Strong's Lexicon

H4608

H4608 — מַעֲלֶה

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewma`alehnoun mascOccurrences: 18TWOT: 1624

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H4608
Word:מַעֲלֶה
Part of Speech:noun masc
Etymology:from H5927
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:18
Transliteration:ma`aleh
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:mah-al-eh'
Meaning:1. an elevation 2. (concretely) acclivity or platform 3. (abstractly, the relation or state) a rise 4. (figuratively) priority
KJV Renderings:ascent, before, chiefest, cliff, that goeth up, going up, hill, mounting up, stairs.

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BDB6079

מַעֲלֶה19 noun masculine Isa 15:5 ascent; — ׳ מ Neh 12:37 construct מַעֲלֵה Josh 10:10 + 14 t.; מַעֲלָו֯ Ezek 40:31; Ezek 40:34; Ezek 40:37

1. ascent of hill or mountain: to a city 1Sam 9:11, to the royal sepulchers (in Jerusalem) 2Chr 32:33 הַזֵּיתִית ׳ מִ 2Sam 15:30 (see זַיִת 3); עַקְרַבִּים ׳ מ = Srorpion-pass, on southern border of Palestine, Judg 1:36; Num 36:4; Josh 15:3 (both P ), i.e. probably the Na‡b eƒ-ƒafâ southwest from Dead Sea BuhlGeogr. 16. 66 Di and GFM on the passage, and references; often defined by proper name, of a location: אֲדֻמִים ׳ מ Josh 15:7; Josh 18:17, south of valley of Achor, between Jerusalem and Jericho, compare modern Tel`at ed-dâm BuhlGeogr. 98.; see also בֵּית חוֺרֹן I. גּוּר, II. חֶרֶס, לוּחִית, II. ציץ .
2. of stairs Ezek 40:31; Ezek 40:34; Ezek 40:37 to a wall Neh 12:27 מַעֵלֵה הַלִּוִיִּם Neh 9:4. p.111, 158, 357, 532, 851


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

עלה (mah-gileh’)

Joshua 10:10

KJV: And the Lord discomfited them before Israel, and slew them with a great slaughter at Gibeon, and chased them along the way that goeth up to Beth–horon, and smote them to Azekah, and unto Makkedah.
EHCC: the way that goeth קא to Beth-horon,

Joshua 15:3

KJV: And it went out to the south side to Maaleh–acrabbim, and passed along to Zin, and ascended up on the south side unto Kadesh–barnea, and passed along to Hezron, and went up to Adar, and fetched a compass to Karkaa:Maaleh–acrabbim: or, the going up to Acrabbim
EHCC: the south side to Maaleh-acrabbim, (marg.

Joshua 18:17

KJV: And was drawn from the north, and went forth to En–shemesh, and went forth toward Geliloth, which is over against the going up of Adummim, and descended to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben,
EHCC: o0ver again the going up of Adummim, -ח

Joshua 8:18

KJV: And the Lord said unto Joshua, Stretch out the spear that is in thy hand toward Ai; for I will give it into thine hand. And Joshua stretched out the spear that he had in his hand toward the city.
EHCC: from battle before the sun (was up),

Joshua 184:9

EHCC: 11.they went up the Aill to (lit. in the ascent

2 Samuel 15:30

KJV: And David went up by the ascent of mount Olivet, and wept as he went up, and had his head covered, and he went barefoot: and all the people that was with him covered every man his head, and they went up, weeping as they went up.and wept…: Heb. going up and weeping
EHCC: went up by the ascent of (mount) Olivet,

2 Kings 9:27

KJV: But when Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this, he fled by the way of the garden house. And Jehu followed after him, and said, Smite him also in the chariot. And they did so at the going up to Gur, which is by Ibleam. And he fled to Megiddo, and died there.
EHCC: at the going ~ to Gur, which (is) by

2 Chronicles 20:16

KJV: To 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.cliff: Heb. ascentbrook: or, valley
EHCC: come up by the cliff (nasg. ascent) of Ziz;

2 Chronicles 32:98

EHCC: they buried him in the chiefest (marg. or,

Nehemiah 9:4

KJV: 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.stairs: or, scaffold
EHCC: the stairs, (marg. or, scaffold) of the

Nehemiah 12:37

KJV: And at the fountain gate, which was over against them, they went up by the stairs of the city of David, at the going up of the wall, above the house of David, even unto the water gate eastward.
EHCC: at the going up of the wall,

Isaiah 15:5

KJV: My 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.his…: or, to the borders thereof, even to Zoar, as an heiferdestruction: Heb. breaking
EHCC: the mounting קש of Luhith

Jeremiah 48:5

KJV: For in the going up of Luhith continual weeping shall go up; for in the going down of Horonaim the enemies have heard a cry of destruction.continual…: Heb. weeping with weeping
EHCC: in the going up of Luhith
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