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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)
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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 - Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine. (Now he was the priest of the Most High God.)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:19 - He blessed Abram, saying, "Blessed be Abram by the Most High God, Creator of heaven and earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:20 - Worthy of praise is the Most High God, who delivered your enemies into your hand." Abram gave Melchizedek a tenth of everything.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:22 - But Abram replied to the king of Sodom, "I raise my hand to the LORD, the Most High God, Creator of heaven and earth, and vow

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:17 - In the top basket there were baked goods of every kind for Pharaoh, but the birds were eating them from the basket that was on my head."

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:16 - the oracle of the one who hears the words of God, and who knows the knowledge of the Most High, who sees a vision from the Almighty, although falling flat on the ground with eyes open:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:19 - Then he will elevate you above all the nations he has made and you will receive praise, fame, and honor. You will be a people holy to the LORD your God, as he has said.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:1 - "If you indeed obey the LORD your God and are careful to observe all his commandments I am giving you today, the LORD your God will elevate you above all the nations of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:8 - When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance, when he divided up humankind, he set the boundaries of the peoples, according to the number of the heavenly assembly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 16:5 - The territory of the tribe of Ephraim by its clans included the following: The border of their assigned land to the east was Ataroth Addar as far as upper Beth Horon.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:14 - The LORD thundered from the sky; the sovereign One shouted loudly.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 9:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:8 - This temple will become a heap of ruins; everyone who passes by it will be shocked and will hiss out their scorn, saying, 'Why did the LORD do this to this land and this temple?'

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 15:35

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:35 - But the high places were not eliminated; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense on the high places. He built the Upper Gate to the LORD's temple.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 18:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:17 - The king of Assyria sent his commanding general, the chief eunuch, and the chief adviser from Lachish to King Hezekiah in Jerusalem, along with a large army. They went up and arrived at Jerusalem. They went and stood at the conduit of the upper pool which is located on the road to the field where they wash and dry cloth.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 7:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:24 - His daughter was Sheerah, who built Lower and Upper Beth Horon, as well as Uzzen Sheerah),

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 7:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:21 - As for this temple, which was once majestic, everyone who passes by it will be shocked and say, 'Why did the LORD do this to this land and this temple?'

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 8:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:5 - He made upper Beth Horon and lower Beth Horon fortified cities with walls and barred gates,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 23:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:20 - He summoned the officers of the units of hundreds, the nobles, the rulers of the people, and all the people of land, and he then led the king down from the LORD's temple. They entered the royal palace through the Upper Gate and seated the king on the royal throne.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 27:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 27:3 - He built the Upper Gate to the LORD's temple and did a lot of work on the wall in the area known as Ophel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:30 - Hezekiah dammed up the source of the waters of the Upper Gihon and directed them down to the west side of the City of David. Hezekiah succeeded in all that he did.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 3:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:25 - After him Palal son of Uzai worked opposite the buttress and the tower that protrudes from the upper palace of the court of the guard. After him Pedaiah son of Parosh

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:17 - I will thank the LORD for his justice; I will sing praises to the sovereign LORD!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 9:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:2 - I will be happy and rejoice in you! I will sing praises to you, O sovereign One!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:13 - The LORD thundered in the sky; the sovereign One shouted.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 21:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 21:7 - For the king trusts in the LORD, and because of the sovereign LORD's faithfulness he is not upended.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 46:4 - The river's channels bring joy to the city of God, the special, holy dwelling place of the sovereign One.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 47:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 47:2 - For the sovereign LORD is awe-inspiring; he is the great king who rules the whole earth!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:14 - Present to God a thank-offering! Repay your vows to the sovereign One!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 57:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:2 - I cry out for help to the sovereign God, to the God who vindicates me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 73:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:11 - They say, "How does God know what we do? Is the sovereign one aware of what goes on?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 77:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:10 - Then I said, "I am sickened by the thought that the sovereign One might become inactive.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:17 - Yet they continued to sin against him, and rebelled against the sovereign One in the desert.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:35

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:35 - They remembered that God was their protector, and that the sovereign God was their deliverer.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:56

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:56 - Yet they challenged and defied the sovereign God, and did not obey his commands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 82:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 82:6 - I thought, 'You are gods; all of you are sons of the Most High.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 83:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 83:18 - Then they will know that you alone are the LORD, the sovereign king over all the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 87:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 87:5 - But it is said of Zion's residents, "Each one of these was born in her, and the sovereign One makes her secure."

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:27 - I will appoint him to be my firstborn son, the most exalted of the earth's kings.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 91:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:1 - As for you, the one who lives in the shelter of the sovereign One, and resides in the protective shadow of the mighty king -

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 91:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:9 - For you have taken refuge in the LORD, my shelter, the sovereign One.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 92:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 92:1 - It is fitting to thank the LORD, and to sing praises to your name, O sovereign One!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 97:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 97:9 - For you, O LORD, are the sovereign king over the whole earth; you are elevated high above all gods.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:11 - because they had rebelled against God's commands, and rejected the instructions of the sovereign king.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:3 - So the LORD told Isaiah, "Go out with your son Shear-jashub and meet Ahaz at the end of the conduit of the upper pool which is located on the road to the field where they wash and dry cloth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:14 - I will climb up to the tops of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 36:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:2 - The king of Assyria sent his chief adviser from Lachish to King Hezekiah in Jerusalem, along with a large army. The chief adviser stood at the conduit of the upper pool which is located on the road to the field where they wash and dry cloth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:2 - When he heard Jeremiah's prophecy, he had the prophet flogged. Then he put him in the stocks which were at the Upper Gate of Benjamin in the LORD's temple.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:10 - At that time Baruch went into the temple of the LORD. He stood in the entrance of the room of Gemariah the son of Shaphan who had been the royal secretary. That room was in the upper court near the entrance of the New Gate. There, where all the people could hear him, he read from the scroll what Jeremiah had said.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:35 - to deprive a person of his rights in the presence of the Most High,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 3:38

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:38 - Is it not from the mouth of the Most High that everything comes - both calamity and blessing?

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