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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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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 18 times in 15 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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