עֶלְיוֹן elyon
Hebrew word for “Most High” · Strong’s H5945 · used 53 times in 53 verses
Meaning
Another name of ye.ho.vah (יהוה "LORD" H3068G)
Senses in the lexicon
- Most High (25)
- high (20)
- (LORD) Most High (5)
- Upper (Beth Horon) (3)
How it is translated
Glosses given for elyon in context, with how often each is used:
- most high 36
- upper 16
- upper story 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Psalms | 22 | 1.1 | |
| Genesis | 5 | 0.2 | |
| 2 Chronicles | 5 | 0.4 | |
| Deuteronomy | 3 | 0.2 | |
| Isaiah | 3 | 0.2 | |
| Ezekiel | 3 | 0.2 | |
| 2 Kings | 2 | 0.2 | |
| Jeremiah | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Lamentations | 2 | 1.3 | |
| Numbers | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Joshua | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 2 Samuel | 1 | 0.1 |
Also in 3 more books.
Chapters where it is used most
Genesis 14 (4), Psalms 78 (3), Psalms 91 (2), Lamentations 3 (2), Genesis 40 (1), Numbers 24 (1), Deuteronomy 26 (1), Deuteronomy 28 (1), Deuteronomy 32 (1), Joshua 16 (1)
Forms
- עליון 32
- העליון 11
- העליונה 4
- ועליון 2
- לעליון 2
- בעליון 1
- העליונת 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with elyon more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- אֵל el “God” 9
- תַּחְתּוֹן tachton “lower” 4
- שַׁעַר shaar “gate” 6
- תְּעָלָה tealah “conduit” 3
- בֵּית חוֹרֹן bet choron “Beth-horon” 3
- בְּרֵכָה berekhah “pool” 3
- מְסִלָּה mesillah “highway” 3
- זָמַר zamar “to sing” 3
- מָרָה marah “to rebel” 3
- כָּבַס kavas “to wash” 3
- שֵׁם shem “name” 5
- בָּנָה banah “to build” 4
Key verses
The verses using elyon that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Genesis 14:19 — And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth:
- Genesis 14:20 — 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 — 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,
- Deuteronomy 28:1 — 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…
- Deuteronomy 32:8 — 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…
- Psalms 46:4 — There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High.
- Psalms 47:2 — For the LORD most high is terrible; he is a great King over all the earth.
- Psalms 50:14 — Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High:
- Psalms 83:18 — That men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, art the most high over all the earth.
- Psalms 91:1 — He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
- Psalms 92:1 — [A Psalm or Song for the sabbath day.] It is a good thing to give thanks unto the LORD, and to sing praises unto thy name, O most High:
- Jeremiah 20:2 — 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.
See all 53 verses in the Word Atlas
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.