Help QuickNav Adv. Options
BBE

BBE

Click to Change

Return to Top

Return to Top

Printer Icon

Print

Copy
Copy Options
Strong's
Red Letter
Copy Options
Cite Print
The Blue Letter Bible

Lexicon :: Strong's H4605 - maʿal

Aa
מַעַל
Transliteration
maʿal
Pronunciation
mah'al
Listen
Part of Speech
adjective, adverb, substantive
Root Word (Etymology)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1624k

Strong’s Definitions

מַעַל maʻal, mah'al; from H5927; properly,the upper part, used only adverbially with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top, etc.:—above, exceeding(-ly), forward, on (× very) high, over, up(-on, -ward), very.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 138x

The KJV translates Strong's H4605 in the following manner: upward (59x), above (53x), high (6x), exceedingly (4x), upon (4x), very (2x), forward (2x), exceeding (2x), over (2x), above only (1x), overturned (with H2015) (1x), above them (1x), up (with H935) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 138x
The KJV translates Strong's H4605 in the following manner: upward (59x), above (53x), high (6x), exceedingly (4x), upon (4x), very (2x), forward (2x), exceeding (2x), over (2x), above only (1x), overturned (with H2015) (1x), above them (1x), up (with H935) (1x).
substantive

  1. higher part, upper part

    adverb

    1. above

      preposition

    2. on the top of, above, on higher ground than

      with locative

    3. upwards, higher, above

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מַעַל maʻal, mah'al; from H5927; properly,the upper part, used only adverbially with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top, etc.:—above, exceeding(-ly), forward, on (× very) high, over, up(-on, -ward), very.
STRONGS H4605: Abbreviations
מַ֫עַל 140 substantive, higher part, only in adverb and preposition phrases, above, upwards (Phoenician מעל, see below מַ֫טּה: abbreviated from מַעֲלֶה; compare מַ֫עַן in לְמַ֫עַן from ׃עָנָה Köii. 116): —
†1. מִמַּ֫עַל = above (see מִן 1c)
a. as adverb Amos 2:9 וָאַשְׁמִיד מִמֵּעַל פִּרְיוֹ his fruit above (opposed to שָׁרָשָׁיו מִתָּ֑חַת), Job 18:16; 1 Kings 7:3, 20, 29; often in the phrase הַשָּׁמַמַיִם מִמַּעַל Deuteronomy 4:39; Deuteronomy 5:8 (= Exodus 20:4), Joshua 2:11; 1 Kings 8:23; Isaiah 45:8; Jeremiah 4:28; compare שְׁחָקִים מ׳ Psalm 78:23; Proverbs 8:28, אֱלוֺהַּ מ׳ Job 3:4; Job 31:2, אֵל מ׳ Job 31:28.
b. מִמַּעַל לְ, as preposition (מן 1c), on the top of, above, Genesis 22:9 ממעל לָעֵצִים above the wood, Exodus 28:27 = Exodus 39:20, Leviticus 11:21 כְּרָעַיִם מִמַּעַל לְרַגְלָיו, Isaiah 6:2 שְׁרָפִים עֹמדים מִמַּעַל לוֺ, Isaiah 14:13; Jeremiah 43:10; Ezekiel 1:26; Daniel 12:6, 7; = on higher ground than, Jeremiah 35:4; figurative Jeremiah 52:32 (|| 2 Kings 25:28 מֵעַל).
2. With ָ  ה locative מַ֫עְלָה, מָ֑עְלָה upwards (opposed to מַ֫טָּה) :
†a. figurative Deuteronomy 28:43 יַעֲלֶה עֶלֶיךָ מַ֫עְלָה מָ֫עְלָה upwards, upwards, i.e. higher and higher (opposed to מַ֫טָּה מָֽטָה).
