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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

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 H4442 the king H4428 of Salem H8004 brought H3318 out H3318 bread H3899 and wine H3196; now he was a priest H3548 of [fn]God H410 Most H5945 High H5945.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:19 - And he blessed H1288 him and said H559,

“Blessed H1288 be Abram H87 of [fn]God H430 Most H5945 High H5945,

[fn]Possessor H7069 of heaven H8064 and earth H776;

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:20 -

And blessed H1288 be [fn]God H430 Most H5945 High H5945,

Who H834 has handed H4042 H3027 over H4042 your enemies H6862 to you.”

And he gave H5414 him a tenth H4643 of everything H3605.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:22 - But Abram H87 said H559 to the king H4428 of Sodom H5467, “I have [fn]sworn H7311 H3027 to the LORD H3068 [fn]God H430 Most H5945 High H5945, [fn]Possessor H7069 of heaven H8064 and earth H776,
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:17 - and in the top H5945 basket H5536 there were some H4480 of all H3605 [fn]kinds of baked H644 food H3978 for Pharaoh H6547, and the birds H5775 were eating H398 them out of the basket H5536 on my head H7218.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:16 -

The declaration H5002 of him who hears H8085 the [fn]words H561 of God H410,

And knows H3045 the knowledge H1847 of the [fn]Most H5945 High H5945,

Who sees H2372 the vision H4236 of [fn]the Almighty H7706,

Falling H5307 down H5307, yet having his eyes H5869 uncovered H1540:

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:19 - and [fn]that He will put H5414 you high H5945 above H5921 all H3605 the nations H1471 which H834 He has made H6213, for glory H8416, fame H8034, and honor H8597; and that you shall be a consecrated H6918 people H5971 to the LORD H3068 your God H430, just H834 as H834 He has spoken H1696.”
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:1 -

“Now it shall be, if H518 you diligently H8085 [fn]obey H8085 H6963 the LORD H3068 your God H430, being H8104 careful H8104 to do H6213 all H3605 His commandments H4687 which H834 I am commanding H6680 you today H3117, that the LORD H3068 your God H430 will put H5414 you high H5945 above H5921 all H3605 the nations H1471 of the earth H776.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:8 -

“When the Most H5945 High H5945 gave H5157 the nations H1471 their inheritance H5157,

When He separated H6504 the sons H1121 of [fn]mankind H120,

He set H5324 the boundaries H1367 of the peoples H5971

According to the number H4557 of the [fn]sons H1121 of Israel H3478.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 16:5 - Now this was the territory H1366 of the sons H1121 of Ephraim H669 according to their families H4940: the border H1366 of their inheritance H5159 eastward H4217 was Ataroth-addar H5853, as far H5704 as upper H5945 Beth-horon H1032.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:14 -

“The LORD H3068 thundered H7481 from heaven H8064,

And the Most H5945 High H5945 uttered H5414 His voice H6963.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:8 - “And this H2088 house H1004 will become H1961 a heap H5856 of H5856 ruins H5856; everyone H3605 who passes H5674 by it will be H8074 appalled H8074 and [fn]hiss H8319 and say H559, ‘Why H5921 H4100 has the LORD H3068 done H6213 such H3602 a H3602 thing H3602 to this H2088 land H776 and this H2088 house H1004?’
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:35 - Only H7534 the high H1116 places H1116 were not eliminated H5493; the people H5971 still H5750 sacrificed H2076 and burned H6999 incense H6999 on the high H1116 places H1116. He built H1129 the upper H5945 gate H8179 of the house H1004 of the LORD H3068.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:17 -

