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Lexicon :: Strong's H5945 - ʿelyôn

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עֶלְיוֹן
Transliteration
ʿelyôn
Pronunciation
el-yone'
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Part of Speech
adjective, masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1624g,1624h

Variant Spellings

The following spelling is supported by Strongs and Gesenius: עליון.

Strong’s Definitions

עֶלְיוֹן ʻelyôwn, el-yone'; from H5927; an elevation, i.e. (adj.) lofty (comparison); as title, the Supreme:—(Most, on) high(-er, -est), upper(-most).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 53x

The KJV translates Strong's H5945 in the following manner: High (18x), most high (9x), high (9x), upper (8x), higher (4x), highest (2x), above (1x), Highest (1x), uppermost (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 53x
The KJV translates Strong's H5945 in the following manner: High (18x), most high (9x), high (9x), upper (8x), higher (4x), highest (2x), above (1x), Highest (1x), uppermost (1x).
adjective

  1. high, upper

    1. of Davidic king exalted above monarchs

      masculine noun

  2. Highest, Most High

    1. name of God

    2. of rulers, either monarchs or angel-princes

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עֶלְיוֹן ʻelyôwn, el-yone'; from H5927; an elevation, i.e. (adj.) lofty (comparison); as title, the Supreme:—(Most, on) high(-er, -est), upper(-most).
STRONGS H5945: Abbreviations
I. עֶלְיוֺן 22 adjective
1. high; — masculine singular ע׳ Deuteronomy 26:19; Deuteronomy 28:1; 1 Kings 9:8 (? reading הַבַּיִת הַזֶּה הָע׳ as LXX of Lucian (Lag.) Benz) = 2 Chronicles 7:21, of י׳ Psalm 97:9.
2. upper Bethhoron, ע׳ Joshua 16:5 העליון 1 Chronicles 7:24; 2 Chronicles 8:5, the upper (opposed to lower), of house Nehemiah 3:25; compare 2 Kings 15:35; 2 Chronicles 23:20 + 5 times, + Genesis 40:17 (uppermost basket); feminine singular הָעֶלְיוֺנָה the upper pool 2 Kings 18:17 = Isaiah 36:2; Isaiah 7:3; the highest side-chamber (צֵלָע) Ezekiel 41:7; feminine plural הָעֶלְיוֺנֹת Ezekiel 42:5 the upper chambers (לְשָׁכוֺת).
3. of Davidic king exalted above monarchs Psalm 89:28 [Psalm 89:27] (compare Deuteronomy 28:1, above).

† II. עֶלְיוֺן noun masculine Highest, Most High (probably = foregoing (above)); —
1. name of God Numbers 24:16; Deuteronomy 32:8; Psalm 18:14 [Psalm 18:13] [= 2 Samuel 22:14; Psalm 9:3 [Psalm 9:2]; Psalm 21:8 [Psalm 21:7]; Psalm 46:5 [Psalm 46:4]; Psalm 50:14; Psalm 73:11; Psalm 77:11 [Psalm 77:10]; Psalm 78:17; Psalm 83:19 [Psalm 83:18]; Psalm 87:5; Psalm 91:1; Psalm 91:9; Psalm 92:2 [Psalm 92:1]; Psalm 107:11; Isaiah 14:14; Lamentations 3:35, Lamentations 3:38; with other divine names: אל עליון Genesis 14:18, Genesis 14:19, Genesis 14:20, Genesis 14:22 (see Di) Psalm 78:35; יהוה עליון Psalm 7:18 [Psalm 7:17]; Psalm 47:3; אלהים עליון Psalm 57:3 [Psalm 47:2]; Psalm 78:56.
2. of rulers, either monarchs or angel-princes, בְּנֵי עֶלְיוֺן = אלהים Psalm 82:6.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

14:18; 14:19; 14:20; 14:22; 40:17

Numbers

24:16

Deuteronomy

26:19; 28:1; 28:1; 32:8

Joshua

16:5

2 Samuel

22:14

1 Kings

9:8

2 Kings

15:35; 18:17

1 Chronicles

7:24

2 Chronicles

7:21; 8:5; 23:20

Nehemiah

3:25

Psalms

7:17; 9:2; 18:13; 21:7; 46:4; 47:2; 47:3; 50:14; 73:11; 77:10; 78:17; 78:35; 78:56; 82:6; 83:18; 87:5; 89:27; 91:1; 91:9; 92:1; 97:9; 107:11

Isaiah

7:3; 14:14; 36:2

Lamentations

3:35; 3:38

Ezekiel

41:7; 42:5

H5945

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Strong's Number H5945 matches the Hebrew עֶלְיוֹן (ʿelyôn),
which occurs 53 times in 53 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 14:18–Lam 3:38)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:18 - And Melchisedec king of Salem brought out bread and wine. And he was priest of the Most High God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 14:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:19 - And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the Most High God, possessor of heavens and earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:20 - And blessed be the Most High God, who has delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him the tenth of all.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:22 - And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lifted up my hand to Jehovah, the Most High God, possessor of heavens and earth,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:17 - And in the uppermost basket there were all manner of victuals for Pharaoh that the baker makes, and the birds ate them out of the basket upon my head.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:16 - He saith, who heareth the words of God, who knoweth the knowledge of the Most High, Who seeth the vision of the Almighty, who falleth down, and who hath his eyes open:

