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When people ask about the Elohim, they are usually asking who the divine creators or council beings in the old texts really were.
Who are the 12 Elohim? I answer that question in layers. First I define Elohim in Hebrew scripture. Then I explain why a “twelve” council frame shows up in esoteric and on-site research. After that I treat Anunnaki overlap as a labeled parallel, not as identity proof. Finally I say how I use founder and council language in Atlantis research.
I keep Bible wording, modern twelve-council framing, and Mesopotamian Anunnaki claims in separate boxes. Mixing them into one flat identity claim is how this page used to lose the who-question.
What Elohim means in Hebrew
Hebrew ʼĕlōhîm is morphologically plural. It is related to ʼēl and ʼĕlōah.
In the Hebrew Bible, Elohim often takes singular verbs when it means Israel’s God. In other contexts it can mean gods, divine beings, or judges. It is not a proper name like YHWH. Encyclopedia summaries often say it appears over about 2,500 times in the Old Testament. I treat that frequency as approximate.
The opening of Genesis already places Elohim as the creating subject:
When God began to create heaven and earth—
Source: Sefaria, Genesis 1:1. The Hebrew subject behind the English “God” here is ʼĕlōhîm.
Creation by speech follows immediately:
God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light.
Source: Sefaria, Genesis 1:3.
Genesis 1:26–27 is the passage researchers often cite when they hear plurality or council language in Elohim:
And God said, “Let us make humankind in our image, after our likeness. …”
And God created humankind in the divine image, creating it in the image of God—creating them male and female.
Source: Sefaria, Genesis 1:26–27.
What the text says is a plural “us / our,” then a singular act of creating humankind in the divine image.
What that means is debated. Some readers hear a plural of majesty. Others hear inner deliberation. Others hear a divine council. I do not treat Genesis 1:26 as proof of a fixed list of twelve Elohim. I do treat it as one reason Elohim language keeps sounding plural and council-shaped to researchers.
Psalm 82 is the strongest biblical “assembly of elohim” text:
God stands in the divine assembly, pronouncing judgment among the divine beings.
Source: Sefaria, Psalm 82:1. Hebrew places Elohim in the assembly of El, judging among elohim.
The judgment continues:
I had taken you for divine beings, attendants of the Most High, all of you; but you shall die as mortals do, fall like any prince.
Source: Sefaria, Psalm 82:6–7.
What Psalm 82 supports is gods or divine beings under judgment in a council setting. What it does not supply is a numbered roster of twelve named Elohim.
On this site, the biblical council trail already sits in Understanding the Divine Council. A broader hub definition sits in Elohim. This page stays on the who-question for “the 12 Elohim,” not a full duplicate of those hubs.
How I use the Hebrew layer: as the textual spine for “who / what is Elohim?” before any esoteric twelve list or Anunnaki parallel.
Why twelve?
Scripture does not give a canonical census of twelve named Elohim.
Twelve appears elsewhere in biblical tradition (tribes, apostles, and other symbolic sets). That is not the same thing as a biblical Elohim roster. So when I say “the 12 Elohim,” I am not claiming a verse that lists twelve proper names.
On this site and in related esoteric research, “twelve” is council framing still under study.
The live page trail speaks of twelve Elohim, or twelve etheric beings framed as dyads (which can read as twenty-four beings), and of twelve male and twelve female councils per star system. In my own notes under the page I have been researching whether that points to twelve souls or twelve main soulgroups, sometimes spoken of as early separations of the One and labeled archangels or Elohim in later streams.
That is research language, not Hebrew lexicography.
Another on-site esoteric beat, on Elohim, cites Matias de Stefano’s sixth-dimensional pattern dividing into twelve beings or faces called Elohim. I use that as a labeled site-native “why twelve” source. I do not treat it as a Bible verse.
Adjacent New Age streams sometimes list seven Elohim twin-flame pairs on seven rays (for example Hercules and Amazonia). That is a different roster tradition from “twelve.” I do not merge a seven-ray list into “the 12 Elohim” without saying so.
How I use the twelve layer: as esoteric and on-site council structure (dyads, soulgroups, twelve faces), kept separate from the Hebrew meaning of Elohim. I do not invent a fixed name list for this page.
