Sons of God

Sons of God (Hebrew: בְנֵי־הָאֱלֹהִים, romanizedBənē hāʾĔlōhīm,[1] literally: "sons of the Elohim"[2]) is a phrase used in the Tanakh or Old Testament and in Christian Apocrypha. The phrase is also used in Kabbalah where bene elohim are part of different Jewish angelic hierarchies.

  1. ^ Douglas, Tenney & Silva 2011, p. 1384
  2. ^ The lexical item in Hebrew: אלהים, romanizedʼĕlōhîm, means “God” but uses the Hebrew plural morpheme -im. Although ʼĕlōhîm is plural in form, it is understood in the singular sense. Therefore the English translation is "God" rather than "Gods".