{"id":3672,"date":"2012-07-09T12:51:52","date_gmt":"2012-07-09T19:51:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.blueletterbible.org\/blb\/?p=3672"},"modified":"2024-03-26T12:35:44","modified_gmt":"2024-03-26T19:35:44","slug":"the-names-of-god-el-elyon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.blueletterbible.org\/blb\/2012\/07\/09\/the-names-of-god-el-elyon\/","title":{"rendered":"The Names of God: El Elyon"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/div>\n
(el el-yone’)<\/span>
\nThe Most High God<\/span><\/div>\n

Use in the Bible:<\/strong>\u00a0In the Old Testament\u00a0El Elyon<\/em>\u00a0occurs 28 times. It occurs 19 times in Psalms.\u00a0El Elyon<\/em>\u00a0is first used in\u00a0Gen 14:18.<\/p>\n

Variant spellings:<\/strong>\u00a0None<\/div>\n
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TWOT Reference:<\/strong>\u00a01624g, 1624h<\/p>\n

Strong’s Reference:<\/strong>\u00a05945<\/a><\/p>\n

El Elyon\u00a0<\/em>in the Septuagint:<\/strong>\u00a0ho theos ho hupsistos<\/em>\u2026the God most high<\/p>\n

Meaning and Derivation:<\/strong><\/h3>\n

El<\/em>\u00a0is another name that is translated as “God” and can be used in conjunction with other words to designate various aspects of God’s character.\u00a0Elyon<\/em>\u00a0literally means “Most High” and is used both adjectivally and substantivally throughout the Old Testament. It expresses the extreme sovereignty and majesty of God and His highest preeminence. When the two words are combined\u2026El Elyon\u00a0<\/em>\u2026it can be translated as “the most exalted God.”(Psa 57:2)<\/p>\n

Further references of the name\u00a0El Elyon\u00a0<\/em>in the Old Testament:<\/strong>Gen 14:18;\u00a0Gen 14:19;\u00a0Gen 14:20;\u00a0Gen 14:22;\u00a0Psa 57:2;\u00a0Psa 78:35<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(el el-yone’) The Most High God Use in the Bible:\u00a0In the Old Testament\u00a0El Elyon\u00a0occurs 28 times. It occurs 19 times in Psalms.\u00a0El Elyon\u00a0is first used in\u00a0Gen 14:18. Variant spellings:\u00a0None TWOT Reference:\u00a01624g, 1624h Strong’s Reference:\u00a05945 El Elyon\u00a0in the Septuagint:\u00a0ho theos ho hupsistos\u2026the God most high Meaning and Derivation: El\u00a0is another name that is translated as “God” […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":3673,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-misc","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.blueletterbible.org\/blb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3672","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.blueletterbible.org\/blb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.blueletterbible.org\/blb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.blueletterbible.org\/blb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.blueletterbible.org\/blb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3672"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.blueletterbible.org\/blb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3672\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9224,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.blueletterbible.org\/blb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3672\/revisions\/9224"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.blueletterbible.org\/blb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.blueletterbible.org\/blb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.blueletterbible.org\/blb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.blueletterbible.org\/blb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}