Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Arne Halbakken <1stluth AT smig.net>]

> Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2003 15:21:31 +0100
> From: "Philip Engmann" <phil-eng AT ighmail.com>
> Subject: [b-hebrew] elohim 2555x or 2600x in the Hebrew Bible
>
> "The general Hebrew name for God is elohim (Myhilox<). Sometimes it is
> used with a definite article, sometimes without. Altogether it occurs
> 2555 times in the Hebrew Bible. In 2310 of these instances, it is used
> as the name of the living and true God, but in 245 passages it appears
> to be adopted in lower senses."[1]
>
> Kholenberger's and Swanson's Hebrew English Concordance to the Old
> Testament defines elohim as a masculine plural noun. The concordance
> lists all the occurrences of elohim in the Hebrew Old Testament and
> notes that elohim occurs 2600 times in the Biblia Hebraica
> Stuttgartensia (BHS)
>
> Which is which? Does elohim occur 2600 times or 2555 times in the Hebrew
> Bible?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Philip Engmann

An Accordance search of the MT shows 2,602 uses (in 2,248 verses).

Arne Halbakken