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Elohim

1910 New Catholic Dictionary

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Name commonly used for God in the Old Testament; a plural form, not of number, but of majesty and rank, regarded by ancient Jewish and early Christian writers as derived from El, singular form for God. It occurs 2,570 times, meaning mighty one, or foremost, grandeur, power, totality.

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Entry for 'Elohim'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ncd/​e/elohim.html. 1910.
 
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