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. Ezekiel 9:2 הָעֶלְי֜וֹן ha.'el.Yon · Describes something

    And behold, six men came from the way of the upper gate, which lieth toward the north, every man with his slaughter weapon in his hand; and one man in the midst of them clothed in linen, with a writer's inkhorn by his side. And they went in, and stood beside the brazen altar.

  2. Ezekiel 41:7 הָעֶלְיוֹנָ֖ה ha.'el.yo.Nah · Describes something

    And the side-chambers were broader as they encompassed the house higher and higher; for the encompassing of the house went higher and higher round about the house: therefore the breadth of the house continued upward; and so one went up from the lowest chamber to the highest by the middle chamber.

  3. Ezekiel 42:5 הָעֶלְיוֹנֹ֖ת ha.'el.yo.Not · Describes something

    Now the upper chambers were shorter; for the galleries took away from these, more than from the lower and the middlemost, in the building.

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