Elohim

[e'ləuhim]

Definition

(n.) One of the principal names by which God is designated in the Hebrew Scriptures.

Edited by Annabel

Definition

n. the Hebrew name for God.—n. Elō′hist the writer or writers of the Elohistic passages of the Old Testament.—adj. Elohist′ic relating to Elohim—said of those passages in the Old Testament in which Elohim is used as the name for the Supreme Being instead of Jehovah.

Editor: Nettie