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Exodus 1:21

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Masoretic Text 1524

H1961 And it came to pass ויהי

H3588 because כי

H3372 feared יראו

H3205 the midwives המילדת

H853 את

H430 God האלהים

H6213 that he made ויעשׂ

H1004 them houses להם בתים׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

And

came

H1961 pass

H3588 because

the

H3205 midwives

H3372 feared

H430 God

that

H6213 made

them

H1004 houses

Hebrew-English Dictionary

Strongs: H430

Hebrew: אֱלֹהִים

Transliteration: ʼĕlôhîym

Pronunciation: el-o-heem'

Part of Speech: Noun Masculine

Bible Usage: {angels} X-(idiom) {exceeding} God (gods) ({-dess} {-ly}) X-(idiom) (very) {great} {judges} X-(idiom) mighty.

Definition:

gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural {thus} especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative

1. (plural)

a. rulers, judges

b. divine ones

c. angels

d. gods

2. (plural intensive - singular meaning)

a. god, goddess

b. godlike one

c. works or special possessions of God

d. the (true) God

e. God

The Brown-Driver-Briggs
Hebrew-English Lexicon (BDB) 1906