Hebrew adjective · H5945
עֶלְיוֹן
elyonel-yone'
high; Most High; Upper (Beth Horon); (LORD) Most High
53 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: ʻelyôwn
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H5945is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 15 of 39Old Testament books
- 24spellings
- 4meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H5945
an elevation, i.e. (adj.) lofty (compar.); as title, the Supreme
The King James renders it: (Most, on) high(-er, -est), upper(-most).
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
elyon is rendered "high; Most High; Upper (Beth Horon); (LORD) Most High". It stands 53 times in the Hebrew text, across fifteen books.
- Twenty-two of the uses stand in Psalms, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists four meanings for it, beginning with "high".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 14:18Then Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine—since he was priest of God Most High—
- The Greek text spells it twenty-four different ways.
The first use
Then Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine—since he was priest of God Most High—
Genesis 14:18עֶלְיֽוֹן׃
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Twenty-two of the word's fifty-three uses are in Psalms.
What the word means
The word carries four meanings: high, and Most High, and Upper (Beth Horon), and (LORD) Most High.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| highStrong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereGenesis 14:18Then Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine—since he was priest of God Most High— |
| Most HighStrong's entry B | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
| Upper (Beth Horon)Strong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
| (LORD) Most HighStrong's entry B | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- Most High29
- the upper16
- and Most High2
- O Most High2
- to Most High2
- upper1
- with Most High1
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.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| עֶלְיוֹן | elyon | Most High | Uses4 |
Other numbers on this spelling
Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.
The words it stands beside
All 53, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
24 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
- עֶלְיֽוֹן׃9
- עֶלְי֔וֹן6
- הָֽעֶלְי֔וֹן5
- עֶ֝לְי֗וֹן5
- עֶלְי֑וֹן4
- עֶלְי֣וֹן3
- הָעֶלְי֑וֹן2
- הָעֶלְיוֹנָ֔ה2
- עֶלְיוֹן֙2
- בְעֶלְיֽוֹן׃1
- הָֽעֶלְי֖וֹן1
- הָעֶלְי֗וֹן1
and 12 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- adjective · masculine singular31HAamsa
- the definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine singular11HTd/Aamsa
- the definite article (“the”) + adjective · feminine singular4HTd/Aafsa
- preposition + adjective · masculine singular3HR/Aamsa
- conjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine singular2HC/Aamsa
- proper noun (a name)1HNpl
- the definite article (“the”) + adjective · feminine plural1HTd/Aafpa
Genesis
five uses
Then Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine—since he was priest of God Most High—
- עֶלְיֽוֹן׃elyonadjective · masculine singulartagged: Most High
and he blessed Abram and said: “Blessed be Abram by God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth,
- עֶלְי֔וֹןelyonadjective · masculine singulartagged: Most High
and blessed be God Most High, who has delivered your enemies into your hand.” Then Abram gave Melchizedek a tenth of everything.
- עֶלְי֔וֹןelyonadjective · masculine singulartagged: Most High
But Abram replied to the king of Sodom, “I have raised my hand to the LORD God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth,
- עֶלְי֔וֹןelyonadjective · masculine singulartagged: Most High
In the top basket were all sorts of baked goods for Pharaoh, but the birds were eating them out of the basket on my head.”
- הָֽעֶלְי֔וֹןhaelyonthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: the upper
Numbers
one use
the prophecy of one who hears the words of God, who has knowledge from the Most High, who sees a vision from the Almighty, who bows down with eyes wide open:
- עֶלְי֑וֹןelyonadjective · masculine singulartagged: Most High
Deuteronomy
three uses
that He will set you high in praise and name and honor above all the nations He has made, and that you will be a holy people to the LORD your God, as He has promised.
- עֶלְי֗וֹןelyonadjective · masculine singulartagged: most high
“Now if you faithfully obey the voice of the LORD your God and are careful to follow all His commandments I am giving you today, the LORD your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth.
- עֶלְי֔וֹןelyonadjective · masculine singulartagged: most high
When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance, when He divided the sons of man, He set the boundaries of the peoples according to the number of the sons of God.
