Genesis 1:1 — “In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.”
UnlockBibleMeaning.com → Genesis 1:1 → Strong’s Concordance → H430 → H433
Look at the translations, and you’ll realize there’s more to this word than meets the eye. Strong’s H430 doesn’t stop at “God.” The same Hebrew word is also behind “angels,” “judges,” even “mighty” elsewhere in the KJV. One word, that range — there’s clearly more going on here than a single English word can hold.
Is Elohim grammatically singular or plural — and what pronouns does God use for Himself in Genesis 1:26?
Look at H430’s Strong’s entry itself. Then go to Genesis 1:26 on UnlockBibleMeaning.com and read the verse in full.
Elohim (H430) is the plural of H433/H410 — grammatically, it’s a plural noun, the same shape as “gods.” Yet from the very first verse of the Bible, that plural noun takes a singular verb: “God (plural) created (singular).” English has nothing quite like it….