Occurrences
ʻelyôwn occurs 53 times in the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: 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 forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high (עֶלְיֽוֹן) God.
- Genesis 14:19 — And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high (עֶלְי֔וֹן) God, possessor of heaven and earth:
- Genesis 14:20 — And blessed be the most high (עֶלְי֔וֹן) God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all.
- Genesis 14:22 — And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the LORD, the most high (עֶלְי֔וֹן) God, the possessor of heaven and earth,
- Genesis 40:17 — And in the uppermost (הָֽעֶלְי֔וֹן) 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 — He hath said, which heard the words of God, and knew the knowledge of the most High (עֶלְי֑וֹן), which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open:
- Deuteronomy 26:19 — And to make thee high (עֶלְי֗וֹן) above all nations which he hath made, in praise, and in name, and in honour; and that thou mayest be an holy people unto the LORD thy God, as he hath spoken.
- 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 which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set thee on high (עֶלְי֔וֹן) above all nations of the earth:
- Deuteronomy 32:8 — When the most High (עֶלְיוֹן֙) divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.
- 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 Ataroth-addar, unto Beth-horon the upper (עֶלְיֽוֹן);
- 2 Samuel 22:14 — The LORD thundered from heaven, and the most High (וְעֶלְי֖וֹן) uttered his voice.
- 1 Kings 9:8 — And at this house, which is high (עֶלְי֔וֹן), every one that passeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why hath the LORD done thus unto this land, and to this house?
- 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 (הָעֶלְיֽוֹן) gate of the house of the LORD.
- 2 Kings 18:17 — And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rabsaris and Rab-shakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great host against Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusalem. And when they were come up, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper (הָֽעֶלְיוֹנָ֔ה) pool, which is in the highway of the fuller’s field.
- 1 Chronicles 7:24 — (And his daughter was Sherah, who built Beth-horon the nether, and the upper (הָעֶלְי֑וֹן), and Uzzen-sherah.)
- 2 Chronicles 7:21 — And this house, which is high (עֶלְי֔וֹן), 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 Beth-horon the upper (הָֽעֶלְי֔וֹן), and Beth-horon 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 (הָֽעֶלְי֖וֹן) gate into the king’s house, and set the king upon the throne of the kingdom.
- 2 Chronicles 27:3 — He built the high (הָעֶלְי֑וֹן) gate of the house of the LORD, and on the wall of Ophel he built much.
- 2 Chronicles 32:30 — This same Hezekiah also stopped the upper (הָֽעֶלְי֔וֹן) watercourse of Gihon, and brought it straight down to the west side of the city of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all his works.
- 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 (הָֽעֶלְי֔וֹן) house, that was by the court of the prison. After him Pedaiah the son of Parosh.
- Psalms 7:17 — I will praise the LORD according to his righteousness: and will sing praise to the name of the LORD most high (עֶלְיֽוֹן).
- Psalms 9:2 — I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High (עֶלְיֽוֹן).
- Psalms 18:13 — The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest (וְ֭עֶלְיוֹן) 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 (עֶ֝לְי֗וֹן) 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 (עֶלְיֽוֹן).
- Psalms 47:2 — For the LORD most high (עֶלְי֣וֹן) 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 (לְעֶלְי֣וֹן):
- Psalms 57:2 — I will cry unto God most high (עֶלְי֑וֹן); 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 (בְעֶלְיֽוֹן)?
- Psalms 77:10 — And I said, This is my infirmity: but I will remember the years of the right hand of the most High (עֶלְיֽוֹן).
- Psalms 78:17 — And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most High (עֶ֝לְי֗וֹן) in the wilderness.
- Psalms 78:35 — And they remembered that God was their rock, and the high (עֶ֝לְיוֹן) God their redeemer.
- Psalms 78:56 — Yet they tempted and provoked the most high (עֶלְי֑וֹן) 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 (עֶלְי֣וֹן).
- Psalms 83:18 — That men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, art the most high (עֶ֝לְי֗וֹן) 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 (עֶלְיֽוֹן) himself shall establish her.
- Psalms 89:27 — Also I will make him my firstborn, higher (עֶ֝לְי֗וֹן) than the kings of the earth.
- Psalms 91:1 — He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High (עֶלְי֑וֹן) shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
- Psalms 91:9 — Because thou hast made the LORD, which is my refuge, even the most High (עֶ֝לְי֗וֹן), thy habitation;
- Psalms 92:1 — It is a good thing to give thanks unto the LORD, and to sing praises unto thy name, O most High (עֶלְיֽוֹן):
- Psalms 97:9 — For thou, LORD, art high (עֶלְי֥וֹן) 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 (עֶלְי֣וֹן):
- Isaiah 7:3 — Then said the LORD unto Isaiah, Go forth now to meet Ahaz, thou, and Shear-jashub thy son, at the end of the conduit of the upper (הָעֶלְיוֹנָ֔ה) pool in the highway of the fuller’s field;
- Isaiah 14:14 — I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High (לְעֶלְיֽוֹן).
- 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 upper (הָעֶלְיוֹנָ֔ה) pool in the highway of the fuller’s field.
- Jeremiah 20:2 — Then Pashur smote Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the high (הָֽעֶלְי֔וֹן) gate of Benjamin, which was by the house of the LORD.
- 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 the higher (הָעֶלְי֗וֹן) court, at the entry of the new gate of the LORD’s house, in the ears of all the people.
- Lamentations 3:35 — To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most High (עֶלְיֽוֹן),
- Lamentations 3:38 — Out of the mouth of the most High (עֶלְיוֹן֙) proceedeth not evil and good?