433. Singular. Frequent in Job.
  • אֱלוֹהַּ eloah Also written אֱלֹהַּ in some lines.
  • אֵל el God. A shorter Hebrew noun for God, and for power or the mighty when the setting is not divine.
  • אֱלֹהִים elohim God. The usual Hebrew noun for God, and for gods when the setting is plural.
  • אֱלָהּ elah God. The Biblical Aramaic noun for God, and for gods in the plural setting.
  • θεός theos God. The usual Greek noun for God, and for a god when the setting is pagan or plural.

אֱלוֹהַּ is a singular noun for God. It stands beside אֵל and אֱלֹהִים as another Hebrew word this Bible may print God. Job uses it often.

Job 3:4 says, “Let not God regard it from above.” Job 19:26 says, “then I will see God.” Deuteronomy 32:15 speaks of “the God who made him,” and Deuteronomy 32:17 of “demons, which were no God.”

Biblical Aramaic אֱלָהּ is the matching Aramaic noun, a different Strong’s number.

In this Bible, “God,” “god,” and “gods” link here only in the verses where the Hebrew is this noun.

Strong’s

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אֱלוֹהַּ H433

ʼĕlôwahh · el-o'-ah

a deity or the Deity

rarely (shortened) אֱלֹהַּ; probably prolonged (emphatic) from H410 (אֵל);

KJV glosses: God, god. See H430 (אֱלֹהִים).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Francis Brown, S. R. Driver, and Charles A. Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906). Public-domain digital text.

אֱלֹהַּ H433

Biblical Hebrew

אֱלֹהַּ57 so Deut 32:17 לֶאֱלֹהַּ Dan 11:38 (see BD) suffix לֵאלֹהוֺ Hab 1:11 elsewhere אֱלוֺהַּ noun masculine god, God. (Samaritan id., Aramaic אֱלָהּ, , Arabic , Sabean אלה DHMl.c.; — אֱלֹהַּ as found in Hebrew probably a singular formed by inference from plural אֱלֹהִים: compare Nesl.c.) — 1. a heathen god, late usage; כָּלאֱֿלוֺהַּ 2Chr 32:15; Dan 11:37 זוּ כחו לאלהו whose power is his god Hab 1:11; 2Kgs 17:31 (but Qr אֱלֹהֵי), אשר הביא אֱלוֺהַּ בְּיָדוֺ who doth bring God in his hand Job 12:6 (Ew Di RVm, etc.)

2. God, used in ancient poems Deut 32:15; Deut 32:17; Ps 18:32, and on their basis an archaism in later poetry Job 3:4 + (41 t. Job), Ps 50:22; Ps 114:7; Ps 139:19; Prov 30:5; Isa 44:8; Hab 3:3; Neh 9:17 (citing Exod 34:6 where אֵל is used).

אֱלָהּ H426 · H433

Biblical Aramaic

אֱלָהּ94 noun masculine god, God (= Biblical Hebrew אֱלֹהַּ (p. 43), see also √ I. אלה); — ׳א absolute Dan 2:28 +, construct vDan 2:18 +; emphatic אֱלָהָא vDan 2:20 +; suffix אֱלָהִי Dan 6:23, הָךְ- Ezra 9:14 +, הֵהּ- Dan 6:6 +, הֲהֹם- Ezra 5:5; Ezra 7:16, הֲהוֺן- Dan 3:28 (twice in verse); Dan 3:29, הֲכֹם- Ezra 7:17, etc.; plural absolute אֱלָהִין Dan 2:11 +, emphatic הַיָּא- Jer 10:11, construct הֵי- Dan 5:4; Dan 5:23, suffix הַי- Dan 3:14, etc. [with prefix לֵאלָהָא Dan 5:23, לֵאלָהָיךְ Dan 3:14, etc.; but not in singular absolute or construct, e.g. לֶאֱלָהּ Ezra 5:12, etc.]; — 1. god, in general Dan 6:8; Dan 6:13 heathen deities Jer 10:11; Dan 2:11; Dan 3:15+ 15 t. Daniel (made of gold, etc. Dan 5:4; Dan 5:23) + בַּראֱֿלָהִין Dan 3:25.(see בַּר).

2.73 God (of Israel), Dan 2:28; Ezra 5:2 +; phrase ׳אֱלָהּ יִשׂ Ezra 5:1; Ezra 6:14; Ezra 7:15 יְרוּשְׁלֵם ׳א Ezra 7:19 אֲבָהָתַי ׳א Dan 2:23 שְׁמַיָּא Ezra 5:11 (+ וְאַרְעָא), vEzra 5:12; Ezra 6:9; Ezra 6:10; Dan 2:18; Dan 2:19 + 6 t. (see שָׁמַיִם 2 a); רַב ׳א Dan 2:45 אֱלָהִין ׳א vDan 2:47 אֱלָהָא עִלָּיָא Dan 3:26; Dan 3:32; Dan 5:18; Dan 5:21 חַיָּא ׳א Dan 6:21; Dan 6:27 also בֵּית אֱלָהָא Dan 5:3; Ezra 4:24; Ezra 5:2 + 16 t. Ezra; ׳עֲבִידַת א Ezra 6:18.