EL ELYON
TNDL: Hebrew Bible
The compound ʼĒl ʻElyōn
The compound name ʼĒl ʻElyōn ‘God Most High’ occurs in Genesis 14.18–20 as the God whose priest was Melchizedek, king of Salem. The form appears again almost immediately in verse 22, used by Abraham in an oath to the king of Sodom. In this verse the name of God also…