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Lexicon :: Strong's H4608 - maʿălê

Aa
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 - And H5927➔ the border H1366 went up ➔H5927 toward Debir H1688 from the valley H6010 of Achor, H5911 and so northward, H6828 looking H6437 toward H413 Gilgal, H1537 that H834 is before H5227 the going up H4608 to Adummim, H131 which H834 is on the south side H5045 of the river: H5158 and H5674➔ the border H1366 passed ➔H5674 toward H413 the waters H4325 of Enshemesh, H5885 H5885 and H1961➔ the goings out thereof H8444 were ➔H1961 at H413 Enrogel: H5883

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:17 - And was drawn H8388 from the north, H6828 and went forth H3318 to Enshemesh, H5885 H5885 and went forth H3318 toward H413 Geliloth, H1553 which H834 is over against H5227 the going up H4608 of Adummim, H131 and descended H3381 to the stone H68 of Bohan H932 the son H1121 of Reuben, H7205

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:13 - And H7725➔ Gideon H1439 the son H1121 of Joash H3101 returned ➔H7725 from H4480 battle H4421 before H4608 the sun H2775 was up,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:11 - And as H5927➔ they H1992 went up ➔H5927 the hill H4608 to the city, H5892 they H1992 found H4672 young maidens H5291 going out H3318 to draw H7579 water, H4325 and said H559 unto them, Is H3426 the seer H7203 here? H2088

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:30 - And David H1732 went up H5927 by the ascent H4608 of mount Olivet, H2132 and wept H1058 as he went up, H5927 and H7218➔ had H2645➔ his head ➔H7218 covered, ➔H2645 and he H1931 went H1980 barefoot: H3182 and all H3605 the people H5971 that H834 was with him H854 covered H2645 every man H376 his head, H7218 and they went up, H5927 weeping H1058 as they went up. H5927

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:27 - But when Ahaziah H274 the king H4428 of Judah H3063 saw H7200 this, he fled H5127 by the way H1870 of H1004➔ the garden H1588 house. ➔H1004 And H7291➔ Jehu H3058 followed ➔H7291 after him, H310 and said, H559 Smite H5221 him H853 also H1571 in H413 the chariot. H4818 And they did so at the going up H4608 to Gur, H1483 which H834 is by H854 Ibleam. H2991 And he fled H5127 to Megiddo, H4023 and died H4191 there. H8033

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:16 - To morrow H4279 go ye down H3381 against them: H5921 behold, they H2005 come up H5927 by H4608➔ the H6732➔ cliff ➔ H4608 of Ziz; ➔H6732 and ye shall find H4672 them H853 at the end H5490 of the brook, H5158 before H6440 the wilderness H4057 of Jeruel. H3385

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:33 - And H7901➔ Hezekiah H2396 slept ➔H7901 with H5973 his fathers, H1 and they buried him H6912 in the chiefest H4608 of the sepulchres H6913 of the sons H1121 of David: H1732 and H3519➔ all H3605 Judah H3063 and the inhabitants H3427 of Jerusalem H3389 did H6213 him honour ➔H3519 at his death. H4194 And H4427➔ Manasseh H4519 his son H1121 reigned ➔H4427 in his stead. H8478

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:4 - Then stood up H6965 upon H5921 the stairs, H4608 of the Levites, H3881 Jeshua, H3442 and Bani, H1137 Kadmiel, H6934 Shebaniah, H7645 Bunni, H1138 Sherebiah, H8274 Bani, H1137 and Chenani, H3662 and cried H2199 with a H6963➔ loud H1419 voice ➔H6963 unto H413 the LORD H3068 their God. H430

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:37 - And at H5921 the fountain H5869 gate, H8179 which was over against them, H5048 they went up H5927 by H5921 the stairs H4609 of the city H5892 of David, H1732 at the going up H4608 of the wall, H2346 above H5921 the house H1004 of David, H1732 even unto H5704 the water H4325 gate H8179 eastward. H4217

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 15:5 - My heart H3820 shall cry out H2199 for Moab; H4124 his fugitives H1280 shall flee unto H5704 Zoar, H6820 an heifer H5697 of three years old: H7992 for H3588 by the mounting up H4608 of Luhith H3872 with weeping H1065 shall they go H5927➔ it up; ➔H5927 for H3588 in the way H1870 of Horonaim H2773 they shall raise up H5782 a cry H2201 of destruction. H7667

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:5 - For H3588 in the going up H4608 of Luhith H3872 continual H1065 weeping H1065 shall go up; H5927 for H3588 in the going down H4174 of Horonaim H2773 the enemies H6862 have heard H8085 a cry H6818 of destruction. H7667

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:31 - And the arches thereof H361 were toward H413 the utter H2435 court; H2691 and palm trees H8561 were upon H413 the posts thereof: H352 and the H4609➔ going up to it H4608 had eight H8083 steps. ➔H4609

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:34 - And the arches thereof H361 were toward H2691➔ the outward H2435 court; ➔H2691 and palm trees H8561 were upon H413 the posts thereof, H352 on this side, H6311 and on that side: H6311 and H8083➔ the going up to it H4608 had eight ➔H8083 steps. H4609

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:37 - And the posts thereof H352 were toward H2691➔ the utter H2435 court; ➔H2691 and palm trees H8561 were upon H413 the posts thereof, H352 on this side, H6311 and on that side: H6311 and H8083➔ the going up to it H4608 had eight ➔H8083 steps. H4609
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