Hebrew
אֱלֹהִים e·lo·him
“God” · 2,603 times in the Old Testament
Through the Bible
- “god” 2,143
- “gods” 190
- “o god” 94
- “o my god” 20
- “he” 17
- other ways 139
- theos, the Greek the New Testament uses for it 1,315
In the New Testament it continues as theos: Matthew 22:37 quotes Deuteronomy 6:5, and puts this word in Greek.
As a table, book by book
| Book | Times |
|---|---|
| Genesis | 219 |
| Exodus | 139 |
| Leviticus | 53 |
| Numbers | 27 |
| Deuteronomy | 375 |
| Joshua | 76 |
| Judges | 73 |
| Ruth | 4 |
| 1 Samuel | 101 |
| 2 Samuel | 54 |
| 1 Kings | 107 |
| 2 Kings | 98 |
| 1 Chronicles | 118 |
| 2 Chronicles | 203 |
| Ezra | 55 |
| Nehemiah | 70 |
| Job | 17 |
| Psalms | 365 |
| Proverbs | 5 |
| Ecclesiastes | 40 |
| Isaiah | 94 |
| Jeremiah | 145 |
| Ezekiel | 36 |
| Daniel | 22 |
| Hosea | 26 |
| Joel | 11 |
| Amos | 14 |
| Jonah | 16 |
| Micah | 11 |
| Nahum | 1 |
| Habakkuk | 2 |
| Zephaniah | 5 |
| Haggai | 3 |
| Zechariah | 11 |
| Malachi | 7 |
| Matthew | 51 |
| Mark | 49 |
| Luke | 122 |
| John | 83 |
| Acts | 165 |
| Romans | 153 |
| 1 Corinthians | 106 |
| 2 Corinthians | 79 |
| Galatians | 31 |
| Ephesians | 31 |
| Philippians | 23 |
| Colossians | 21 |
| 1 Thessalonians | 36 |
| 2 Thessalonians | 18 |
| 1 Timothy | 22 |
| 2 Timothy | 13 |
| Titus | 13 |
| Philemon | 2 |
| Hebrews | 68 |
| James | 16 |
| 1 Peter | 39 |
| 2 Peter | 7 |
| 1 John | 62 |
| 2 John | 2 |
| 3 John | 3 |
| Jude | 4 |
| Revelation | 96 |
How the BSB translates it
Each way the Berean Standard Bible puts it into English, and how often.
Its meanings, as STEP Bible divides them
- God 2385
- gods 216
- (LORD)-Elohe 1
- (Gibeath)-elohim 1
With a pronoun joined
Hebrew joins “me”, “you”, “him” and the like to the end of a word.
Where it occurs
Grouped by how it’s translated, then by book. Each reference opens the verse.
“god” 2,143
Genesis 80
- 1:1 …In the beginning God created the heavens and…
- 1:2 …deep And the Spirit of God was hovering over the…
- 1:3 And God said Let there be…
- 1:4 And God saw that the light…
- 1:5 God called the light day…
- 1:6 And God said Let there be…
- 1:7 So God made the expanse and…
- 1:8 God called the expanse sky…
- 1:9 And God said Let the waters…
- 1:10 God called the dry land…
- 1:10 …waters He called seas And God saw that it was…
- 1:11 Then God said Let the earth…
- 1:12 …according to their kinds And God saw that it was…
- 1:14 And God said Let there be…
- 1:16 God made two great lights…
- 1:17 God set these lights in…
- 1:18 …light from the darkness And God saw that it was…
- 1:20 And God said Let the waters…
- 1:21 …So God created the great sea…
- 1:21 …bird after its kind And God saw that it was…
- 1:22 Then God blessed them and said…
- 1:24 And God said Let the earth…
- 1:25 God made the beasts of…
- 1:25 …according to its kind And God saw that it was…
- 1:26 Then God said Let Us make…
- 1:27 So God created man in His…
- 1:27 …image in the image of God He created him male…
- 1:28 God blessed them and said…
- 1:29 Then God said Behold I have…
- 1:31 And God looked upon all that…
- 2:2 …by the seventh day God had finished the work…
- 2:3 Then God blessed the seventh day…
- 2:4 …day that the LORD God made them…
- 2:5 …sprouted for the LORD God had not yet sent…
- 2:7 …Then the LORD God formed man from the…
- 2:8 …And the LORD God planted a garden in…
- 2:9 …the ground the LORD God gave growth to every…
- 2:15 …Then the LORD God took the man and…
