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. Genesis 14:18 עֶלְיֽוֹן׃ el.Yon · Describes something

    And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was priest of God Most High.

  2. Genesis 14:19 עֶלְי֔וֹן el.Yon · Describes something

    And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth:

  3. Genesis 14:20 עֶלְי֔וֹן el.Yon · Describes something

    and blessed be God Most High, who hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him a tenth of all.

  4. Genesis 14:22 עֶלְי֔וֹן el.Yon · Describes something

    And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lifted up my hand unto Jehovah, God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth,

  5. Genesis 40:17 הָֽעֶלְי֔וֹן ha.'el.yOn · Describes something

    and in the uppermost basket there was of all manner of baked food for Pharaoh; and the birds did eat them out of the basket upon my head.

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