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Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #05945 - עֶלְיוֹן

Transliteration

ʻelyôwn

Phonetics

el-yone'

Origin

from (H5927)

Parts of Speech

N/A

TWOT

1624g,1624h

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs'

1) high, upper (adjective)

1a) of Davidic king exalted above monarchs

2) Highest, Most High (noun masculine)

2a) name of God

2b) of rulers, either monarchs or angel-princes

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 511 ‑ ἀνώτερος (an‑o'‑ter‑os); 1883 ‑ ἐπάνω (ep‑an'‑o); 2082 ‑ ἐσώτερος (es‑o'‑ter‑os); 5231 ‑ ὑπεράνω (hoop‑er‑an'‑o); 5308 ‑ ὑψηλός (hoop‑say‑los'); 5310 ‑ ὕψιστος (hoop'‑sis‑tos);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

KJV (53)

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

HCS (0)

HCS (52)

Genesis 5

Numbers 1

Deuteronomy 2

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

BSB (57)

Genesis 9

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

ESV (52)

Genesis 5

Numbers 1

Deuteronomy 2

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

WEB (52)

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 21

Isaiah 3

Jeremiah 2

Lamentations 2

Ezekiel 3

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

1357) l o (אהל AhL) AC: Work CO: Yoke AB: ?: The pictograph o is a picture of they eye representing knowledge and experience, the l is a picture of a shepherd staff or yoke. Combined these mean "experience the staff". The yoke, a staff is lifted over the shoulder, is attached to the oxen for performing work. (eng: collar - with the exchange of the sound of the ayin with the c and the additional r)

A) l o (אהל AhL) AC: Raise CO: ? AB: ?

N^m ) l o (אהל AhL) - I. Above:[df: lwe]II. Upon:[Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (152): above, high, upon, in, on, over, by, for, both, beyond, through, throughout, against, beside, forth, off, from - Strongs: H5920 (עַל), H5921 (עַל), H5922 (עַל)

N^f1) e l o (אהלה AhLH) - Rising: A rising of smoke from a burnt offering. [Aramaic only] KJV (1): burn offering - Strongs: H5928 (עֲלָוָה)

N^f3) t f l c (גלות GLWT) - Captivity: A yoke was placed on captives to be taken back. [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (19): captivity, captive - Strongs: H1546 (גָּלוּת), H1547 (גָּלוּ)

a^m) l o m (מאהל MAhL) - Above: KJV (138): above, upward, high, exceeding, upon, forward - Strongs: H4605 (מַעַל)

a^f1) e l o m (מאהלה MAhLH) - Ascent: A place of straight or stepped incline. KJV (47): degree, steps, dial, by, come, story, up - Strongs: H4609 (מַעֲלָה)

f^m) i l o (אהלי AhLY) - Pestle: As lifted up then down to smash what is in the mortar. KJV (1): pestle - Strongs: H5940 (עֱלִי)

i^f1) e l o t (תאהלה TAhLH) - Trench: A watercourse that rises in elevation to bring down water from a higher source. KJV (11): conduit, trench, watercourse, healing, cured, river - Strongs: H8585 (תְּעָלָה)

k^m) l o m (מאהל MAhL) - Rising: [Aramaic only] KJV (1): down - Strongs: H4606 (מֶעָל)

p^m) m l o (אהלמ AhLM) - Youth: A young male at the prime age for work. KJV (2): young, stripling - Strongs: H5958 (עֶלֶם)

p^f1) e m l o (אהלמה AhLMH) - Youth: A young female at the prime age for work. KJV (7): virgin, maid, damsel - Strongs: H5959 (עַלְמָה)

fj^m) n f i l o (אהליונ AhLYWN) - High: [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (57): high, upper, higher, highest, above, uppermost - Strongs: H5945 (עֶלְיוֹן), H5946 (עֶלְיוֹן)

rp^m) m f l o (אהלומ AhLWM) - Youth: A young male at the prime age for work. KJV (4): youth - Strongs: H5934 (עֲלוּמִים)

B) l l o (אהלל AhLL) AC: Work CO: ? AB: ?: The yoke was listed up onto the shoulder of the oxen to perform work.

