H5944 עֲלִיָּה
Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 20 KJV occurrences
עֲלִיָּה
ʻălîyâh · al-ee-yaw'
Definition
something lofty, i.e. a stair-way; also a second-story room (or even one on the roof); figuratively, the sky
KJV Renderings
ascent, (upper) chamber, going up, loft, parlour.
Derivation / Etymology
feminine from H5927 (עָלָה);
Sample KJV Verses (8 of 20)
- Judges 3:20And Ehud came unto him; and he was sitting in a summer parlour, which he had for himself alone. And Ehud said, I have a message from God unto thee. And he arose out of his seat.
- Judges 3:24When he was gone out, his servants came; and when they saw that, behold, the doors of the parlour were locked, they said, Surely he covereth his feet in his summer chamber.
- 1 Kings 17:19And he said unto her, Give me thy son. And he took him out of her bosom, and carried him up into a loft, where he abode, and laid him upon his own bed.
- 2 Kings 1:2And Ahaziah fell down through a lattice in his upper chamber that was in Samaria, and was sick: and he sent messengers, and said unto them, Go, enquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron whether I shall recover of this disease.
- 2 Kings 23:12And the altars that were on the top of the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of the LORD, did the king beat down, and brake them down from thence, and cast the dust of them into the brook Kidron.
- 2 Chronicles 3:9And the weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. And he overlaid the upper chambers with gold.
- Nehemiah 3:32And between the going up of the corner unto the sheep gate repaired the goldsmiths and the merchants.
- Psalms 104:13He watereth the hills from his chambers: the earth is satisfied with the fruit of thy works.