עֶלְיוֹן
ʻelyôwn · el-yone'
an elevation, i.e. (adj.) lofty (compar.); as title, the Supreme
Lexicon
Derivation: from H5927 (עָלָה);
an elevation, i.e. (adj.) lofty (compar.); as title, the Supreme
- an elevation, i.e. (adj.) lofty (compar.)
- as title, the Supreme
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: (Most, on) high(-er, -est), upper(-most).
Letters
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to see and know › authority, the one who leads › the hand that works › to fasten and establish › the seed, life continuing
To see and know of authority, the one who leads of the hand that works that works to fasten and establish of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עֶלְיוֹן above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
53 occurrences · 53 OT · 0 NT · 24 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of the most high10 · 22%
- the most high4 · 9%
- the upper3 · 7%
- of the upper3 · 7%
- most high3 · 7%
- which is high2 · 4%
- the high2 · 4%
- be the most high1 · 2%
- and in the uppermost1 · 2%
- thee high1 · 2%
- thee on high1 · 2%
- when the most high1 · 2%
- and the most high1 · 2%
- the higher1 · 2%
- and the upper1 · 2%
- high1 · 2%
- o thou most high1 · 2%
- and the highest1 · 2%
- unto the most high1 · 2%
- in the most high1 · 2%
- and the high1 · 2%
- art the most high1 · 2%
- in her: and the highest1 · 2%
- higher1 · 2%
- place of the most high1 · 2%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.