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Lexicon :: Strong's H4608 - maʿălê

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מַעֲלֶה
Transliteration
maʿălê
Pronunciation
mah-al-eh'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1624j

Strong’s Definitions

מַעֲלֶה maʻăleh, mah-al-eh'; from H5927; an elevation, i.e. (concretely) acclivity or platform; abstractly (the relation or state) a rise or (figuratively) priority:—ascent, before, chiefest, cliff, that goeth up, going up, hill, mounting up, stairs.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 18x

The KJV translates Strong's H4608 in the following manner: up (11x), ascent (2x), before (1x), chiefest (1x), cliff (1x), hill (1x), stairs (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 18x
The KJV translates Strong's H4608 in the following manner: up (11x), ascent (2x), before (1x), chiefest (1x), cliff (1x), hill (1x), stairs (1x).

  1. ascent, incline

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מַעֲלֶה maʻăleh, mah-al-eh'; from H5927; an elevation, i.e. (concretely) acclivity or platform; abstractly (the relation or state) a rise or (figuratively) priority:—ascent, before, chiefest, cliff, that goeth up, going up, hill, mounting up, stairs.
STRONGS H4608: Abbreviations
מַעֲלֶה 19 noun masculineIsaiah 15:5 ascent; — מ׳ Nehemiah 12:37; construct מַעֲלֵה Joshua 10:10 + 14 times; מַעֲלָו֯ Ezekiel 40:31, 34, 37;
1. ascent of hill or mountain: to a city 1 Samuel 9:11, to the royal sepulchers (in Jerusalem) 2 Chronicles 32:33; הַזֵּיתִית מִ׳ 2 Samuel 15:30 (see זַיִת 3);
[H4610 עַקְרַבִּים מ׳ = Scorpion-pass, on southern border of Palestine, Judges 1:36; Numbers 34:4; Joshua 15:3 (both P), i.e. probably the Naḳb eṣ-ṣafâ southwest from Dead Sea BuhlGeogr. 16. 66 Di and GFM on the passage, and references];
often defined by proper name, of a location: אֲדֻמִים מ׳ Joshua 15:7; Joshua 18:17, south of valley of Achor, between Jerusalem and Jericho, compare modern Tel`at ed-dâm BuhlGeogr. 98.; see also בֵּית חוֺרֹן I. גּוּר, II. חֶרֶס, לוּחִית, H6731 II. ציץ.
2. of stairs Ezekiel 40:31, 34, 37; to a wall Nehemiah 12:27; מַעֵלֵה הַלִּוִיִּם Nehemiah 9:4.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Joshua

10:10; 15:7; 18:17

1 Samuel

9:11

2 Samuel

15:30

2 Chronicles

32:33

Nehemiah

9:4; 12:27; 12:37

Isaiah

15:5

Ezekiel

40:31; 40:31; 40:34; 40:34; 40:37; 40:37

H4608

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Strong's Number H4608 matches the Hebrew מַעֲלֶה (maʿălê),
which occurs 15 times in 15 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:7 - And the borders continue on to [fn]the fourth part of the valley of Achor, and go down to Galgal, which is before the approach of Adammin, which is southward in the valley, and terminate at the water of the fountain of the sun; and their going forth shall be the fountain of Rogel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:17 - And the borders shall go across to the fountain of Bæthsamys:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:13 - And Gedeon the son of Joas returned from the [fn]battle, down from the battle of Ares.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:11 - As they went up the ascent to the city, they find damsels come out to draw water, and they say to them, Is the seer here?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:30 - And David went up by the ascent of the mount of Olives, ascending and weeping, and had his head covered, and went barefooted: and all the people that were with him covered every man his head; and they went up, ascending and weeping.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:27 - And Ochozias king of Juda saw it, and fled by the way of [fn]Bæthgan. And Ju pursued after him, and said, Slay him also. And one smote him in the chariot at the going up of Gai, which is Jeblaam: and he fled to Mageddo, and died there.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:16 - To-morrow go ye down against them: behold, they come up by the ascent of Assis, and ye shall find them at the extremity of the river of the wilderness of Jeriel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:33 - And Ezekias slept with his fathers, and they buried him in a high place among the sepulchres of the sons of David: and all Juda and the dwellers in Jerusalem gave him glory and honour at his death. And Manasses his son reigned in his stead.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:4 - And there stood upon the stairs, of the Levites, Jesus, and the sons of Cadmiel, Sechenia the son of Sarabia, sons of Choneni; and they cried with a loud voice to the Lord their God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:37 - at the gate, to praise before them, and they went up by the steps of the city of David, in the ascent of the wall, above the house of David, even to the water-gate

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 15:5 - The heart of the region of Moab cries within her to Segor; for it is as a heifer of three years old: and on the ascent of Luith they shall go up to thee weeping by the way of Aroniim: she cries, Destruction, and trembling.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:5 - (LXX 31:5) for Aloth is filled with weeping: one shall go up weeping by the way of Oronaim; ye have heard a cry of destruction.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:31

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:31 - from the porch to the outer court: and there were palm-trees to the post thereof, and eight steps.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:34 - And there were porches opening into the inner court, and palm-trees on the posts on this side and on that side: and it had eight steps.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:37

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:37 - And its porches were toward the inner court; and there were palm-trees to the posts on this side and on that side: and it had eight steps.
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