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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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:18 - And Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine; now he was a priest of [fn]God Most H5945 High H5945.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:19 - Then he blessed him and said,

“Blessed be Abram of [fn]God Most H5945 High H5945,

[fn]Possessor of heaven and earth;

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:20 -

And blessed be [fn]God Most H5945 High H5945,

Who has delivered your enemies into your hand.”

Then he gave him a tenth of all.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:22 - Then Abram said to the king of Sodom, “I have [fn]raised my hand to Yahweh [fn]God Most H5945 High H5945, [fn]possessor of heaven and earth,
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:17 - and in the top H5945 basket there were some of all [fn]sorts of baked food for Pharaoh, and the birds were eating them out of the basket on my head.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:16 -

The oracle of him who hears the [fn]words of God,

And knows the knowledge of the [fn]Most H5945 High H5945,

Who beholds the vision of the [fn]Almighty,

Falling down, yet having his eyes opened.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:19 - and [fn]that He will set you high H5945 above all nations which He has made, for praise, a name, and beauty; and that you shall be a holy people to Yahweh your God, as He has spoken.”
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:1 -

“Now it will be, if you diligently listen to the voice of Yahweh your God, being careful to do all His commandments which I am commanding you today, Yahweh your God will set you high H5945 above all the nations of the earth.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:8 -

“When the Most H5945 High H5945 gave the nations their inheritance,

When He separated the sons of [fn]man,

He set the boundaries of the peoples

According to the number of the [fn]sons of Israel.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 16:5 - Now this was the territory of the sons of Ephraim according to their families: the border of their inheritance eastward was Ataroth-addar, as far as upper H5945 Beth-horon.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:14 -

“Yahweh thundered from heaven,

And the Most H5945 High H5945 gave forth His voice.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:8 - “And this house will become [fn]a heap H5945 of ruins H5945; everyone who passes by will feel desolate and hiss and say, ‘Why has Yahweh done thus to this land and to this house?’
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:35 - Only the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places. He built the upper H5945 gate of the house of Yahweh.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:17 -

Then the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rab-saris and Rabshakeh from Lachish to King Hezekiah with a heavy military force to Jerusalem. So they went up and came to Jerusalem. And when they went up, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper H5945 pool, which is on the highway of the [fn]fuller’s field.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:24 - And his daughter was Sheerah, and she built lower and upper H5945 Beth-horon, also Uzzen-sheerah.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:21 - “As for this house, which was exalted H5945, everyone who passes by it will feel desolate and say, ‘Why has Yahweh done thus to this land and to this house?’
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:5 - He also built upper H5945 Beth-horon and lower Beth-horon, fortified cities with walls, gates and bars;
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:20 - And he took the commanders of hundreds, the nobles, the rulers of the people, and all the people of the land, and brought the king down from the house of Yahweh, and they came through the upper H5945 gate to the king’s house. And they sat the king upon the royal throne.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 27:3 - He built the upper H5945 gate of the house of Yahweh, and he built extensively the wall of Ophel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:30 - And it was Hezekiah who stopped the upper H5945 outlet of the waters of Gihon and directed them to the west side of the city of David. And Hezekiah succeeded in all that he did.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:25 - Palal the son of Uzai made repairs in front of the Angle and the tower projecting from the upper H5945 house of the king, which is by the court of the guard. After him Pedaiah the son of Parosh made repairs.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:17 -

I will give thanks to Yahweh according to His righteousness

And will sing praise to the name of Yahweh Most H5945 High H5945.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:2 -

Aleph

I will be glad and exult in You;

I will sing praise to Your name, O Most H5945 High H5945.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:13 -

Yahweh also thundered in the heavens,

And the Most H5945 High H5945 gave forth His voice,

Hailstones and coals of fire.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 21:7 -

For the king trusts in Yahweh,

And through the lovingkindness of the Most H5945 High H5945 he will not be shaken.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 46:4 -

There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God,

The holy dwelling places of the Most H5945 High H5945.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 47:2 -

For Yahweh Most H5945 High H5945 is [fn]fearsome,

A great King over all the earth.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:14 -

“Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving

And pay your vows to the Most H5945 High H5945;

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:2 -

I will call to God Most H5945 High H5945,

To God who accomplishes all things for me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:11 -

They say, “How does God know?

And is there knowledge with the Most H5945 High H5945?”

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:10 -

Then I said, “It is my [fn]grief,

That the right hand of the Most H5945 High H5945 has changed.”

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:17 -

Yet they still continued to sin against Him,

To rebel against the Most H5945 High H5945 in the desert.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:35 -

And they remembered that God was their rock,

And the Most H5945 High H5945 God their Redeemer.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:56 -

Yet they [fn]tested and rebelled against the Most H5945 High H5945 God

And did not keep His testimonies,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 82:6 -

[fn]I said, “You are gods,

And all of you are sons of the Most H5945 High H5945.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 83:18 -

That they may know that You alone—Your name is Yahweh

Are the Most H5945 High H5945 over all the earth.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 87:5 -

But of Zion it shall be said, “This one and that one were born in her”;

And the Most H5945 High H5945 Himself will establish her.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:27 -

“I also shall make him My firstborn,

The highest H5945 of the kings of the earth.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:1 -

He who abides in the shelter of the Most H5945 High H5945

Will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:9 -

[fn]For you have made Yahweh—my refuge,

The Most H5945 High H5945—your dwelling place.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 92:1 -

A Psalm. A Song for the Sabbath day.

It is good to give thanks to Yahweh

And to sing praises to Your name, O Most H5945 High H5945;

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 97:9 -

For You are Yahweh Most H5945 High H5945 over all the earth;

You are exalted far above all [fn]gods.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:11 -

Because they had rebelled against the words of God

And spurned the counsel of the Most H5945 High H5945.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:3 -

Then Yahweh said to Isaiah, “Go out now to meet Ahaz, you and your son [fn]Shear-jashub, at the end of the conduit of the upper H5945 pool, to the highway of the [fn]fuller’s field,

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:14 -

‘I will ascend above the heights of the clouds;

I will make myself like the Most H5945 High H5945.’

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:2 - And the king of Assyria sent Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem to King Hezekiah with a heavy military force. And he stood by the conduit of the upper H5945 pool on the highway of the [fn]fuller’s field.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:2 - and Pashhur had Jeremiah the prophet struck and put him in the stocks that were at the upper H5945 Benjamin Gate, which was by the house of Yahweh.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:10 - Then Baruch read from the book the words of Jeremiah in the house of Yahweh in the chamber of Gemariah the son of Shaphan the scribe, in the upper H5945 court, at the entry of the New Gate of the house of Yahweh, in the hearing of all the people.
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:35 -

To [fn]deprive a man of justice

In the presence of the Most H5945 High H5945,

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:38 -

Is it not from the mouth of the Most H5945 High H5945

That both calamities and [fn]good go forth?


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