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Elohist

(e′lō hist′, e lō′-)

noun

the unknown author of those parts of the Hebrew scriptures in which the name Elohim, instead of Yahweh (Jehovah), is used for God

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Elohistic adjective

See Elohist in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

The putative author of the earliest sources of the Pentateuch in which God is called Elohim.

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Elˌo·hisˈtic adjective

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