# עֶלְיוֹן (elyon) Israeli respelling: elyon. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew. Strong’s H5945. 53 Old Testament occurrences. an elevation, i.e. (adj.) lofty (compar.); as title, the Supreme King James renderings: (Most, on) high(-er, -est), upper(-most). Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/elyon-h5945 ## Occurrences - [Genesis 14:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/14/18) — And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God. - [Genesis 14:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/14/19) — And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth: - [Genesis 14:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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. - [Genesis 14:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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, - [Genesis 40:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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. - [Numbers 24:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 t… - [Deuteronomy 26:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 u… - [Deuteronomy 28:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 w… - [Deuteronomy 32:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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… - [Joshua 16:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 A… - [2 Samuel 22:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/22/14) — The LORD thundered from heaven, and the most High uttered his voice. - [1 Kings 9:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 d… - [2 Kings 15:35](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 th… - [2 Kings 18:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/18/17) — And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rabsaris and Rabshakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great host against Jerusalem. And they… - [1 Chronicles 7:24](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/7/24) — (And his daughter was Sherah, who built Bethhoron the nether, and the upper, and Uzzensherah.) - [2 Chronicles 7:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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… - [2 Chronicles 8:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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… - [2 Chronicles 27:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/27/3) — He built the high gate of the house of the LORD, and on the wall of Ophel he built much. - [2 Chronicles 32:30](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 Hez… - [Nehemiah 3:25](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 cour… - [Psalms 7:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/47/2) — For the LORD most high is terrible; he is a great King over all the earth. - [Psalms 50:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/50/14) — Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High: - [Psalms 57:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/57/2) — I will cry unto God most high; unto God that performeth all things for me. - [Psalms 73:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/73/11) — And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High? - [Psalms 77:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/78/17) — And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most High in the wilderness. - [Psalms 78:35](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/78/35) — And they remembered that God was their rock, and the high God their redeemer. - [Psalms 78:56](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/78/56) — Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies: - [Psalms 82:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/82/6) — I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High. - [Psalms 83:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/89/27) — Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth. - [Psalms 91:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/91/1) — He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. - [Psalms 91:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/91/9) — Because thou hast made the LORD, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation; - [Psalms 92:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/92/1) — IT IS A GOOD THING TO GIVE THANKS UNTO THE LORD, AND TO SING PRAISES UNTO THY NAME, O MOST HIGH: - [Psalms 97:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/97/9) — For thou, LORD, art high above all the earth: thou art exalted far above all gods. - [Psalms 107:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/107/11) — Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the most High: - [Isaiah 7:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/7/3) — Then said the LORD unto Isaiah, Go forth now to meet Ahaz, thou, and Shearjashub thy son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool in th… - [Isaiah 14:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/14/14) — I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High. - [Isaiah 36:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 u… - [Jeremiah 20:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 LOR… - [Jeremiah 36:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 t… - [Lamentations 3:35](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/lamentations/3/35) — To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most High, - [Lamentations 3:38](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/lamentations/3/38) — Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good? - [Ezekiel 9:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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… - [Ezekiel 41:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 rou… - [Ezekiel 42:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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.