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Lexicon :: Strong's H5944 - ʿălîyâ

Aa
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.
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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 BoxJdg 3:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:20 - And Ehud H164 came H935 unto him; H413 and he H1931 was sitting H3427 in a H5944➔ summer H4747 parlour, ➔ H5944 which H834 he had for himself alone. H905 And H559➔ Ehud H164 said, ➔H559 I have H589 a message H1697 from God H430 unto thee. H413 And he arose H6965 out of H5921 his seat. H3678

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:23 - Then H3318➔ Ehud H164 went forth ➔H3318 through the porch, H4528 and shut H5462 the doors H1817 of the parlour H5944 upon him, H1157 and locked them. H5274

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:24 - When he H1931 was gone out, H3318 his servants H5650 came; H935 and when they saw H7200 that, behold, H2009 the doors H1817 of the parlour H5944 were locked, H5274 they said, H559 Surely H389 he H1931 covereth H5526 his feet H7272 in H2315➔ his summer H4747 chamber. ➔H2315

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:25 - And they tarried H2342 till H5704 they were ashamed: H954 and, behold, H2009 he opened H6605 not H369 the doors H1817 of the parlour; H5944 therefore they took H3947 a key, H4668 and opened H6605 them: and, behold, H2009 their lord H113 was fallen down H5307 dead H4191 on the earth. H776

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:33 - And H7264➔ the king H4428 was much moved, ➔H7264 and went up H5927 to H5921 the chamber over H5944 the gate, H8179 and wept: H1058 and H3541➔ as he went, H3212 thus ➔H3541 he said, H559 O my son H1121 Absalom, H53 my son, H1121 my son H1121 Absalom! H53 would God H4310 H5414 I H589 had died H4191 for thee, H8478 O Absalom, H53 my son, H1121 my son! H1121

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:19 - And he said H559 unto her, H413 Give H5414 me H589 thy son. H1121 And he took him H3947 out of her bosom, H2436 and carried him up H5927 into H413 a loft, H5944 where H834 he H1931 abode, H3427 and laid him H7901 upon H5921 his own bed. H4296

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:23 - And H3947➔ Elijah H452 took ➔H3947 the child, H3206 and brought him down H3381 out H4480 of the chamber H5944 into the house, H1004 and delivered him H5414 unto his mother: H517 and H559➔ Elijah H452 said, ➔H559 See, H7200 thy son H1121 liveth. H2416

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:2 - And H5307➔ Ahaziah H274 fell down ➔H5307 through H1157 a lattice H7639 in his upper chamber H5944 that H834 was in Samaria, H8111 and was sick: H2470 and he sent H7971 messengers, H4397 and said H559 unto them, H413 Go, H3212 enquire H1875 of Baalzebub H1176 H1176 the god H430 of Ekron H6138 whether H518 I shall recover H2421 of H2483➔ this H2088 disease. ➔H2483

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:10 - Let us make H6213 a H5944➔ little H6996 chamber, ➔ H5944 I pray thee, H4994 on the wall; H7023 and let us set H7760 for him there H8033 a bed, H4296 and a table, H7979 and a stool, H3678 and a candlestick: H4501 and it shall be, H1961 when he cometh H935 to us, H413 that he shall turn in H5493 thither. H8033

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:11 - And it fell H1961 on a day, H3117 that he came H935 thither, H8033 and he turned H5493 into H413 the chamber, H5944 and lay H7901 there. H8033

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:12 - And H853 the altars H4196 that H834 were on H5921 the top H1406 of the upper chamber H5944 of Ahaz, H271 which H834 the kings H4428 of Judah H3063 had made, H6213 and H853 the altars H4196 which H834 Manasseh H4519 had made H6213 in H8147➔ the H2691➔ two ➔H8147 courts ➔H2691 of the house H1004 of the LORD, H3068 did H5422➔ the king H4428 beat down, ➔H5422 and brake them down H7323 from thence, H8033 and cast H7993 the dust of them H6083 into H413 the brook H5158 Kidron. H6939

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:11 - Then H5414➔ David H1732 gave ➔H5414 to Solomon H8010 his son H1121 the pattern H8403 of the porch, H197 and H853 of the houses thereof, H1004 and of the treasuries thereof, H1597 and of the upper chambers thereof, H5944 and of H2315➔ the inner H6442 parlours thereof, ➔H2315 and of the place H1004 of the mercy seat, H3727

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:9 - And the weight H4948 of the nails H4548 was fifty H2572 shekels H8255 of gold. H2091 And H5944➔ he overlaid H2645 the upper chambers ➔ H5944 with gold. H2091

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:4 - And the meat H3978 of his table, H7979 and the sitting H4186 of his servants, H5650 and the attendance H4612 of his ministers, H8334 and their apparel; H4403 his cupbearers also, H4945 and their apparel; H4403 and his ascent H5944 by which H834 he went up H5927 into the house H1004 of the LORD; H3068 there was H1961 no H3808 more H5750 spirit H7307 in her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:31 - After him H310 repaired H2388 Malchiah H4441 the goldsmith's H6885 son H1121 unto H5704 the place H1004 of the Nethinims, H5411 and of the merchants, H7402 over against H5048 the H4663➔ gate H8179 Miphkad, ➔H4663 and to H5704 the going up H5944 of the corner. H6438

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:32 - And between H996 the going up H5944 of the corner H6438 unto H8179➔ the sheep H6629 gate ➔H8179 repaired H2388 the goldsmiths H6884 and the merchants. H7402

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:3 - Who layeth the beams H7136 of his chambers H5944 in the waters: H4325 who maketh H7760 the clouds H5645 his chariot: H7398 who walketh H1980 upon H5921 the wings H3671 of the wind: H7307

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:13 - He watereth H8248 the hills H2022 from his chambers: H5944 the earth H776 is satisfied H7646 with the fruit H6529 of thy works. H4639

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:13 - Woe H1945 unto him that buildeth H1129 his house H1004 by unrighteousness, H3808 H6664 and his chambers H5944 by wrong; H3808 H4941 that useth H5647➔ his neighbour's H7453 service ➔H5647 without wages, H2600 and H6467➔ giveth H5414 him not H3808 for his work; ➔H6467

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:14 - That saith, H559 I will build H1129 me a H1004➔ wide H4060 house ➔H1004 and H5944➔ large H7304 chambers, ➔ H5944 and cutteth H7167➔ him out ➔H7167 windows; H2474 and H5603➔ it is cieled ➔H5603 with cedar, H730 and painted H4886 with vermilion. H8350
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