- עֶלְיוֹן֙ʾelyonadjective · masculine singulartagged: Most High
Joshua
one use
This was the territory of the descendants of Ephraim by their clans: The border of their inheritance went from Ataroth-addar in the east to Upper Beth-horon
- עֶלְיֽוֹן׃elyonproper noun (a name)tagged: upper
2 Samuel
one use
The LORD thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded.
- וְעֶלְי֖וֹןveelyonconjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: and Most High
1 Kings
one use
And when this temple has become a heap of rubble, all who pass by it will be appalled and will hiss and say, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land and to this temple?’
- עֶלְי֔וֹןelyonadjective · masculine singulartagged: most high
2 Kings
two uses
Nevertheless, the high places were not taken away; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense there. Jotham rebuilt the Upper Gate of the house of the LORD.
- הָעֶלְיֽוֹן׃haelyonthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: the upper
Nevertheless, the king of Assyria sent the Tartan, the Rabsaris, and the Rabshakeh, along with a great army, from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. They advanced up to Jerusalem and stationed themselves by the aqueduct of the upper pool, on the road to the Launderer’s Field.
- הָֽעֶלְיוֹנָ֔הhaelyonahthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · feminine singulartagged: the upper
1 Chronicles
one use
His daughter was Sheerah, who built Lower and Upper Beth-horon, as well as Uzzen-sheerah.
- הָעֶלְי֑וֹןhaelyonthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: the upper
2 Chronicles
five uses
And when this temple has become a heap of rubble, all who pass by it will be appalled and say, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land and to this temple?’
- עֶלְי֔וֹןelyonadjective · masculine singulartagged: most high
He rebuilt Upper and Lower Beth-horon as fortified cities with walls, gates, and bars,
- הָֽעֶלְי֔וֹןhaelyonthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: the upper
He also took with him the commanders of hundreds, the nobles, the rulers of the people, and all the people of the land, and they brought the king down from the house of the LORD and entered the royal palace through the Upper Gate. They seated King Joash on the royal throne,
- הָֽעֶלְי֖וֹןhaelyonthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: the upper
Jotham rebuilt the Upper Gate of the house of the LORD, and he worked extensively on the wall at the hill of Ophel.
- הָעֶלְי֑וֹןhaelyonthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: the upper
It was Hezekiah who blocked the upper outlet of the Spring of Gihon and channeled it down to the west side of the City of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all that he did.
- הָֽעֶלְי֔וֹןhaelyonthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: the upper
Nehemiah
one use
and Palal son of Uzai made repairs opposite the angle and the tower that juts out from the upper palace of the king near the courtyard of the guard. Next to him, Pedaiah son of Parosh
- הָֽעֶלְי֔וֹןhaelyonthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: the upper
Psalms
twenty-two uses
I will thank the LORD for His righteousness and sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High.
- עֶלְיֽוֹן׃elyonadjective · masculine singulartagged: Most High
I will be glad and rejoice in You; I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High.
- עֶלְיֽוֹן׃elyonadjective · masculine singulartagged: O Most High
The LORD thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded— hailstones and coals of fire.
- וְ֭עֶלְיוֹןveelyonconjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: and Most High
For the king trusts in the LORD; through the loving devotion of the Most High, he will not be shaken.
- עֶ֝לְי֗וֹןelyonadjective · masculine singulartagged: Most High
There is a river whose streams delight the city of God, the holy place where the Most High dwells.
- עֶלְיֽוֹן׃elyonadjective · masculine singulartagged: Most High
How awesome is the LORD Most High, the great King over all the earth!
- עֶלְי֣וֹןelyonadjective · masculine singulartagged: Most High
Sacrifice a thank offering to God, and fulfill your vows to the Most High.
- לְעֶלְי֣וֹןleelyonpreposition + adjective · masculine singulartagged: to Most High
I cry out to God Most High, to God who fulfills His purpose for me.
- עֶלְי֑וֹןelyonadjective · masculine singulartagged: Most High
The wicked say, “How can God know? Does the Most High have knowledge?”
- בְעֶלְיֽוֹן׃veelyonpreposition + adjective · masculine singulartagged: with Most High
So I said, “I am grieved that the right hand of the Most High has changed.”
- עֶלְיֽוֹן׃elyonadjective · masculine singulartagged: Most High
But they continued to sin against Him, rebelling in the desert against the Most High.
