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Hebrew adjective (Aramaic) · H5943

עִלַּי

illayil-lah'-ee

Most High

10 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: ʻillay

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H5943is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 1 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 7
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H5943

supreme (i.e. God)

The King James renders it: (most) high.

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

illay is rendered "Most High". It stands 10 times in the Hebrew text, across one book.

  • Ten of the uses stand in Daniel, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Daniel 3:26Then Nebuchadnezzar approached the door of the blazing fiery furnace and called out, “Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, servants of the Most High God, come out!” So Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego came out of the fire,
  • The Greek text spells it seven different ways.

The first use

Then Nebuchadnezzar approached the door of the blazing fiery furnace and called out, “Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, servants of the Most High God, come out!” So Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego came out of the fire,

Daniel 3:26עִלָּאָ֖ה

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

Ten of the word's ten uses are in Daniel.

The other 38 Old Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • Most High the9
  • and obj. Most High the1

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

All 10, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

7 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • עִלָּאָה֙4
  • וּלְעִלָּאָה֙1
  • עִלָּאָ֖ה1
  • עִלָּאָ֑ה1
  • עִלָּאָ֜ה1
  • עִלָּאָ֔ה1
  • עִלָּיָא֙1

The grammar of each form

  • adjective · masculine or feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)9AAabsd/Ta
  • conjunction (“and”) + preposition + adjective · masculine or feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)1AC/R/Aabsd/Ta

Daniel

ten uses
  • Then Nebuchadnezzar approached the door of the blazing fiery furnace and called out, “Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, servants of the Most High God, come out!” So Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego came out of the fire,

    Daniel 3:26

    • עִלָּאָ֖הilaya'adjective · masculine or feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)tagged: Most High the
  • I am pleased to declare the signs and wonders that the Most High God has performed for me.

    Daniel 4:2

    • עִלָּאָ֑הilaya'adjective · masculine or feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)tagged: Most High the
  • This decision is the decree of the watchers, the verdict declared by the holy ones, so that the living will know that the Most High rules over the kingdom of mankind and gives it to whom He wishes, setting over it the lowliest of men.’

    Daniel 4:17

    • עִלָּאָ֜הilaya'adjective · masculine or feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)tagged: Most High the
  • This is the interpretation, O king, and this is the decree that the Most High has issued against my lord the king:

    Daniel 4:24

    • עִלָּאָה֙ilaya'adjective · masculine or feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)tagged: Most High the
  • You will be driven away from mankind, and your dwelling will be with the beasts of the field. You will feed on grass like an ox and be drenched with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass you by, until you acknowledge that the Most High rules over the kingdom of mankind and gives it to whom He wishes.

    Daniel 4:25

    • עִלָּאָה֙ilaya'adjective · masculine or feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)tagged: Most High the
  • You will be driven away from mankind to live with the beasts of the field, and you will feed on grass like an ox. And seven times will pass you by, until you acknowledge that the Most High rules over the kingdom of mankind and gives it to whom He wishes.”

    Daniel 4:32

    • עִלָּיָא֙ilaya'adjective · masculine or feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)tagged: Most High the
  • But at the end of those days I, Nebuchadnezzar, looked up to heaven, and my sanity was restored to me. Then I praised the Most High, and I honored and glorified Him who lives forever: “For His dominion is an everlasting dominion, and His kingdom endures from generation to generation.

    Daniel 4:34

    • וּלְעִלָּאָה֙uleilaya'conjunction (“and”) + preposition + adjective · masculine or feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)tagged: and obj. Most High the
  • As for you, O king, the Most High God gave your father Nebuchadnezzar sovereignty and greatness, glory and honor.

    Daniel 5:18

    • עִלָּאָ֔הilaya'adjective · masculine or feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)tagged: Most High the
  • He was driven away from mankind, and his mind was like that of a beast. He lived with the wild donkeys and ate grass like an ox, and his body was drenched with the dew of heaven until he acknowledged that the Most High God rules over the kingdom of mankind, setting over it whom He wishes.

    Daniel 5:21

    • עִלָּאָה֙ilaya'adjective · masculine or feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)tagged: Most High the
  • He will speak out against the Most High and oppress the saints of the Most High, intending to change the appointed times and laws; and the saints will be given into his hand for a time, and times, and half a time.

    Daniel 7:25

    • עִלָּאָה֙ilaya'adjective · masculine or feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)tagged: Most High the

The letters

Where it leads

How the numbers are counted

Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.

Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.

Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0. Their grammar codes are written out in English here and shown as tagged beside each one.

Meaning and senses: STEP Bible TBESH gloss (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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