What's the difference between elohim and yahweh?

Elohim


Definition:

  • (n.) One of the principal names by which God is designated in the Hebrew Scriptures.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) When I question Gary further on her beliefs, she explains that the aliens who created humans are called "Elohim", which is generally taken as Hebrew for god or gods but which, to the RaĆ«lians, means "those who came from the sky".

Yahweh


Definition:

Example Sentences:

  • (1) And an outstanding reason for choosing some sort of god or spiritual-type thing to worship - be it JC or Allah, be it Yahweh or the Wiccan mother-goddess or the Four Noble Truths or some infrangible set of ethical principles - is that pretty much anything else you worship will eat you alive.

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