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/,[1][2][3] sometimes /ˌɛ.loʊˈhɪm/;[2][3] /ˌɛ.loʊˈhim/,[1][2] /ɛˈloʊˌhim/[2]
  • Hyphenation: E‧lo‧him

Proper noun

Elohim

  1. God; the name used for God in Hebrew scriptures, and used for the Father by Latter-day Saints.
  2. (Raëlism, in the plural) The extraterrestrial creators of humans; the Raelian gods.

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References
  1. “Elohim”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
  2. “Elohim”, in Collins English Dictionary.
  3. “Elohim”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

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