מַעֲלֶה maaleh

Hebrew word for “ascent” · Strong’s H4608 · used 18 times in 18 verses

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Meaning

ascent, incline

How it is translated

Glosses given for maaleh in context, with how often each is used:

• ascent 14
• ascents 3
• platform 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Ezekiel 40 (3), Joshua 15 (2), Joshua 10 (1), Joshua 18 (1), Judges 1 (1), Judges 8 (1), 1 Samuel 9 (1), 2 Samuel 15 (1), 2 Kings 9 (1), 2 Chronicles 20 (1)

Forms

• במעלה 6
• מעלה 5
• מעליו 3
• למעלה 2
• ממעלה 1
• מלמעלה 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with maaleh more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• עָלָה alah “to ascend” 8
• מַעֲלָה maalah “step” 4
• תִּמֹרָה timrah “palm” 3
• חִיצוֹן chitson “outer” 3
• אֲדֻמִּים adummim “Adummim” 2
• עֵין שֶׁמֶשׁ en shemesh “En-shemesh” 2
• לוּחִית luchit “Luhith” 2
• עַקְרַבִּים maaleh aqrabbim “Akrabbim” 2
• חֹרֹנַיִם choronayim “Horonaim” 2
• שְׁמֹנֶה shemoneh “eight” 3
• אֵילָם elam “arches” 2
• חָצֵר chatser “court” 3

Key verses

The verses using maaleh that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Joshua 10:10 — 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…
• Joshua 15:7 — And 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…
• 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 Samuel 15:30 — 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…
• 2 Kings 9:27 — 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…
• 2 Chronicles 32:33 — And Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the chiefest of the sepulchres of the sons of David: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem…
• 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…
• Nehemiah 12:37 — 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,…
• Isaiah 15:5 — 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…
• Ezekiel 40:31 — And 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.
• Ezekiel 40:34 — And the arches thereof were toward the outward court; and palm trees were upon the posts thereof, on this side, and on that side: and the going up to it had…
• Ezekiel 40:37 — And the posts thereof were toward the utter court; and palm trees were upon the posts thereof, on this side, and on that side: and the going up to it had eight…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.