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Lexicon :: Strong's H4605 - maʿal

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מַעַל
Transliteration
maʿal
Pronunciation
mah'al
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Part of Speech
adjective, adverb, substantive
Root Word (Etymology)
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Strong’s Definitions

מַעַל maʻal, mah'al; from H5927; properly,the upper part, used only adverbially with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top, etc.:—above, exceeding(-ly), forward, on (× very) high, over, up(-on, -ward), very.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 138x

The KJV translates Strong's H4605 in the following manner: upward (59x), above (53x), high (6x), exceedingly (4x), upon (4x), very (2x), forward (2x), exceeding (2x), over (2x), above only (1x), overturned (with H2015) (1x), above them (1x), up (with H935) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 138x
The KJV translates Strong's H4605 in the following manner: upward (59x), above (53x), high (6x), exceedingly (4x), upon (4x), very (2x), forward (2x), exceeding (2x), over (2x), above only (1x), overturned (with H2015) (1x), above them (1x), up (with H935) (1x).
substantive

  1. higher part, upper part

    adverb

    1. above

      preposition

    2. on the top of, above, on higher ground than

      with locative

    3. upwards, higher, above

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מַעַל maʻal, mah'al; from H5927; properly,the upper part, used only adverbially with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top, etc.:—above, exceeding(-ly), forward, on (× very) high, over, up(-on, -ward), very.
STRONGS H4605: Abbreviations
מַ֫עַל 140 substantive, higher part, only in adverb and preposition phrases, above, upwards (Phoenician מעל, see below מַ֫טּה: abbreviated from מַעֲלֶה; compare מַ֫עַן in לְמַ֫עַן from ׃עָנָה Köii. 116): —
†1. מִמַּ֫עַל = above (see מִן 1c)
a. as adverb Amos 2:9 וָאַשְׁמִיד מִמֵּעַל פִּרְיוֹ his fruit above (opposed to שָׁרָשָׁיו מִתָּ֑חַת), Job 18:16; 1 Kings 7:3, 20, 29; often in the phrase הַשָּׁמַמַיִם מִמַּעַל Deuteronomy 4:39; Deuteronomy 5:8 (= Exodus 20:4), Joshua 2:11; 1 Kings 8:23; Isaiah 45:8; Jeremiah 4:28; compare שְׁחָקִים מ׳ Psalm 78:23; Proverbs 8:28, אֱלוֺהַּ מ׳ Job 3:4; Job 31:2, אֵל מ׳ Job 31:28.
b. מִמַּעַל לְ, as preposition (מן 1c), on the top of, above, Genesis 22:9 ממעל לָעֵצִים above the wood, Exodus 28:27 = Exodus 39:20, Leviticus 11:21 כְּרָעַיִם מִמַּעַל לְרַגְלָיו, Isaiah 6:2 שְׁרָפִים עֹמדים מִמַּעַל לוֺ, Isaiah 14:13; Jeremiah 43:10; Ezekiel 1:26; Daniel 12:6, 7; = on higher ground than, Jeremiah 35:4; figurative Jeremiah 52:32 (|| 2 Kings 25:28 מֵעַל).
2. With ָ  ה locative מַ֫עְלָה, מָ֑עְלָה upwards (opposed to מַ֫טָּה) :
†a. figurative Deuteronomy 28:43 יַעֲלֶה עֶלֶיךָ מַ֫עְלָה מָ֫עְלָה upwards, upwards, i.e. higher and higher (opposed to מַ֫טָּה מָֽטָה).