- 2:16 …And the LORD God commanded him You may…
- 2:18 …The LORD God also said It is…
- 2:19 …the ground the LORD God formed every beast of…
- 2:21 …So the LORD God caused the man to…
- 2:22 …rib that the LORD God had taken from the…
- 3:1 …field that the LORD God had made And he…
- 3:3 …middle of the garden God has said You must…
- 3:5 …For God knows that in the…
- 3:8 …voice of the LORD God walking in the garden…
- 3:8 …presence of the LORD God among the trees of…
- 3:9 …But the LORD God called out to the…
- 3:13 …Then the LORD God said to the woman…
- 3:14 …So the LORD God said to the serpent…
- 3:21 …And the LORD God made garments of skin…
- 3:22 …Then the LORD God said Behold the man…
- 3:23 …Therefore the LORD God banished him from the…
- 4:25 …named him Seth saying God has granted me another…
- 5:1 …Adam In the day that God created man He made…
- 5:22 …Methuselah Enoch walked with God years and had other…
- 5:24 …Enoch walked with God and then he was…
- 5:24 …was no more because God had taken him away…
- 6:2 …the sons of God saw that the daughters…
- 6:4 …well when the sons of God had relations with the…
- 6:9 …generation Noah walked with God
- 6:11 …corrupt in the sight of God and full of violence…
- 6:12 And God looked upon the earth…
- 6:13 Then God said to Noah The…
- 6:22 …did everything precisely as God had commanded him…
- 7:9 …male and female as God had commanded Noah…
- 7:16 …every living thing as God had commanded Noah Then…
- 8:1 …But God remembered Noah and all…
- 8:1 …him in the ark And God sent a wind over…
- 8:15 Then God said to Noah…
- 9:1 And God blessed Noah and his…
- 9:8 Then God said to Noah and…
- 9:12 And God said This is the…
- 9:16 …the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature…
- 9:17 So God said to Noah This…
- 9:26 …Blessed be the LORD the God of Shem May Canaan…
- 9:27 May God expand the territory of…
- 17:3 …Then Abram fell facedown and God said to him…
- 17:7 …you to be your God and the God of…
And 2,063 more, on the full page.
“gods” 190
Genesis 4
Exodus 16
- 12:12 …execute judgment against all the gods of Egypt I am…
- 18:11 …greater than all other gods for He did this…
- 20:3 …shall have no other gods before Me…
- 20:23 …to make for yourselves gods of silver or gold…
- 23:13 …the names of other gods they must not be…
- 23:24 …must not bow down to their gods or serve them or…
- 23:32 …no covenant with them or with their gods
- 23:33 …For if you serve their gods it will surely be…
- 32:1 …said Come make us gods who will go before…
- 32:4 …said These O Israel are your gods who brought you up…
- 32:8 …said These O Israel are your gods who brought you up…
- 32:23 …told me Make us gods who will go before…
- 32:31 …committed They have made gods of gold for themselves…
- 34:15 …they prostitute themselves to their gods and sacrifice to them…
- 34:16 …will prostitute themselves to their gods and cause your sons…
- 34:17 …shall make no molten gods for yourselves…
Leviticus 1
- 19:4 …make for yourselves molten gods I am the LORD…
Numbers 2
Deuteronomy 34
- 4:28 …will serve man made gods of wood and stone…
- 5:7 …shall have no other gods before Me…
- 6:14 …Do not follow other gods the gods of the…
- 6:14 …not follow other gods the gods of the peoples around…
- 7:4 …Me to serve other gods Then the anger of…
- 7:16 …pity Do not worship their gods for that will be…
- 7:25 …burn up the images of their gods do not covet the…
- 8:19 …and go after other gods to worship and bow…
