The word Elohim, when referring to the God of Israel, is grammatically singular and occurs more than 2500 times in the Hebrew Bible. The masculine suffix in Hebrew is “im”, while the female plural suffix is “oth”. Therefore, the word Elohim is a plural masculine form of the root word El or Eloah. When the plural Elohim is used in the Bible it refers to as the majestic plural form of the word meaning majestic or absolute. In Hebrew, this is known as the pluralis excellentiae.
In order to answer this question, we will take a look at the times that the word Elohim is used in the Bible to describe someone other than Jehovah or Yahweh.
In the above examples, it is clear that there is nothing plural about Moses, the molten calf, Ashtoreth, Chemosh, or Milcom. Therefore the word Elohim, when referring to Jehovah or Yaweh, does NOT imply plurality either. To believe that the word Elohim implies that there is more than one God, one would have to ignore all of the verses that clearly state that God is only one.
The words El, Eloah, and Elohim are used interchangeably in the Bible.
…Was it not I, the LORD? And there is no God [Elohim] apart from me, a righteous God [El] and a Savior; there is none but me. Turn to me and be saved, all you ends of the earth; for I am God [El], and there is no other.
Do not tremble, do not be afraid. Did I not proclaim this and foretell it long ago?You are my witnesses. Is there any God [Eloah] besides me? No, there is no other Rock; I know not one.
The first Commandment in Exodus 20:2-5 (or Deuteronomy 5:6-9) says “you shall not have other gods besides me“. It does not say “besides us“. This is an important point for anyone attempting to claim there are multiple gods.
The Greek word for God written throughout the New Testament is Theos. The word Theos is singular and appears in the New Testament 309 times. Here in an example:
“The most important one,” answered Jesus, “is this: ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God [Theos], the Lord is one’”
The plural word for God, Theoi, only occurs 5 times in the New Testament and is used to refer to multiple pagan gods and never to the God of the Christians.
For even if there are so-called gods [theoi], whether in heaven or on earth (as indeed there are many “gods”[theoi] and many “lords”
In the sermon titled “Seek David In The Last Days” the WMSCOG explains that it was their founder Ahnsanghong who tried to claim that through the word Elohim it was understood that there are multiple “gods”, yet they do not cite any of his books. I’ve read many of his books, and in them he never once claims there are multiple Gods, so I’m not sure where they are getting this from. (Please leave a comment if you can cite a work by Ahnsanghong where he claims there is anything other than one God).
The word Elohim in the Bible does not determine that there is more than one God Amighty, nor does it imply that there are multiple gods (aka a “mother god”) as the WMSCOG claims for the following reasons.