1F “The [true] God”—Heb., ha·ʼElo·himʹ

The title ʼElo·himʹ, when preceded by the definite article ha, gives the expression ha·ʼElo·himʹ. This expression occurs 376 times in M. In 368 places it refers to the true God, Jehovah, and in 8 places it refers to other gods.

Zorell^Heb, p. 54, says: “In the Holy Scriptures especially the one true God, Jahve, is designated by this word; a) האלהים ὁ θεός Ge 5:22; Ge 6:9, 11; Ge 17:18; Ge 20:6; Ex 3:12; Ex 19:17 and in several books written in prose; יהוה הוא האלהים ‘Jahve is the [one true] God’ De 4:35; 4:39; Jos 22:34; 2Sa 7:28; 1Ki 8:60 etc.”—Brackets his.

The New World Translation renders ha·ʼElo·himʹ as “the [true] God” in all 368 places where it refers to Jehovah. Following is a list of these 368 places: Ge 5:22, 24; Ge 6:2, 4, 9, 11; Ge 17:18; Ge 20:6, 17; Ge 22:1, 3, 9; Ge 27:28; Ge 31:11; Ge 35:7; Ge 41:25, 28, 32, 32; Ge 42:18; Ge 44:16; Ge 45:8; Ge 48:15, 15; Ex 1:17, 21; Ex 2:23; Ex 3:1, 6, 11, 12, 13; Ex 4:20, 27; Ex 14:19; Ex 17:9; Ex 18:5, 12, 16, 19, 19; Ex 19:3, 17, 19; Ex 20:20, 21; Ex 21:6, 13; Ex 22:8, 9; Ex 24:11, 13; Nu 22:10; Nu 23:27; De 4:35, 39; De 7:9; De 33:1; Jos 14:6; Jos 22:34; Jos 24:1; Jg 6:20, 36, 39; Jg 7:14; Jg 13:6, 6, 8, 9, 9; Jg 16:28; Jg 18:31; Jg 20:2, 27; Jg 21:2; 1Sa 4:4, 8, 8, 13, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22; 1Sa 5:1, 2, 10, 10, 11; 1Sa 6:20; 1Sa 9:7, 8, 10; 1Sa 10:3, 5, 7; 1Sa 14:18, 18, 36; 2Sa 2:27; 2Sa 6:2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 7, 12, 12; 2Sa 7:2, 28; 2Sa 12:16; 2Sa 14:17, 20; 2Sa 15:24, 24, 25, 29; 2Sa 16:23; 2Sa 19:27; 1Ki 8:60; 1Ki 12:22, 22; 1Ki 13:4, 5, 6, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 14, 14, 21, 26, 29, 31; 1Ki 17:18; 1Ki 18:21, 24, 24, 37, 39, 39; 1Ki 19:8; 1Ki 20:28; 2Ki 1:9, 11, 12, 13; 2Ki 4:7, 16, 21, 22, 25, 25, 27, 27, 40, 42; 2Ki 5:8, 14, 15, 20; 2Ki 6:6, 9, 10, 15; 2Ki 7:2, 17, 18, 19; 2Ki 8:2, 4, 7, 8, 11; 2Ki 13:19; 2Ki 19:15; 2Ki 23:16, 17; 1Ch 5:22; 1Ch 6:48, 49; 1Ch 9:11, 13, 26, 27; 1Ch 13:5, 6, 7, 8, 12, 12, 14; 1Ch 14:11, 14, 15, 16; 1Ch 15:1, 2, 15, 24, 26; 1Ch 16:1, 1, 6, 42; 1Ch 17:2, 21, 26; 1Ch 21:7, 8, 15, 17; 1Ch 22:1, 2, 19, 19; 1Ch 23:14, 28; 1Ch 24:5; 1Ch 25:5, 5, 6; 1Ch 26:20, 32; 1Ch 28:3, 12, 21; 1Ch 29:7; 2Ch 1:3, 4; 2Ch 3:3; 2Ch 4:11, 19; 2Ch 5:1, 14; 2Ch 7:5; 2Ch 8:14; 2Ch 9:23; 2Ch 10:15; 2Ch 11:2; 2Ch 13:12, 15; 2Ch 15:18; 2Ch 18:5; 2Ch 19:3; 2Ch 22:12; 2Ch 23:3, 9; 2Ch 24:7, 9, 13, 16, 20, 27; 2Ch 25:7, 8, 9, 9, 20, 24; 2Ch 26:5, 5, 7; 2Ch 28:24, 24; 2Ch 29:36; 2Ch 30:12, 16, 19; 2Ch 31:13, 14, 21; 2Ch 32:16, 31; 2Ch 33:7, 13; 2Ch 35:8; 2Ch 36:16, 18, 19; Ezr 1:3, 4, 5; Ezr 2:68; Ezr 3:2, 8, 9; Ezr 6:22; Ezr 8:36; Ezr 10:1, 6, 9; Ne 4:15; Ne 5:13; Ne 6:10; Ne 7:2; Ne 8:6, 8, 16, 18; Ne 9:7; Ne 10:28, 29, 29; Ne 11:11, 16, 22; Ne 12:24, 36, 40, 43; Ne 13:1, 7, 9, 11; Job 1:6; Job 2:1, 10; Ps 87:3; Ps 90:Sup; Ec 2:24, 26; Ec 3:11, 14, 14, 15, 17, 18; Ec 5:1, 2, 2, 6, 7, 18, 19, 20; Ec 6:2, 2; Ec 7:13, 14, 26, 29; Ec 8:12, 15, 17; Ec 9:1, 7; Ec 11:5, 9; Ec 12:7, 13, 14; Isa 37:16; Isa 45:18; Jer 35:4; Eze 31:9; Da 1:2, 9, 17; Da 9:3, 11; Jon 1:6; Jon 3:9, 10, 10; Jon 4:7.

In the following eight places ha·ʼelo·himʹ refers to other gods: Ex 18:11; Ex 22:20; De 10:17; Jg 10:14; 2Ch 2:5; Ps 86:8; Ps 136:2; Jer 11:12.