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Ecclesiastes 8:2

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Masoretic Text 1524

H589 I אני

H6310 the king's commandment פי

H4428 מלך

H8104 counsel thee to keep שׁמור

H5921 and that in regard ועל

H1700 דברת

H7621 of the oath שׁבועת

H430 of God אלהים׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

H589 I

counsel

thee

H8104 keep

the

king's

H6310 commandment

and

that

H5921 regard

the

H7621 oath

H430 God

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