Usually translated as
go, come, bring, offer, rise, ascend up, carry up, cast up, climb, fetch up, get up, up, mount up, stir up, put, spring, arise, at once, burn, depart, grow, light, set, leap, levy, make to pay, prefer, restore, break, shew, cut off, dawn, exalt, excel, fall, increase, lay, lift, mention, perfect, raise, recover, scale, shoot forth, take away, work
Occurrences
ʻâlâh occurs 886 times in 812 verses of the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (47), Exodus (59), Leviticus (13), Numbers (37), Deuteronomy (30), Joshua (49), Judges (58), Ruth (1), 1 Samuel (62), 2 Samuel (30), 1 Kings (47), 2 Kings (51), 1 Chronicles (22), 2 Chronicles (50), Ezra (13), Nehemiah (13), Job (8), Psalms (23), Proverbs (7), Ecclesiastes (2), Song of Songs (5), Isaiah (37), Jeremiah (62), Lamentations (2), Ezekiel (38), Daniel (3), Hosea (7), Joel (6), Amos (11), Obadiah (1), Jonah (4), Micah (3), Nahum (3), Habakkuk (2), Haggai (1), Zechariah (5)
- Genesis 2:6 — But there went up (יַֽעֲלֶ֣ה) a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.
- Genesis 8:20 — And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered (וַיַּ֥עַל) burnt offerings on the altar.
- Genesis 13:1 — And Abram went up (וַיַּעַל֩) out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the south.
- Genesis 17:22 — And he left off talking with him, and God went up (וַיַּ֣עַל) from Abraham.
- Genesis 19:15 — And when the morning arose (עָלָ֔ה), then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are here; lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city.
- Genesis 19:28 — And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up (עָלָה֙) as the smoke of a furnace.
- Genesis 19:30 — And Lot went up (וַיַּעַל֩) out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he feared to dwell in Zoar: and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters.
- Genesis 22:2 — And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer (וְהַעֲלֵ֤הוּ) him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.
- Genesis 22:13 — And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up (וַיַּעֲלֵ֥הוּ) for a burnt offering in the stead of his son.
- Genesis 24:16 — And the damsel was very fair to look upon, a virgin, neither had any man known her: and she went down to the well, and filled her pitcher, and came up (וַתָּֽעַל).
- Genesis 26:23 — And he went up (וַיַּ֥עַל) from thence to Beer-sheba.
- Genesis 28:12 — And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending (עֹלִ֥ים) and descending on it.
- Genesis 31:10 — And it came to pass at the time that the cattle conceived, that I lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the rams which leaped (הָעֹלִ֣ים) upon the cattle were ringstraked, speckled, and grisled.
- Genesis 31:12 — And he said, Lift up now thine eyes, and see, all the rams which leap (הָעֹלִ֣ים) upon the cattle are ringstraked, speckled, and grisled: for I have seen all that Laban doeth unto thee.
- Genesis 32:24 — And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking (עֲל֥וֹת) of the day.
- Genesis 32:26 — And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh (עָלָ֖ה). And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.
- Genesis 35:1 — And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up (עֲלֵ֥ה) to Beth-el, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother.
- Genesis 35:3 — And let us arise, and go up (וְנַעֲלֶ֖ה) to Beth-el; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went.
- Genesis 35:13 — And God went up (וַיַּ֥עַל) from him in the place where he talked with him.
- Genesis 37:28 — Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up (וַיַּֽעֲל֤וּ) Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt.
- Genesis 38:12 — And in process of time the daughter of Shuah Judah’s wife died; and Judah was comforted, and went up (וַיַּ֜עַל) unto his sheepshearers to Timnath, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.
- Genesis 40:10 — And in the vine were three branches: and it was as though it budded, and her blossoms shot forth (עָלְתָ֣ה); and the clusters thereof brought forth ripe grapes:
- Genesis 41:2 — And, behold, there came up (עֹלֹת֙) out of the river seven well favoured kine and fatfleshed; and they fed in a meadow.
- Genesis 41:3 — And, behold, seven other kine came up (עֹל֤וֹת) after them out of the river, ill favoured and leanfleshed; and stood by the other kine upon the brink of the river.
