![]() It is greatly fitting that the first grammatical subject of the Bible is God, who is also the principal subject of the entire Bible. The principal question that Genesis 1 answers, however, is “Who?” Who created? Who is the source of the heavens and the earth? Genesis 1 gives a clear answer: Elohim (God). Very often in Christian theology, interpreters of Genesis 1 have focused on the question of “When?” in connection with creation. In Genesis 1, one of the most God-centered chapters of the Bible, Elohim appears 32 times, mostly with reference to God as the subject of the various activity described, such as creating, speaking, separating, calling, seeing, making, placing, and blessing. Genesis 1:3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. Given its plural form, moreover, ’elōhîm can be used of other “gods,” whether in a plural sense (Exod. The ancient Greek translation, known as the Septuagint, rendered it similarly as ἄγγελοι (angeloi), “angels” or “(divine) messengers.” The New American Standard Bible (19 editions) and recent Christian Standard Bible (2017), by contrast, preferred to render ’elōhîm as “God” in Psalm 8:6 (English), as did the much earlier Geneva Bible (1599). Consequently, many English versions render ’elōhîm as “angels” (KJV, NIV) or “heavenly beings” (NET, ESV). 31 His father, deceived by the bloody coat, mourneth for him. Genesis 8:17 Bring forth with you every living thing that is with you, of all. ![]() Genesis 2:3 And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that. Genesis 1:22,28 And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill. 13 Jacob sendeth him to visit his brethren. Genesis 9:7 And you, be you fruitful, and multiply bring forth abundantly in. In Psalm 8:6 (= English 8:5) it might refer to angelic beings. Hebrew OT - Transliteration - Holy Name KJV Bereshit / Genesis 37. Standard English versions are largely divided in such verses between rendering ’elōhîm as “God” (RSV, NASB, ESV) or as “judges” (KJV, NIV, NKJV, NET). 5 No shrub of the field was yet in the earth, and no herb of the field had yet sprung up for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground, -,,. Sometimes ’elōhîm is used of God’s representatives, such as judges who represent God (Exod. However, this word is not always used in this way. When used of the true God, Elohim is a general and common term for deity. ![]() This indicates one divine being-something akin to the plural of majesty or royal “we” (Latin: pluralis maiestatis). (A software search I did in BibleWorks software yielded 2602 uses in 2248 verses, 219 of which are in the Book of Genesis.) ’elōhîm is plural in form, but in Genesis 1 and elsewhere when it is used of the true God, Elohim is the subject of singular verbs. The term ’elōhîm appears more than 2500 times in the Old Testament. (Below I will use Elohim when specifically referring to the true God and ’elōhîm when speaking more generally or when the word is used in other senses.) 17 The beginning, increase, and continuance of the flood. 1 Noah, with his family, and the living creatures, enter into the ark. (In Hebrew it looks like אֱלֹהִים in formal transliteration it looks like ’elōhîm). Hebrew OT - Transliteration - Holy Name KJV Bereshit / Genesis 7. The entire chapter of Genesis one is about the shaping and filling of the creation, such as is described in my article, The Chiastic Structure of Genesis 1:1 to 2:3. This noun is always rendered “God” in standard English translations. Today we’ll look at the third word in the Hebrew text of the Bible, Elohim (pronounced like ӗh-low-heem´). In the previous two posts we looked at the first two words of Genesis 1:1, “In-the-beginning” (berē’šît: בְּרֵאשִׁ֖ית) and “he-created” (bārā’: בָּרָא). Abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon. Strong's Original Hebrew & Chaldee (Aramaic) Dictionary. Color-Coded, Exhaustive Lexical Number Map, Collating Existing Sources. Fully Mapped & Pointed Hebrew & Aramaic Typeset, Parallel to English. Exhaustive Proper Noun Emphasis from Hebrew & Aramaic with Notes. Holy Name & Divine Titles Restored with Transliteration Notes.
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