†b. וָמַ֫עְלָה
(a) of direction in space, Judges 1:36 מֵהַסֶּלַע וָמַ֫עְלָה from the rock and upwards (compare Bu), 1 Kings 7:31 (corrupt: see Sta VB Benz), 1 Samuel 9:2 = 1 Samuel 10:23 מִשִּׁכְמוֺ וָמַ֫עְלָה from his shoulder and upwards: so וּלְמ׳, † Ezekiel 1:27 מִמַּרְאֵה מָתְנָיו וּלְמָ֑עְלָה Ezekiel 8:2; Ezekiel 43:5.
(b) of direction in time, or age: —
(α) מִבֶּן עֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָה וָמָ֑עְלָה Exodus 30:14; Numbers 1:3 + 19 times P, מִבֶּן חֹדֶשׁ חֹדֶשׁ וָמ׳ Numbers 3:15, 22 + 6 times P, simil. Numbers 4:3; Numbers 8:24 + 7 times P; elsewhere only 1 Chronicles 23:3, 24; Ezra 3:8, and with וּלְמַעְלָה † 1 Chronicles 23:17; 2 Chronicles 31:16, 17; לְמִבֶּן ֗֗֗ וָמ׳ † 2 Chronicles 25:5; and 2 Kings 3:21 מִכֹּל חֹגֵר חֲגֹרָה וָמ׳.
† (β) מהיום ההוא וָמ׳ from that day and onwards, 1 Samuel 16:13; 1 Samuel 30:25.
† (γ) מן היום הזִה וָמ׳ from this day and upwards (i.e. and back), Haggai 2:15, 18 **and onwards (as β) is more probably: see Now WeKl. Proph. ed. 8 {1898} Marti Dr.
†c. לְמַ֫עְלָךְ upwards, more common than מ׳ alone (a):
(a) Exodus 25:20 (= Exodus 37:9) פֹּֽרְשֵׂי למ׳ כְנָפַיִם Judges 7:13 ויהפכחו למ׳ overthrew it upwards, i.e. turned it downside up, Isaiah 7:11 אוֺ הַגְבֵּהַּ למ׳ or make it (the request) high upwards, Isaiah 8:21 וּפָנָה למ׳, Isaiah 37:31 (2 Kings 19:30) ועשׂה פרי למ׳ (compare Amos 2:9, 1 a), Ezekiel 41:7 a β (Ezekiel 41:7a α bis למ׳ למ׳ = higher and higher), Psalm 74:5; figurative וְהָיִיתָ רַק למ׳ Deuteronomy 28:13 (compare a), Proverbs 15:24 אֹרַח חַיִּים למ׳ (opposed to שְׁאוֺל מָֽטָּה ׃), compare Ecclesiastes 3:21; followed by a noun, Ezra 9:6 רּאשׁ למ׳ over the head, followed by מֵעַל (compare Aboth Ezra 2:1 לְמַעְלָה מִן) = above, 2 Chronicles 34:4: see also b a, b a.
(b) metaphor = exceedingly, only in Chronicles: 1 Chronicles 14:2; 1 Chronicles 22:5 the house must be built to J. לְהַגְדִּיל למ׳ so as to shew greatness exceedingly, 1 Chronicles 23:17 רָבוּ למ׳ וּבְנֵי ר׳, 1 Chronicles 29:3 (followed by מִ ן; = over and above...), 1 Chronicles 29:25; 2 Chronicles 1:1 וַיְגַדְּלֵהוּ למ׳, 2 Chronicles 20:19; עַד לְמַ֫עְלָה, 2 Chronicles 16:12; 17:12; 26:8.
†d. מִלְמַ֫עְלָה (see מִן 9a), adverb, above (the more usual prose synonym of מִמַּעַל): Genesis 6:16 אֶלאַֿמָּה תְּכַלֶּנָּה מ׳ Genesis 7:20 fifteen cubits מ׳ (i.e. above the mountain-tops), Exodus 25:21 (Exodus 40:20) מ׳ הארון על אֶת־הַכַּפֹּרֶת וְנָתַתָּ֫ה upon the ark above, Exodus 26:14 (Exodus 36:19; 40:19; Numbers 4:25) a covering of skins on the tent מ׳ above, Num 39:31; Numbers 4:6; 1 Kings 7:11, 25; 1 Kings 8:7 (2 Chronicles 4:4; 5:8), Jeremiah 31:37 אִם יִמַּדּוּ שָׁמַיִם מ׳ (compare 1 a), Ezekiel 1:11 מ׳ פְּרֻדוֹת separate above, Ezekiel 1:22; Ezekiel 1:26; Ezekiel 10:19; Ezekiel 11:22; Ezekiel 37:8; from above, Joshua 3:13, 16 הַמַּיִם הַיֹּרְדִים מ׳.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

