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  • From: Arne Halbakken <1stluth AT smig.net>
  • To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: [b-hebrew] Re: elohim 2555x or 2600x in the Hebrew Bible
  • Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2003 21:46:44 -0500

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





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