God has no gender. The word "he" is used to describe God because the relationship of God to humans is like that of father to son, and "he" is the human word used for fathers.
quote:
Isaiah 66:12-13
For thus said the LORD:
"I will extend to her [Jerusalem]
Prosperity like a stream
The wealth of nations
Like a wadi in flood;
And you shall drink of it.
You shall be carried on shoulders
and dandled upon knees.
As a mother comforts her son,
So I will comfort you;
You shall find comfort in Jerusalem..."
there are a few instances that portray god as a mother.
Just because there is no word to describe what God is does not mean he is limited by the words we do use to describe him.
agreed, but i think that the reason god is portrayed more often as male has to do with neither god's actual gender, or a lack of words to describe god. it probably has to do more with the society that wrote the bible: who did most of the writing?