- Genesis 41:5 — And he slept and dreamed the second time: and, behold, seven ears of corn came up (עֹל֛וֹת) upon one stalk, rank and good.
- Genesis 41:18 — And, behold, there came up (עֹלֹת֙) out of the river seven kine, fatfleshed and well favoured; and they fed in a meadow:
- Genesis 41:19 — And, behold, seven other kine came up (עֹל֣וֹת) after them, poor and very ill favoured and leanfleshed, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for badness:
- Genesis 41:22 — And I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came up (עֹלֹ֛ת) in one stalk, full and good:
- Genesis 41:27 — And the seven thin and ill favoured kine that came up (הָעֹלֹ֣ת) after them are seven years; and the seven empty ears blasted with the east wind shall be seven years of famine.
- Genesis 44:17 — And he said, God forbid that I should do so: but the man in whose hand the cup is found, he shall be my servant; and as for you, get you up (עֲל֥וּ) in peace unto your father.
- Genesis 44:24 — And it came to pass when we came up (עָלִ֔ינוּ) unto thy servant my father, we told him the words of my lord.
- Genesis 44:33 — Now therefore, I pray thee, let thy servant abide instead of the lad a bondman to my lord; and let the lad go up (יַ֥עַל) with his brethren.
- Genesis 44:34 — For how shall I go up (אֶֽעֱלֶ֣ה) to my father, and the lad be not with me? lest peradventure I see the evil that shall come on my father.
- Genesis 45:9 — Haste ye, and go up (וַעֲל֣וּ) to my father, and say unto him, Thus saith thy son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come down unto me, tarry not:
- Genesis 45:25 — And they went up (וַֽיַּעֲל֖וּ) out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan unto Jacob their father,
- Genesis 46:4 — I will go down with thee into Egypt; and I will also surely bring thee up (עָלֹ֑ה) again: and Joseph shall put his hand upon thine eyes.
- Genesis 46:4 — I will go down with thee into Egypt; and I will also surely bring thee up (אַֽעַלְךָ֣) again: and Joseph shall put his hand upon thine eyes.
- Genesis 46:29 — And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up (וַיַּ֛עַל) to meet Israel his father, to Goshen, and presented himself unto him; and he fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while.
- Genesis 46:31 — And Joseph said unto his brethren, and unto his father’s house, I will go up (אֶעֱלֶ֖ה), and shew Pharaoh, and say unto him, My brethren, and my father’s house, which were in the land of Canaan, are come unto me;
- Genesis 49:4 — Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest up (עָלִ֖יתָ) to thy father’s bed; then defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch.
- Genesis 49:4 — Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest up to thy father’s bed; then defiledst thou it: he went up (עָלָֽה) to my couch.
- Genesis 49:9 — Judah is a lion’s whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up (עָלִ֑יתָ): he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up?
- Genesis 50:5 — My father made me swear, saying, Lo, I die: in my grave which I have digged for me in the land of Canaan, there shalt thou bury me. Now therefore let me go up (אֶֽעֱלֶה), I pray thee, and bury my father, and I will come again.
- Genesis 50:6 — And Pharaoh said, Go up (עֲלֵ֛ה), and bury thy father, according as he made thee swear.
- Genesis 50:7 — And Joseph went up (וַיַּ֥עַל) to bury his father: and with him went up all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt,
- Genesis 50:7 — And Joseph went up to bury his father: and with him went up (וַיַּֽעֲל֨וּ) all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt,
- Genesis 50:9 — And there went up (וַיַּ֣עַל) with him both chariots and horsemen: and it was a very great company.
- Genesis 50:14 — And Joseph returned into Egypt, he, and his brethren, and all that went up (הָעֹלִ֥ים) with him to bury his father, after he had buried his father.
- Genesis 50:24 — And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die: and God will surely visit you, and bring (וְהֶעֱלָ֤ה) you out of this land unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
- Genesis 50:25 — And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, and ye shall carry up (וְהַעֲלִתֶ֥ם) my bones from hence.