This name for God is the singular of Elohim, its meaning is God, an Object of worship. Its first occurrence is found in Deut. 32:1515But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation. (Deuteronomy 32:15). "But Jeshurun [a poetical name for the children of Israel] waxed fat, and kicked; thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God [Eloah] which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation."
This name occurs over fifty times in the Old Testament, of these 41 of them are found in the Book of Job. Seeing that Book gives us the story of the conflict between God and Job, it is understandable that this name for God should find a large place in this Book. Job not only learned himself in the presence of God, but he was likewise blessed in the true knowledge of God, from which flows the only true happiness.