Definition

highest, i.e. (masculine singular) the Supreme (God), or (neuter plural) the heavens

Etymology

superlative from the base of G5311 (ὕψος);

Word family

• ὕψος hýpsos

How the KJV renders it

• most high
• highest

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.