If there are not three persons in God, why is Elohim plural?

(Genesis 1:26)

In Hebrew Elohim, is translated "God" in Genesis 1:26 and in many other places in the Old Testament. Elohim’s meaning has nothing to do with persons. The word Elohim can be translated one of two ways. Elohim may be translated "God" or "gods"

1. Elohim is translated "God" when referring to the one true God.
2. elohim is translated "gods" when referring to human rulers or false gods – small “e”


The plural Elohim was used for the true God to denote God’s various attributes of greatness and majesty, not to indicate more than one God nor three persons in the Godhead.

In the Old Testament, plurals were used even if the reference was about one person. For example, Abraham is referred to in the plural (master). The angel of the Lord with whom Jacob wrestled is called Elohim (Genesis 32:30). The golden calf was referred to by the Israelites as elohim (Exodus 32:1-31). Individual pagan gods were often referred to as elohim (Judges 8:33; 11:24, 16:23). Therefore, in the scriptures when there is a reference to the many attributes of the one true God, the name Elohim is used which is plural even though God is one God.

There are some who would want to use certain scripture and vain philosophy to try to prove that there is more than one person, but that philosophy is a philosophy of ignorance and deceit. The Trinity or three persons in God is an assumption that can't be proven.

Make no mistake about it, there is only one God. God doesn’t know of another person, in the Godhead, other than himself (Isaiah 42:8, 43:10-11, 44:6-8, Luke 2:11, Colossians 1:14-19, 2:9, Hebrews 1:3, Revelation 1:8). God's highest name is Jesus Christ (John 1:10, Acts 4:12, Acts 9:5, Revelation 1:8). This excerpt is from my book; "Understanding the Trinity, Three Persons vs Three Manifestations by Will Daniels.