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. Jeremiah 20:2 הָֽעֶלְי֔וֹן ha.'el.Yon · Describes something

    Then Pashhur smote Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the upper gate of Benjamin, which was in the house of Jehovah.

  2. Jeremiah 36:10 הָעֶלְי֗וֹן ha.'el.Yon · Describes something

    Then read Baruch in the book the words of Jeremiah in the house of Jehovah, in the chamber of Gemariah the son of Shaphan, the scribe, in the upper court, at the entry of the new gate of Jehovah's house, in the ears of all the people.

American Standard Version (1901). Public domain.

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