Does "elohim" mean two gods, or male and female in one?

Answer 1

"Elohim is the Hebrew plural word meaning "goddesses and gods," but each time it appears in the Bible it is translated as "God." In the original manuscripts of the book of Genesis, Yahweh was one of the elohim. At times the word had taken on a singular meaning; for example, the Phoenician bull-god was simply called El "the god."

Answer 2

I AM the LORD thy God One LORD.

LORD (Yahweh) they God (Elohim) One (Echad) LORD (Yahweh)

Yahweh means eternal wind
Elohim is plural of Elyh
Echad is together
Yahweh

Elohim who created the heavens & the earth is One Yahweh.

There are 3 who bear witness in heaven; the Father, Word & Holy Spirit. These 3 are 1. So? Elohim is 3 in 1. Or God the Father, Word & Holy Spirit.

There isn't the male & female. Man is first made in Gods image, & female is made out of man & they two are to be one flesh. The man is one with his woman.

Answer 3

Elohim is a plural form which indicates multiplicity and duality both.

To use the same conjugation about people, for example, would be to imply a group of people both males and females. Considering the original polytheistic origins of the Abrahamic faiths, this use of Elohim makes a great deal of sense. Absent that understanding, it makes no sense at all, Christian idiocy of 'trinity' aside.

Answer 4

Elohim
as in the answer is plural
but i never thought
and do not think that moses was calling for gods
neither Jesus
or Mohamed
or Ibrahim
they all were calling to worship the only god
(alaihem alsalam all of them)
what do have in Arabic and in I slam
we have almost the same word
IL AH it means god
it comes the same as ALLAH
we say in our prayers
LA IL AH ILLA ALLAH
back to the word ilah
when we want to address god as a group
so we say
IL AH ona means our god
the additional na at the end is to make plural but not for god
i say IL AH y
the y means my
ILA Hy is my god
ILAHona is our god
i never took Elohim in plural of god
i m Muslim
but i m sure moses came to ask his fellows to pray and worship the one IL AH

Answer 5

If it means two then why is this written?

Genesis 3:8
And they heard the voice of Jehovah Elohim, walking in the garden in the cool of the day. And Man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of Jehovah Elohim, in the midst of the trees of the garden.

Why voice and not voices?

Answer 6

it means many gods, the court of El, if you like, from when Hebrews were polytheists.

naserq2, I think you maybe mixing Elohim with El, the singular.

Answer 7

Christians believe that the plural form represents the Trinity--God the Father, God the Son (Jesus), God the Holy Spirit.
It's not multiple gods--it is the supernateral character of God in different manifestations. The concept of the Trinity is very difficult to explain or understand with our finite understanding, but I have heard it compared (though this is an imperfect comparison, so other Christians don't jump on me for this)
to H 2 O in its three forms: solid, liquid, and gas There are even scenarios in the water cycle where all three of these forms can be present simultaneously. If the Creator can come up with that and the other complexities of the Universe, is it so hard to imagine that He can be One entity with more than one form?

I don't know how Jews (or Jehovah's Witnesses, or others who don't believe the doctrine of the Trinity) interpret that word.

Answer 8

Hint 1:
Mr & Mrs Created as Them: both called Adam: Genesis 5.
Hint 2:
My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me: Ps22, Mt27
Hint 3:
God can't be one by division. God is one by unity of Spirit
Hint 4:
God is not [the author] of confusion, but of peace
Hint 5:
One of this one and that one, still gives place to twain.
Hint 6:
Devils believe there is one God: their God: Law
Hint 7:
Believers do as well as devils, don't do so good if they
fear, and fear hath torment.

Seven is all you get.
But what if there's two sevens;
say like two mtns in Hebrews 12, are both sevenfold.
Then it's either "not come"(Mt Sinai) or "come"(Mt Sion)

Answer 9

Elohim literally means "Holy Man"... It's the name of God the Father.

Christ uttered this on the cross, of course it is often translated incorrectly and said as Eloi...

Remember 'Eloi, eloi, lama sabachthani...'

Answer 10

Errr ummm, I think "Elohim" means "I am", isn't it?

Actually, no gender is denoted in this word, or is it a phrase?

Just thought I'd throw in my two bits.

Cheers!

ST