Lexical Definition

‎עֶלְיוֹן‎ ʻelyôwn (el-yone') high ^H:A
from ‎עָלָה‎

(Most, on) high(-er, -est), upper(-most).

• an elevation, i.e. (adj.) lofty (compar.)
• as title, the Supreme

adj
1) high, upper
1a) of Davidic king exalted above monarchs
n m
2) Highest, Most High
2a) name of God
2b) of rulers, either monarchs or angel-princes

See Greek: ἀνώτερος · ἐπάνω · ἐσώτερος · ὑπεράνω · ὑψηλός · ὕψιστος

Extended Information

• adj

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Aramaic form: עֶלְיוֹן
I. ‎עֶלְיוֺן‎₂₂ adjective

1. high; — masculine singular ‎׳‎‎ע‎ Deut 26:19; Deut 28:1; 1Kgs 9:8 (? reading ‎׳‎‎הַבַּיִת הַזֶּה הָע‎ as ᵐ5^L Benz) = 2Chr 7:21, of ‎׳‎‎י‎ Ps 97:9.

2. upper Bethhoron, ‎׳‎‎ע‎ Josh 16:5 ‎העליון‎ 1Chr 7:24; 2Chr 8:5, the upper (opposed to lower), of house Neh 3:25 compare 2Kgs 15:35; 2Chr 23:20 + 5 t., + Gen 40:17 (uppermost basket); feminine singular ‎הָעֶלְיוֺנָה‎ the upper pool 2Kgs 18:17 = Isa 36:2; Isa 7:3 the highest side-chamber (‎צֵלָע‎) Ezek 41:7 feminine plural ‎הָעֶלְיוֺנֹת‎ Ezek 42:5 the upper chambers (‎לְשָׁכוֺת‎).

3. of Davidic king exalted above monarchs Ps 89:28* (compare Deut 28:1, above).

II. ‎עֶלְיוֺן‎ noun masculine Highest, Most High (probably = foregoing); —

1. name of God Num 24:16; Deut 32:8; Ps 18:14* = 2Sam 22:14; Ps 9:3*; Ps 21:8*; Ps 46:5*; Ps 50:14; Ps 73:11; Ps 77:11*; Ps 78:17; Ps 83:19*; Ps 87:5; Ps 91:1; Ps 91:9; Ps 92:2*; Ps 107:11; Isa 14:14; Lam 3:35; Lam 3:38 with other divine names: ‎אל עליון‎ Gen 14:18; Gen 14:19; Gen 14:20; Gen 14:22 (see Di) Ps 78:35 ‎יהוה עליון‎ Ps 7:18*; Ps 47:3* ‎אלהים עליון‎ Ps 57:3*; Ps 78:56.

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

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