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The living God has NEVER EVER called Himself by a generic, one of the groups of false gods that has been so prevalent and is the same as idol worship and worshiping false gods.
Multiple times the Bible uses the word אֱלוֹהַּ (Eloah) for God. This is the Hebrew cognate with Aramaic Aloha and Arabic Allah. It is the singular, generic word meaning "god", and it can be used to refer to God, as in the following places
וַיִּשְׁמַן יְשֻׁרוּן וַיִּבְעָט שָׁמַנְתָּ עָבִיתָ כָּשִׂיתָ וַיִּטֹּשׁ אֱלֹוהַ עָשָׂהוּ וַיְנַבֵּל צוּר יְשֻׁעָתֹֽו׃
- Deuteronomy 32:15
הַיֹּום הַהוּא יְֽהִי חֹשֶׁךְ אַֽל־יִדְרְשֵׁהוּ אֱלֹוהַּ מִמָּעַל וְאַל־תֹּופַע עָלָיו נְהָרָֽה׃
- Job 3:4
As well as refer to pagan gods, as here,
אָז חָלַף רוּחַ וַֽיַּעֲבֹר וְאָשֵׁם זוּ כֹחֹו לֵאלֹהֹֽו׃
- Habakkuk 1:11
The plural of Eloah is Elohim, which is one of the most common words in the Hebrew of the Old Testament for God, for example,
בְּרֵאשִׁית בָּרָא אֱלֹהִים אֵת הַשָּׁמַיִם וְאֵת הָאָֽרֶץ׃
- Genesis 1:1
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