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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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4608 matches the Hebrew מַעֲלֶה (maʿălê),
which occurs 18 times in 15 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:7 - et tendens usque ad terminos Debera de valle Achor contra aquilonem respiciens Galgala quae est ex adverso ascensionis Adommim ab australi parte torrentis transitque aquas quae vocantur fons Solis et erunt exitus eius ad fontem Rogel

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:17 - transiens ad aquilonem et egrediens ad Aensemes id est fontem Solis

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:13 - revertensque de bello ante solis ortum

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:11 - cumque ascenderent clivum civitatis invenerunt puellas egredientes ad hauriendam aquam et dixerunt eis num hic est videns

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:30 - porro David ascendebat clivum Olivarum scandens et flens operto capite et nudis pedibus incedens sed et omnis populus qui erat cum eo operto capite ascendebat plorans

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:27 - Ahazias autem rex Iuda videns hoc fugit per viam domus horti persecutusque est eum Hieu et ait etiam hunc percutite in curru suo in ascensu Gaber qui est iuxta Ieblaam qui fugit in Mageddo et mortuus est ibi

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:16 - cras descendetis contra eos ascensuri enim sunt per clivum nomine Sis et invenietis illos in summitate torrentis qui est contra solitudinem Hieruhel

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:33 - dormivitque Ezechias cum patribus suis et sepelierunt eum supra sepulchra filiorum David et celebravit eius exequias universus Iuda et omnes habitatores Hierusalem regnavitque Manasses filius eius pro eo

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:4 - surrexit autem super gradum Levitarum Iosue et Bani Cedmihel Sebnia Bani Sarebias Bani Chanani et inclamaverunt voce magna Dominum Deum suum

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:37 - [Vulgate 12:36] et contra eos ascenderunt in gradibus civitatis David in ascensu muri super domum David et usque ad portam Aquarum ad orientem

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 15:5 - cor meum ad Moab clamabit vectes eius usque ad Segor vitulam conternantem per ascensum enim Luith flens ascendet et in via Oronaim clamorem contritionis levabunt

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:5 - per ascensum enim Luaith plorans ascendet in fletu quoniam in descensu Oronaim hostes ululatum contritionis audierunt

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:31 - et vestibulum eius ad atrium exterius et palmas eius in fronte et octo gradus erant quibus ascendebatur per eam

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:34 - et vestibulum eius id est atrii exterioris et palmae celatae in fronte eius hinc et inde et in octo gradibus ascensus eius

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:37 - vestibulum eius in atrium exterius et celatura palmarum in fronte illius hinc et inde et in octo gradibus ascensus eius
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