- 10:17 …your God is God of gods and Lord of lords…
- 11:16 …bow down to other gods
- 11:28 …today by following other gods which you have not…
- 12:2 …are dispossessing have served their gods atop the high mountains…
- 12:3 …cut down the idols of their gods and wipe out their…
- 12:30 …do these nations serve their gods I will do likewise…
- 12:31 …way because they practice for their gods every abomination which the…
- 13:2 …Let us follow other gods which you have not…
- 13:6 …go and worship other gods which neither you nor…
- 13:7 the gods of the peoples around…
- 13:13 …go and serve other gods which you have not…
- 17:3 …going to worship other gods bowing down to them…
- 18:20 …the name of other gods that prophet must be…
- 20:18 …detestable things they do for their gods and so cause you…
- 28:14 …not go after other gods to serve them…
- 28:36 …you will worship other gods gods of wood and…
- 28:64 …you will worship other gods gods of wood and…
- 29:18 …to go and worship the gods of those nations Make…
- 29:26 …went and served other gods and they worshiped gods…
- 29:26 …gods and they worshiped gods they had not known…
- 30:17 …bow down to other gods and worship them…
- 31:16 …themselves with the foreign gods of the land they…
- 31:18 …by turning to other gods
- 31:20 …will turn to other gods and worship them and…
- 32:17 …demons not to God to gods they had not known…
- 32:37 …He will say Where are their gods the rock in which…
Joshua 9
- 23:7 …call on the names of their gods or swear by them…
- 23:16 …go and serve other gods and bow down to…
- 24:2 …Euphrates and worshiped other gods
- 24:14 …and truth cast aside the gods your fathers served beyond…
- 24:15 …will serve whether the gods your fathers served beyond…
- 24:15 …beyond the Euphrates or the gods of the Amorites in…
- 24:16 …LORD to serve other gods
- 24:20 …LORD and serve foreign gods He will turn and…
- 24:23 …rid of the foreign gods among you and incline…
Judges 13
- 2:3 …thorns in your sides and their gods will be a snare…
- 2:12 …they followed after various gods of the peoples around…
- 2:17 …prostituted themselves with other gods and bowed down to…
- 2:19 …fathers going after other gods to serve them and…
- 3:6 …their sons and served their gods
- 5:8 …When they chose new gods then war came to…
- 6:10 …You must not fear the gods of the Amorites in…
- 10:6 …the Baals the Ashtoreths the gods of Aram Sidon and…
- 10:6 …Sidon and Moab and the gods of the Ammonites and…
- 10:13 …Me and served other gods so I will no…
- 10:14 …and cry out to the gods you have chosen Let…
- 10:16 …put away the foreign gods from among them and…
- 18:24 …He replied You took the gods I had made and…
Ruth 1
- 1:15 …to her people and her gods follow her back home…
And 110 more, on the full page.
“o god” 94
Genesis 1
- 32:9 …Then Jacob declared O God of my father Abraham…
Judges 1
- 16:28 …remember me Strengthen me O God just once more so…
1 Kings 1
- 8:26 …And now O God of Israel please confirm…
1 Chronicles 2
Nehemiah 1
- 4:4 …Hear us O God for we are despised…
Psalms 74
- 4:1 …me when I call O God of my righteousness You…
- 5:10 …Declare them guilty O God let them fall by…
- 25:22 …Redeem Israel O God from all its distress…
- 27:9 …me or forsake me O God of my salvation…
- 36:7 …is Your loving devotion O God that the children of…
- 42:1 …soul longs after You O God
- 43:1 …Vindicate me O God and plead my case…
- 43:4 …You with the harp O God my God…
