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<p> ''''' hı̄´est ''''' ( עליון , <i> ''''' ‛elyōn ''''' </i> ; ὕψιστος , <i> ''''' húpsistos ''''' </i> ): The translation of <i> ''''' ‛elyōn ''''' </i> , used frequently of God and commonly translated "Most High" ( [[Psalm]] 18:13 , "The [[Highest]] gave his voice," the Revised Version (British and American) "Most High"; Psalm 87:5 , "the highest himself," the Revised Version (British and American) "Most High"; Ezekiel 41:7 , "the lowest (chamber) to the highest"); of <i> '''''cammereth''''' </i> , the foliage of a tree (as if the wool or hair of trees), "the highest branch" ( Ezekiel 17:3 , Ezekiel 17:12 , the Revised Version (British and American) "top," "lofty top"); of <i> '''''rō'sh''''' </i> , "head," "top" ( Proverbs 8:26 , "the highest part of the dust of the world," the King James Version margin "the chief part," the Revised Version (British and American) "the beginning of," margin "sum"); <i> '''''gappē mārōm''''' </i> , "on the ridges of the heights" ( Proverbs 9:3 , "the highest places of the city"); <i> '''''ghābhōah mē‛al gābhōah''''' </i> , literally, "one high (powerful) who is above the high (oppressor)," is translated "he that is higher than the highest" ( Ecclesiastes 5:8 ), the Revised Version (British and American) "one higher than the high (regardeth)." In the New Testament, <i> '''''hupsistos''''' </i> (like <i> '''''‛elyōn''''' </i> ) is used of God ( Luke 1:32 , "the Son of the Highest," Luke 1:35 , "the power of the Highest," Luke 1:76 , "the prophet of the Highest"; Luke 6:35 , "the children of the Highest," in these places the Revised Version (British and American) has "Most High"); we have also "Hosanna in the highest" ( Matthew 21:9; Mark 11:10; see [[Hosanna]] ), "Glory to God in the highest" ( Luke 2:14 ), "Glory in the highest" ( Luke 19:38 ); <i> '''''prōtoklisı́a''''' </i> , "the first reclining-place" (at table), the chief place at meals, the middle place in each couch of the <i> triclinium </i> (Robinson), is rendered ( Luke 14:8 ), "the highest room," the Revised Version (British and American) "chief seat"; "room" was introduced by Tyndale; Wycliff had "the first place"; <i> '''''prōtokathedrı́a''''' </i> ( <i> '''''prō̇tos''''' </i> , "first," <i> '''''káthedra''''' </i> , "seat"), "the first or chief seat," is rendered ( Luke 20:46 ) "the highest seats," the Revised Version (British and American) "chief seats" Wycliff "the first chairs." </p> <p> "The Highest" as a term for God appears (2 [[Esdras]] 4:11,34, the Revised Version (British and American) "Most High"; The [[Wisdom]] of Song of [[Solomon]] 6:3 , <i> ''''' hupsistos ''''' </i> ; [[Sirach]] 28:7 , the Revised Version (British and American) "Most High"). See also [[God]] , Names Of . </p>