H5945 עֶלְיוֹן
Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 53 KJV occurrences
עֶלְיוֹן
ʻelyôwn · el-yone'
Definition
an elevation, i.e. (adj.) lofty (compar.); as title, the Supreme
KJV Renderings
(Most, on) high(-er, -est), upper(-most).
Derivation / Etymology
from H5927 (עָלָה);
Sample KJV Verses (8 of 53)
- Genesis 14:18And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God.
- Deuteronomy 26:19And 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.
- 2 Kings 18:17¶ And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rabsaris and Rab-shakeh 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.
- 2 Chronicles 32:30This 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.
- Psalms 47:2For the LORD most high is terrible; he is a great King over all the earth.
- Psalms 78:56Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies:
- Psalms 91:9Because thou hast made the LORD, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation;
- Jeremiah 20:2Then 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.