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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 39
    Old Testament books
  • 24
    spellings
  • 4
    meanings

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.

The other 24 Old Testament books never use the word.

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

The English STEP Bible gives each use, word by word, and how many times.
highStrong's entry ATagged aslisted under the tableWhereGenesis 14:18Then Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine—since he was priest of God Most High—
Most HighStrong's entry BTagged aslisted under the tableWherein the ledger below
Upper (Beth Horon)Strong's entry ATagged aslisted under the tableWherein the ledger below
(LORD) Most HighStrong's entry BTagged aslisted under the tableWherein 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.

עֶלְיוֹןelyonMost HighUses4

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—

    Genesis 14:18

    • עֶלְיֽוֹן׃elyonadjective · masculine singulartagged: Most High
  • and he blessed Abram and said: “Blessed be Abram by God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth,

    Genesis 14:19

    • 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.

    Genesis 14:20

    • 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,

    Genesis 14:22

    • 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.”

    Genesis 40:17

    • 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:

    Numbers 24:16

    • 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.

    Deuteronomy 26:19

    • 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.

    Deuteronomy 28:1

    • 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.

    Deuteronomy 32:8

    • 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

    Joshua 16:5

    • עֶלְיֽוֹן׃elyonproper noun (a name)tagged: upper

2 Samuel

one use
  • The LORD thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded.

    2 Samuel 22:14

    • 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?’

    1 Kings 9:8

    • 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.

    2 Kings 15:35

    • 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.

    2 Kings 18:17

    • 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.

    1 Chronicles 7:24

    • 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?’

    2 Chronicles 7:21

    • עֶלְי֔וֹןelyonadjective · masculine singulartagged: most high
  • He rebuilt Upper and Lower Beth-horon as fortified cities with walls, gates, and bars,

    2 Chronicles 8:5

    • 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,

    2 Chronicles 23:20

    • 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.

    2 Chronicles 27:3

    • 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.

    2 Chronicles 32:30

    • 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

    Nehemiah 3:25

    • 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.

    Psalms 7:17

    • עֶלְיֽוֹן׃elyonadjective · masculine singulartagged: Most High
  • I will be glad and rejoice in You; I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High.

    Psalms 9:2

    • עֶלְיֽוֹן׃elyonadjective · masculine singulartagged: O Most High
  • The LORD thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded— hailstones and coals of fire.

    Psalms 18:13

    • 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.

    Psalms 21:7

    • עֶ֝לְי֗וֹןelyonadjective · masculine singulartagged: Most High
  • There is a river whose streams delight the city of God, the holy place where the Most High dwells.

    Psalms 46:4

    • עֶלְיֽוֹן׃elyonadjective · masculine singulartagged: Most High
  • How awesome is the LORD Most High, the great King over all the earth!

    Psalms 47:2

    • עֶלְי֣וֹןelyonadjective · masculine singulartagged: Most High
  • Sacrifice a thank offering to God, and fulfill your vows to the Most High.

    Psalms 50:14

    • לְעֶלְי֣וֹןleelyonpreposition + adjective · masculine singulartagged: to Most High
  • I cry out to God Most High, to God who fulfills His purpose for me.

    Psalms 57:2

    • עֶלְי֑וֹןelyonadjective · masculine singulartagged: Most High
  • The wicked say, “How can God know? Does the Most High have knowledge?”

    Psalms 73:11

    • בְעֶלְיֽוֹן׃veelyonpreposition + adjective · masculine singulartagged: with Most High
  • So I said, “I am grieved that the right hand of the Most High has changed.”

    Psalms 77:10

    • עֶלְיֽוֹן׃elyonadjective · masculine singulartagged: Most High
  • But they continued to sin against Him, rebelling in the desert against the Most High.

    Psalms 78:17

    • עֶ֝לְי֗וֹןelyonadjective · masculine singulartagged: Most High
  • And they remembered that God was their Rock, that God Most High was their Redeemer.

    Psalms 78:35

    • עֶ֝לְיוֹןʾelyonadjective · masculine singulartagged: Most High
  • But they tested and disobeyed God Most High, for they did not keep His decrees.

    Psalms 78:56

    • עֶלְי֑וֹןelyonadjective · masculine singulartagged: Most High
  • I have said, ‘You are gods; you are all sons of the Most High.’

    Psalms 82:6

    • עֶלְי֣וֹןelyonadjective · masculine singulartagged: Most High
  • May they know that You alone, whose name is the LORD, are Most High over all the earth.

    Psalms 83:18

    • 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.”

    Psalms 87:5

    • עֶלְיֽוֹן׃elyonadjective · masculine singulartagged: Most High
  • I will indeed appoint him as My firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.

    Psalms 89:27

    • עֶ֝לְי֗וֹןelyonadjective · masculine singulartagged: most high
  • He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.

    Psalms 91:1

    • עֶלְי֑וֹןelyonadjective · masculine singulartagged: Most High
  • Because you have made the LORD your dwelling— my refuge, the Most High—

    Psalms 91:9

    • עֶ֝לְי֗וֹןelyonadjective · masculine singulartagged: Most High
  • It is good to praise the LORD, and to sing praises to Your name, O Most High,

    Psalms 92:1

    • 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.

    Psalms 97:9

    • עֶלְי֥וֹןelyonadjective · masculine singulartagged: most high
  • because they rebelled against the words of God and despised the counsel of the Most High.

    Psalms 107:11

    • 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,

    Isaiah 7:3

    • 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.”

    Isaiah 14:14

    • 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.

    Isaiah 36:2

    • 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.

    Jeremiah 20:2

    • 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.

    Jeremiah 36:10

    • הָעֶלְי֗וֹןhaelyonthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: the upper

Lamentations

two uses
  • to deny a man justice before the Most High,

    Lamentations 3:35

    • עֶלְיֽוֹן׃elyonadjective · masculine singulartagged: Most High
  • Do not both adversity and good come from the mouth of the Most High?

    Lamentations 3:38

    • 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.

    Ezekiel 9:2

    • 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.

    Ezekiel 41:7

    • 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.

    Ezekiel 42:5

    • 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.

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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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