elyon · Most High, Elyon

What it means

elyon (עֶלְיוֹן) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Most High, Elyon”.

"Elyon": the highest, the Most High. It is a title of God: there is no one above him. As an adjective, upper, high.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• Elyon ×31
• upper ×15
• high ×4
• highest ×2
• top ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Genesis×5
• Numbers×1
• Deuteronomy×3
• Joshua×1
• 2 Samuel×1
• 1 Kings×1
• 2 Kings×2
• 1 Chronicles×1
• 2 Chronicles×5
• Nehemiah×1
• Psalms×22
• Isaiah×3
• Jeremiah×2
• Lamentations×2
• Ezekiel×3

• Genesis 14:18

  And Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine; he was priest of El Elyon.

• Genesis 14:19

  He blessed him and said, “Blessed be Abram of El Elyon, owner of the heavens and earth;

• Genesis 14:20

  and blessed be El Elyon, who has delivered your adversaries into your hand.” And he gave him a tenth of everything.

• Genesis 14:22

  But Abram said to the king of Sodom, “I have raised my hand to YHWH, El Elyon, owner of the heavens and earth,

• Genesis 40:17

  In the top basket there was every kind of food for Pharaoh, the work of a baker, and the birds were eating them out of the basket on my head.”

• Numbers 24:16

  the oracle of him who hears the words of El, and knows the knowledge of Elyon, who sees the vision of Shaddai, fallen down and with eyes uncovered:

• Deuteronomy 26:19

  and to set you high above all the nations that he has made, for praise and for renown and for beauty, and that you will be a holy people to YHWH your Elohim, as he has spoken.

• Deuteronomy 28:1

  And it shall be, if you truly listen to the voice of YHWH your Elohim, taking care to do all his commandments that I am commanding you today, that YHWH your Elohim will set you high above all the nations of the earth.

• Deuteronomy 32:8

  When Elyon gave the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of man, he set the boundaries of the peoples according to the number of the sons of Israel.

• Joshua 16:5

  And the territory of the sons of Ephraim according to their families was this: the border of their inheritance on the east was Ataroth-addar as far as Upper Beth-horon,

• 2 Samuel 22:14

  YHWH thundered from the heavens, and Elyon gave his voice.

• 1 Kings 9:8

  And this house will be high; everyone who passes by it will be appalled and will hiss, and they will say, ‘Why has YHWH done thus to this land and to this house?’

• 2 Kings 15:35

  Only the high places did not go away; the people were still sacrificing and burning incense on the high places. He built the upper gate of the house of YHWH.

• 2 Kings 18:17

  The king of Assyria sent the Tartan, the Rabsaris, and the Rabshakeh from Lachish to King Hezekiah with a large force to Jerusalem. They went up and came to Jerusalem; they went up and came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is on the highway of the Launderer’s Field.

• 1 Chronicles 7:24

  And his daughter was Sheerah, and she built Lower Beth-horon and Upper, and Uzzen-sheerah.

• 2 Chronicles 7:21

  And this house, which was high, everyone passing by it will be appalled and say, ‘Why has YHWH done thus to this land and to this house?’

• 2 Chronicles 8:5

  He built Upper Beth-horon and Lower Beth-horon, fortified cities with walls, gates, and bars,

• 2 Chronicles 23:20

  He took the commanders of hundreds, and the nobles, and those who governed among the people, and all the people of the land, and brought down the king from the house of YHWH; and they came through the Upper Gate to the house of the king, and they seated the king on the throne of the kingdom.

• 2 Chronicles 27:3

  He built the upper gate of the house of YHWH, and on the wall of the Ophel he built much.

• 2 Chronicles 32:30

  This same Hezekiah stopped up the upper outlet of the waters of Gihon and directed them down to the west of the city of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all his work.

• Nehemiah 3:25

  Palal the son of Uzai repaired opposite the angle and the tower that projects from the upper house of the king, which is by the court of the guard. After him, Pedaiah the son of Parosh.

• Psalms 7:17

  I will give thanks to YHWH according to his righteousness, and I will sing psalms to the name of YHWH Elyon.

• Psalms 9:2

  I will be glad and exult in you; I will sing psalms to your name, Elyon.

• Psalms 18:13

  YHWH thundered in the heavens, and Elyon gave his voice, hail and coals of fire.

• Psalms 21:7

  For the king trusts in YHWH, and through the loyal love of Elyon he will not be moved.

• Psalms 46:4

  A river, its streams make glad the city of Elohim, the holy place of the dwellings of Elyon.

• Psalms 47:2

  For YHWH Elyon is fearsome, a great king over all the earth.

• Psalms 50:14

  Sacrifice to Elohim thanksgiving, and pay to Elyon your vows,

• Psalms 57:2

  I will call to Elohim Elyon, to El who brings it to completion for me.

• Psalms 73:11

  And they say, “How does El know? And is there knowledge in Elyon?”

• Psalms 77:10

  And I said, “This is my sickness: the change of the right hand of Elyon.”

• Psalms 78:17

  But they went on still sinning against him, rebelling against Elyon in the dry land.

• Psalms 78:35

  And they remembered that Elohim was their Rock, and El Elyon their Redeemer.

• Psalms 78:56

  But they put him to the test and rebelled against Elohim Elyon, and his testimonies they did not keep.

• Psalms 82:6

  I said, ‘You are gods, and sons of Elyon, all of you.

• Psalms 83:18

  and let them know that you, whose name is YHWH, you alone are Elyon over all the earth.

• Psalms 87:5

  And of Zion it will be said, “One and another was born in her”; and he himself, Elyon, will establish her.

• Psalms 89:27

  I also will make him firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.

• Psalms 91:1

  He who dwells in the hiding place of Elyon will spend the night in the shadow of Shaddai.

• Psalms 91:9

  For you, YHWH, are my refuge! Elyon you have made your dwelling place;

And 13 more times.