- עֶ֝לְי֗וֹןelyonadjective · masculine singulartagged: Most High
And they remembered that God was their Rock, that God Most High was their Redeemer.
- עֶ֝לְיוֹןʾelyonadjective · masculine singulartagged: Most High
But they tested and disobeyed God Most High, for they did not keep His decrees.
- עֶלְי֑וֹןelyonadjective · masculine singulartagged: Most High
I have said, ‘You are gods; you are all sons of the Most High.’
- עֶלְי֣וֹןelyonadjective · masculine singulartagged: Most High
May they know that You alone, whose name is the LORD, are Most High over all the earth.
- עֶ֝לְי֗וֹןelyonadjective · masculine singulartagged: Most High
And it will be said of Zion: “This one and that one were born in her, and the Most High Himself will establish her.”
- עֶלְיֽוֹן׃elyonadjective · masculine singulartagged: Most High
I will indeed appoint him as My firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.
- עֶ֝לְי֗וֹןelyonadjective · masculine singulartagged: most high
He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.
- עֶלְי֑וֹןelyonadjective · masculine singulartagged: Most High
Because you have made the LORD your dwelling— my refuge, the Most High—
- עֶ֝לְי֗וֹןelyonadjective · masculine singulartagged: Most High
It is good to praise the LORD, and to sing praises to Your name, O Most High,
- עֶלְיֽוֹן׃elyonadjective · masculine singulartagged: O Most High
For You, O LORD, are Most High over all the earth; You are exalted far above all gods.
- עֶלְי֥וֹןelyonadjective · masculine singulartagged: most high
because they rebelled against the words of God and despised the counsel of the Most High.
- עֶלְי֣וֹןelyonadjective · masculine singulartagged: Most High
Isaiah
three uses
Then the LORD said to Isaiah, “Go out with your son Shear-jashub to meet Ahaz at the end of the aqueduct that feeds the upper pool, on the road to the Launderer’s Field,
- הָעֶלְיוֹנָ֔הhaelyonahthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · feminine singulartagged: the upper
I will ascend above the tops of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.”
- לְעֶלְיֽוֹן׃leelyonpreposition + adjective · masculine singulartagged: to Most High
And the king of Assyria sent the Rabshakeh, with a great army, from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. And he stopped by the aqueduct of the upper pool, on the road to the Launderer’s Field.
- הָעֶלְיוֹנָ֔הhaelyonahthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · feminine singulartagged: the upper
Jeremiah
two uses
he had Jeremiah the prophet beaten and put in the stocks at the Upper Gate of Benjamin, which was by the house of the LORD.
- הָֽעֶלְי֔וֹןhaelyonthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: the upper
From the chamber of Gemariah son of Shaphan the scribe, which was in the upper courtyard at the opening of the New Gate of the house of the LORD, Baruch read from the scroll the words of Jeremiah in the hearing of all the people.
- הָעֶלְי֗וֹןhaelyonthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: the upper
Lamentations
two uses
to deny a man justice before the Most High,
- עֶלְיֽוֹן׃elyonadjective · masculine singulartagged: Most High
Do not both adversity and good come from the mouth of the Most High?
- עֶלְיוֹן֙ʾelyonadjective · masculine singulartagged: Most High
Ezekiel
three uses
And I saw six men coming from the direction of the Upper Gate, which faces north, each with a weapon of slaughter in his hand. With them was another man clothed in linen who had a writing kit at his side. And they came in and stood beside the bronze altar.
- הָעֶלְי֜וֹןhaelyonthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: the upper
The side rooms surrounding the temple widened at each successive level, because the structure surrounding the temple ascended by stages corresponding to the narrowing of the temple wall as it rose upward. And so a stairway went up from the lowest story to the highest, through the middle one.
- הָעֶלְיוֹנָ֖הhaelyonahthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · feminine singulartagged: the upper
Now the upper chambers were smaller because the galleries took more space from the chambers on the lower and middle floors of the building.
- הָעֶלְיוֹנֹ֖תhaelyonotthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · feminine pluraltagged: the upper
The letters
Gematria 166· 816 mispar gadol
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.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.