- 44:1 …heard with our ears O God our fathers have told…
- 44:4 …You are my King O God who ordains victories for…
- 45:6 …Your throne O God endures forever and ever…
- 48:9 …Within Your temple O God we contemplate Your loving…
- 48:10 …Your name O God like Your praise reaches…
- 51:1 …Have mercy on me O God according to Your loving…
- 51:10 …me a clean heart O God and renew a right…
- 51:14 …Deliver me from bloodguilt O God the God of my…
- 51:17 …and a contrite heart O God You will not despise…
- 54:1 …among us Save me O God by Your name and…
- 54:2 …Hear my prayer O God listen to the words…
- 55:1 …Listen to my prayer O God and do not ignore…
- 55:23 …But You O God will bring them down…
- 56:1 …Be merciful to me O God for men are hounding…
- 56:7 …escape In Your anger O God cast down the nations…
- 56:12 …vows are upon me O God I will render thank…
- 57:1 …Have mercy on me O God have mercy for in…
- 57:5 …Be exalted O God above the heavens may…
- 57:7 …My heart is steadfast O God my heart is steadfast…
- 57:11 …Be exalted O God above the heavens may…
- 58:6 O God shatter their teeth in…
- 59:9 …my strength because You O God are my fortress…
- 59:17 …I sing praises for You, O God are my fortress my…
- 60:1 …You have rejected us O God You have broken us…
- 60:10 …You not rejected us O God Will You no longer…
- 60:10 …no longer march out O God with our armies…
- 61:1 …David Hear my cry O God attend to my prayer…
- 61:5 …have heard my vows O God You have given me…
- 63:1 …the Wilderness of Judah O God You are my God…
- 64:1 …Psalm of David Hear O God my voice of complaint…
- 65:1 …song Praise awaits You O God in Zion to You…
- 65:5 …righteousness You answer us O God of our salvation the…
- 66:10 …For You , O God have tested us You…
- 67:3 …the peoples praise You O God let all the peoples…
- 67:5 …the peoples praise You O God let all the peoples…
- 68:7 O God when You went out…
- 68:9 …You sent abundant rain O God You refreshed Your weary…
- 68:10 …Your flock settled therein O God from Your bounty You…
- 68:24 …have seen Your procession O God the march of my…
- 68:28 …Summon Your power O God show Your strength O…
- 68:28 …God show Your strength O God which You have exerted…
- 68:35 O God You are awesome in…
- 69:1 …Of David Save me O God for the waters are…
- 69:5 …You know my folly O God and my guilt is…
- 69:6 …be dishonored through me O God of Israel…
- 69:13 …Your abundant loving devotion O God answer me with Your…
- 69:29 …Your salvation protect me O God
- 70:5 …needy hurry to me O God You are my help…
- 71:12 …not far from me O God Hurry O my God…
- 71:17 O God You have taught me…
- 71:18 …do not forsake me O God until I proclaim Your…
- 71:19 …reaches to the heavens O God You who have done…
- 71:19 …done great things Who O God is like You…
- 72:1 …king with Your justice O God and the son of…
- 74:1 …You rejected us forever O God Why does Your anger…
- 74:10 …How long O God will the enemy taunt…
- 74:22 …Rise up O God defend Your cause Remember…
- 75:1 …give thanks to You O God we give thanks for…
- 76:6 …At Your rebuke O God of Jacob both horse…
- 77:3 …I remembered You O God and I groaned I…
- 77:13 …Your way O God is holy What god…
- 77:16 …The waters saw You O God the waters saw You…
- 79:1 …of Asaph The nations O God have invaded Your inheritance…
- 79:9 …Help us O God of our salvation for…
- 80:3 …Restore us O God and cause Your face…
- 80:7 …Restore us O God of Hosts and cause…
And 14 more, on the full page.
