עֶלְיוֹן
ʿelyôn
Most High
Strong's H5945NounHebrewTWOT 1624hNames of God

עֶלְיוֹן (ʿelyôn) is a Hebrew noun meaning Most High. It appears 53 times in 15 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H5945).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1624h)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1624h)Highest, Most High; elevation, lofty, Supreme; high, higher, upper, uppermost
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

עֶלְיוֹן noun, masculine: Highest, Most High

Strong's H5945 עֶלְיוֹן: an elevation, i.e. (adj.) lofty (compar.); as title, the Supreme
KJV:(Most, on) high(-er, -est), upper(-most).

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 1624: עָלָה ʿālâ — go up, ascend, climb; go, come up, spring up, grow, shoot forth, rise, extend, excel; be brought up, be taken up, away, take oneself away from, get up from, take oneself away, be exalted; bring up, cause to ascend, offer…

See it in Scripture

Genesis 14:18Numbers 24:16Deuteronomy 26:19

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