Dictionary entry
אֱלֹהִים
Elohim
The generic name of God, grammatically plural.
It appears more than 2,500 times in the Hebrew Bible. The plural is usually read as a “plural of majesty”, but in some texts it also designates heavenly beings in general, as in Psalm 82. It is the term used in the first verse of Genesis.
Where it appears
- Genesis 1:1
- Psalms 82:1