V) l l o (אהלל AhLL) - Work: To perform a work. To work over another as a mocking or abuse. [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (23): (vf: Hitpael, Hophal) glean, done, abuse, mock, affect, children, do, defiled, practice, wrought, bring, come, went - Strongs: H5953 (עָלַל), H5954 (עֲלַל)

a^m) l l o m (מאהלל MAhLL) - Works: KJV (41): doings, works, inventions, endeavors - Strongs: H4611 (מַעֲלָל)

b^m) l i l o (אהליל AhLYL) - Furnace: Used for working metals. KJV (1): furnace - Strongs: H5948 (עֲלִיל)

b^f1) e l i l o (אהלילה AhLYLH) - Works: KJV (24): doing, works, deeds, occasions, actions, actions, acts, inventions - Strongs: H5949 (עֲלִלָה)

bf^f1) e i l i l o (אהליליה AhLYLYH) - Works: KJV (1): work - Strongs: H5950 (עֲלִילִיָּה)

id^m) l f l o t (תאהלול TAhLWL) - Impulse: A work performed without consideration. KJV (2): babe, delusion - Strongs: H8586 (תַּעֲלוּלִים)

H) e l o (אהלה AhLH) AC: Lift CO: ? AB: ?: The lifting of the yoke onto the shoulder. One taken into exile is placed in the yoke for transport and the yoke of bondage. It was a common practice to strip the clothes off of those taken into exile.

V) e l o (אהלה AhLH) - I. Rise:To go, come or bring oneself or something up. [Hebrew and Aramaic; A generic verb with a wide application meaning to lift up] [df: hlg]II. Uncover:As a lifting off of the cover. To be exposed from the removal of clothing. Also to reveal something by exposing it. [Hebrew and Aramaic] [df: hlg alg]KJV (1087): (vf: Paal, Niphal, Hiphil, Hitpael, Hophal, Pual, Piel) up, offer, come, bring, ascend, go, chew, offering, light, increase, burn, depart, put, spring, raise, break, exalt, uncover, discover, captive, carry away, reveal, open, captivity, show, remove, appear, brought, carry - Strongs: H1540 (גָּלָה), H1541 (גְּלָא), H5924 (עֵלָּא), H5927 (עָלָה)

N^m ) e l o (אהלה AhLH) - Leaf: As high in the tree. KJV (18): leaf, branch - Strongs: H5929 (עָלֶה)

a^m) e l o m (מאהלה MAhLH) - Ascent: A place of straight or stepped incline. KJV (18): up, ascent, cheifest, cliff, hill, stairs - Strongs: H4608 (מַעֲלֶה)

f^f1) e i l o (אהליה AhLYH) - Loft: A room on top of the house used during hot days of summer. [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (21): chamber, parlour, up, ascent, loft, chamber - Strongs: H5944 (עֲלִיָּה), H5952 (עִלִּי)

J) l f o (אהול AhWL) AC: Lift CO: Yoke AB: ?: The lifting up of the yoke upon the shoulders of the oxen.

N^m) l f o (אהול AhWL) - Yoke: [df: le] KJV (40): yoke - Strongs: H5923 (עוֹל)

N^f1 ) e l f o (אהולה AhWLH) - I. Rising:A rising of smoke from a burnt offering. II. Captivity:In the sense of lifting a yoke on the shoulder. [df: hlwghlg] KJV (331): burn offering, ascent, go up, captivity, carry, captive, remove - Strongs: H1473 (גֹּלָה), H5930 (עוֹלָה)

L) l o i (יאהל YAhL) AC: Lift CO: ? AB: ?

V) l o i (יאהל YAhL) - Lift: KJV (23): (vf: Hiphil) profit, forward, good, profitable - Strongs: H3276 (יָעַל)

a^m) l o f m (מואהל MWAhL) - Lift: KJV (1): lifting - Strongs: H4607 (מֹעַל)

M) l i o (אהיל AhYL) AC: ? CO: Coat AB: ?: An upper garment lifted up onto the shoulders.

N^f1) e l i o (אהילה AhYLH) - Occasion: [Unknown connection to root; Aramaic only] KJV (3): occasion - Strongs: H5931 (עִלָּה)

f^m) i l i o (אהילי AhYLY) - High: [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (12): upper, high - Strongs: H5942 (עִלִּי), H5943 (עִלָּי)

k^m) l i o m (מאהיל MAhYL) - Cloak: KJV (28): robe, mantle, cloke, coat - Strongs: H4598 (מְעִיל)

Adopted Roots:

A2027 L o b (Rule, Master)
A2349 L o m (Transgress, Transgression)
A2415 L o n (Shod, Sandal)
A2418 R o n (Young)
A2542 Z l o (Rejoice)
A2545 X l o (Rejoice)
A2548 Y l o (Triumph)
A2551 L m o (Labor, Laborer)
A2622 L o p (Make, Work)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

