מַעֲלָה

Word meanings

Senses and individuals

• step H4609B 46
• thought H4609A 1

Strong's dictionary

feminine of מַעֲלֶה; elevation, i.e. the act (literally, a journey to a higher place, figuratively, a thought arising), or (concretely) the condition (literally, a step or grademark, figuratively, a superiority of station); specifically a climactic progression (in certain Psalms); things that come up, (high) degree, deal, go up, stair, step, story.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (public domain)

Every occurrence

1. Exodus 20:26 בְמַעֲלֹ֖ת ve.ma.'a.Lot · A person, place or thing

   Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy nakedness be not uncovered thereon.

2. 1 Kings 10:19 מַעֲל֣וֹת ma.'a.Lot · A person, place or thing

   There were six steps to the throne, and the top of the throne was round behind; and there were stays on either side by the place of the seat, and two lions standing beside the stays.

3. 1 Kings 10:20 הַֽמַּעֲל֖וֹת ha.ma.'a.Lot · A person, place or thing

   And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps: there was not the like made in any kingdom.

4. 2 Kings 9:13 הַֽמַּעֲל֑וֹת ha.ma.'a.Lot · A person, place or thing

   Then they hasted, and took every man his garment, and put it under him on the top of the stairs, and blew the trumpet, saying, Jehu is king.

5. 2 Kings 20:9 מַֽעֲל֔וֹת ma.'a.Lot · A person, place or thing

   And Isaiah said, This shall be the sign unto thee from Jehovah, that Jehovah will do the thing that he hath spoken: shall the shadow go forward ten steps, or go back ten steps?

6. 2 Kings 20:9 מַעֲלֽוֹת׃ ma.'a.Lot · A person, place or thing

   And Isaiah said, This shall be the sign unto thee from Jehovah, that Jehovah will do the thing that he hath spoken: shall the shadow go forward ten steps, or go back ten steps?

7. 2 Kings 20:10 מַעֲל֑וֹת ma.'a.Lot · A person, place or thing

   And Hezekiah answered, It is a light thing for the shadow to decline ten steps: nay, but let the shadow return backward ten steps.

8. 2 Kings 20:10 מַעֲלֽוֹת׃ ma.'a.Lot · A person, place or thing

   And Hezekiah answered, It is a light thing for the shadow to decline ten steps: nay, but let the shadow return backward ten steps.

9. 2 Kings 20:11 בַּֽ֠מַּעֲלוֹת Ba.ma.'a.lot · A person, place or thing

   And Isaiah the prophet cried unto Jehovah; and he brought the shadow ten steps backward, by which it had gone down on the dial of Ahaz.

10. 2 Kings 20:11 בְּמַעֲל֥וֹת be.ma.'a.Lot · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And Isaiah the prophet cried unto Jehovah; and he brought the shadow ten steps backward, by which it had gone down on the dial of Ahaz.

11. 2 Kings 20:11 מַעֲלֽוֹת׃ פ ma.'a.Lot · A person, place or thing

    And Isaiah the prophet cried unto Jehovah; and he brought the shadow ten steps backward, by which it had gone down on the dial of Ahaz.

12. 1 Chronicles 17:17 הַֽמַּעֲלָ֖ה ha.ma.'a.Lah · A person, place or thing

    And this was a small thing in thine eyes, O God; but thou hast spoken of thy servant's house for a great while to come, and hast regarded me according to the estate of a man of high degree, O Jehovah God.

13. 2 Chronicles 9:18 מַעֲל֣וֹת ma.'a.Lot · A person, place or thing

    And there were six steps to the throne, with a footstool of gold, which were fastened to the throne, and stays on either side by the place of the seat, and two lions standing beside the stays.

14. 2 Chronicles 9:19 הַֽמַּעֲל֖וֹת ha.ma.'a.Lot · A person, place or thing

    And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps: there was not the like made in any kingdom.

15. Ezra 7:9 הַֽמַּעֲלָ֖ה ha.ma.'a.Lah · A person, place or thing

    For upon the first day of the first month began he to go up from Babylon; and on the first day of the fifth month came he to Jerusalem, according to the good hand of his God upon him.

16. Nehemiah 3:15 הַֽמַּעֲל֔וֹת ha.ma.'a.Lot · A person, place or thing

    And the fountain gate repaired Shallun the son of Col-hozeh, the ruler of the district of Mizpah; he built it, and covered it, and set up the doors thereof, the bolts thereof, and the bars thereof, and the wall of the pool of Shelah by the king's garden, even unto the stairs that go down from the city of David.

17. Nehemiah 12:37 מַעֲלוֹת֙ ma.'a.lOt · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And by the fountain gate, and straight before them, they went up by the stairs of the city of David, at the ascent of the wall, above the house of David, even unto the water gate eastward.

18. Psalms 120:title הַֽמַּ֫עֲל֥וֹת ha.Ma.'a.Lot · A person, place or thing

    A Song of Ascents. In my distress I cried unto Jehovah, And he answered me.

19. Psalms 121:title לַֽמַּ֫עֲל֥וֹת la.Ma.'a.Lot · A person, place or thing

    A Song of Ascents. I will lift up mine eyes unto the mountains: From whence shall my help come?

20. Psalms 122:title הַֽמַּעֲל֗וֹת ha.ma.'a.Lot · A person, place or thing

    A Song of Ascents; of David. I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go unto the house of Jehovah.

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