What are the common ways the Hebrew word "Elohim" has been translated in English Bibles?
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In english bibles, Elohim is generally translated as God. Yahweh is usually LORD or Lord.
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The word Elohim typically means God, but since the context of the word use seems to make this nonsensical in many cases, it has also been translated to have different meanings. Most of these typically mean powerful, godlike, authoritative or works of god. From www.biblestudytools.net Strong's Number: 0430 Definition (plural) rulers, judges divine ones angels gods (plural intensive - singular meaning) god, goddess godlike one works or special possessions of God the (true) God God King James Word Usage - Total: 2606 God 2346, god 244, judge 5, GOD 1, goddess 2, great 2, mighty 2, angels 1, exceeding 1, God-ward + (04136) 1, godly 1
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The Hebrew word Elohim might find resonance amongst Arabic speakers as both languages are Semitic and have many words that sound similar. I think in Hebrew the suffix 'im' is added to words to make them plural or for respect. When used for God, in the OT, it would represent respect and obviously NOT plural as Judaism is a strictly monotheistic religion. The Hebrew ‘Eloh’ is very close to the Arabic ‘Elaah’ which also means god and ‘Allah’ which means the God. So Elohim is Eloh + im. Eloh is very similar to the Arabic Ilah which means god (I've put capitals in both Eloh and Ilah, although neither Hebrew nor Arabic has any upper/lower case distinction in its alphabet).
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