“o my god” 20
Ezra 1
- 9:6 …and said O my God I am ashamed and…
Nehemiah 6
- 5:19 …Remember me favorably O my God for all that I…
- 6:14 O my God remember Tobiah and Sanballat…
- 13:14 …Remember me for this O my God and do not blot…
- 13:22 …for this as well O my God and show me mercy…
- 13:29 …Remember them O my God because they have defiled…
- 13:31 …the firstfruits Remember me O my God with favor…
Psalms 11
- 3:7 …O LORD Save me O my God Strike all my enemies…
- 22:2 …cry out by day O my God but You do not…
- 38:21 …not far from me O my God
- 40:8 …to do Your will O my God Your law is within…
- 40:17 …my helper and deliverer O my God do not delay…
- 42:6 O my God my soul despairs within…
- 59:1 …me from my enemies O my God protect me from those…
- 71:4 …Deliver me O my God from the hand of…
- 71:12 …me O God Hurry O my God to help me…
- 71:22 …harp for Your faithfulness O my God I will sing praise…
- 83:13 …Make them like tumbleweed O my God like chaff before the…
Daniel 2
“he” 17
Genesis 5
Exodus 1
- 2:24 …God heard their groaning and He remembered His covenant with…
Deuteronomy 8
- 4:23 …the form of anything He has forbidden you…
- 16:11 …God in the place He will choose as a…
- 19:1 …the nations whose land He is giving you and…
- 23:21 …to keep it because He will surely require it…
- 25:19 …in the land that He is giving you to…
- 29:12 …LORD your God which He is making with you…
- 30:3 then He will restore you from…
- 30:4 …to the farthest horizon He will gather you and…
Joshua 2
Jonah 1
- 3:10 …from their evil ways He relented from the disaster…
“him” 6
“belong to god” 5
“when god” 4
“both god” 4
“and” 3
“like god” 3
“against god” 3
“judges” 3
“any god” 3
“it” 3
“god is” 3
“am god” 3
“before god” 2
“am the god” 2
“god was” 2
“yet god” 2
“goddess” 2
“own gods” 2
“did the gods” 2
“who” 2
“his” 2
“am your god” 2
“did god” 1
Genesis 1
- 3:1 …said to the woman Did God really say You must…
“own likeness” 1
Genesis 1
- 5:1 …man He made him in His own likeness
“own” 1
Genesis 1
- 9:6 …will be shed for in His own image God has made…
“great struggles” 1
Genesis 1
- 30:8 …Then Rachel said In my great struggles I have wrestled with…
“thus god” 1
Genesis 1
- 31:9 Thus God has taken away your…
“if the god” 1
Genesis 1
- 31:42 If the God of my father the…
“el elohe israel” 1
Genesis 1
- 33:20 …altar and called it El-Elohe-Israel
“god also” 1
Exodus 1
- 6:2 God also told Moses I am…
“god fearing” 1
Exodus 1
- 18:21 …from among the people God-fearing trustworthy men who are…
“any gods” 1
Exodus 1
- 20:23 …are not to make any gods alongside Me you are…
“one whom the judges” 1
Exodus 1
- 22:9 …cases before the judges The one whom the judges find guilty must pay…
“them” 1
Exodus 1
- 34:15 …their gods and sacrifice to them they will invite you…
“do the same” 1
Exodus 1
- 34:16 …and cause your sons to do the same
“against their gods” 1
Numbers 1
- 33:4 …LORD had executed judgment against their gods
“god is to us” 1
Deuteronomy 1
- 4:7 …them as the LORD our God is to us whenever we call on…
“even if god” 1
Deuteronomy 1
- 5:24 …a man can live even if God speaks with him…
“about their gods” 1
Deuteronomy 1
- 12:30 …you Do not inquire about their gods asking How do these…
“as sacrifices to their gods” 1
Deuteronomy 1
- 12:31 …daughters in the fire as sacrifices to their gods
“under god’s” 1
Deuteronomy 1
- 21:23 …hung on a tree is under God’s curse You must not…
“against the god” 1
Joshua 1
- 22:16 …you have committed today against the God of Israel by turning…
“various” 1
Judges 1
- 2:12 …and they followed after various gods of the peoples…
“as their god” 1
Judges 1
- 8:33 …set up Baal berith as their god
“way god” 1
Judges 1
- 9:56 In this way God repaid the wickedness that…
“shrine” 1
Judges 1
- 17:5 …this man Micah had a shrine and he made an…
“like our god” 1
1 Samuel 1
- 2:2 …there is no Rock like our God
“carried it into” 1
1 Samuel 1
- 5:2 carried it into the temple of Dagon…
“god of” 1
1 Samuel 1
- 5:8 …do with the ark of the God of Israel It must be…
“as it” 1
1 Samuel 1
