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Lexicon :: Strong's H5944 - ʿălîyâ

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עֲלִיָּה
Transliteration
ʿălîyâ
Pronunciation
al-ee-yaw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1624f

Strong’s Definitions

עֲלִיָּה ʻălîyâh, al-ee-yaw'; feminine from H5927; something lofty, i.e. a stair-way; also a second-story room (or even one on the roof); figuratively, the sky:—ascent, (upper) chamber, going up, loft, parlour.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 20x

The KJV translates Strong's H5944 in the following manner: chamber (12x), parlour (4x), going up (2x), ascent (1x), loft (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 20x
The KJV translates Strong's H5944 in the following manner: chamber (12x), parlour (4x), going up (2x), ascent (1x), loft (1x).

  1. roof-room, roof chamber

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עֲלִיָּה ʻălîyâh, al-ee-yaw'; feminine from H5927; something lofty, i.e. a stair-way; also a second-story room (or even one on the roof); figuratively, the sky:—ascent, (upper) chamber, going up, loft, parlour.
STRONGS H5944: Abbreviations
† עֲלִיָּה noun feminine (with adjective masculine Jeremiah 22:14, compare AlbrZAW xvi (1896), 83 KöSynt. § 251 k) roof-chamber (Late Hebrew id., Targum עֲלִיתָא, Syriac bdb075101 (whence Arabic bdb075102 dining-room as loan-word Frä20f.); Sabean עלית DHMEpigr. Denkm. 27); — chamber on roof, cool and secluded: absolute ע׳ Judges 3:23, 24, 25 (compare NesMarg. 13), 1 Kings 17:19, 23; 2 Kings 4:11; construct עֲלִיַּת הַמְּקֵרָה Judges 3:20, קִֿיר ע׳ 2 Kings 4:10 roof-chamber with walls (permanent); הַשַּׁעַר ע׳ 2 Samuel 19:1, i.e. over the gateway; הַפִּנּה ע׳ Nehemiah 3:31, 32 i.e. at a corner of the wall; אָחָז ע׳ 2 Kings 23:12 (probably built by A.); suffix עֲלִיָּתוֺ 2 Kings 1:2 (belonging to Ahaziah); — 2 Chronicles 9:4 read עֹלֹתָיו (compare || 1 Kings 10:5); plural absolute עֲלִיּוֺת מְרֻוָּחִים Jeremiah 22:14 spacious roof-chambers; in Solomon's temple according to 2 Chronicles 3:9, so suffix עֲלִיּתָיו 1 Chronicles 28:11; more generally עֲלִיּוֺתָיו Jeremiah 22:13; י׳'s chambers in sky Psalm 104:3, containing rain, Psalm 104:13.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Judges

3:20; 3:23; 3:24; 3:25

2 Samuel

19:1

1 Kings

10:5; 17:19; 17:23

2 Kings

1:2; 4:10; 4:11; 23:12

1 Chronicles

28:11

2 Chronicles

3:9; 9:4

Nehemiah

3:31; 3:32

Psalms

104:3; 104:13

Jeremiah

22:13; 22:14; 22:14

H5944

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5944 matches the Hebrew עֲלִיָּה (ʿălîyâ),
which occurs 20 times in 20 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 3:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:20 - And Ehud hath come unto him, and he is sitting in the upper chamber of the wall which he hath for himself, and Ehud saith, 'A word of God I have unto thee;' and he riseth from off the throne;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 3:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:23 - And Ehud goeth out at the porch, and shutteth the doors of the upper chamber upon him, and hath bolted it;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 3:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:24 - and he hath gone out, and his servants have come in, and look, and lo, the doors of the upper chamber are bolted, and they say, 'He is only covering his feet in the inner chamber of the wall.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 3:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:25 - And they stay till confounded, and lo, he is not opening the doors of the upper chamber, and they take the key, and open, and lo, their lord is fallen to the earth -- dead.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 18:33

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:33 - And the king trembleth, and goeth up on the upper chamber of the gate, and weepeth, and thus he hath said in his going, 'My son! Absalom my son; my son Absalom; oh that I had died for thee, Absalom, my son, my son.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 17:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:19 - And he saith unto her, 'Give to me thy son;' and he taketh him out of her bosom, and taketh him up unto the upper chamber where he is abiding, and layeth him on his own bed,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 17:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:23 - And Elijah taketh the lad, and bringeth him down from the upper chamber of the house, and giveth him to his mother, and Elijah saith, 'See, thy son liveth!'

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 1:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:2 - and Ahaziah falleth through the lattice in his upper chamber that is in Samaria, and is sick, and sendeth messengers, and saith unto them, 'Go ye, inquire of Baal-Zebub god of Ekron if I recover from this sickness.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 4:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:10 - let us make, I pray thee, a little upper chamber of the wall, and we set for him there a bed, and a table, and a high seat, and a candlestick; and it hath been, in his coming in unto us, he doth turn aside thither.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 4:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:11 - And the day cometh, that he cometh in thither, and turneth aside unto the upper chamber, and lieth there,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 23:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:12 - And the altars that are on the top of the upper chamber of Ahaz, that the kings of Judah made, and the altars that Manasseh made in the two courts of the house of Jehovah, hath the king broken down, and removeth thence, and hath cast their dust unto the brook Kidron.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 28:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:11 - And David giveth to Solomon his son the pattern of the porch, and of its houses, and of its treasures, and of its upper chambers, and of its innermost chambers, and of the house of the atonement;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 3:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:9 - and the weight of the nails is fifty shekels of gold, and the upper chambers he hath covered with gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 9:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:4 - and the food of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the standing of his ministers, and their clothing, and his stewards, and their clothing, an his burnt-offering that he offered up in the house of Jehovah, and there hath not been any more spirit in her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 3:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:31 - After him hath Malchijah son of the refiner strengthened, unto the house of the Nethinim, and of the merchants, over-against the gate of the Miphkad, and unto the ascent of the corner.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 3:32

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:32 - And between the ascent of the corner and the sheep-gate, have the refiners and the merchants strengthened.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 104:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:3 - Who is laying the beam of His upper chambers in the waters, Who is making thick clouds His chariot, Who is walking on wings of wind,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 104:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:13 - Watering hills from His upper chambers, From the fruit of Thy works is the earth satisfied.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 22:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:13 - Wo to him who is building his house by unrighteousness, And his upper chambers by injustice, On his neighbour he layeth service for nought, And his wage he doth not give to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 22:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:14 - Who is saying, 'I build for myself a large house, And airy upper chambers,' And he hath cut out for himself its windows, Ceiled with cedar, and painted with vermillion.
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