the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
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Bible Lexicons
Girdlestone's Synonyms of the Old Testament Girdlestone's OT Synonyms
Most High
The Hebrew title rendered 'Most High' is Elion (עליון ), for which the LXX usually has the reading ὁ ὓψιστος, the Highest. The word Elion, however, is not confined to this sacred use. It is found in Genesis 40:17; 1 Kings 9:8; 2 Chronicles 7:21; 2 Kings 18:17; 2 Chronicles 23:20; 2 Chronicles 32:30; Nehemiah 3:25; Jeremiah 20:2; Jeremiah 36:10.
This title is first applied to God in the account of Melehizedek (Genesis 14:18-22); it is used by Balaam, who 'knew the knowledge of the Most High' (Numbers 24:16); and Moses adopts it when he speaks of the Most High dividing the earth among the nations (Deuteronomy 32:8; compare Acts 17:26). It occurs also several times in the Psalms, e.g. Psalms 18:13, 'The Highest gave his voice;' Psalms 78:35, 'They remembered that God was their Rock, and the High God their Redeemer.' in Psalms 89:27, this title is applied to the Messiah: - 'I will make him my first-born, higher than the kings of the earth.'
When we read of the Most High God in Micah 6:6, the Hebrew Marom (מרום ), exalted, is used; compare Psalms 99:2; Psalms 113:4; Psalms 138:6; and Isaiah 57:15, where a simpler form of the same word is rendered High, and applied to God.