- 5:10 …of God to Ekron but as it arrived the Ekronites cried…
“god then all will be well” 1
1 Samuel 1
- 12:14 …you follow the LORD your God, then all will be well
“god’s help” 1
1 Samuel 1
- 14:45 …the ground for with God’s help he has accomplished this…
“sent from god” 1
1 Samuel 1
- 18:10 …a spirit of distress sent from God came upon Saul and…
“as surely as god” 1
2 Samuel 1
- 2:27 As surely as God lives Joab replied if…
“gods are” 1
1 Kings 1
- 20:23 …Aram said to him Their gods are gods of the hills…
“because of this” 1
2 Kings 1
- 17:26 …God of the land Because of this He has sent lions…
“because god” 1
1 Chronicles 1
- 15:26 And because God helped the Levites who…
“because your god” 1
2 Chronicles 1
- 9:8 …the LORD your God Because your God loved Israel enough to…
“as gods” 1
2 Chronicles 1
- 13:8 …Jeroboam made for you as gods
“god himself is” 1
2 Chronicles 1
- 13:12 …Now behold God Himself is with us as our…
“cut them” 1
2 Chronicles 1
- 28:24 …the house of God cut them into pieces shut the…
“given to god” 1
2 Chronicles 1
- 31:14 …of the freewill offerings given to God distributing the contributions to…
“just as the gods” 1
2 Chronicles 1
- 32:17 …and saying against Him Just as the gods of the nations did…
“opposing god” 1
2 Chronicles 1
- 35:21 …to hurry So stop opposing God who is with me…
“before our god” 1
Ezra 1
- 10:3 …us make a covenant before our God to send away all…
“although our god” 1
Nehemiah 1
- 13:2 …a curse against them although our God had turned the curse…
“before god and said” 1
Nehemiah 1
- 13:25 …them take an oath before God and said You must not give…
“against our god” 1
Nehemiah 1
- 13:27 …evil and acting unfaithfully against our God by marrying foreign women…
“rather than god” 1
Job 1
- 32:2 …Job for justifying himself rather than God
“than the angels” 1
Psalms 1
- 8:5 …him a little lower than the angels You crowned him with…
“god’s presence” 1
Psalms 1
- 42:2 …come and appear in God’s presence
“unto god” 1
Psalms 1
- 47:1 …all you peoples shout unto God with a voice of…
“make haste o god” 1
Psalms 1
- 70:1 …David To bring remembrance Make haste, O God to deliver me Hurry…
“as our god” 1
Psalms 1
- 77:13 …god is so great as our God
“among the gods” 1
Psalms 1
- 86:8 …is none like You among the gods nor any works like…
“whose god” 1
Psalms 1
- 144:15 …blessed are the people whose God is the LORD…
“should god” 1
Ecclesiastes 1
- 5:6 …was a mistake Why should God be angry with your…
“god instead” 1
Isaiah 1
- 8:19 …shouldn’t a people consult their God instead Why consult the dead…
“divine” 1
Isaiah 1
- 35:4 …will come with vengeance With divine retribution He will come…
“other god” 1
Isaiah 1
- 45:14 …other there is no other God
“even your god” 1
Isaiah 1
- 51:22 …your Lord the LORD even your God who defends His people…
“gods at all” 1
Jeremiah 1
- 2:11 …Yet they are not gods at all But My people have…
“LORD” 1
Jeremiah 1
- 43:1 …their God everything that the LORD had sent him to…
“as god” 1
Jeremiah 1
- 50:40 As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah…
“am a god” 1
Ezekiel 1
- 28:9 …you still say I am a god in the presence of…
“o our god” 1
Hosea 1
- 8:2 …cries out to Me O our God we know You…
“against her god” 1
Hosea 1
- 13:16 …because she has rebelled against her God They will fall by…
“as i overthrew” 1
Amos 1
- 4:11 …of you I overthrew as I overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and…
“as surely as your god” 1
Amos 1
- 8:14 …of Samaria and say As surely as your god lives O Dan or…
“own god” 1
Jonah 1
- 1:5 …each cried out to his own god And they threw the…
“exceedingly” 1
Jonah 1
- 3:3 …LORD Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city requiring a…
“before the god” 1
Micah 1
- 6:6 …LORD when I bow before the God on high Should I…
“godly” 1
Malachi 1
- 2:15 …one Because He seeks godly offspring So guard yourselves…
In our notes
The Hebrew and Greek words, their glosses and grammar: STEP Bible (CC BY 4.0). The English: the Berean Standard Bible, which also gives which English words render which. Counts are ours.