Lexical Summary elyown: high, upper Original Word: עֶלְיוֹןTransliteration: elyown Phonetic Spelling: (el-yone') Part of Speech: Adjective Short Definition: high, upper Meaning: an elevation, lofty, as title, the Supreme Strong's Concordance Most high, Uppermost From alah; an elevation, i.e. (adj.) Lofty (compar.); as title, the Supreme -- (Most, on) high(-er, -est), upper(-most). see HEBREW alah Brown-Driver-Briggs H5945. elyown I. עֶלְיוֺן22 adjective 1 high; — masculine singular ׳ע Deuteronomy 26:19; 28:1; 1 Kings 9:8 (? reading הָע הַזֶּה ׳הַבַּיִת as ᵐ5L Benz) = 2 Chronicles 7:21, of ׳י Psalm 97:9. 2 upper Bethhoron, ׳ע Joshua 16:5 העליון 1 Chronicles 7:24; 2 Chronicles 8:5, the upper (opposed to lower), of house Nehemiah 3:25; compare 2 Kings 15:35; 2 Chronicles 23:20 5t., + Genesis 40:17 (uppermost basket); feminine singular הָעֶלְיוֺנָה the upper pool 2 Kings 18:17 = Isaiah 36:2; 7:3; the highest side-chamber (צֵלָע) Ezekiel 41:7; feminine plural הָעֶלְיוֺנֹת 42:5 the upper chambers (לְשָׁכוֺת). 3 of Davidic king exalted above monarchs Psalm 89:28 (compare Deuteronomy 28:1, above). II. עֶלְיוֺן noun masculine Highest, Most High (probably = foregoing); — 1 name of God Numbers 24:16; Deuteronomy 32:8; Psalm 18:14 = 2 Samuel 22:14; Psalm 9:3; 21:8; 46:5; 50:14; 73:11; 77:11; 78:17; Psalm 83:19; 87:5; 91:1; 91:9; 92:2; 107:11; Isaiah 14:14; Lamentations 3:35, 38; with other divine names: עליון אל Genesis 14:18-19, 20, 22 (see Di) Psalm 78:35; עליון יהוה Psalm 7:18; 47:3; עליון אלהים 57:3; 78:56. 5 of rulers, either monarchs or angel-princes, עֶלְיוֺן בְּנֵי = אלהים Psalm 82:6. [עֶלְיוֺן] adjective id. (Biblical Hebrew id.); — plural of God, עֶלְיוֺנִין קַדִּישֵׁי (double plural, Buhl, as sometimes Biblical Hebrew, Ges§ 124q Köii. 1. 438 f) Daniel 7:18, 22, 25, 27. |
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