Then the king H4428 of Assyria H804 sent H7971 Tartan H8661, Rab-saris H7249, and Rabshakeh H7262 from Lachish H3923 to King H4428 Hezekiah H2396 with a large H3515 army H2428 to Jerusalem H3389. So they went H5927 up H5927 and came H935 to Jerusalem H3389. And when they went H5927 up H5927, they came H935 and stood H5975 by the conduit H8585 of the upper H5945 pool H1295, which H834 is on the road H4546 of the [fn]fuller’s H3526 field H7704.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:24 - His daughter H1323 was Sheerah H7609, who built H1129 lower H8481 and upper H5945 Beth-horon H1032, as well as Uzzen-sheerah H242.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:21 - “As for this H2088 house H1004, which H834 was exalted H5945, everyone H3605 who passes H5674 by it will be H8074 astonished H8074 and say H559, ‘Why H4100 has the LORD H3068 done H6213 these H3602 things H3602 to this H2088 land H776 and to this H2088 house H1004?’
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:5 - He also built H1129 upper H5945 Beth-horon H1032 and lower H8481 Beth-horon H1032, which were fortified H4692 cities H5892 with walls H2346, gates H1817, and bars H1280;
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:20 - He took H3947 the captains H8269 of hundreds H3967, the nobles H117, the rulers H4910 of the people H5971, and all H3605 the people H5971 of the land H776, and brought H3381 the king H4428 down H3381 from the house H1004 of the LORD H3068, and went H935 through H8432 the upper H5945 gate H8179 to the king’s H4428 house H1004. And they seated H3427 the king H4428 upon the royal H4467 throne H3678.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 27:3 - He built H1129 the upper H5945 gate H8179 of the house H1004 of the LORD H3068, and he built H1129 the wall H2346 of Ophel H6077 extensively H7230.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:30 - It was Hezekiah H2396 who stopped H5640 the upper H5945 outlet H4161 of the waters H4325 of Gihon H1521 and directed H3474 them to the west H4628 side H4628 of the city H5892 of David H1732. And Hezekiah H2396 was H6743 successful H6743 in everything H3605 that he did H4639.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:25 - Palal H6420 the son H1121 of Uzai H186 made repairs in front H5048 of the Angle H4740 and the tower H4026 projecting H3318 from the upper H5945 house H1004 of the king H4428, which H834 is by the courtyard H2691 of the guard H4307. After H310 him Pedaiah H6305 the son H1121 of Parosh H6551 made repairs.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:17 -

I will give H3034 thanks H3034 to the LORD H3068 according to His righteousness H6664

And will sing H2167 praise H2167 to the name H8034 of the LORD H3068 Most H5945 High H5945.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:2 -

I will rejoice H8055 and be jubilant H5970 in You;

I will sing H2167 praise H2167 to Your name H8034, O Most H5945 High H5945.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:13 -

The LORD H3068 also thundered H7481 in the heavens H8064,

And the Most H5945 High H5945 uttered H5414 His voice H6963,

Hailstones H1259 and coals H1513 of fire H784.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 21:7 -

For the king H4428 trusts H982 in the LORD H3068,

And through the faithfulness H2617 of the Most H5945 High H5945 he will not be shaken H4131.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 46:4 -

There is a river H5104 whose streams H6388 make H8055 the city H5892 of God H430 happy H8055,

The holy H6918 dwelling H4908 places H4908 of the Most H5945 High H5945.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 47:2 -

For the LORD H3068 Most H5945 High H5945 is to be feared H3372,

A great H1419 King H4428 over H5921 all H3605 the earth H776.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:14 -

“Offer H2076 God H430 a H2076 sacrifice H2076 of thanksgiving H8426

And pay H7999 your vows H5088 to the Most H5945 High H5945;

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:2 -

I will cry H7121 to God H430 Most H5945 High H5945,

To God H410 who accomplishes H1584 all things for me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:11 -

They say H559, “How H351 does God H410 know H3045?

And is H3426 there H3426 knowledge H1844 [fn]with the Most H5945 High H5945?”

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:10 -

Then I said H559, “It is my [fn]grief H2470,

That the right H3225 hand H3225 of the Most H5945 High H5945 has changed H8132.”

