Elohim
The word "elohim" is used throughout the Old Testament to refer to "god" yet it is a plural word meaning "gods". The singular form is "el".

Bible verses indicating multiple gods:

Genesis 1:26: Then God said, "Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the cattle and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth."

Genesis 3:22: Then the LORD God said, "Behold, the man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil; and now, lest he stretch out his hand, and take also from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever."

Genesis 11:7: "Come, let Us go down and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one another's speech."

Exodus 12:12 "And against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment."

Exodus 15:11 "Who is like unto thee, O LORD, among the gods?"

Exodus 18:11 "Now I know that the LORD is greater than all gods."

Exodus 22:28 "Thou shalt not revile the gods."

Numbers 33:4 "Upon their gods also theLORD executed judgments."

1 Samuel 6:5 "Ye shall give glory unto the God of Israel: peradventure he will lighten his hand from off you, and from off your gods."

1 Samuel 28:13 "And the king said unto her, Be not afraid: for what sawest thou? And the woman said unto Saul, I saw gods ascending out of the earth.

Psalm 82:1 "God standeth in the congregation of the mighty, he judgeth among the gods."

Psalm 82:6 "I have said, Ye are gods."

Psalm 96:4 "For the Lord ... is to be feared above all gods."

Psalm 97:7 "Worship him, all ye gods."

Psalm 136:2 "O give thanks unto the God of gods."

Isaiah 6:8: Then I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, "Whom shall I send, and who will go for Us?" Then I said, "Here am I. Send me!"

Judges 6:34: But the Spirit of the LORD came upon Gideon, and he blew a trumpet; and Abiezer was gathered after him.

1 Kings 12:28 After seeking advice, the king made two golden calves. He said to the people, "It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem. Here are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of Egypt."

Jeremiah 10:11 "The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, even they shall perish from the earth, and from under these heavens."

Micah 4:5 "For all people will walk every one in the name of his god."

Zephaniah 2:11 "The Lord will be terrible to them: for he will famish all the gods of the earth."

John 10:33-34 "The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God. Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods?"

 

 


 

 

* Elohim is word #430 in Strong’s Hebrew Dictionary, and is the word Elohim: Elohyim in the ordinary sense is plural and means the gods
* The Encyclopedia "Judaica", Volume 7, pages 674-680, the word God came from the Canaanite words El and Elohim. .. Elohim is the plural of EL, meaning gods

One of the most famous of the lesser deities at Ugarit was a chap named Dan’il. There is little doubt that this figure corresponds to the Biblical Daniel; while predating him by several centuries. This has led many Old Testament scholars to suppose that the Canonical prophet was modeled on him. His story is found in KTU 1.17 - 1.19.

Another creature which has ties to the Old Testament is Leviathan. Isaiah 27:1 and KTU 1.5 I 1-2 describe this beast. Also see Ps 74:13-14 and 104:26.

 

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