H4608 מַעֲלֶה
Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 18 KJV occurrences
מַעֲלֶה
maʻăleh · mah-al-eh'
Definition
an elevation, i.e. (concretely) acclivity or platform; abstractly (the relation or state) a rise or (figuratively) priority
KJV Renderings
ascent, before, chiefest, cliff, that goeth up, going up, hill, mounting up, stairs.
Derivation / Etymology
from H5927 (עָלָה);
Sample KJV Verses (8 of 18)
- Numbers 34:4And your border shall turn from the south to the ascent of Akrabbim, and pass on to Zin: and the going forth thereof shall be from the south to Kadesh-barnea, and shall go on to Hazar-addar, and pass on to Azmon:
- Joshua 15:7And the border went up toward Debir from the valley of Achor, and so northward, looking toward Gilgal, that is before the going up to Adummim, which is on the south side of the river: and the border passed toward the waters of En-shemesh, and the goings out thereof were at En-rogel:
- Judges 1:36And the coast of the Amorites was from the going up to Akrabbim, from the rock, and upward.
- 1 Samuel 9:11¶ And as they went up the hill to the city, they found young maidens going out to draw water, and said unto them, Is the seer here?
- 2 Chronicles 20:16To morrow go ye down against them: behold, they come up by the cliff of Ziz; and ye shall find them at the end of the brook, before the wilderness of Jeruel.
- Nehemiah 9:4¶ Then stood up upon the stairs, of the Levites, Jeshua, and Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani, and cried with a loud voice unto the LORD their God.
- Isaiah 15:5My heart shall cry out for Moab; his fugitives shall flee unto Zoar, an heifer of three years old: for by the mounting up of Luhith with weeping shall they go it up; for in the way of Horonaim they shall raise up a cry of destruction.
- Ezekiel 40:31And the arches thereof were toward the utter court; and palm trees were upon the posts thereof: and the going up to it had eight steps.