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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 forth loaves and wine, and he was the priest of the most high God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:19 - And he blessed Abram, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, who made heaven and earth,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:20 - and blessed be the most high God who delivered thine enemies into thy [fn]power. And Abram gave him the tithe of all.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:22 - And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I will stretch out my hand to the Lord the most high God, who made the heaven and the earth,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:17 - And in the upper basket there was the work of the baker of every kind which Pharao eats; and the fowls of the air ate them out of the basket that was on my head.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:16 - hearing the oracles of God, [fn]receiving knowledge from the Most High, and having seen a vision of God in sleep; his eyes were [fn]opened.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:19 - and that thou shouldest be above all nations, as he has made thee renowned, and a boast, and glorious, that thou shouldest be a holy people to the Lord thy God, as he has spoken.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:1 - And it shall come to pass, if thou wilt indeed hear the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe and do all these commands, which I charge thee this day, that the Lord thy God shall set thee on high above all the nations of the earth;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:8 - When the Most High divided the nations, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the nations according to the number of the angels of God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 16:5 - And the borders of the children of Ephraim were according to their families, and the borders of their inheritance were eastward to Ataroth, and Eroc as far as Bæthoron the upper, and Gazara.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:14 - The Lord thundered out of heaven, and the Most High uttered his voice.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:8 - And this house, which is high, shall be so that every one that passes [fn]by it shall be amazed, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Wherefore has the Lord done thus to this land, and to this house?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:35 - Nevertheless he took not away the high places: as yet the people sacrificed and burnt incense on the high places. He built the upper gate of the Lord's house.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:17 - And the king of the Assyrians sent Tharthan and Raphis and Rapsakes from Lachis to king Ezekias with a [fn]strong force against Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusalem, and stood by the aqueduct of the upper pool, which is by the way of the fuller's field.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:24 - And his daughter was Saraa, and he was among them that were left, and he built Bæthoron the upper and the lower. And the descendants of Ozan were Seera,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:21 - And as for this lofty house, every one that passes by it shall be amazed, and shall say, Wherefore has the Lord done thus to this land, and to this house?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:5 - And he built Bæthoron the upper, and Bæthoron the lower, strong cities,—they had walls, gates, and bars;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:20 - And he took the heads of families, and the mighty men, and the chiefs of the people, and all the people of the land, and they conducted the king into the house of the Lord; and he went through the inner gate into the king's house, and they seated the king on the throne of the kingdom.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 27:3 - He built the high gate of the house of the Lord, and he built much in the wall of Opel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:30 - The same Ezekias stopped up the course of the water of Gion above, and brought the water down straight south of the city of David. And Ezekias prospered in all his works.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:25 - of Phalach the son of Uzai, opposite the corner, and where is also the tower that projects from the king's house, even the upper one of the prison-house: and after him repaired Phadaea the son of Phoros.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:17 - (LXX 7:18) I will give thanks to the Lord according to his righteousness; I will sing to the name of the Lord most high.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:2 - (LXX 9:3) I will be glad and exult in thee: I will sing to thy name, O thou Most High.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:13 - (LXX 17:14) The Lord also thundered from heaven, and the Highest uttered his voice.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 21:7 - (LXX 20:8) For the king trusts in the Lord, and through the mercy of the Highest he shall not be moved.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 46:4 - (LXX 45:5) The flowings of the river gladden the city of God: the Most High has sanctified his tabernacle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 47:2 - (LXX 46:3) For the Lord most high is terrible; he is a great king over all the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:14 - (LXX 49:14) Offer to God the sacrifice of praise; and pay thy vows to the Most High.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:2 - (LXX 56:3) I will cry to God most high; the God who has benefited me. Pause.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:11 - (LXX 72:11) And they said, How does God know? and [fn]is there knowledge in the Most High?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:10 - (LXX 76:11) And I said, Now I have begun; this is the change of the right hand of the Most High.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:17 - (LXX 77:17) And they sinned yet more against him; they provoked the Most High in the wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:35

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:35 - (LXX 77:35) And they remembered that God was their helper, and the most high God was their redeemer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:56 - (LXX 77:56) Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 82:6 - (LXX 81:6) I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you children of the Most High.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 83:18 - (LXX 82:19) And let them know that thy name is Lord; that thou alone art Most High over all the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 87:5 - (LXX 86:5) A man shall say, Sion is my mother; and such a man was born in her; and the Highest himself has founded her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:27 - (LXX 88:28) And I will make him my first-born, higher than the kings of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:1 - (LXX 90:1) Praise of a Song, by David. He that dwells in the help of the Highest, shall sojourn under the shelter of the God of heaven.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:9 - (LXX 90:9) For thou, O Lord, art my hope: thou, my soul, hast made the Most High thy refuge.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 92:1 - (LXX 91:1) A Psalm of a Song for the Sabbath-day. (91:2) It is a good thing to give thanks to the Lord, and to sing praises to thy name, O thou Most High;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 97:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 97:9 - (LXX 96:9) For thou art Lord most high over all the earth; thou art greatly exalted above all gods.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:11 - (LXX 106:11) because they [fn]rebelled against the words of God, and provoked the counsel of the Most High.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:3 - And the Lord said to Esaias, Go forth to meet Achaz, thou, and thy son Jasub who is left, to the pool of the upper way of the fuller's field.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:14 - I will go up above the clouds; I will be like the Most High.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:2 - And the king of the Assyrians sent Rabsaces out of Laches to Jerusalem to king Ezekias with a large force: and he stood by the [fn]conduit of the upper pool in the way of the fuller's field.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:2 - And he smote him, and cast him into the dungeon which was by the gate of the upper house that was set apart, which was by the house of the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:10 - (LXX 43:10) And Baruch read in the book the words of Jeremias in the house of the Lord, in the house of Gamarias son of Saphan the scribe, in the upper court, in the entrance of the new gate of the house of the Lord, and in the ears of all the people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:35 - to turn aside the judgment 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 there shall not come forth evil and good.

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