†b. וָמַ֫עְלָה
(a) of direction in space, Judges 1:36 מֵהַסֶּלַע וָמַ֫עְלָה from the rock and upwards (compare Bu), 1 Kings 7:31 (corrupt: see Sta VB Benz), 1 Samuel 9:2 = 1 Samuel 10:23 מִשִּׁכְמוֺ וָמַ֫עְלָה from his shoulder and upwards: so וּלְמ׳, † Ezekiel 1:27 מִמַּרְאֵה מָתְנָיו וּלְמָ֑עְלָה Ezekiel 8:2; Ezekiel 43:5.
(b) of direction in time, or age: —
(α) מִבֶּן עֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָה וָמָ֑עְלָה Exodus 30:14; Numbers 1:3 + 19 times P, מִבֶּן חֹדֶשׁ חֹדֶשׁ וָמ׳ Numbers 3:15, 22 + 6 times P, simil. Numbers 4:3; Numbers 8:24 + 7 times P; elsewhere only 1 Chronicles 23:3, 24; Ezra 3:8, and with וּלְמַעְלָה † 1 Chronicles 23:17; 2 Chronicles 31:16, 17; לְמִבֶּן ֗֗֗ וָמ׳ † 2 Chronicles 25:5; and 2 Kings 3:21 מִכֹּל חֹגֵר חֲגֹרָה וָמ׳.
† (β) מהיום ההוא וָמ׳ from that day and onwards, 1 Samuel 16:13; 1 Samuel 30:25.
† (γ) מן היום הזִה וָמ׳ from this day and upwards (i.e. and back), Haggai 2:15, 18 **and onwards (as β) is more probably: see Now WeKl. Proph. ed. 8 {1898} Marti Dr.
†c. לְמַ֫עְלָךְ upwards, more common than מ׳ alone (a):
(a) Exodus 25:20 (= Exodus 37:9) פֹּֽרְשֵׂי למ׳ כְנָפַיִם Judges 7:13 ויהפכחו למ׳ overthrew it upwards, i.e. turned it downside up, Isaiah 7:11 אוֺ הַגְבֵּהַּ למ׳ or make it (the request) high upwards, Isaiah 8:21 וּפָנָה למ׳, Isaiah 37:31 (2 Kings 19:30) ועשׂה פרי למ׳ (compare Amos 2:9, 1 a), Ezekiel 41:7 a β (Ezekiel 41:7a α bis למ׳ למ׳ = higher and higher), Psalm 74:5; figurative וְהָיִיתָ רַק למ׳ Deuteronomy 28:13 (compare a), Proverbs 15:24 אֹרַח חַיִּים למ׳ (opposed to שְׁאוֺל מָֽטָּה ׃), compare Ecclesiastes 3:21; followed by a noun, Ezra 9:6 רּאשׁ למ׳ over the head, followed by מֵעַל (compare Aboth Ezra 2:1 לְמַעְלָה מִן) = above, 2 Chronicles 34:4: see also b a, b a.
(b) metaphor = exceedingly, only in Chronicles: 1 Chronicles 14:2; 1 Chronicles 22:5 the house must be built to J. לְהַגְדִּיל למ׳ so as to shew greatness exceedingly, 1 Chronicles 23:17 רָבוּ למ׳ וּבְנֵי ר׳, 1 Chronicles 29:3 (followed by מִ ן; = over and above...), 1 Chronicles 29:25; 2 Chronicles 1:1 וַיְגַדְּלֵהוּ למ׳, 2 Chronicles 20:19; עַד לְמַ֫עְלָה, 2 Chronicles 16:12; 17:12; 26:8.
†d. מִלְמַ֫עְלָה (see מִן 9a), adverb, above (the more usual prose synonym of מִמַּעַל): Genesis 6:16 אֶלאַֿמָּה תְּכַלֶּנָּה מ׳ Genesis 7:20 fifteen cubits מ׳ (i.e. above the mountain-tops), Exodus 25:21 (Exodus 40:20) מ׳ הארון על אֶת־הַכַּפֹּרֶת וְנָתַתָּ֫ה upon the ark above, Exodus 26:14 (Exodus 36:19; 40:19; Numbers 4:25) a covering of skins on the tent מ׳ above, Num 39:31; Numbers 4:6; 1 Kings 7:11, 25; 1 Kings 8:7 (2 Chronicles 4:4; 5:8), Jeremiah 31:37 אִם יִמַּדּוּ שָׁמַיִם מ׳ (compare 1 a), Ezekiel 1:11 מ׳ פְּרֻדוֹת separate above, Ezekiel 1:22; Ezekiel 1:26; Ezekiel 10:19; Ezekiel 11:22; Ezekiel 37:8; from above, Joshua 3:13, 16 הַמַּיִם הַיֹּרְדִים מ׳.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

