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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 - Malki-Tzedek king of Shalem brought forth bread and wine: and he was Kohen of El `Elyon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 14:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:19 - He blessed him, and said, "Blessed be Avram of El `Elyon, possessor of heaven and eretz:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:20 - and blessed be El `Elyon, who has delivered your enemies into your hand." Avram gave him a tenth of all.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:22 - Avram said to the king of Sedom, "I have lifted up my hand to the LORD, El `Elyon, possessor of heaven and eretz,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:17 - In the uppermost basket there was all kinds of baked food for Par`oh, and the birds ate them out of the basket on my head."

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:16 - He says, who hears the words of God, Knows the knowledge of Ha`Elyon, Who sees the vision of Shaddai, Falling down, and having his eyes open:

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 26:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:19 - and to make you high above all nations that he has made, in praise, and in name, and in honor; and that you may be a holy people to the LORD your God, as he has spoken.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:1 - It shall happen, if you shall listen diligently to the voice of the LORD your God, to observe to do all his mitzvot which I command you this day, who the LORD your God will set you on high above all the nations of the eretz:

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:8 - When Ha`Elyon 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 Yisra'el.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 16:5 - The border of the children of Efrayim according to their families was thus: the border of their inheritance eastward was `Atarot-Addar, to Beit-Horon the upper;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:14 - The LORD thundered from heaven, The Elyon uttered his voice.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:8 - Though this house is so high, yet shall everyone who passes by it be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why has the LORD done thus to this land, and to this house?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 15:35

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:35 - However 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 the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:17 - The king of Ashshur sent Tartan and Rav-Saris and Ravshakeh from Lakhish to king Hizkiyahu with a great army to Yerushalayim. They went up and came to Yerushalayim. 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 Box 1Ch 7:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:24 - His daughter was She'erah, who built Beit-Horon the lower and the upper, and Uzzen-She'erah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 7:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:21 - This house, which is so high, everyone who passes by it shall be astonished, and shall say, Why has the LORD done thus to this land, and to this house?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 8:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:5 - Also he built Beit-Horon the upper, and Beit-Horon the lower, fortified cities, with walls, gates, and bars;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 23:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:20 - 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 upper gate to the king's house, and set the king on the throne of the kingdom.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 27:3 - He built the upper gate of the house of the LORD, and on the wall of `Ofel he built much.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:30 - This same Hizkiyahu also stopped the upper spring of the waters of Gichon, and brought them straight down on the west side of the city of David. Hizkiyahu 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 stands out from the upper house of the king, which is by the court of the guard. After him Pedayahu the son of Par`osh repaired.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 7:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:17 - I will give thanks to the LORD according to his righteousness, And will sing praise to the name of the LORD Elyon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 9:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:2 - I will be glad and rejoice in you. I will sing praise to your name, O Elyon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:13 - The LORD also thundered in the sky, The Elyon uttered his voice: Hailstones and coals of fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 21:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 21:7 - For the king trusts in the LORD. Through the lovingkindness of Ha`Elyon, he shall not be moved.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 46:4 - There is a river, the streams of which make the city of God glad, The holy place of the tents of Ha`Elyon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 47:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 47:2 - For the LORD Elyon is awesome. He is a great King over all the eretz.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 50:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:14 - Offer to God the sacrifice of thanksgiving. Pay your vows to Ha`Elyon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 57:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:2 - I cry out to El `Elyon, To God who accomplishes my requests for me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 73:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:11 - They say, "How does God know? Is there knowledge in Ha`Elyon?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 77:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:10 - Then I thought, "I will appeal to this: The years of the right hand of Ha`Elyon."

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:17

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:35

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:35 - They remembered that God was their rock, The El `Elyon their redeemer.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:56

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:56 - Yet they tempted and rebelled against Ha`Elyon God, And didn't keep his testimonies;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 82:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 82:6 - I said, "You are gods, All of you are sons of Ha`Elyon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 83:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 83:18 - That they may know that you alone, whose name is the LORD, Are Ha`Elyon over all the eretz.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 87:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 87:5 - Yes, of Tziyon it will be said, "This one and that one was born in her;" The Elyon himself will establish her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 89:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:27 - I will also appoint him my firstborn, The highest of the kings of the eretz.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 91:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:1 - He who dwells in the secret place of Ha`Elyon Will rest in the shadow of Shaddai.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 91:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:9 - Because you have made LORD your refuge, And Ha`Elyon your dwelling place,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 92:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 92:1 - A Psalm. A song for the day of Shabbat. It is a good thing to give thanks to the LORD, To sing praises to your name, Elyon;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 97:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 97:9 - For you, LORD, are most high above all the eretz. You are 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 condemned the counsel of Ha`Elyon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:3 - Then the LORD said to Yesha`yahu, "Go forth now to meet Achaz, you, and She'ar-Yashuv your 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 Ha`Elyon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:2 - The king of Ashshur sent Ravshakeh from Lakhish to Yerushalayim to king Hizkiyahu with a great army. 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 Pashchur struck Yirmeyahu the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the upper gate of Binyamin, which was in the house of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 36:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:10 - Then read Barukh in the book the words of Yirmeyahu in the house of the LORD, in the chamber of Gemaryah the son of Shafan, the Sofer, in the upper 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 BoxLam 3:35 - To turn aside the right of a man before the face of Ha`Elyon,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:38 - Doesn't evil and good come out of the mouth of Ha`Elyon?

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