King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H433
Transliteration: eloah
Phonetic Spelling: ((shortened) >eloahh {el-o'-ah)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: God, god
Meaning: God -- a deity, the Deity
Word Summary
eloah: God, god
Original Word: אֱלוֹהַּTransliteration: eloah
Phonetic Spelling: ((shortened) >eloahh {el-o'-ah)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: God, god
Meaning: God -- a deity, the Deity
Strong's Concordance
God, god Probably prolonged (emphat.) From 'el; a deity or the Deity -- God, god. See 'elohiym.
see HEBREW 'el
see HEBREW 'elohiym
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H433. eloah
אֱלֹהַּ57 so Deuteronomy 32:17; לֶאֱלֹהַּ Daniel 11:38 (see BD) suffix לֵאלֹהוֺ Habakkuk 1:11; elsewhere אֱלוֺהַּ
noun masculine god, God. (Samaritan id., Aramaic אֱלָהּ, , Arabic , Sabean אלה DHMl.c.; — אֱלֹהַּ as found in Hebrew probably a singular formed by inference from plural אֱלֹהִים: compare Nesl.c.) —
1 a heathen god, late usage; כָּלאֱֿלוֺהַּ2 Chronicles 32:15; Daniel 11:37; לאלהו כחו זוּ whose power is his god Habakkuk 1:11; 2 Kings 17:31 (but Qr אֱלֹהֵי), בְּיָדוֺ אֱלוֺהַּ הביא אשר who doth bring God in his hand Job 12:6 (Ew Di RVm, etc.)
2 God, used in ancient poems Deuteronomy 32:15, 17; Psalm 18:32, and on their basis an archaism in later poetry Job 3:4 + (41 t. Job), Psalm 50:22; 114:7; 139:19; Proverbs 30:5; Isaiah 44:8; Habakkuk 3:3; Nehemiah 9:17 (citing Exodus 34:6 where אֵל is used).