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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.
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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 the border H1366 went H5927 up H5927 to Debir H1688 from the Valley H6010 of Achor H5911, and turned H6437 northward H6828 toward H413 Gilgal H1537 which H834 is opposite H5227 the ascent H4608 of Adummim H131, which H834 is on the south H5045 of the valley H5158; and the border H1366 continued H5674 to the waters H4325 of En-shemesh H5885 and [fn]it ended H1961 H8444 at En-rogel H5883.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:17 - Then it turned H8388 northward H6828 and went H3318 to En-shemesh H5885, and went H3318 to Geliloth H1553, which H834 is opposite H5227 the ascent H4608 of Adummim H131, and it went H3381 down H3381 to the stone H68 of Bohan H932 the son H1121 of Reuben H7205.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:13 -

Then Gideon H1439 the son H1121 of Joash H3060 returned H7725 from the battle H4421 [fn]by the ascent H4608 of Heres H2776.

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As they went H5927 up H5927 the slope H4608 to the city H5892, they found H4672 young H5291 women H5291 going H3318 out H3318 to draw H7579 water H4325, and they said H559 to them, “Is the seer H7203 here H2088?”

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And David H1732 was going H5927 up H5927 the ascent H4608 of the Mount of Olives H2132, weeping H1058 as he went H5927, and his head H7218 was covered H2645, and he was walking H1980 barefoot H3182. Then all H3605 the people H5971 who H834 were with him each H376 covered H2645 his own head H7218, and they were going H5927 up H5927, weeping H1058 as they went H5927.

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When Ahaziah H274 the king H4428 of Judah H3063 saw H7200 this, he fled H5127 by way H1870 of the garden H1588 house H1004. But Jehu H3058 pursued H7291 him and said H559, “[fn]Shoot H5221 him too H1571, in the chariot H4818.” So they shot him at the ascent H4608 of Gur H1483, which H834 is at Ibleam H2991. But he fled H5127 to Megiddo H4023 and died H4191 there H8033.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:16 - ‘Tomorrow H4279, go H3381 down H3381 against H5921 them. Behold H2009, they will come H5927 up H5927 by the ascent H4608 of Ziz H6732, and you will find H4672 them at the end H5490 of the valley H5158 in front H6440 of the wilderness H4057 of Jeruel H3385.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:33 - So Hezekiah H2396 [fn]lay H7901 down H7901 with his fathers H1, and they buried H6912 him in the [fn]upper H4608 section H4608 of the tombs H6913 of the sons H1121 of David H1732; and all H3605 Judah H3063 and the inhabitants H3427 of Jerusalem H3389 honored H3519 him at his death H4194. And his son H1121 Manasseh H4519 became H4427 king H4427 in H8478 his place H8478.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:4 - Now on the Levites’ H3881 platform H4608 stood H6965 Jeshua H3091, Bani H1137, Kadmiel H6934, Shebaniah H7645, Bunni H1138, Sherebiah H8274, Bani H1137, and Chenani H3662, and they cried H2199 out H2199 with a loud H1419 voice H6963 to the LORD H3068 their God H430.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:37 - At the Fountain H5869 Gate H8179 they went H5927 directly H5048 up H5927 the steps H4609 of the city H5892 of David H1732 by the stairway H4608 of the wall H2346, above H4480 H5921 the house H1004 of David H1732 to the Water H4325 Gate H8179 on the east H4217.

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My heart H3820 cries H2199 out H2199 for Moab H4124;

His fugitives H1281 are as far H5704 as Zoar H6820 and Eglath-shelishiyah H5700 H7992,

For they go H5927 up H5927 the ascent H4608 of Luhith H3872 weeping H1065;

Indeed H3588, on the road H1870 to Horonaim H2773 they raise H5782 a cry H2201 of H2201 distress H2201 over their collapse H7667.

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“For they will go H5927 up H5927 by the ascent H4608 of Luhith H3872

With continual H1065 weeping H1065;

For at the descent H4174 of Horonaim H2773

They have heard H8085 the [fn]anguished H6862 cry H6818 of destruction H7667.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:31

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:31 - And its porches H361 were toward H413 the outer H2435 courtyard H2691; and palm H8561 tree H8561 decorations H8561 were on its side H352 pillars H352, and its stairway H4608 had eight H8083 steps H4609.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:34

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:34 - Its porches H361 were toward the outer H2435 courtyard H2691; and palm H8561 tree H8561 decorations H8561 were on its side H352 pillars H352, on each H6311 side H6311, and its stairway H4608 had eight H8083 steps H4609.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:37

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:37 - And its side H352 pillars H352 were toward the outer H2435 courtyard H2691; and palm H8561 tree H8561 decorations H8561 were on its side H352 pillars H352, on each H6311 side H6311, and its stairway H4608 had eight H8083 steps H4609.
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