El Elyon — God Most High
אֵל עֶלְיוֹן
God Most High, Possessor of heaven and earth — first spoken by Melchizedek, king-priest of Salem.
The name that towers over every earthly power — spoken by a Gentile priest to the father of Israel, and later by a humbled Babylonian emperor. Christian thought hears it again at the annunciation: 'the Son of the Most High' (Luke 1:32).
First occurrence
Gen 14:18 — Melchizedek blesses Abram by this name
Key passages
Ps 78:35 — 'El Elyon their Redeemer'
Ps 91:1 — 'The secret place of Elyon'
Dan 4:34 — Nebuchadnezzar blesses the Most High
In the Greek Scriptures
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