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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 BoxJob 18:16 -

“His roots are dried below,

And his branch is cut off above H4605.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:2 -

“And what is the portion of God from above H4605

Or the inheritance of the Almighty from on high?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:28 -

That too would have been an iniquity calling for [fn]judgment,

For I would have denied God above H4605.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 74:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:5 -

Each seems like one who lifts up

[fn]An axe against the undergrowth of trees.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:23 -

Yet He commanded the skies 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 made firm the skies above H4605,

When the springs of the deep became strong,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 15:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:24 -

The path of life leads upward H4605 for the one who has insight

That he may turn away from Sheol below.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 3:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:21 - Who knows that the breath of man ascends upward H4605 and the breath of the beast descends downward to the earth?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 6:2 - Seraphim stood above H4605 Him, each having six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:11 - “Ask a sign for yourself from Yahweh your God; [fn]make it deep as Sheol or high as [fn]heaven H4605.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:21 - And they will pass through [fn]the land hard-pressed and hungry, and it will be that when they are hungry, they will be angry and curse [fn]their king and their God as they face upward H4605.

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“But you said in your heart,

‘I will ascend to heaven H4605;

I will raise my throne above H4605 the stars of God,

And I will sit on the mount of assembly

In the recesses of the north.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:31 - “And the surviving remnant of the house of Judah will again take root downward and bear fruit upward H4605.

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“Drip down, O heavens, from above H4605,

And let the skies pour down righteousness;

Let the earth open up and salvation bear fruit,

And righteousness [fn]spring up with it.

I, Yahweh, have created it.

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“For this the earth shall mourn

And the heavens above H4605 be dark

Because I have spoken; I have purposed,

And I will not [fn]relent, nor will I turn from it.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:37

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:37 -

Thus says Yahweh,

“If the heavens above H4605 can be measured

And the foundations of the earth searched out below,

Then I will also reject all the seed of Israel

For all that they have done,” declares Yahweh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 35:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 35:4 - and I brought them into the house of Yahweh, into the chamber of the sons of Hanan the son of Igdaliah, the man of God, which was beside the chamber of the officials, which was above H4605 the chamber of Maaseiah the son of Shallum, the doorkeeper.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 43:10 - and you will say to them, ‘Thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, “Behold, I am going to send and get Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, My servant, and I am going to set his throne right over H4605 these stones that I have hidden; and he will spread his canopy over them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:32 - and he spoke to him good words, and he set his throne above H4605 the throne of the kings who were with him in Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:11 - And such were their faces. Their wings were spread out above H4605; each had two touching another being, and two covering their bodies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:22 -

Now over the heads of the living [fn]creatures there was something with the likeness of an expanse, like the awesome gleam of [fn]crystal, spread out over H4605 their heads above.

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Now above H4605 the expanse that was over their heads there was something in the likeness of a throne, like sapphire stone in appearance; and upon the likeness of the throne, high H4605 up, was the likeness of one with the appearance of a man.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:27 - Then I saw from the appearance of His loins and upward H4605 something like the gleam of [fn]glowing metal with the appearance of fire all around within it, and from the appearance of His loins and downward I saw something with the appearance of fire; and there was a radiance all around Him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:2 - Then I looked, and behold, a likeness as the appearance of [fn]one on fire; from His loins and downward there was the appearance of fire, and from His loins and upward H4605 the appearance of brightness, like the gleam of [fn]glowing metal.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 10:19 - When the cherubim departed, they lifted their wings and rose up from the earth in my sight with the wheels beside them; and they stood still at the entrance of the east gate of the house of Yahweh, and the glory of the God of Israel [fn]hovered H4605 over them.

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Then the cherubim lifted up their wings with the wheels beside them, and the glory of the God of Israel [fn]hovered H4605 over them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 37:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:8 - And I looked, and behold, sinews were on them, and flesh came up upon them, and skin covered H4605 them; but there was no breath in them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:7 - The side chambers surrounding the house were wider at each successive story. Because the structure surrounding the house went upward H4605 by stages H4605 on all sides of the house, therefore the width of the house increased as it went higher H4605; and thus one went up from the lowest story to the highest by way of the [fn]second story.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:15 - “And the [fn]altar hearth shall be four cubits; and from the [fn]altar hearth shall extend upwards H4605 four horns.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 12:6 - And one said to the man dressed in linen, who was above H4605 the waters of the river, “How long will it be until the end of these wonders?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 12:7 - And I heard the man dressed in linen, who was above H4605 the waters of the river, [fn]as he raised his right hand and his left toward heaven, and swore by Him who lives forever that it would be for a [fn]time, [fn]times, and half a [fn]time; and as soon as [fn]they complete shattering the [fn]power of the holy people, all these events will be completed.

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“Yet it was I who destroyed the Amorite before them,

[fn]Though his height was like the height of cedars,

And he was strong as the oaks;

I even destroyed his fruit above H4605 and his root below.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:15 - ‘But now, oh set your heart to consider from this day [fn]onward H4605: from before one stone was set on another in the temple of Yahweh,

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Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:18 - ‘Oh set your heart to consider from this day [fn]onward H4605, from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month; from the day when the temple of Yahweh was founded, set your heart to consider:

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