H5945 עֶלְיוֹן
ʻelyôwn — an elevation, i.e. (adj.) lofty (compar.); as title, the Supreme
KJV: (Most, on) high(-er, -est), upper(-most).
Derived from עָלָה ʻâlâh (to ascend, intransitively)
Occurs 53 times. Every verse with this word
Brown–Driver–Briggs
- עֶלְיוֹן 22 adj.
- 1 high
- 2 upper Bethhoron, the upper (opp. lower) of house
- עֶלְיוֹן n.m
- עֶלְיוֹן n.m. Highest, Most High
- 1 name of God
- 2 of rulers, either monarchs or angel-princes
Where it occurs
- Genesis 14:18 — Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine. He was priest of God Most High.
- Genesis 14:19 — He blessed him, and said, “Blessed be Abram of God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth.
- Genesis 14:20 — Blessed be God Most High, who has delivered your enemies into your hand.” Abram gave him a tenth of all.
- Genesis 14:22 — Abram said to the king of Sodom, “I have lifted up my hand to the LORD, God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth,
- Genesis 40:17 — In the uppermost basket there were all kinds of baked food for Pharaoh, and the birds ate them out of the basket on my…
- Numbers 24:16 — he says, who hears the words of God, knows the knowledge of the Most High, and who sees the vision of the Almighty…
- Deuteronomy 26:19 — He will make you high above all nations that he has made, in praise, in name, and in honor, and that you may be a holy…
- Deuteronomy 28:1 — It shall happen, if you shall listen diligently to the LORD your God’s voice, to observe to do all his commandments…
- Deuteronomy 32:8 — When the Most High gave to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the children of men, he set the bounds of…
- Joshua 16:5 — This was the border of the children of Ephraim according to their families. The border of their inheritance eastward…