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עֶלְיוֹן H5945

ʻelyôwn

el-yone'

from עָלָה; an elevation, i.e. (adj.) lofty (compar.); as title, the Supreme; (Most, on) high(-er, -est), upper(-most).

Brown–Driver–Briggs

עֶלְיוֹן 22 adj.
1 high
2 upper Bethhoron, the upper (opp. lower) of house
עֶלְיוֹן n.m. Highest, Most High
1 name of God
2 of rulers, either monarchs or angel-princes

From Brown, Driver, and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), in the public domain.


53 occurrences

Shown in the King James Version (KJV), whichever translation you read in — it is the text these numbers are tagged against.

  • Nehemiah 3:25
    Palal the son of Uzai, over against the turning of the wall, and the tower which lieth out from the king's high house, that was by the court of the prison. After him Pedaiah the son of Parosh.
  • Psalms 7:17
    I will praise the LORD according to his righteousness: and will sing praise to the name of the LORD most high.
  • Psalms 9:2
    I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High.
  • Psalms 18:13
    The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hail stones and coals of fire.
  • Psalms 21:7
    For the king trusteth in the LORD, and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved.
  • Psalms 46:4
    There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High.
  • Psalms 47:2
    For the LORD most high is terrible; he is a great King over all the earth.
  • Psalms 50:14
    Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High:
  • Psalms 57:2
    I will cry unto God most high; unto God that performeth all things for me.
  • Psalms 73:11
    And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?