6:16; 7:20; 22:9

Exodus

20:4; 25:20; 25:21; 26:14; 28:27; 30:14; 36:19; 37:9; 39:20; 40:19; 40:20

Leviticus

11:21

Numbers

1:3; 3:15; 3:22; 4:3; 4:6; 4:25; 8:24

Deuteronomy

4:39; 5:8; 28:13; 28:43

Joshua

2:11; 3:13; 3:16

Judges

1:36; 7:13

1 Samuel

9:2; 10:23; 16:13; 30:25

1 Kings

7:3; 7:11; 7:20; 7:25; 7:29; 7:31; 8:7; 8:23

2 Kings

3:21; 19:30; 25:28

1 Chronicles

14:2; 22:5; 23:3; 23:17; 23:17; 23:24; 29:3; 29:25

2 Chronicles

1:1; 4:4; 5:8; 16:12; 17:12; 20:19; 25:5; 26:8; 31:16; 31:17; 34:4

Ezra

2:1; 3:8; 9:6

Job

3:4; 18:16; 31:2; 31:28

Psalms

74:5; 78:23

Proverbs

8:28; 15:24

Ecclesiastes

3:21

Isaiah

6:2; 7:11; 8:21; 14:13; 37:31; 45:8

Jeremiah

4:28; 31:37; 35:4; 43:10; 52:32

Ezekiel

1:11; 1:22; 1:26; 1:26; 1:27; 8:2; 10:19; 11:22; 37:8; 41:7; 41:7; 43:5

Daniel

12:6; 12:7

Amos

2:9; 2:9

Haggai

2:15; 2:18

H4605

Read the Full Entry

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4605 matches the Hebrew מַעַל (maʿal),
which occurs 140 times in 134 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 3 (Gen 6:16–Num 8:24)

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:16 - You are to put a window in the ark, a cubit from the roof, and a door in the side of it, and you are to make it with a lower and second and third floors.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:20 - The waters went fifteen cubits higher, till all the mountains were covered.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:9 - And they came to the place of which God had given him knowledge; and there Abraham made the altar and put the wood in place on it, and having made tight the bands round Isaac his son, he put him on the wood on the altar.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:4 - You are not to make an image or picture of anything in heaven or on the earth or in the waters under the earth:

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:20 - And their wings are to be outstretched over the cover, and the winged ones are to be opposite one another, facing the cover.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:21 - And put the cover over the ark, and in the ark the record which I will give you.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:14 - And then you are to make a cover for the tent, of sheepskins coloured red, and a cover of leather over that.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:27

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:27 - And make two more gold rings and put them on the front of the ephod at the top of the arms, at the join, over the worked band:

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:14 - Everyone who is numbered, from twenty years old and over, is to give an offering to the Lord.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:19 - And they made a cover of sheepskins coloured red, to go over the tent, and a cover of leather over that.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:9 - And their wings were stretched out over the cover; the faces of the winged ones were opposite one another and facing the cover.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:26

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:26 - A beka, that is, half a shekel by the holy scale, for everyone who was numbered; there were six hundred and three thousand, five hundred and fifty men of twenty years old and over.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:20 - And two other gold rings were put on the front of the ephod, over the arm-holes, at the join, and over the worked band.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:31

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:31 - It was fixed to the head-dress by a blue cord, as the Lord had given orders to Moses.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:19 - Stretching the outer tent over it, and covering it, as the Lord had given him orders.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:20 - And he took the law and put it inside the ark, and put the rods at its side and the cover over it;