I. עֶלְיוֺן₂₂ adjective 1 high; — masculine singular ׳ע Deuteronomy 26:19; Deuteronomy 28:1; 1 Kings 9:8 (? reading ׳הַבַּיִת הַזֶּה הָע as ᵐ5^L 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; Isaiah 7:3; the highest side-chamber (צֵלָע) Ezekiel 41:7; feminine plural הָעֶלְיוֺנֹת Ezekiel 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; Psalm 21:8; Psalm 46:5; Psalm 50:14; Psalm 73:11; Psalm 77:11; Psalm 78:17; Psalm 83:19; Psalm 87:5; Psalm 91:1; Psalm 91:9; Psalm 92:2; Psalm 107:11; Isaiah 14:14; Lamentations 3:35,38; with other divine names: אל עליון Genesis 14:18,19,20,22 (see Di) Psalm 78:35; יהוה עליון Psalm 7:18; Psalm 47:3; אלהים עליון Psalm 57:3; Psalm 78:56.

5 of rulers, either monarchs or angel-princes, בְּנֵי עֶלְיוֺן = אלהים Psalm 82:6.

[עֶלְיוֺן] adjective id. (Biblical Hebrew id.); — plural of God, קַדִּישֵׁי עֶלְיוֺנִין (double plural, Buhl, as sometimes Biblical Hebrew, Ges^{§ 124 q} Kö^{ii. 1. 438 f}) Daniel 7:18,22,25,27.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

עֶלְיוֹן m. עֶלְיֹונָה f. adj.

(1) high, higher (opp. to תַּהְתּוֹן), Genesis 40:17. הַבְּרֵכָה הָעֶלְיֹנָה the higher pool (i.e. situated in a higher place), 2 Kings 18:17; Ezekiel 42:5. Used once of something set in an elevated place, and made an example of punishment to men, such as is called in Greek παραδειγματίζεσθαι. 1 Kings 9:8, וְהַבַּיִת הַזֶּה יִהְיֶה עֶלְיוֹן Vulg. et domus hƟc erit in exemplum.

(2) Supreme, Most High, used of God, as אֵל עֶלְיוֹן Genesis 14:18 יְהֹוָה עֶלְיוֹן Psa. 7:18 אֱלֹהִים עֶלְיוֹן Psalms 57:3 and simply עֶלְיוֹן Psalms 9:3, 21:8. (The Phœnicians and Carthaginians used the same word in speaking of their gods, viz. Ἐλιοῦν, i.q. ὕψιστος, Philo Bybl. in Euseb. Præp. Evang. i. 10; and Alonim valonuth (עליונים ועליונות) the gods and goddesses, pr. those who are above, both male and female. Plaut. Pœn. v. 1, 1; also pr.n. Abdalonimus, i.e. עבד עליונים the servant, i.e. worshipper of the gods.)

עֶלְיוֹן Ch. id., only in plur. (majest.) ֙ינִוֹילשׁשְׂ used of the supreme God, Daniel 7:22, 25. [But may not this pl. adj. be equivalent to ὕψιστα in the New Test.? highest places.]

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List of Word Forms

בְעֶלְיֽוֹן׃ בעליון׃ הָֽעֶלְי֔וֹן הָֽעֶלְי֖וֹן הָֽעֶלְיוֹנָ֔ה הָעֶלְי֑וֹן הָעֶלְי֗וֹן הָעֶלְי֜וֹן הָעֶלְיֽוֹן׃ הָעֶלְיוֹנָ֔ה הָעֶלְיוֹנָ֖ה הָעֶלְיוֹנֹ֖ת העליון העליון׃ העליונה העליונת וְ֭עֶלְיוֹן וְעֶלְי֖וֹן ועליון לְעֶלְי֣וֹן לְעֶלְיֽוֹן׃ לעליון לעליון׃ עֶ֝לְי֗וֹן עֶ֝לְיוֹן עֶלְי֑וֹן עֶלְי֔וֹן עֶלְי֗וֹן עֶלְי֣וֹן עֶלְי֥וֹן עֶלְיֽוֹן׃ עֶלְיוֹן֙ עליון עליון׃ ‘el·yō·wn ‘elyōwn ḇə‘elyōwn ḇə·‘el·yō·wn elYon hā‘elyōwn hā‘elyōwnāh hā‘elyōwnōṯ hā·‘el·yō·w·nāh hā·‘el·yō·w·nōṯ hā·‘el·yō·wn haelyOn haelyoNah haelyoNot lə‘elyōwn lə·‘el·yō·wn leelYon veelYon wə‘elyōwn wə·‘el·yō·wn