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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 Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high H5945 God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:19 - And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high H5945 God, possessor of heaven and earth:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:20 - And blessed be the most high H5945 God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:22 - And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the LORD, the most high H5945 God, the possessor of heaven and earth,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:17 - And in the uppermost H5945 basket there was of all manner of bakemeats for Pharaoh; and the birds did eat them out of the basket upon my head.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:16 - He hath said, which heard the words of God, and knew the knowledge of the most High, H5945 which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open:

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 26:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:19 - And to make thee high H5945 above all nations which he hath made, in praise, and in name, and in honour; and that thou mayest be an holy people unto the LORD thy God, as he hath spoken.

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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 the LORD thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set thee on high H5945 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 H5945 divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people 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 according to their families was thus: even the border of their inheritance on the east side was Atarothaddar, unto Bethhoron the upper; H5945

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:14 - The LORD thundered from heaven, and the most High H5945 uttered his voice.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 9:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:8 - And at this house, which is high, H5945 every one that passeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why hath the LORD done thus unto this land, and to this house?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 15:35

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:35 - Howbeit the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burned incense still in the high places. He built the higher H5945 gate of the house of the LORD.

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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 Rabshakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great host against Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusalem. And when they were come up, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper H5945 pool, which is in 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 Sherah, who built Bethhoron the nether, and the upper, H5945 and Uzzensherah.)

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 7:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:21 - And this house, which is high, H5945 shall be an astonishment to every one that passeth by it; so that he shall say, Why hath the LORD done thus unto this land, and unto this house?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 8:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:5 - Also he built Bethhoron the upper, H5945 and Bethhoron the nether, fenced 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 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 the LORD: and they came through the high H5945 gate into the king's house, and set the king upon the throne of the kingdom.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 27:3 - He built the high H5945 gate of the house of the LORD, and on the wall of Ophel he built much.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:30 - This same Hezekiah also stopped the upper H5945 watercourse 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 turning of the wall, and the tower which lieth out from the king's high H5945 house, that 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 the LORD according to his righteousness: and will sing praise to the name of the LORD most high. H5945

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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 praise to thy name, O thou most High. H5945

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:13 - The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest H5945 gave his voice; hail stones and coals of fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 21:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 21:7 - For the king trusteth in the LORD, and through the mercy of the most High H5945 he shall not be moved.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 46:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 46:4 - There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High. H5945

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 47:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 47:2 - For the LORD most high H5945 is terrible; he is 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 pay thy vows unto the most High: H5945

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 57:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:2 - I will cry unto God most high; H5945 unto God that performeth all things for me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 73:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:11 - And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High? H5945

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 77:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:10 - And I said, This is my infirmity: but I will remember the years of the right hand of the most High. H5945

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:17 - And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most High H5945 in the wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:35

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:35 - And they remembered that God was their rock, and the high H5945 God their redeemer.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:56

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:56 - Yet they tempted and provoked the most high H5945 God, 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. H5945

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 83:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 83:18 - That men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, art the most high H5945 over all the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 87:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 87:5 - And of Zion it shall be said, This and that man was born in her: and the highest H5945 himself shall establish her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 89:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:27 - Also I will make him my firstborn, higher H5945 than 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 H5945 shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 91:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:9 - Because thou hast made the LORD, which is my refuge, even the most High, H5945 thy habitation;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 92:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 92:1 - [[A Psalm or Song for the sabbath day.]] It is a good thing to give thanks unto the LORD, and to sing praises unto thy name, O most High: H5945

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 97:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 97:9 - For thou, LORD, art high above H5945 all the earth: thou art exalted far above all gods.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:11 - Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the most High: H5945

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 7:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:3 - Then said the LORD unto Isaiah, Go forth now to meet Ahaz, thou, and Shearjashub thy son, at the end of the conduit of the upper H5945 pool in the highway of the fuller's field;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:14 - I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High. H5945

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 36:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:2 - And the king of Assyria sent Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem unto king Hezekiah with a great army. And he stood by the conduit of the upper H5945 pool in the highway of the fuller's field.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 20:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:2 - Then Pashur smote Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the high H5945 gate of Benjamin, which was by the house of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 36:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:10 - Then read Baruch in the book the words of Jeremiah in the house of the LORD, in the chamber of Gemariah the son of Shaphan the scribe, in the higher H5945 court, at the entry of the new gate of the LORD'S house, in the ears of all the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 3:35

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:35 - To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most High, H5945

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 3:38

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:38 - Out of the mouth of the most High H5945 proceedeth not evil and good?

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