מַעֲלָה

ma.a.lah · step

Hebrew · Strong's H4609 · Noun · Sounds like: mah-al-aw' · 47 occurrences

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)

Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
[מַעֲלָה] n.f. what comes up;—pl. cstr. Ez 11:5
Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
מַעֲלָה 46 n.f. step, stair
1. step, stair
2. steps (forming sun-dial)
3. stories of heaven
4. ascent
5. song of ascents

Every occurrence

  1. Ezekiel 40:26 וּמַעֲל֤וֹת u.ma.'a.Lot · A person, place or thing

    And there were seven steps to go up to it, and the arches thereof were before them; and it had palm-trees, one on this side, and another on that side, upon the posts thereof.

  2. Ezekiel 40:31 וּמַעֲל֥וֹת u.ma.'a.Lot · A person, place or thing

    And the arches thereof were toward the outer court; and palm-trees were upon the posts thereof: and the ascent to it had eight steps.

  3. Ezekiel 40:34 מַעֲל֖וֹת ma.'a.Lot · A person, place or thing

    And the arches thereof were toward the outer court; and palm-trees were upon the posts thereof, on this side, and on that side: and the ascent to it had eight steps.

  4. Ezekiel 40:37 מַעֲל֖וֹת ma.'a.Lot · A person, place or thing

    And the posts thereof were toward the outer court; and palm-trees were upon the posts thereof, on this side, and on that side: and the ascent to it had eight steps.

  5. Ezekiel 40:49 וּבַֽמַּעֲל֔וֹת u.va.ma.'a.Lot · A person, place or thing

    The length of the porch was twenty cubits, and the breadth eleven cubits; even by the steps whereby they went up to it: and there were pillars by the posts, one on this side, and another on that side.

  6. Ezekiel 43:17 וּמַעֲלֹתֵ֖הוּ u.ma.'a.lo.Te.hu · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And the ledge shall be fourteen cubits long by fourteen broad in the four sides thereof; and the border about it shall be half a cubit; and the bottom thereof shall be a cubit round about; and the steps thereof shall look toward the east.

  7. Amos 9:6 מַעֲלוֹתָ֔יו ma.'a.lo.tov · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    it is he that buildeth his chambers in the heavens, and hath founded his vault upon the earth; he that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth; Jehovah is his name.

American Standard Version (1901). Public domain.

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