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Lexicon :: Strong's H5945 - ʿelyôn

Aa
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 priest of God Most High.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:19

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:20

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:22

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:17 - and in the uppermost basket there was of all manner of baked food 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 saith, who heareth the words of God,
And knoweth the knowledge of the Most High,
Who seeth the vision of the Almighty,
Falling down, and having his eyes open:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:19 - and to make thee high above all nations that he hath made, in praise, and in name, and in honor; and that thou mayest be a holy people unto Jehovah thy God, as he hath spoken.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 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 observe to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that Jehovah thy God will set thee on high above all the nations of the earth:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:8 -
When the Most High gave to the nations their inheritance,
When he separated the children of men,
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 according to their families was thus: the border of their inheritance eastward was Ataroth-addar, unto Beth-horon the upper;

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

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:8 - And though this house is so high, yet shall every one that passeth by it be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why hath Jehovah done thus unto this land, and to this house?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:35 - Howbeit the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burned incense in the high places. He built the upper gate of the house of Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:17 - And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rab-saris and Rabshakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great army unto 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 pool, which is in the highway of the fuller’s field.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:24

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

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:21 - And this house, which is so high, every one that passeth by it shall be astonished, and shall say, Why hath Jehovah done thus unto this land, and to this house?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:5 - Also he built Beth-horon the upper, and Beth-horon the nether, fortified cities, with walls, gates, and bars;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 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 Jehovah: and they came through the upper gate unto 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 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

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:30 - This same Hezekiah also stopped the upper spring of the waters of Gihon, and brought them straight down on the west side of the city of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all his works.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:25 - Palal the son of Uzai repaired over against the turning of the wall, and the tower that standeth out from the upper house of the king, which is by the court of the guard. After him Pedaiah the son of Parosh repaired.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:17 -
I will give thanks unto Jehovah according to his righteousness,
And will sing praise to the name of Jehovah Most High.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:2

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

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 21:7 -
For the king trusteth in Jehovah;
And through the lovingkindness 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 holy place of the tabernacles of the Most High.

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:14 -
Offer unto God the sacrifice of thanksgiving;
And pay thy vows unto the Most High;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:2 -
I will cry unto God Most High,
Unto God that performeth all things for me.

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

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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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:17 -
Yet went they on still to sin against him,
To rebel against the Most High in the desert.

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:56 -
Yet they tempted and rebelled against the Most High God,
And kept not his testimonies;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 82:6 -
I said, Ye are gods,
And all of you sons of the Most High.

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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 -
Yea, of Zion it shall be said, This one and that one was born in her;
And the Most High himself will establish her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:27 -
I also will make him my first-born,
The highest of the kings of the earth.

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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 -
For thou, O Jehovah, art my refuge!
Thou hast made the Most High thy habitation;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 92:1 -
A Psalm, a Song for the sabbath day.
It is a good thing to give thanks unto Jehovah,
And to sing praises unto thy name, O Most High;

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:11 -
Because they rebelled against the words of God,
And contemned the counsel of the Most High:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:3 - Then said Jehovah unto Isaiah, Go forth now to meet Ahaz, thou, and Shear-jashub thy son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool, in 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 make myself like the Most High.

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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 pool in the highway of the fuller’s field.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:2 - Then Pashhur 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 BoxJer 36:10 - Then read Baruch 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 Jehovah’s house, 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 cometh there not evil and good?

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