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 26:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:19 - so that he should make thee high above all the nations which he hath made, in praise and in name and in honour; and that thou shouldest be a holy people to Jehovah thy God, as he hath said.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:1 - And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of Jehovah thy God, to take heed to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that Jehovah thy God will set thee supreme above all nations of the earth;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:8 - When the Most High assigned to the nations their inheritance, When he separated the sons of Adam, He set the bounds of the peoples According to the number of the children of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 16:5 - And the border of the children of Ephraim was according to their families; the border of their inheritance eastwards was Ataroth-Addar as far as the upper Beth-horon;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:14 - Jehovah thundered from the heavens, And the Most High uttered his voice.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 9:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:8 - and this house, which is high, every one that passes by it shall be astonished at, and shall hiss, and they shall say, Why has Jehovah done thus to this land and to this house?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 15:35

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:35 - Only, the high places were not removed: the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places. It was he who built the upper gate of the house of Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 18:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:17 - And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rabsaris and Rab-shakeh from Lachish, with a strong force, against king Hezekiah, to Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusalem. And when they were come up, they came and stood by the aqueduct of the upper pool, which is on the highway of the fuller's field.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 7:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:24 - And his daughter was Sheerah; and she built Beth-horon the nether, and the upper, and Uzzen-sheerah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 7:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:21 - And this house, which is high, shall be an astonishment to every one that passes by it; so that he shall say, Why has Jehovah done thus to this land and to this house?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 8:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:5 - And he built upper Beth-Horon and lower Beth-Horon, fortified cities, with walls, gates, and bars;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 23:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:20 - And he took the captains of the hundreds, and the nobles, and the governors of the people, and all the people of the land, and brought down the king from the house of Jehovah; and they came through the upper gate into the king's house, and set the king upon the throne of the kingdom.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 27:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 27:3 - It was he who built the upper gate of the house of Jehovah, and on the wall of Ophel he built much.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:30 - And he, Hezekiah, stopped the upper outlet of the waters of Gihon, and brought it straight down to the west side of the city of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all his works.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 3:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:25 - Palal the son of Uzai, over against the angle, and the high tower that lies out from the king's house, which was by the court of the prison. After him, Pedaiah the son of Parosh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 7:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:17 - I will praise Jehovah according to his righteousness, and will sing forth the name of Jehovah the Most High.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 9:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:2 - I will be glad and rejoice in thee; I will sing forth thy name, O Most High.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:13 - And Jehovah thundered in the heavens, and the Most High uttered his voice: hail and coals of fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 21:7 - For the king confideth in Jehovah: and through the loving-kindness of the Most High he shall not be moved.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 46:4 - There is a river the streams whereof make glad the city of God, the sanctuary of the habitations of the Most High.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 47:2 - For Jehovah, the Most High, is terrible, a great king over all the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 50:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:14 - Offer unto God thanksgiving, and perform thy vows unto the Most High;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 57:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:2 - I will call unto God, the Most High; unto God that performeth all for me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 73:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:11 - And they say, How can God know, and is there knowledge in the Most High?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 77:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:10 - Then said I, This is my weakness: -- the years of the right hand of the Most High

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:17 - Yet they still went on sinning against him, provoking the Most High in the desert;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:35

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:35 - And they remembered that God was their rock, and God, the Most High, their redeemer.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:56

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:56 - But they tempted and provoked God, the Most High, and kept not his testimonies,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 82:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 82:6 - I have said, Ye are gods, and all of you are children of the Most High;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 83:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 83:18 - That they may know that thou alone, whose name is Jehovah, art the Most High over all the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 87:5 - And of Zion it shall be said, This one and that one was born in her; and the Most High himself shall establish her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 89:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:27 - And as to me, I will make him firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 91:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:1 - He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:9 - Because *thou* hast made Jehovah, my refuge, the Most High, thy dwelling-place,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 92:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 92:1 - {A Psalm, a Song, for the Sabbath day.} It is good to give thanks unto Jehovah, and to sing psalms unto thy name, O Most High;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 97:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 97:9 - For thou, Jehovah, art the Most High above all the earth; thou art exalted exceedingly above all gods.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:11 - Because they had rebelled against the words of God, and had despised the counsel of the Most High; ...

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:3 - And Jehovah said to Isaiah, Go out now to meet Ahaz, thou and thy son Shear-jashub, at the end of the aqueduct of the upper pool, on the highway of the fuller's field;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:14 - I will ascend above the heights of the clouds, I will be like the Most High:

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 36:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:2 - And the king of Assyria sent Rab-shakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem, to king Hezekiah, with a strong force. And he stood by the aqueduct of the upper pool, on the highway of the fuller's field.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:2 - And Pashur smote Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the upper gate of Benjamin, which was in the house of Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 36:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:10 - And Baruch read in the book the words of Jeremiah in the house of Jehovah, in the chamber of Gemariah the son of Shaphan the scribe, in the upper court, at the entry of the new gate of the house of Jehovah, in the ears of all the people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:35 - to turn aside the right of a man before the face of the Most High,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:38 - Out of the mouth of the Most High doth not there proceed evil and good?

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