Who are the Elohim?

@marvit79 (341)
Italy
November 30, 2006 12:15pm CST
mumble mumble
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@misskatonic (3722)
• United States
30 Nov 06
Depends on how you translate Elohim. Elohim is a hebrew word, the plural of of Eloah. It can mean gods, god, son of god... the only solid proof is that it has something to do with divinity.
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@TheDevil (840)
• India
23 Apr 08
i think they are called as Gods of God
@alladisada (2305)
• India
5 Dec 06
souce: wikipedia Elohim (????????? , ?????) is a Hebrew word which expresses concepts of divinity. It is apparently related to the Hebrew word el, though morphologically it consists of the Hebrew word Eloah (????) with a plural suffix. Elohim is the third word in the Hebrew text of Genesis and occurs frequently throughout the Hebrew Bible. Its exact significance is often disputed. In some cases (e.g. Ex. 3:4 ...Elohim called unto him out of the midst of the bush...), it acts as a singular noun in Hebrew grammar (see next section), and is then generally understood to denote the single God of Israel. In other cases, Elohim acts as an ordinary plural of the word Eloah (????), and refers to the polytheistic notion of multiple gods (for example, Ex. 20:3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me.). This may reflect the use of the word "Elohim" found in the late Bronze Age texts of Canaanite Ugarit, where Elohim ('lhm) was found to be a word denoting the entire Canaanite pantheon (the family of El ??, the patriarchal creator god). In still other cases, the meaning is not clear from the text, but may refer to powerful beings (e.g. Gen. 6:2 the sons of Elohim saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them for wives..., Ex. 4:16 and you [Moses] will be as Elohim to him [Aaron], Ex. 22:28 Thou shalt not curse Elohim, or curse a ruler of your people, where the parallelism suggests that Elohim may refer to human rulers). See Sons of God for more insight into this suggestion
@wmg2006 (5381)
• United States
19 Dec 06
From my understanding this is a masculine plural noun meaning "God". It is used to describe the one true God and also to describe false Gods. A good site to read about this meaning in depth. http://www.liberty-controls.net/ALTUPC/articles/elohimpl.htm
@ESKARENA1 (18260)
19 Dec 06
As far as i understand it this is the hebrew plural of god. It is used to refer to god over all in the sense of acknowledging the belief in other gods but claiming a supreme god over them all
@NeoComp (1316)
• United States
17 Apr 07
Well the name of God is YHWH Elohim... And he said.. Let US make man in OUR image. Some people think this was God and jezus talking.. But Elohim means: Those that came from the sky when translated. It means THOSE.. not HE who came from the sky. THis probably means there are advanced beings in the universe, and we are not as powerful as them, BUt it would be nice to be powerful like them.