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עֶלְיוֹן H5945

H5945 is the Hebrew word עֶלְיוֹן, transliterated ʻelyôwn and said el-yone'. The King James Version most often renders it most high.

Word: עֶלְיוֹןTransliteration: ʻelyôwnSaid: el-yone'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 41 verses

What it means

an elevation, i.e. (adj.) lofty (compar.); as title, the Supreme.

Where it comes from

from H5927 (עָלָה).

How the King James Version translates it

Across 41 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

most high 13×high 9×upper 6×higher 4×highest 2×uppermost 1×art the most high 1×place of the most high 1×even the most high 1×art high above 1×chamber to the highest 1×now the upper 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: (Most, on) high(-er, -est), upper(-most).

Verses using עֶלְיוֹן

The first 40 of 41 verses, quoted in full.

Genesis 14:18 · KJV

And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God.

Genesis 14:19 · KJV

And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth:

Genesis 14:20 · KJV

And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all.

Genesis 14:22 · KJV

And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the LORD, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth,

Genesis 40:17 · KJV

And in the uppermost basket there was of all manner of bakemeats for Pharaoh; and the birds did eat them out of the basket upon my head.

Numbers 24:16 · KJV

He hath said, which heard the words of God, and knew the knowledge of the most High, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open:

Deuteronomy 26:19 · KJV

And to make thee high above all nations which he hath made, in praise, and in name, and in honour; and that thou mayest be an holy people unto the LORD thy God, as he hath spoken.

Deuteronomy 28:1 · KJV

And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth:

Deuteronomy 32:8 · KJV

When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.

2 Samuel 22:14 · KJV

The LORD thundered from heaven, and the most High uttered his voice.

1 Kings 9:8 · KJV

And at this house, which is high, every one that passeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why hath the LORD done thus unto this land, and to this house?

2 Kings 15:35 · KJV

Howbeit the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burned incense still in the high places. He built the higher gate of the house of the LORD.

2 Kings 18:17 · KJV

And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rabsaris and Rabshakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great host against Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusalem. And when they were come up, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is in the highway of the fuller’s field.

1 Chronicles 7:24 · KJV

(And his daughter was Sherah, who built Bethhoron the nether, and the upper, and Uzzensherah.)

2 Chronicles 7:21 · KJV

And this house, which is high, shall be an astonishment to every one that passeth by it; so that he shall say, Why hath the LORD done thus unto this land, and unto this house?

2 Chronicles 8:5 · KJV

Also he built Bethhoron the upper, and Bethhoron the nether, fenced cities, with walls, gates, and bars;

2 Chronicles 23:20 · KJV

And he took the captains of hundreds, and the nobles, and the governors of the people, and all the people of the land, and brought down the king from the house of the LORD: and they came through the high gate into the king’s house, and set the king upon the throne of the kingdom.

2 Chronicles 27:3 · KJV

He built the high gate of the house of the LORD, and on the wall of Ophel he built much.

2 Chronicles 32:30 · KJV

This same Hezekiah also stopped the upper watercourse of Gihon, and brought it straight down to the west side of the city of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all his works.

Nehemiah 3:25 · KJV

Palal the son of Uzai, over against the turning of the wall, and the tower which lieth out from the king’s high house, that was by the court of the prison. After him Pedaiah the son of Parosh.

Psalm 18:13 · KJV

The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hail stones and coals of fire.

Psalm 21:7 · KJV

For the king trusteth in the LORD, and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved.

Psalm 47:2 · KJV

For the LORD most high is terrible; he is a great King over all the earth.

Psalm 57:2 · KJV

I will cry unto God most high; unto God that performeth all things for me.

Psalm 78:17 · KJV

And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most High in the wilderness.

Psalm 78:35 · KJV

And they remembered that God was their rock, and the high God their redeemer.

Psalm 78:56 · KJV

Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies:

Psalm 83:18 · KJV

That men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, art the most high over all the earth.

Psalm 87:5 · KJV

And of Zion it shall be said, This and that man was born in her: and the highest himself shall establish her.

Psalm 89:27 · KJV

Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.

Psalm 91:1 · KJV

He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.

Psalm 91:9 · KJV

Because thou hast made the LORD, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation;

Psalm 97:9 · KJV

For thou, LORD, art high above all the earth: thou art exalted far above all gods.

Isaiah 7:3 · KJV

Then said the LORD unto Isaiah, Go forth now to meet Ahaz, thou, and Shearjashub thy son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller’s field;

Isaiah 36:2 · KJV

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.

Jeremiah 20:2 · KJV

Then Pashur smote Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the high gate of Benjamin, which was by the house of the LORD.

Jeremiah 36:10 · KJV

Then read Baruch in the book the words of Jeremiah in the house of the LORD, in the chamber of Gemariah the son of Shaphan the scribe, in the higher court, at the entry of the new gate of the LORD’s house, in the ears of all the people.

Lamentations 3:38 · KJV

Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good?

Ezekiel 9:2 · KJV

And, behold, six men came from the way of the higher gate, which lieth toward the north, and every man a slaughter weapon in his hand; and one man among them was clothed with linen, with a writer’s inkhorn by his side: and they went in, and stood beside the brasen altar.

Ezekiel 41:7 · KJV

And there was an enlarging, and a winding about still upward to the side chambers: for the winding about of the house went still upward round about the house: therefore the breadth of the house was still upward, and so increased from the lowest chamber to the highest by the midst.

Common questions

What does Strong's H5945 mean?

H5945 is the Hebrew word עֶלְיוֹן (ʻelyôwn), meaning an elevation, i.e. (adj.) lofty (compar.); as title, the Supreme.

How is H5945 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it most high (13 times), high (9 times), upper (6 times), higher (4 times), highest (2 times), among others.

How many times does H5945 appear in the Bible?

עֶלְיוֹן (ʻelyôwn) is tagged in 41 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H5945 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: from H5927 (עָלָה).

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