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עָלָה alah

Hebrew word for “to ascend” · Strong’s H5927 · used 889 times in 817 verses

Old Testament36 booksMost often in Judges (72)

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Meaning

: rise/go; 1) to go up, ascend, climb;

Senses in the lexicon

to ascend: rise (617)
to ascend: establish (153)
to ascend: offer up (85)
to ascend: attack (12)
to ascend: regurgitate (9)
to ascend: dawn (7)
to ascend: copulate (6)

How it is translated

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

went up 176
go up 76
will go up 67
brought up 53
came up 45
offered up 34
will bring up 22
going up 17
bring up 17
coming up 16
come up 16
goes up 15

Where it is used

Book	Uses	Per 1,000 words
Judges	72	7.3
1 Samuel	70	5.3
Jeremiah	64	2.9
Exodus	62	3.7
2 Kings	59	4.8
Joshua	55	5.5
1 Kings	53	4.0
2 Chronicles	53	4.0
Genesis	51	2.5
Numbers	42	2.6
Isaiah	40	2.4
Ezekiel	39	2.1

Also in 24 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Judges 20 (9), Exodus 24 (8), Deuteronomy 1 (8), Judges 6 (8), Genesis 41 (7), Genesis 50 (7), Exodus 19 (7), Exodus 32 (7), Joshua 8 (7), Joshua 10 (7)

Forms

עלה 120
ויעל 117
ויעלו 70
יעלה 56
עלו 38
יעלו 25
אעלה 23
העלה 23
להעלות 21
ועלה 19

Words used with it

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

Key verses

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

Exodus 2:23 — And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry…
Exodus 3:8 — And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing…
1 Kings 18:36 — And it came to pass at the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of…
2 Chronicles 36:16 — But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people, till there was…
Psalms 68:18 — Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that the LORD God might dwell…
Isaiah 8:7 — Now therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth up upon them the waters of the river, strong and many, even the king of Assyria, and all his glory: and he shall come…
Isaiah 40:9 — O Zion, that bringest good tidings, get thee up into the high mountain; O Jerusalem, that bringest good tidings, lift up thy voice with strength; lift it up,…
Isaiah 40:31 — But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk,…
Isaiah 53:2 — For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no…
Isaiah 63:11 — Then he remembered the days of old, Moses, and his people, saying, Where is he that brought them up out of the sea with the shepherd of his flock? where is he…
Ezekiel 14:3 — Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their heart, and put the stumblingblock of their iniquity before their face: should I be enquired of at all by…
Zechariah 14:16 — And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King,…

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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.