עֹלָה

o.lah · burnt offering

Hebrew · Strong's H5930 · Noun · Sounds like: o-law' · 287 occurrences

Word meanings

Senses and individuals

  • burnt offering H5930A 286
  • ascent H5930B 1

Strong's dictionary

or עוֹלָה; feminine active participle of עָלָה; a step or (collectively, stairs, as ascending); usually a holocaust (as going up in smoke); ascent, burnt offering (sacrifice), go up to. See also עֶוֶל.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (public domain)

Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
עֹלָה 286 n.f. whole burnt-offering
Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
[עֹלָה] n.f. ascent, stairway, Ez 40:26 Kt

Every occurrence

  1. 1 Samuel 6:14 עֹלָ֖ה 'o.Lah · A person, place or thing

    And the cart came into the field of Joshua the Beth-shemite, and stood there, where there was a great stone: and they clave the wood of the cart, and offered up the kine for a burnt-offering unto Jehovah.

  2. 1 Samuel 6:15 עֹל֜וֹת o.Lot · A person, place or thing

    And the Levites took down the ark of Jehovah, and the coffer that was with it, wherein the jewels of gold were, and put them on the great stone: and the men of Beth-shemesh offered burnt-offerings and sacrificed sacrifices the same day unto Jehovah.

  3. 1 Samuel 7:9 עוֹלָ֛ה o.Lah · A person, place or thing

    And Samuel took a sucking lamb, and offered it for a whole burnt-offering unto Jehovah: and Samuel cried unto Jehovah for Israel; and Jehovah answered him.

  4. 1 Samuel 7:10 הָעוֹלָ֔ה ha.'o.Lah · A person, place or thing

    And as Samuel was offering up the burnt-offering, the Philistines drew near to battle against Israel; but Jehovah thundered with a great thunder on that day upon the Philistines, and discomfited them; and they were smitten down before Israel.

  5. 1 Samuel 10:8 עֹל֔וֹת o.Lot · A person, place or thing

    And thou shalt go down before me to Gilgal; and, behold, I will come down unto thee, to offer burnt-offerings, and to sacrifice sacrifices of peace-offerings: seven days shalt thou tarry, till I come unto thee, and show thee what thou shalt do.

  6. 1 Samuel 13:9 הָעֹלָ֖ה ha.'o.Lah · A person, place or thing

    And Saul said, Bring hither the burnt-offering to me, and the peace-offerings. And he offered the burnt-offering.

  7. 1 Samuel 13:9 הָעֹלָֽה׃ ha.'o.Lah · A person, place or thing

    And Saul said, Bring hither the burnt-offering to me, and the peace-offerings. And he offered the burnt-offering.

  8. 1 Samuel 13:10 הָעֹלָ֔ה ha.'o.Lah · A person, place or thing

    And it came to pass that, as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt-offering, behold, Samuel came; and Saul went out to meet him, that he might salute him.

  9. 1 Samuel 13:12 הָעֹלָֽה׃ ס ha.'o.Lah · A person, place or thing

    therefore said I, Now will the Philistines come down upon me to Gilgal, and I have not entreated the favor of Jehovah: I forced myself therefore, and offered the burnt-offering.

  10. 1 Samuel 15:22 בְּעֹל֣וֹת be.'o.Lot · A person, place or thing

    And Samuel said, Hath Jehovah as great delight in burnt-offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of Jehovah? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.

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