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== Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words <ref name="term_77961" /> == | == Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words <ref name="term_77961" /> == | ||
<div> '''1: | <div> '''1: '''''Ὕψιστος''''' ''' (Strong'S #5310 — Adverb — hupsistos — hoop'-sis-tos ) </div> <p> is used in the plural in the phrase "in the highest," i.e., in the "highest" regions, the abode of God, Matthew 21:19; Mark 11:10; Luke omits the article, Luke 2:14; 19:38 .; for use as a title of God, see High , A, No. 2. </p> | ||
== Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_40884" /> == | == Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_40884" /> == | ||
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== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_4651" /> == | == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_4651" /> == | ||
<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> | <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> | ||
==References == | ==References == |
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Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words [1]
is used in the plural in the phrase "in the highest," i.e., in the "highest" regions, the abode of God, Matthew 21:19; Mark 11:10; Luke omits the article, Luke 2:14; 19:38 .; for use as a title of God, see High , A, No. 2.
Holman Bible Dictionary [2]
Luke 1:32 1:35 1:76 Luke 6:35 Genesis 14:18-22 Numbers 24:16
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [3]
hı̄´est ( עליון , ‛elyōn ; ὕψιστος , húpsistos ): The translation of ‛elyōn , 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 cammereth , 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 rō'sh , "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"); gappē mārōm , "on the ridges of the heights" ( Proverbs 9:3 , "the highest places of the city"); ghābhōah mē‛al gābhōah , 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, hupsistos (like ‛elyōn ) 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 ); prōtoklisı́a , "the first reclining-place" (at table), the chief place at meals, the middle place in each couch of the triclinium (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"; prōtokathedrı́a ( prō̇tos , "first," káthedra , "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."
"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 , hupsistos ; Sirach 28:7 , the Revised Version (British and American) "Most High"). See also God , Names Of .