Elohist

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ɛˈləʊhɪst/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(e lō′hist, el′ō-)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
E•lo•hist  (e lō′hist, el′ō-),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. a writer of one of the major sources of the Hexateuch, in which God is characteristically referred to as Elohim rather than Yahweh. Cf. Yahwist.
  • Hebrew ĕlōah God + -ist
  • 1860–65
El′o•his′tic, adj. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
Elohist /ɛˈləʊhɪst/ n
  1. the supposed author or authors of one of the four main strands of text of the Pentateuch, identified chiefly by the use of the word Elohim for God instead of YHVH (Jehovah)
'Elohist' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Yahwist

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