Strong H5945H5945Gעֶלְיוֹן
Upper (Beth Horon)
One of the 4 senses of Strong H5945
- Transliteration
- ‛elyôn
- Pronunciation
- el-yone'
- Morphology
- Hebrew Noun (Masculine)
Definition
General definition
From H5927; an {elevation} that {is} (adjectively) lofty (comparatively); as {title} the Supreme: - ({Most} on) high ({-er} {-est}) upper (-most).
In the biblical story
Beth-horon Upper
Town in Ephraim, near Lower Beth-horon.
Upper Beth-horon was a town in Ephraim, near Lower Beth-horon, fortified by Solomon. (Joshua 16:5; 1 Chronicles 7:24; 2 Chronicles 8:5)
In the Bible
Strong H5945G appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- upper3
First verses
- Joshua 16:5And the border of the children of Ephraim according to their families was thus: even the border of their inheritance on the east side was Ataroth–addar, unto Beth–horon the upper;
- 1 Chronicles 7:24(And his daughter was Sherah, who built Beth–horon the nether, and the upper, and Uzzen–sherah.)
- 2 Chronicles 8:5Also he built Beth–horon the upper, and Beth–horon the nether, fenced cities, with walls, gates, and bars;