מַ֫עַל

ma.al · above

Hebrew · Strong's H4605 · Adjective · Sounds like: mah'al · 140 occurrences

Word meanings

Strong's dictionary

from עָלָה; properly, the upper part, used only adverbially with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top, etc.; above, exceeding(-ly), forward, on ([idiom] very) high, over, up(-on, -ward), very.

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Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
מַ֫עַל 140 subst., higher part, only in adv. and prep. phrases, above, upward

Every occurrence

  1. Jeremiah 4:28 מִמָּ֑עַל mi.Ma.'al · Describes something

    For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black; because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and I have not repented, neither will I turn back from it.

  2. Jeremiah 31:37 מִלְמַ֔עְלָה mil.Ma'.lah · Describes something

    Thus saith Jehovah: If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, then will I also cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have done, saith Jehovah.

  3. Jeremiah 35:4 מִמַּ֗עַל mi.Ma.'al · Describes something

    and I brought them into the house of Jehovah, into the chamber of the sons of Hanan the son of Igdaliah, the man of God, which was by the chamber of the princes, which was above the chamber of Maaseiah the son of Shallum, the keeper of the threshold.

  4. Jeremiah 43:10 מִמַּ֛עַל mi.Ma.'al · Describes something

    and say unto them, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will send and take Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will set his throne upon these stones that I have hid; and he shall spread his royal pavilion over them.

  5. Jeremiah 52:32 מִמַּ֗עַל mi.Ma.'al · Describes something

    and he spake kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon,

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