🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

埃洛هim

Native Script:埃洛希姆

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ā luò xīn

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Elohim/ˈɛloʊhɪm/
nounCEFR C2 (Proficient)Top #15400 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"圣经中用埃洛希姆来称呼神。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    In the Hebrew Bible, a name or title for God, expressing supreme power and majesty.

    "The opening verses of Genesis describe how Elohim created the heavens and the earth."
  2. 2

    Any pagan deity, gods, or spiritual rulers in ancient Semitic contexts.

    "Ancient neighboring cultures worshipped various elohim alongside their local deities."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Biblical Hebrew 'elohim', a grammatical plural form of 'eloah', meaning god or deity. Historically appearing in ancient Semitic and Hebrew scriptures, it is used primarily as a designation for the God of Israel, often retaining a plural grammatical form while taking a singular verb in theological contexts.

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