ilay · Most High, Illaya

What it means

ilay (עִלַּי) is an Aramaic word of the Bible that means “Most High, Illaya”.

Illaya (Aramaic): "the Most High", the highest; a title of God.

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.

Related words

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

Where it appears

• Daniel 3:26

  Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the door of the furnace of fire blazing; he answered and said, “Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, servants of Elah Illaya, come out and come!” Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego came out from the midst of the fire.

• Daniel 4:2

  The signs and the wonders that Elah Illaya has done with me it has seemed good to me to declare.

• Daniel 4:17

  The sentence is by the decree of the watchers, and the request by the word of the holy ones, so that the living may know that Illaya rules over the kingdom of men, and to whomever he wishes he gives it, and the lowliest of men he sets up over it.’

• Daniel 4:24

  this is the interpretation, O king, and it is the decree of Illaya that has come upon my lord the king:

• Daniel 4:25

  that you will be driven away from men, and with the animals of the field your dwelling will be, and grass like oxen you will be made to eat, and with the dew of the heavens you will be drenched, and seven times will pass over you, until you know that Illaya rules over the kingdom of men, and to whomever he wishes he gives it.

• Daniel 4:32

  and from men you are being driven away, and with the animals of the field will be your dwelling; grass like oxen you will be made to eat, and seven times will pass over you, until you know that Illaya rules over the kingdom of men, and to whomever he wishes he gives it.”

• Daniel 4:34

  And at the end of the days I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted my eyes to the heavens, and my understanding returned to me, and I blessed Illaya, and I praised and glorified the one who lives forever, whose dominion is an eternal dominion, and his kingdom is with generation and generation.

• Daniel 5:18

  You, O king, — Elah Illaya gave to Nebuchadnezzar your father the kingdom and greatness and honor and majesty;

• Daniel 5:21

  And from the sons of men he was driven away, and his heart was made like that of the animals, and with the wild donkeys was his dwelling; grass like oxen he was made to eat, and with the dew of the heavens his body was drenched, until he knew that Elah Illaya rules over the kingdom of men, and whomever he wishes he sets up over it.

• Daniel 7:25

  And words against Illaya he will speak, and the saints of Illaya he will wear out, and he will intend to change times and law; and they will be given into his hand for a time and times and half a time.