Strong's Concordance/Hebrew/H5945

Strong's H5945 · Hebrew

עֶלְיוֹן

ʻelyôwn · /el-yone'/

Number
H5945
Language
Hebrew
Original word
עֶלְיוֹן
Transliteration
ʻelyôwn
Pronunciation
el-yone'
KJV occurrences
53 verses

Definition

an elevation, i.e. (adj.) lofty (compar.); as title, the Supreme

KJV: (Most, on) high(-er, -est), upper(-most).

Root / derivation: from H5927 (עָלָה);

KJV usage breakdown

How the Authorized (KJV) translators rendered עֶלְיוֹן across 53 verses.

high36×
upper8×
higher4×
Highest3×
above1×
uppermost1×

Every occurrence (KJV)

53 verses use this word, grouped by book — the translated form is highlighted.

Genesis5 verses
Numbers1 verse
Deuteronomy3 verses
Joshua1 verse
2 Samuel1 verse
1 Kings1 verse
2 Kings2 verses
1 Chronicles1 verse
2 Chronicles5 verses
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?

2 Chronicles 8:5

Also he built Bethhoron the upper, and Bethhoron the nether, fenced 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.

2 Chronicles 27:3

He built the high gate of the house of the LORD, and on the wall of Ophel he built much. Ophel: or, the tower

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.

Nehemiah1 verse
Psalms22 verses
Psalms 7:17

I will praise the LORD according to his righteousness: and will sing praise to the name of the LORD most high.

Psalms 9:2

I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High.

Psalms 18:13

The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hail stones and coals of fire.

Psalms 21:7

For the king trusteth in the LORD, and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved.

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 57:2

I will cry unto God most high; unto God that performeth all things for me.

Psalms 73:11

And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?

Psalms 77:10

And I said, This is my infirmity: but I will remember the years of the right hand of the most High.

Psalms 78:17

And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most High in the wilderness.

Psalms 78:35

And they remembered that God was their rock, and the high God their redeemer.

Psalms 78:56

Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies:

Psalms 82:6

I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of 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 87:5

And of Zion it shall be said, This and that man was born in her: and the highest himself shall establish her.

Psalms 89:27

Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.

Psalms 91:1

He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. abide: Heb. lodge

Psalms 91:9

Because thou hast made the LORD, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation;

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:

Psalms 97:9

For thou, LORD, art high above all the earth: thou art exalted far above all gods.

Psalms 107:11

Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the most High:

Isaiah3 verses
Jeremiah2 verses
Lamentations2 verses
Ezekiel3 verses
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. which lieth: Heb. which is turned a slaughter: Heb. a weapon of his breaking in pieces by his: Heb. upon his loins

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. there: Heb. it was made broader, and went round

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. were higher: or, did eat of these than the lower: or, and the building consisted of the lower and the middlemost

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Frequently asked questions

What does Strong's H5945 (ʻelyôwn) mean?

an elevation, i.e. (adj.) lofty (compar.); as title, the Supreme

How many times does H5945 appear in the Bible?

Strong's H5945 (עֶלְיוֹן) appears in 53 verses of the King James Version, most often translated “high.”

How is ʻelyôwn translated in the KJV?

In the KJV, Strong's H5945 is rendered as “high” (36×), “upper” (8×), “higher” (4×), “Highest” (3×), among other words.

Where does the Hebrew word עֶלְיוֹן come from?

from H5927 (עָלָה);