Elohim and the Anunnaki (labeled parallel)
Some alternative researchers treat Elohim and Anunnaki as overlapping labels for powerful sky founders or council beings.
I treat that as a parallel / overlap claim, not as proven identity.
On Aessir Anunnaki, Anunnaki are framed as children of Anu, those from the sky. Elohim appears among parallel labels. That page already carries the Bashar line that Elohim often refers to Anunnaki, but not all Elohim were Anunnaki.
On Humanity Beginning, there is an explicit Elohim vs Anunnaki section. There Elohim reads as the more generic “powerful ones / gods,” while Anunnaki reads as the more concrete Mesopotamian “offspring of Anu.” Mauro Biglino is quoted equating Elohim, Anunna, and Theō as the same individuals. I label that as Biglino’s claim. The Bashar distinction remains: not all Elohim were Anunnaki.
On the Sumerian side, Anunnaki / Anunna are deities of the Anu family in Mesopotamian myth. Modern ET readings (including Sitchin-style frames) are interpretation layered onto those texts. Assembly-of-the-gods imagery can parallel the biblical divine council thematically. Analogy is not identity proof.
How I use this section: shared “council of powerful ones” language across Hebrew and Mesopotamian trails helps Atlantis founder research. Flattening “Elohim = Anunnaki” as fact does not.
How I use this in Atlantis research
Hebrew Elohim plus Psalm 82 give me a clean textual answer to what Elohim means and why council language appears.
“Twelve” gives me an esoteric and on-site council / soulgroup frame that is still open research. It is useful for founder structure language. It is not a biblical name list.
Anunnaki give me a labeled Mesopotamian and alternative-history parallel for sky founders. That trail connects directly to pages like The Beginning of Atlantis as Originating from the Arrival of the Anunnaki, where Anunnaki arrival, mixed-race children or families, regions, and portals also use a twelve pattern without forcing those founders to be called Elohim as archaeology.
Keeping Bible, channeling or esoteric twelve-dyad claims, and Sumerian tablets in separate claim boxes is how I keep this page honest for search visitors and useful for galactic history research.
FAQ
Who are the 12 Elohim?
In Hebrew scripture, Elohim means God, gods, or divine beings depending on context. “Twelve” is esoteric and on-site council framing (sometimes twelve dyads or soulgroups), not a biblical census of twelve named Elohim.
What does Elohim mean in Hebrew?
ʼĕlōhîm is morphologically plural. It often means Israel’s God with a singular verb. It can also mean gods or divine beings, as in Psalm 82’s divine assembly. It is not the same as the proper name YHWH.
Are the 12 Elohim the Anunnaki?
Some alternative research treats them as overlapping labels for powerful sky councils or founders. On this site I keep that as interpretation. The working distinction already used here is that not all Elohim were Anunnaki.
Is there a fixed name list of the 12 Elohim?
No fixed biblical list of twelve named Elohim exists. Esoteric lists differ by tradition, including seven-ray twin-flame pairs versus twelve dyads or twelve faces. I do not invent a roster for this page.
How does this help Atlantis research?
Founder and council language links Genesis Elohim, the biblical divine council, Mesopotamian Anunnaki assemblies, and on-site Atlantis origin pages. Keeping those layers labeled lets me compare patterns without collapsing Bible and channeling into one claim.
Related on this site
- Elohim: hub definition, parallel names, and Matias “12 faces” framing.
- Understanding the Divine Council: Psalm 82 Elohim council spine.
- Aessir Anunnaki: Anunnaki meaning and “not all Elohim were Anunnaki.”
- Humanity Beginning: Elohim vs Anunnaki section and Genesis / origins framing.
- The Beginning of Atlantis as Originating from the Arrival of the Anunnaki: Anunnaki → Atlantis founders; twelve families / regions pattern without flattening identity.
I am sixty two years old, and looking for some truth
There are 12 souls who created this construct, ( universe idea) perhaps elohim are them??
Yes, this could well be, it’s a part that I’m still researching. The 12 souls or 12 main soulgroups. There is some sort of hierarchy in this structure. So when the One divided itselfs, the first seperations are sometimes called archangels or Elohim.