Elyon עֶלְיוֹן

Elyon (Hebrew עֶלְיוֹן, Strong's H5945) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “Most High”. It occurs 53 times in 53 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

H5945B: Most High

H5945A: high

H5945H: (LORD) Most High

H5945G: Upper (Beth Horon)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Topics

• Names of God

Verses

Every verse with Elyon, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis

• Genesis 14:18
  And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God.Then Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine—since he was priest of God Most High—
• Genesis 14:19
  And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth:and he blessed Abram and said: “Blessed be Abram by God Most High, Creator 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.and blessed be God Most High, who has delivered your enemies into your hand.” Then Abram gave Melchizedek a tenth of everything.
• 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,But Abram replied to the king of Sodom, “I have raised my hand to the LORD God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth,
• Genesis 40:17
  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.In the top basket were all sorts of baked goods for Pharaoh, but the birds were eating them out of the basket on my head.”

Numbers

• Numbers 24:16
  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:the prophecy of one who hears the words of God, who has knowledge from the Most High, who sees a vision from the Almighty, who bows down with eyes wide open:

Deuteronomy

• Deuteronomy 26:19
  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.that He will set you high in praise and name and honor above all the nations He has made, and that you will be a holy people to the LORD your God, as He has promised.
• 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 this day, that the Lord thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth:“Now if you faithfully obey the voice of the LORD your God and are careful to follow all His commandments I am giving you today, the LORD your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth.
• 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 children of Israel.When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance, when He divided the sons of man, He set the boundaries of the peoples according to the number of the sons of God.

Joshua

• Joshua 16:5
  And the border of the children of Ephraim according to their families was thus: even the border of their inheritance on the east side was Ataroth–addar, unto Beth–horon the upper;This was the territory of the descendants of Ephraim by their clans: The border of their inheritance went from Ataroth-addar in the east to Upper Beth-horon

2 Samuel

• 2 Samuel 22:14
  The Lord thundered from heaven, and the most High uttered his voice.The LORD thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded.

1 Kings

• 1 Kings 9:8
  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?And when this temple has become a heap of rubble, all who pass by it will be appalled and will hiss and say, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land and to this temple?’

2 Kings

• 2 Kings 15:35
  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.Nevertheless, the high places were not taken away; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense there. Jotham rebuilt the Upper Gate of the house of the LORD.
• 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.Nevertheless, the king of Assyria sent the Tartan, the Rabsaris, and the Rabshakeh, along with a great army, from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. They advanced up to Jerusalem and stationed themselves by the aqueduct of the upper pool, on the road to the Launderer’s Field.

1 Chronicles

• 1 Chronicles 7:24
  (And his daughter was Sherah, who built Beth–horon the nether, and the upper, and Uzzen–sherah.)His daughter was Sheerah, who built Lower and Upper Beth-horon, as well as Uzzen-sheerah.

2 Chronicles

• 2 Chronicles 7:21
  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?And when this temple has become a heap of rubble, all who pass by it will be appalled and say, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land and to this temple?’
• 2 Chronicles 8:5
  Also he built Beth–horon the upper, and Beth–horon the nether, fenced cities, with walls, gates, and bars;He rebuilt Upper and Lower Beth-horon as fortified cities with walls, gates, and bars,
• 2 Chronicles 23:20
  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.He also took with him the commanders of hundreds, the nobles, the rulers of the people, and all the people of the land, and they brought the king down from the house of the LORD and entered the royal palace through the Upper Gate. They seated King Joash on the royal throne,
• 2 Chronicles 27:3
  He built the high gate of the house of the Lord, and on the wall of Ophel he built much.Jotham rebuilt the Upper Gate of the house of the LORD, and he worked extensively on the wall at the hill of Ophel.
• 2 Chronicles 32:30
  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.It was Hezekiah who blocked the upper outlet of the Spring of Gihon and channeled it down to the west side of the City of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all that he did.

