Most High The Hebrew title rendered 'Most High' is Elion (עליון), for which the LXX usually has the reading ὁ ὓψιστος, the Highest. The word Elion, however, is not confined to this sacred use. It is found in Genesis 40:17, 1Ki 9:8; 2 Chronicles 7:21, 2 Kings 18:17, 2 Chronicles 23:20, 2 Chronicles 32:30, Nehemiah 3:25, Jeremiah 20:2, Jeremiah 36:10 .
This title is first applied to God in the account of Melehizedek (Genesis 1:14-22); it is used by Balaam, who 'knew the knowledge of the Most High' (Numbers 24:16); and Moses adopts it when he speaks of the Most High dividing the earth among the nations (Deuteronomy 32:8, compare Acts 17:26). It occurs also several times in the Psalms, e.g. Psalms 18:13, 'The Highest gave his voice;' Psalms 78:35, 'They remembered that God was their Rock, and the High God their Redeemer.' in Psalms 89:27, this title is applied to the Messiah:--'I will make him my first-born, higher than the kings of the earth.'
When we read of the Most High God in Micah 6:6, the Hebrew Marom (מרום), exalted, is used; compare Psalms 99:2, Psalms 113:4, Psalms 138:6, and Isaiah 57:15, where a simpler form of the same word is rendered High, and applied to God.