Elohim
E482403
Elohim is a Hebrew term for God used frequently in the Hebrew Bible, often emphasizing divine majesty, power, and authority.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Yahweh | 8 |
| Elohim canonical | 3 |
| El (God) | 1 |
| Eloah | 1 |
| God of truth | 1 |
| אלוהים | 1 |
| “El” as name of the high god | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4842653 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Elohim Context triple: [Names of God in Judaism, includesName, Elohim]
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A.
Shaddai
Shaddai is a Hebrew name for God, often associated with divine protection and power in Jewish tradition.
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B.
Eledumare
Eledumare is the supreme creator deity in Yoruba religion, revered as the all-powerful source of existence and ultimate authority over the universe.
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C.
חַוָּה
חַוָּה is the Hebrew name of Eve, the first woman in the biblical creation narrative in the Book of Genesis.
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D.
Adonai
Adonai is a Hebrew title for God, meaning "Lord," traditionally used in Jewish prayer and scripture reading in place of pronouncing the divine name YHWH.
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E.
Demiurge
The Demiurge is a divine craftsman figure in Platonic philosophy who orders pre-existing chaos into a rational, structured cosmos.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Elohim Target entity description: Elohim is a Hebrew term for God used frequently in the Hebrew Bible, often emphasizing divine majesty, power, and authority.
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A.
Shaddai
Shaddai is a Hebrew name for God, often associated with divine protection and power in Jewish tradition.
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B.
Eledumare
Eledumare is the supreme creator deity in Yoruba religion, revered as the all-powerful source of existence and ultimate authority over the universe.
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C.
חַוָּה
חַוָּה is the Hebrew name of Eve, the first woman in the biblical creation narrative in the Book of Genesis.
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D.
Adonai
Adonai is a Hebrew title for God, meaning "Lord," traditionally used in Jewish prayer and scripture reading in place of pronouncing the divine name YHWH.
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E.
Demiurge
The Demiurge is a divine craftsman figure in Platonic philosophy who orders pre-existing chaos into a rational, structured cosmos.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hebrew word
ⓘ
theological concept ⓘ theonym ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Book of Exodus
ⓘ
Book of Genesis ⓘ Book of Psalms ⓘ
linked to:
Psalms
Ketuvim ⓘ Neviim ⓘ Tanakh ⓘ Torah ⓘ |
| category |
Hebrew divine titles
ⓘ
names of God in Judaism ⓘ |
| connotation |
authority
ⓘ
majesty ⓘ power ⓘ |
| distinguishedFrom |
Adonai
ⓘ
YHWH ⓘ |
| etymologyRoot | El ⓘ |
| field |
biblical Hebrew linguistics
ⓘ
biblical theology ⓘ |
| firstBiblicalOccurrence | Genesis 1:1 ⓘ |
| grammaticalFormOf |
Eloah
ⓘ
linked to:
Elohim
|
| grammaticalGender | masculine ⓘ |
| grammaticalNumber | morphologically plural ⓘ |
| language | Hebrew ⓘ |
| partOf | Hebrew Bible vocabulary ⓘ |
| pluralUsageMeaning |
divine beings
ⓘ
gods ⓘ |
| relatedTerm |
El
ⓘ
Eloah ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Christianity
ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ Samaritanism ⓘ |
| roleInGenesis1 | creator of heavens and earth ⓘ |
| script | Hebrew alphabet ⓘ |
| semanticField |
God
ⓘ
deity ⓘ divinity ⓘ |
| theologicalInterpretation |
intensive plural
ⓘ
plural of majesty ⓘ |
| translationInEnglishBibles |
God
ⓘ
gods ⓘ |
| typicalUsage | singular reference to God of Israel ⓘ |
| typicalVerbAgreement | singular in reference to God of Israel ⓘ |
| usedFor |
God of Israel
ⓘ
linked to:
the LORD
heavenly beings ⓘ judges ⓘ other gods ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Elohim Description of subject: Elohim is a Hebrew term for God used frequently in the Hebrew Bible, often emphasizing divine majesty, power, and authority.
Referenced by (16)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
the Father of Lies
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