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. Psalms 92:1 עֶלְיֽוֹן׃ el.Yon · Describes something

    A Psalm, a Song for the sabbath day. It is a good thing to give thanks unto Jehovah, And to sing praises unto thy name, O Most High;

  2. Psalms 97:9 עֶלְי֥וֹן el.Yon · Describes something

    For thou, Jehovah, art most high above all the earth: Thou art exalted far above all gods.

  3. Psalms 107:11 עֶלְי֣וֹן el.Yon · Describes something

    Because they rebelled against the words of God, And contemned the counsel of the Most High:

  4. Isaiah 7:3 הָעֶלְיוֹנָ֔ה ha.'el.yo.Nah · Describes something

    Then said Jehovah unto Isaiah, Go forth now to meet Ahaz, thou, and Shear-jashub thy son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool, in the highway of the fuller's field;

  5. Isaiah 14:14 לְעֶלְיֽוֹן׃ le.'el.Yon · Describes something

    I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.

  6. Isaiah 36:2 הָעֶלְיוֹנָ֔ה ha.'el.yo.Nah · Describes something

    And the king of Assyria sent Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem unto king Hezekiah with a great army. And he stood by the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller's field.

  7. 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.

  8. 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.

  9. Lamentations 3:35 עֶלְיֽוֹן׃ el.Yon · Describes something

    To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the Most High,

  10. Lamentations 3:38 עֶלְיוֹן֙ 'el.yOn · Describes something

    Out of the mouth of the Most High cometh there not evil and good?

  11. 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.

  12. 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.

  13. 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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