ʻôlâh — H5930

H5930 · Hebrew — עלה

Pronunciation: o-law'

Other spellings: ʻôwlâh עוֹלָה

Definition

feminine noun

a step or (collectively, stairs, as ascending); usually a holocaust (as going up in smoke)

  1. whole burnt offering
  2. ascent, stairway, steps

Usually translated as

burnt offering, ascent, go up to

Origin

or ʻôwlâh; feminine active participle of H5927

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

ʻôlâh occurs 288 times in 262 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (7), Exodus (16), Leviticus (58), Numbers (53), Deuteronomy (6), Joshua (6), Judges (6), 1 Samuel (9), 2 Samuel (5), 1 Kings (7), 2 Kings (6), 1 Chronicles (11), 2 Chronicles (24), Ezra (6), Nehemiah (1), Job (2), Psalms (7), Isaiah (5), Jeremiah (7), Ezekiel (17), Hosea (1), Amos (1), Micah (1)