Maʻălâh (H4609) — Meaning of the Hebrew word Maʻălâh in English — Strong's Lexicon

Occurrences

Maʻălâh occurs 31 times in 24 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Exodus (1), 1 Kings (2), 2 Kings (4), 1 Chronicles (1), 2 Chronicles (2), Ezra (1), Nehemiah (2), Isaiah (1), Ezekiel (9), Amos (1)

Exodus 20:26 — Neither shalt thou go up by steps (בְמַעֲלֹ֖ת) unto mine altar, that thy nakedness be not discovered thereon.
1 Kings 10:19 — The throne had six steps (מַעֲל֣וֹת), and the top of the throne was round behind: and there were stays on either side on the place of the seat, and two lions stood beside the stays.
1 Kings 10:20 — And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps (הַֽמַּעֲל֖וֹת): there was not the like made in any kingdom.
2 Kings 9:13 — Then they hasted, and took every man his garment, and put it under him on the top of the stairs (הַֽמַּעֲל֑וֹת), and blew with trumpets, saying, Jehu is king.
2 Kings 20:9 — And Isaiah said, This sign shalt thou have of the LORD, that the LORD will do the thing that he hath spoken: shall the shadow go forward ten degrees (מַֽעֲל֔וֹת), or go back ten degrees?
2 Kings 20:9 — And Isaiah said, This sign shalt thou have of the LORD, that the LORD will do the thing that he hath spoken: shall the shadow go forward ten degrees, or go back ten degrees (מַעֲלֽוֹת)?
2 Kings 20:10 — And Hezekiah answered, It is a light thing for the shadow to go down ten degrees (מַעֲל֑וֹת): nay, but let the shadow return backward ten degrees.
2 Kings 20:10 — And Hezekiah answered, It is a light thing for the shadow to go down ten degrees: nay, but let the shadow return backward ten degrees (מַעֲלֽוֹת).
2 Kings 20:11 — And Isaiah the prophet cried unto the LORD: and he brought the shadow ten degrees (בַּֽ֠מַּעֲלוֹת) backward, by which it had gone down in the dial of Ahaz.
2 Kings 20:11 — And Isaiah the prophet cried unto the LORD: and he brought the shadow ten degrees backward, by which it had gone down in the dial (בְּמַעֲל֥וֹת) of Ahaz.
1 Chronicles 17:17 — And yet this was a small thing in thine eyes, O God; for thou hast also spoken of thy servant’s house for a great while to come, and hast regarded me according to the estate of a man of high degree (הַֽמַּעֲלָ֖ה), O LORD God.
2 Chronicles 9:18 — And there were six steps (מַעֲל֣וֹת) to the throne, with a footstool of gold, which were fastened to the throne, and stays on each side of the sitting place, and two lions standing by the stays:
2 Chronicles 9:19 — And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps (הַֽמַּעֲל֖וֹת). There was not the like made in any kingdom.
Ezra 7:9 — For upon the first day of the first month began he to go up (הַֽמַּעֲלָ֖ה) from Babylon, and on the first day of the fifth month came he to Jerusalem, according to the good hand of his God upon him.
Nehemiah 3:15 — But the gate of the fountain repaired Shallun the son of Col-hozeh, the ruler of part of Mizpah; he built it, and covered it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof, and the wall of the pool of Siloah by the king’s garden, and unto the stairs (הַֽמַּעֲל֔וֹת) that go down from the city of David.
Nehemiah 12:37 — And at the fountain gate, which was over against them, they went up by the stairs (מַעֲלוֹת֙) of the city of David, at the going up of the wall, above the house of David, even unto the water gate eastward.
Isaiah 38:8 — Behold, I will bring again the shadow of the degrees (הַֽמַּעֲל֡וֹת), which is gone down in the sun dial of Ahaz, ten degrees backward. So the sun returned ten degrees, by which degrees it was gone down.
Isaiah 38:8 — Behold, I will bring again the shadow of the degrees, which is gone down in the sun dial (בְמַעֲל֨וֹת) of Ahaz, ten degrees backward. So the sun returned ten degrees, by which degrees it was gone down.
Isaiah 38:8 — Behold, I will bring again the shadow of the degrees, which is gone down in the sun dial of Ahaz, ten degrees (מַעֲל֑וֹת) backward. So the sun returned ten degrees, by which degrees it was gone down.
Isaiah 38:8 — Behold, I will bring again the shadow of the degrees, which is gone down in the sun dial of Ahaz, ten degrees backward. So the sun returned ten degrees (מַעֲל֔וֹת), by which degrees it was gone down.
Isaiah 38:8 — Behold, I will bring again the shadow of the degrees, which is gone down in the sun dial of Ahaz, ten degrees backward. So the sun returned ten degrees, by which degrees (בַּֽמַּעֲל֖וֹת) it was gone down.
Ezekiel 11:5 — And the Spirit of the LORD fell upon me, and said unto me, Speak; Thus saith the LORD; Thus have ye said, O house of Israel: for I know the things that come (וּמַעֲל֥וֹת) into your mind, every one of them.
Ezekiel 40:6 — Then came he unto the gate which looketh toward the east, and went up the stairs (בְּמַֽעֲלוֹתָ֑יו) thereof, and measured the threshold of the gate, which was one reed broad; and the other threshold of the gate, which was one reed broad.
Ezekiel 40:22 — And their windows, and their arches, and their palm trees, were after the measure of the gate that looketh toward the east; and they went up unto it by seven steps (וּבְמַעֲל֥וֹת); and the arches thereof were before them.
Ezekiel 40:26 — And there were seven steps (וּמַעֲל֤וֹת) to go up to it, and the arches thereof were before them: and it had palm trees, one on this side, and another on that side, upon the posts thereof.
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 (וּמַעֲל֥וֹת).
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 eight steps (מַעֲל֖וֹת).
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 steps (מַעֲל֖וֹת).
Ezekiel 40:49 — The length of the porch was twenty cubits, and the breadth eleven cubits; and he brought me by the steps (וּבַֽמַּעֲל֔וֹת) whereby they went up to it: and there were pillars by the posts, one on this side, and another on that side.
Ezekiel 43:17 — And the settle shall be fourteen cubits long and fourteen broad in the four squares thereof; and the border about it shall be half a cubit; and the bottom thereof shall be a cubit about; and his stairs (וּמַעֲלֹתֵ֖הוּ) shall look toward the east.
Amos 9:6 — It is he that buildeth his stories (מַעֲלוֹתָ֔יו) in the heaven, and hath founded his troop in the earth; he that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name.

Maʻălâh — H4609

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