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:17 -

Yet they still H5750 continued H3254 to sin H2398 against Him,

To rebel H4784 against the Most H5945 High H5945 in the desert H6723.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:35 -

And they remembered H2142 that God H430 was their rock H6697,

And the Most H5945 High H5945 God H410 their Redeemer H1350.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:56 -

Yet they [fn]tempted H5254 and rebelled H4784 against H854 the Most H5945 High H5945 God H430

And did not keep H8104 His testimonies H5713,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 82:6 -

[fn]I said H559, “You are gods H430,

And all H3605 of you are sons H1121 of the Most H5945 High H5945.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 83:18 -

So that they will know H3045 that You alone H905, whose name H8034 is the LORD H3068,

Are the Most H5945 High H5945 over H5921 all H3605 the earth H776.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 87:5 -

But of Zion H6726 it will be said H559, “This H376 one H376 and that one H376 were born H3205 in her”;

And the Most H5945 High H5945 Himself H1931 will establish H3559 her.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:27 -

“I will also H637 make H5414 him My firstborn H1060,

The highest H5945 of the kings H4428 of the earth H776.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:1 -

One who dwells H3427 in the shelter H5643 of the Most H5945 High H5945

Will lodge H3885 in the shadow H6738 of the Almighty H7706.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:9 -

[fn]For you have made H7760 the LORD H3068, my refuge H4268,

The Most H5945 High H5945, your dwelling H4583 place H4583.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 92:1 -

A Psalm, a Song for the Sabbath day.

It is good H2896 to give H3034 thanks H3034 to the LORD H3068

And to sing H2167 praises H2167 to Your name H8034, Most H5945 High H5945;

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 97:9 -

For You are the LORD H3068 Most H5945 High H5945 over H5921 all H3605 the earth H776;

You are exalted H5927 far H3966 above H5921 all H3605 [fn]gods H430.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:11 -

Because H3588 they had rebelled H4784 against the words H561 of God H410

And rejected H5006 the plan H6098 of the Most H5945 High H5945.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:3 -

Then the LORD H3068 said H559 to Isaiah H3470, “Go H3318 out H3318 now H4994 to meet H7122 Ahaz H271, you and your son H1121 [fn]Shear-jashub H7610, at the end H7097 of the conduit H8585 of the upper H5945 pool H1295, on the road H4546 to the [fn]fuller’s H3526 field H7704,

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:14 -

‘I will ascend H5927 above H5921 the heights H1116 of the clouds H5645;

I will make H1819 myself like H1819 the Most H5945 High H5945.’

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:2 - And the king H4428 of Assyria H804 sent H7971 Rabshakeh H7262 from Lachish H3923 to Jerusalem H3389 to King H4428 Hezekiah H2396 with a large H3515 army H2428. And he stood H5975 by the conduit H8585 of the upper H5945 pool H1295 on the road H4546 to the [fn]fuller’s H3526 field H7704.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:2 - Pashhur H6583 had Jeremiah H3414 the prophet H5030 beaten H5221 and put H5414 him in the stocks H4115 that were at the upper H5945 Benjamin H1144 Gate H8179, which H834 was by the house H1004 of the LORD H3068.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:10 - Then Baruch H1263 read H7121 to all H3605 the people H5971 from the book H5612 the words H1697 of Jeremiah H3414 in the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 in the chamber H3957 of Gemariah H1587 the son H1121 of Shaphan H8227 the scribe H5608, in the upper H5945 courtyard H2691, at the entry H6607 of the New H2319 Gate H8179 of the LORD’S H3068 house H1004.
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:35 -

To [fn]deprive H5186 a man H1397 of justice H4941

In the presence H6440 of the Most H5945 High H5945,

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:38 -

Is it not from the mouth H6310 of the Most H5945 High H5945

That [fn]both adversity H7451 and good H2896 proceed H3318?


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