eloha · Eloah, god

What it means

eloha (אֱלוֹהַּ) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Eloah, god”.

Eloah: a name of God, the singular form of Elohim; also any god. It is used mostly in poetry.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• Eloah ×51
• god ×5
• Elohim ×3

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Deuteronomy×2
• 2 Chronicles×1
• Nehemiah×1
• Job×41
• Psalms×7
• Proverbs×1
• Isaiah×1
• Daniel×4
• Habakkuk×1

• Deuteronomy 32:15

  And Jeshurun grew fat and kicked —you grew fat, you grew thick, you were covered with fat— and he forsook Eloah who made him and dishonored the Rock of his salvation.

• Deuteronomy 32:17

  They sacrificed to demons, who are not Eloah, to gods they had not known, new ones who came from nearby, whom your fathers did not dread.

• 2 Chronicles 32:15

  Now do not let Hezekiah deceive you or incite you like this, and do not believe him, for no god of any nation or kingdom has been able to deliver his people from my hand or from the hand of my fathers; how much less will your Elohim deliver you from my hand!”

• Nehemiah 9:17

  They refused to listen, and did not remember your wonders that you had done with them; and they hardened their neck and appointed a head to return to their servitude in their rebellion. But you are an Eloah of pardons, gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in loyal love, and you did not abandon them.

• Job 3:4

  That day, let it be darkness; may Eloah above not seek it, nor brightness shine on it.

• Job 3:23

  to the man whose way is hidden, and around whom Eloah has put a hedge?

• Job 4:9

  By the breath of Eloah they perish, and by the blast of his anger they are consumed.

• Job 4:17

  ‘Can a mortal be more righteous than Eloah? Can a man be purer than his Maker?

• Job 5:17

  Look, happy is the mortal whom Eloah reproves; so do not despise the correction of Shaddai.

• Job 6:4

  For the arrows of Shaddai are with me, whose venom my spirit drinks; the terrors of Eloah are arrayed against me.

• Job 6:8

  Who would grant that my request might come, and that Eloah would grant my hope,

• Job 6:9

  that Eloah would be willing to crush me, that he would let loose his hand and cut me off.

• Job 9:13

  Eloah does not turn back his anger; beneath him bowed the helpers of Rahab.

• Job 10:2

  I will say to Eloah: Do not declare me wicked; let me know why you contend with me.

• Job 11:5

  But who would grant that Eloah would speak and open his lips with you,

• Job 11:6

  and tell you the secrets of wisdom, for sound judgment is double; and know that Eloah makes you forget part of your iniquity.

• Job 11:7

  Can you find the depths of Eloah? Or can you find the very limit of Shaddai?

• Job 12:4

  An object of laughter to his companion I am, one who called on Eloah and he answered him; an object of laughter is the righteous, the blameless.

• Job 12:6

  The tents of devastators are at ease, and security belongs to those who provoke El, to the one who brings Eloah in his hand.

• Job 15:8

  In the intimate counsel of Eloah do you listen, and reserve wisdom for yourself?

• Job 16:20

  Those who mock me are my companions; toward Eloah my eye drips,

• Job 16:21

  that he may argue for a man with Eloah, as a son of man for his companion.

• Job 19:6

  know, then, that Eloah has twisted me, and with his net has encircled me.

• Job 19:21

  Show me favor, show me favor, you my companions, for the hand of Eloah has touched me.

• Job 19:26

  And after this my skin has been destroyed, from my flesh I will see Eloah;

• Job 21:9

  Their houses are at peace, without dread, and no rod of Eloah is upon them.

• Job 21:19

  ‘Eloah stores up his wickedness for his sons,’ they say. Let him repay it to him, and let him know it.

• Job 22:12

  Is not Eloah in the height of the heavens? And see the top of the stars, how high they are.

• Job 22:26

  For then in Shaddai you will delight, and lift up your face to Eloah.

• Job 24:12

  From the city men groan, and the soul of the wounded calls for help; yet Eloah does not count it as impropriety.

• Job 27:3

  as long as my breath is in me, and the spirit of Eloah in my nostrils,

• Job 27:8

  For what is the hope of the godless when he is cut off, when Eloah draws out his life?

• Job 27:10

  Will he delight in Shaddai? Will he call on Eloah at all times?

• Job 29:2

  “Oh that I were as in the months of old, as in the days when Eloah watched over me,

• Job 29:4

  as I was in the days of my autumn, when the intimate counsel of Eloah was over my tent,

• Job 31:2

  And what would be the portion of Eloah from above, and the inheritance of Shaddai from the heights?

• Job 31:6

  let him weigh me in scales of righteousness, and let Eloah know my integrity.

• Job 33:12

  Look, in this you are not in the right, I answer you, for Eloah is greater than mortal.

• Job 33:26

  He prays to Eloah, and he is pleased with him, and he sees his face with acclamation, and he restores to the mortal his righteousness.

• Job 35:10

  But no one says, ‘Where is Eloah my Maker, who gives songs in the night,

And 19 more times.