Nehemiah

• Nehemiah 3:25
  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.and Palal son of Uzai made repairs opposite the angle and the tower that juts out from the upper palace of the king near the courtyard of the guard. Next to him, Pedaiah son of Parosh

Psalms

• Psalm 7:17
  I will praise the LORD according to his righteousness: and will sing praise to the name of the LORD most high.I will thank the LORD for His righteousness and sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High.
• Psalm 9:2
  I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High.I will be glad and rejoice in You; I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High.
• Psalm 18:13
  The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hail stones and coals of fire.The LORD thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded— hailstones and coals of fire.
• Psalm 21:7
  For the king trusteth in the LORD, and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved.For the king trusts in the LORD; through the loving devotion of the Most High, he will not be shaken.
• Psalm 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.There is a river whose streams delight the city of God, the holy place where the Most High dwells.
• Psalm 47:2
  For the LORD most high is terrible; he is a great King over all the earth.How awesome is the LORD Most High, the great King over all the earth!
• Psalm 50:14
  Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High:Sacrifice a thank offering to God, and fulfill your vows to the Most High.
• Psalm 57:2
  I will cry unto God most high; unto God that performeth all things for me.I cry out to God Most High, to God who fulfills His purpose for me.
• Psalm 73:11
  And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?The wicked say, “How can God know? Does the Most High have knowledge?”
• Psalm 77:10
  And I said, This is my infirmity: but I will remember the years of the right hand of the most High.So I said, “I am grieved that the right hand of the Most High has changed.”
• Psalm 78:17
  And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most High in the wilderness.But they continued to sin against Him, rebelling in the desert against the Most High.
• Psalm 78:35
  And they remembered that God was their rock, and the high God their redeemer.And they remembered that God was their Rock, that God Most High was their Redeemer.
• Psalm 78:56
  Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies:But they tested and disobeyed God Most High, for they did not keep His decrees.
• Psalm 82:6
  I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High.I have said, ‘You are gods; you are all sons of the Most High.’
• Psalm 83:18
  That men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, art the most high over all the earth.May they know that You alone, whose name is the LORD, are Most High over all the earth.
• Psalm 87:5
  And of Zion it shall be said, This and that man was born in her: and the highest himself shall establish her.And it will be said of Zion: “This one and that one were born in her, and the Most High Himself will establish her.”
• Psalm 89:27
  Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.I will indeed appoint him as My firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.
• Psalm 91:1
  He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.
• Psalm 91:9
  Because thou hast made the LORD, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation;Because you have made the LORD your dwelling— my refuge, the Most High—
• Psalm 92:1
  It is a good thing to give thanks unto the LORD, and to sing praises unto thy name, O most High:It is good to praise the LORD, and to sing praises to Your name, O Most High,
• Psalm 97:9
  For thou, LORD, art high above all the earth: thou art exalted far above all gods.For You, O LORD, are Most High over all the earth; You are exalted far above all gods.
• Psalm 107:11
  Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the most High:because they rebelled against the words of God and despised the counsel of the Most High.

Isaiah

• Isaiah 7:3
  Then said the Lord unto Isaiah, Go forth now to meet Ahaz, thou, and Shear–jashub thy son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller’s field;Then the LORD said to Isaiah, “Go out with your son Shear-jashub to meet Ahaz at the end of the aqueduct that feeds the upper pool, on the road to the Launderer’s Field,
• Isaiah 14:14
  I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.I will ascend above the tops of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.”
• Isaiah 36:2
  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.And the king of Assyria sent the Rabshakeh, with a great army, from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. And he stopped by the aqueduct of the upper pool, on the road to the Launderer’s Field.

Jeremiah

• 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.he had Jeremiah the prophet beaten and put in the stocks at the Upper Gate of Benjamin, which was by the house of the LORD.
• Jeremiah 36:10
  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.From the chamber of Gemariah son of Shaphan the scribe, which was in the upper courtyard at the opening of the New Gate of the house of the LORD, Baruch read from the scroll the words of Jeremiah in the hearing of all the people.

Lamentations

• Lamentations 3:35
  To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most High,to deny a man justice before the Most High,
• Lamentations 3:38
  Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good?Do not both adversity and good come from the mouth of the Most High?

Ezekiel

• Ezekiel 9:2
  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.And I saw six men coming from the direction of the Upper Gate, which faces north, each with a weapon of slaughter in his hand. With them was another man clothed in linen who had a writing kit at his side. And they came in and stood beside the bronze altar.
• Ezekiel 41:7
  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.The side rooms surrounding the temple widened at each successive level, because the structure surrounding the temple ascended by stages corresponding to the narrowing of the temple wall as it rose upward. And so a stairway went up from the lowest story to the highest, through the middle one.
• Ezekiel 42:5
  Now the upper chambers were shorter: for the galleries were higher than these, than the lower, and than the middlemost of the building.Now the upper chambers were smaller because the galleries took more space from the chambers on the lower and middle floors of the building.

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).