hest (, elyon; , hupsistos): The translation of elyon, used frequently of God and commonly translated Most High (Psa 18:13, The Highest gave his voice, the Revised Version (British and American) Most High; Psa 87:5, the highest himself, the Revised Version (British and American) Most High; Eze 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 (Eze 17:3, Eze 17:12, the Revised Version (British and American) top, lofty top); of ro’sh, head, top (Pro 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); gappe marom, on the ridges of the heights (Pro 9:3, the highest places of the city); ghabhoah meal gabhoah, literally, one high (powerful) who is above the high (oppressor), is translated he that is higher than the highest (Ecc 5:8), the Revised Version (British and American) one higher than the high (regardeth). In the New Testament, hupsistos (like elyon) is used of God (Luk 1:32, the Son of the Highest, Luk 1:35, the power of the Highest, Luk 1:76, the prophet of the Highest; Luk 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 (Mat 21:9; Mar 11:10; see HOSANNA), Glory to God in the highest (Luk 2:14), Glory in the highest (Luk 19:38); protoklisa, the first reclining-place (at table), the chief place at meals, the middle place in each couch of the triclinium (Robinson), is rendered (Luk 14:8), the highest room, the Revised Version (British and American) chief seat; room was introduced by Tyndale; Wycliff had the first place; protokathedra (protos, first, kathedra, seat), the first or chief seat, is rendered (Luk 20:46) the highest seats, the Revised Version (British and American) chief seats Wycliff the first chairs.<\/p>\n
The Highest as a term for God appears (2 Esdras 4:11, 34, the Revised Version (British and American) Most High; The Wisdom of Solomon 6:3, hupsistos; Ecclesiasticus 28:7, the Revised Version (British and American) Most High). See also GOD, NAMES OF.<\/p>\n
is used in the plural in the phrase “in the highest,” i.e., in the “highest” regions, the abode of God, Mat 21:19<\/span>; Mar 11:10<\/span>; Luke omits the article, Luk 2:14<\/span>; Luk 19:38<\/span>.; for use as a title of God, see HIGH, A, No. 2. <\/p>\n Highest hest (, elyon; , hupsistos): The translation of elyon, used frequently of God and commonly translated Most High (Psa 18:13, The Highest gave his voice, the Revised Version (British and American) Most High; Psa 87:5, the highest himself, the Revised Version (British and American) Most High; Eze 41:7, the lowest (chamber) to the highest); … Continue reading “Highest”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-encyclopedic-dictionary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54578","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54578"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54578\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Fuente: Vine’s Dictionary of New Testament Words<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"