עֶלְיוֹן

el.yon · Most High

Hebrew · Strong's H5945 · Noun · Sounds like: el-yone' · 53 occurrences

Word meanings

Senses and individuals

  • Most High H5945B · in Hebrew of 25
  • high H5945A 20
  • (LORD) Most High H5945H · a Part of 5
  • Upper (Beth Horon) H5945G · a Part of 3

Strong's dictionary

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

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (public domain)

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

Every occurrence

  1. 2 Kings 15:35 הָעֶלְיֽוֹן׃ ha.'el.Yon · Describes something

    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.

  2. 2 Kings 18:17 הָֽעֶלְיוֹנָ֔ה ha.'el.yo.Nah · Describes something

    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.

American Standard Version (1901). Public domain.

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