6:16; 7:20; 22:9

Exodus

20:4; 25:20; 25:21; 26:14; 28:27; 30:14; 36:19; 37:9; 39:20; 40:19; 40:20

Leviticus

11:21

Numbers

1:3; 3:15; 3:22; 4:3; 4:6; 4:25; 8:24

Deuteronomy

4:39; 5:8; 28:13; 28:43

Joshua

2:11; 3:13; 3:16

Judges

1:36; 7:13

1 Samuel

9:2; 10:23; 16:13; 30:25

1 Kings

7:3; 7:11; 7:20; 7:25; 7:29; 7:31; 8:7; 8:23

2 Kings

3:21; 19:30; 25:28

1 Chronicles

14:2; 22:5; 23:3; 23:17; 23:17; 23:24; 29:3; 29:25

2 Chronicles

1:1; 4:4; 5:8; 16:12; 17:12; 20:19; 25:5; 26:8; 31:16; 31:17; 34:4

Ezra

2:1; 3:8; 9:6

Job

3:4; 18:16; 31:2; 31:28

Psalms

74:5; 78:23

Proverbs

8:28; 15:24

Ecclesiastes

3:21

Isaiah

6:2; 7:11; 8:21; 14:13; 37:31; 45:8

Jeremiah

4:28; 31:37; 35:4; 43:10; 52:32

Ezekiel

1:11; 1:22; 1:26; 1:26; 1:27; 8:2; 10:19; 11:22; 37:8; 41:7; 41:7; 43:5

Daniel

12:6; 12:7

Amos

2:9; 2:9

Haggai

2:15; 2:18

H4605

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Strong's Number H4605 matches the Hebrew מַעַל (maʿal),
which occurs 140 times in 134 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 3 / 3 (Job 18:16–Hag 2:18)

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 18:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:16 - His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above H4605 shall his branch be cut off.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:2 - For what portion of God is there from above? H4605 and what inheritance of the Almighty from on high?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:28 - This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied the God that is above. H4605

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 74:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:5 - A man was famous according as he had lifted up H4605 axes upon the thick trees.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:23 - Though he had commanded the clouds from above, H4605 and opened the doors of heaven,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:28 - When he established the clouds above: H4605 when he strengthened the fountains of the deep:

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 15:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:24 - The way of life is above H4605 to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 3:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:21 - Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, H4605 and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 6:2 - Above H4605 it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 7:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:11 - Ask thee a sign of the LORD thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above. H4605

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 8:21

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:21 - And they shall pass through it, hardly bestead and hungry: and it shall come to pass, that when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse their king and their God, and look upward. H4605

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:13 - For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above H4605 the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 37:31

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:31 - And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward: H4605

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 45:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:8 - Drop down, ye heavens, from above, H4605 and let the skies pour down righteousness: let the earth open, and let them bring forth salvation, and let righteousness spring up together; I the LORD have created it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 4:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:28 - For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above H4605 be black: because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and will not repent, neither will I turn back from it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:37

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:37 - Thus saith the LORD; If heaven above H4605 can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I will also cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have done, saith the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 35:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 35:4 - And I brought them into the house of the LORD, into the chamber of the sons of Hanan, the son of Igdaliah, a man of God, which was by the chamber of the princes, which was above H4605 the chamber of Maaseiah the son of Shallum, the keeper of the door:

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 43:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 43:10 - And say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will send and take Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will set his throne upon H4605 these stones that I have hid; and he shall spread his royal pavilion over them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 52:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:32 - And spake kindly unto him, and set his throne above H4605 the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:11 - Thus were their faces: and their wings were stretched upward; H4605 two wings of every one were joined one to another, and two covered their bodies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 1:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:22 - And the likeness of the firmament upon the heads of the living creature was as the colour of the terrible crystal, stretched forth over their heads above. H4605

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 1:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:26 - And above H4605 the firmament that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone: and upon the likeness of the throne was the likeness as the appearance of a man above H4605 upon it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 1:27

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:27 - And I saw as the colour of amber, as the appearance of fire round about within it, from the appearance of his loins even upward, H4605 and from the appearance of his loins even downward, I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and it had brightness round about.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:2 - Then I beheld, and lo a likeness as the appearance of fire: from the appearance of his loins even downward, fire; and from his loins even upward, H4605 as the appearance of brightness, as the colour of amber.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 10:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 10:19 - And the cherubims lifted up their wings, and mounted up from the earth in my sight: when they went out, the wheels also were beside them, and every one stood at the door of the east gate of the LORD'S house; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above. H4605

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 11:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:22 - Then did the cherubims lift up their wings, and the wheels beside them; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above. H4605

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 37:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:8 - And when I beheld, lo, the sinews and the flesh came up upon them, and the skin covered them above: H4605 but there was no breath in them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 41:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:7 - And there was an enlarging, and a winding about still upward H4605 to the side chambers: for the winding about of the house went still upward H4605 round about the house: therefore the breadth of the house was still upward, H4605 and so increased from the lowest chamber to the highest by the midst.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 43:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:15 - So the altar shall be four cubits; and from the altar and upward H4605 shall be four horns.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 12:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 12:6 - And one said to the man clothed in linen, which was upon H4605 the waters of the river, How long shall it be to the end of these wonders?

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 12:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 12:7 - And I heard the man clothed in linen, which was upon H4605 the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever that it shall be for a time, times, and an half; and when he shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:9 - Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above, H4605 and his roots from beneath.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hag 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:15 - And now, I pray you, consider from this day and upward, H4605 from before a stone was laid upon a stone in the temple of the LORD:

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Unchecked Copy Box Hag 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:18 - Consider now from this day and upward, H4605 from the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, even from the day that the foundation of the LORD'S temple was laid, consider it.

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