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עִלַּי illay
Hebrew word for “Most High” · Strong’s H5943 · used 10 times in 10 verses
Meaning
highest, the Most High; Aramaic of il.li (עִלִּי "upper" H5942)
How it is translated
Glosses given for illay in context, with how often each is used:
- most high the 10
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel | 10 | 1.7 |
Chapters where it is used most
Daniel 4 (6), Daniel 5 (2), Daniel 3 (1), Daniel 7 (1)
Forms
- עלאה 8
- עליא 1
- ולעלאה 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with illay more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- דִּי di “that” 8
- מַלְכוּ malkhu “kingdom” 6
- עִם im “with” 5
- עַל al “since” 6
- עַד ad “till” 5
- צְבָא tseva “to will” 4
- מָן man “who?” 4
- שַׁלִּיט shallit “ruling” 4
- אֱנָשׁ enash “man” 4
- טְעֵם team “to feed” 3
- מְדוֹר medor “dwelling” 3
- טְרַד terad “to chase away” 3
Key verses
The verses using illay that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Daniel 3:26 — Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery furnace, and spake, and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, ye servants of the most high…
- Daniel 4:2 — I thought it good to shew the signs and wonders that the high God hath wrought toward me.
- Daniel 4:17 — This matter is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones: to the intent that the living may know that the most High ruleth in…
- Daniel 4:24 — This is the interpretation, O king, and this is the decree of the most High, which is come upon my lord the king:
- Daniel 4:25 — That they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, and they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and they shall wet…
- Daniel 4:32 — And they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field: they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and seven times shall…
- Daniel 4:34 — And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the most High, and I…
- Daniel 5:18 — O thou king, the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father a kingdom, and majesty, and glory, and honour:
- Daniel 5:21 — And he was driven from the sons of men; and his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild asses: they fed him with grass like oxen,…
- Daniel 7:25 — And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be…
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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.