The
Phrase “(the) Most High” [Heb.: 'elyown , Strong’s #5945]
Used in Relation to God
According to the Blue Letter Bible—available online at www.BlueLetterBible.org—the
exact phrase “most high” occurs 48 times in the King James Version (“KJV”). In
many of those occurrences, the phrase “(the) most high” is the translation of
the Hebrew word 'elyown , Strong’s #5945.
The Hebrew word 'elyown
[Strong’s #5945] occurs 53 times in the Hebrew text underlying most
of the Old Testament (“O.T.”) of the KJV. (Some of the underlying text of KJV
O.T. is Aramaic.) It is translated:
“High,” 18;
“most high,” 9;
“high,” 9;
{see, for example, Deut 26:19;
see especially Ps 78:35: “And they remembered that God [#430,
'elohiym] [was] their
rock, and the high [#5945, 'elyown] God
[#410, 'el] their redeemer.”}
“upper,” 8; [see, for example, Jos 16:5]
“higher,” 4; [see, for example, 2 Kings 15:35]
“highest,” 2; {see especially Ps 87:5: “. . . the
highest himself shall establish her.”}
“above,” 1;
{Ps 97:9 (1st): “For
thou, Yahweh, [art] high above [#5945, 'elyown] all
the earth: thou art exalted far above all gods [#430, 'elohiym].”}
“Highest,” 1;
{Ps 18:13: “Yahweh also thundered in the heavens, and
the Highest gave his voice; hail [stones] and coals of fire.”}
“uppermost,” 1 [Gen 40:17]
Here are the occurrences of 'elyown,
used in the phrase “(the) most high,” where it relates to God:
“the most high [#5945, 'elyown]
God [#410, 'el]” ( Hebrew word
order: 'el 'elyown):
Gen 14:18: “.
. . Melchizedek . . . [was] the priest of the most high God” (= first
occurrence of both 'el and 'elyown)
Gen 14:19: “.
. . Blessed [be] Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth”
Gen 14:20: “.
. . blessed be the most high God, . . .”
Gen 14:22: “.
. . I have lift up mine hand unto Yahweh,
the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth.” [emphasis added]
And knew
the knowledge of the most High [#5945, 'elyown]
Deu
32:8: “When the most High
divided to the nations their inheritance, . . .”
2 Sam
22:14: “Yahweh thundered from
heaven, and the most High uttered his voice.”
Ps 7:17: “I will praise Yahweh according
to his righteousness: and will sing praise to the name of Yahweh most high.”
[emphasis added]
Ps 9:2: “.
. . I will sing praise to thy name, O
thou most High” [emphasis added]
Ps 21:7: “For the king trusteth in
Yahweh, and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved.”
Ps 46:4: “[There is] a river, the
streams whereof shall make glad the city of God [#430, 'elohiym], the holy
[place] of the tabernacles of the most High.”
Ps 47:2: “For Yahweh most high [is] terrible; [he is] a great King over all the
earth.” [emphasis added]
Ps
56:2: “. . . [they be]
many that fight against me, O thou most High.”
Ps 57:2: “I will cry unto God
[#430, 'elohiym] most high;
unto God [#410, 'el]
that performeth [all things] for me.”
Ps 77:10: “. . . [but I will remember] the
years of the right hand of the most High.”
Ps 78:17: “And they sinned yet more against
him by provoking the most High in the wilderness.”
Ps 78:56: “Yet they tempted and provoked the
most high God [#430, 'elohiym],
and kept not his testimonies:”
Ps 82:6: “I have said, Ye [are] gods
[#430, 'elohiym]; and all of you [are]
children of the most High.”
Ps 83:18: “That [men] may know that thou, whose name alone [is] Yahweh,
[art] the most high over all the earth.”
[emphasis added]
Ps 91:1: “He that dwelleth in the secret
place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty [#7706, Shadday].”
Ps 91:9: “Because thou hast made Yahweh,
[which is] my refuge, [even] the most High, thy habitation;”
Ps 92:1: “[It is a] good [thing] to give
thanks unto Yahweh, and to sing praises unto thy name, O most High:”
[emphasis added]
Ps 107:11: “Because they rebelled against the
words of God [#410, 'el], and contemned the
counsel of the most High:”
Isa 14:14: “I will ascend above the heights of
the clouds; I will be like the most High.”
Lam 3:35: “To turn aside the right of a man
before the face of the most High,”
Lam 3:38: “Out of the mouth of the most High
proceedeth not evil and good?”
According to Strong’s
Concordance, the Aramaic word `elyown, #5946, corresponds to the Hebrew word 'elyown,
#5945. This Aramaic word occurs four times, all in the Book of Daniel, where it
is translated “the most High”
Dan 7:25 (2d): “.
. . the saints of the most High . . .”
Dan 7:27: “And
the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole
heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High, whose
kingdom [is] an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey
him.”
See also the Aramaic word `illay, #5943—translated “the most High” five times, “most
high” four times, and “high” once—which is always used of God:
Dan 3:26: “. . . Shadrach, Meshach, and
Abednego, ye servants of the most high [Aram.
#5943, `illay] God
[Aram. #426, 'elahh], come forth,
. . .”
Dan 4:2: “I thought it good to shew the
signs and wonders that the high [Aram. #5943, `illay]
God
[Aram. #426, 'elahh] hath wrought
toward me.”
Dan 4:17: “. . . to the intent that the
living may know that the most High [Aram. #5943, `illay]
ruleth in the kingdom of men , and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth
up over it the basest of men.
Dan 4:24: “. . . this [is] the decree of the most High
[Aram. #5943, `illay], which is come
upon my lord the king:”
Dan 4:25: “. . . till thou know that the most
High
[Aram. #5943, `illay] ruleth in the
kingdom of men , and giveth it to whomsoever he will.”
Dan 4:32: “. . . until thou know that the
most High [Aram. #5943, `illay]
ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.”
Dan 4:34: “. . . I blessed the most High
[Aram. #5943, `illay], and
I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever, whose dominion [is] an
everlasting dominion, and his kingdom [is] from generation to generation:”
Dan 5:18: “O thou king, the most
high [Aram. #5943, `illay] God
[Aram. #426, 'elahh] gave
Nebuchadnezzar thy father a kingdom, and majesty, and glory, and honour:”
Dan 5:21: “. . . till he knew that the most
high [Aram. #5943, `illay] God
[Aram. #426, 'elahh] ruled in the kingdom of
men, and [that] he appointeth over it whomsoever he will.”
Dan 7:25 (1st): “And he shall speak [great] words against
the most High [Aram. #5943, `illay], . . .”
One other Hebrew word to look at in the Old Testament is the
word `al , #5920, which occurs six times. It is translated:
“above” three times (Gen
27:39; 49:25; Ps 50:4)
“most High,” twice
Hos 7:16: “They
return, [but] not to the most High: . . .”
Hos 11:7: “And
my people are bent to backsliding from me: though they called them to the most
High, none at all would exalt [him].”
“on high,” once (2 Sam 23:1)
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