![]() ![]() Psalm 97:9 "For you, Yahweh, are most high above all the earth." (WEB).Psalm 91:1 "He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.Psalm 83:18 "That they may know that You alone, whose name is Yahweh, are the Most High over all the earth." (WEB).Psalm 7:17 "I will give thanks to Yahweh according to His righteousness, and will sing praise to the name of Yahweh Most High.2 Samuel 22:14 "Yahweh thundered from heaven, the Most High uttered His voice." (WEB).Numbers 24:16 (as a separate name parallel to El) "the speech of him who hears God's words who knows what 'Elyon knows, who sees what Shaddai sees, who has fallen, yet has open eyes:" (CJB).The single name "Elyon" appears in the Scriptures 34 times many in poetic passages, especially in the Psalms, and it appears in Moses' final song in Deuteronomy 32:8 "When 'Elyon gave each nation its heritage, when he divided the human race, he assigned the boundaries of peoples according to Isra'el's population." (CJB)įurther passages in the Old Testament that use the single name "Elyon": ![]() When the two names " El" and "Elyon" are combined, the resultant name can be literally translated as " the Extremely-Exalted, Sovereign, High God", as in Psalm 57:2 "I cry out to the Most High Elohim, To El who is perfecting all matters for me." (TS98) When applied to Yahweh, the name "Elyon" stresses His highest supremacy. Deuteronomy 28:1 "And it shall be, if you diligently obey the voice of your Elohim, to guard to do all His commands which I command you today, that your Elohim shall set you high above all nations of the earth." (WEB).Deuteronomy 26:19 ".so as to set you high above all nations which He has made, for a praise, and for a name, and for esteem, and for you to be a set-apart people to your Elohim, as He has spoken." (TS98).Psalm 89:27 "'I will also appoint him my firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.'" (WEB).When they were come up, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is in the highway of the fuller's field." (WEB) 2 Kings 18:17 "The king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rabsaris and Rabshakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great army to Jerusalem.The people still slaughtered and burned incense on the high places. 2 Kings 15:35 "However, the high places were not taken away.In each case in which the adjective occurs, it denotes that which is highest or uppermost. Pronounced 'El-yon, the word "elyon" is an adjective and derives from the Hebrew root 'lh, meaning to "go up" or "ascend". For the purpose of clarity only and not to dispute which representation is correct I have arbitrarily chosen to use "Elyon" (without the accent mark). The name "Elyon" is sometimes written as " 'Elyon" (with an accent mark before the "E"). Go to the Table of Contents to view all teachings and downloads. Click here to download the 2019 "El Elyon" study for free. I have left the former study online belowįor anyone who is unable to download or uncomfortable downloading from the This particular 2013 study has been completely rewritten and expanded, but isĬurrently available in PDF form only. The God Behind the Names: El Elyon / El 'Elyon ![]()
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