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:21 - But of the winged four-footed things, those which have long legs for jumping on the earth you may have for food;

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:7 - And for sixty years old and over, for a male the value will be fifteen shekels, and for a female, ten.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:3 - All those of twenty years old and over, who are able to go to war in Israel, are to be numbered by you and Aaron.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:18 - And they got together all the people on the first day of the second month; and everyone made clear his family and his father's house, by the number of the names, from twenty years old and over.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:20

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:20 - The generations of the sons of Reuben, the oldest son of Israel, were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years old and over, who was able to go to war;

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:22 - The generations of the sons of Simeon were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years old and over, who was able to go to war;

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:24 - The generations of the sons of Gad were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years old and over who was able to go to war;

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:26 - The generations of the sons of Judah were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years old and over who was able to go to war;

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:28

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:28 - The generations of the sons of Issachar were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years old and over who was able to go to war;

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:30

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:30 - The generations of the sons of Zebulun were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years old and over who was able to go to war;

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:32

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:32 - The generations of the sons of Joseph were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years old and over who was able to go to war;

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:34

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:34 - The generations of the sons of Manasseh were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years old and over who was able to go to war;

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:36

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:36 - The generations of the sons of Benjamin were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years old and over who was able to go to war;

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:38

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:38 - The generations of the sons of Dan were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years and over who was able to go to war;

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:40

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:40 - The generations of the sons of Asher were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years old and over who was able to go to war;

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:42

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:42 - The generations of the sons of Naphtali were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years old and over who was able to go to war;

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:45

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:45 - So all those who were numbered of the children of Israel, by their families, all those of twenty years old and over who were able to go to war,

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:15 - Let all the children of Levi be numbered by their families and their fathers' houses; let every male of a month old and over be numbered.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:22 - Those who were numbered of them, the males from one month old and over, were seven thousand, five hundred.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:28

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:28 - Those who were numbered of them, the males from one month old and over, were eight thousand, six hundred, who were responsible for the care of the holy place.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:34

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:34 - Those who were numbered of them, the males of a month old and over, were six thousand, two hundred.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:39

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:39 - All the Levites numbered by Moses and Aaron at the order of the Lord, all the males of one month old and over numbered in the order of their families, were twenty-two thousand.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:40

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:40 - And the Lord said to Moses, Let all the first male children be numbered, and take the number of their names.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:43

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:43 - Every first son from a month old and over was numbered by name, and the number came to twenty-two thousand, two hundred and seventy-three.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:3 - All those from thirty to fifty years old who are able to do the work of the Tent of meeting.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:6 - And putting over it the leather cover and over that a blue cloth; and putting its rods in place.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:23

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:23 - All those from thirty to fifty years old who are able to do the work of the Tent of meeting.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:25 - They are to take up the curtains of the House, and the Tent of meeting with its cover and the leather cover over it, and the hangings for the door of the Tent of meeting;

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:30

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:30 - Every one from thirty to fifty years old who is able to do the work of the Tent of meeting.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:35

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:35 - Numbering all those from thirty to fifty years old who were able to do the work in the Tent of meeting;

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:39

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:39 - All those from thirty to fifty years old who were able to do the work in the Tent of meeting,

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:43

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:43 - All those from thirty to fifty years old who did the work in the Tent of meeting,

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:47

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:47 - Those from thirty to fifty years old who were able to do the work of the Tent of meeting and of its transport,

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:24 - This is the rule for the Levites: those of twenty-five years old and over are to go in and do the work of the Tent of meeting;

Search Results Continued...

1. Currently on page 1/3 (Gen 6:16–Num 8:24) Gen 6:16–Num 8:24

2. LOAD PAGE 2 Num 14:29–Job 3:4

3. LOAD PAGE 3 Job 18:16–Hag 2:18

BLB Searches
Search the Bible
BBE
  [?]

Advanced Options

Other Searches

Multi-Verse Retrieval
BBE
Daily Devotionals

Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.

Daily Bible Reading Plans

Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan