The Highway Forums General Discussion Theology Discussion Forum Elohim

What exactly are you trying to confirm? Meta4 is correct with his reply. A simple explanation is that is every language the meaning of words can be different. In English this is certainly true, e.g., "RUN" means what?
- moving your feet quickly in a certain direction
- what the sap in maple trees does in the early Spring
- what people do to get elected; run for office
- what happens to your nose in cold weather
- what people sometimes do when they don't want to answer a question; they give you the run-around
- what water does when you turn on the faucet
- etc.

Thus "Elohim" isn't restricted in the Bible to being a proper name for Jehovah/Yaweh, the one true God. Often CONTEXT will determine the correct meaning but also knowing how the word(s) in question were used among the people in the time the word was written through other available written sources.