H4609 · מַעֲלָה
maʻălâh · mah-al-aw' · degree, steps
H4609 (maʻălâh, pronounced mah-al-aw') is the Hebrew word מַעֲלָה in Strong’s dictionary: elevation, i.e. the act (literally, a journey to a higher place, figuratively, a thought arising), or (concretely) the condition (literally, a step or grademark, figuratively, a superiority of station). It appears 47 times in 39 verses of the BSB (Yahweh).
Strong’s entry
- Original word
- מַעֲלָה (Hebrew)
- Transliteration
- maʻălâh
- Pronunciation
- mah-al-aw'
- Derivation
- feminine of H4608 (מַעֲלֶה);
- Definition
- elevation, i.e. the act (literally, a journey to a higher place, figuratively, a thought arising), or (concretely) the condition (literally, a step or grademark, figuratively, a superiority of station); specifically a climactic progression (in certain Psalms)
- Rendered in the KJV
- things that come up, (high) degree, deal, go up, stair, step, story.
In the Berean Standard Bible (Yahweh)
47 occurrences in 39 verses (44 with English words of their own, 3 in the original with no English word of their own).
How the BSB renders it
- “steps” ×17
- “of ascents” ×15
- “on the stairway” ×2
- “His upper rooms” ×1
- “The steps of the altar” ×1
- “and ten steps” ×1
- “far as the stairs” ×1
- “its steps” ×1
By book
Exodus 1 · 1 Kings 2 · 2 Kings 4 · 1 Chronicles 1 · 2 Chronicles 2 · Ezra 1 · Nehemiah 2 · Psalms 15 · Isaiah 1 · Ezekiel 9 · Amos 1
First 30 of 39 verses
- Exodus 20:26
- 1 Kings 10:19
- 1 Kings 10:20
- 2 Kings 9:13
- 2 Kings 20:9
- 2 Kings 20:10
- 2 Kings 20:11
- 1 Chronicles 17:17
- 2 Chronicles 9:18
- 2 Chronicles 9:19
- Ezra 7:9
- Nehemiah 3:15
- Nehemiah 12:37
- Psalms 120:1
- Psalms 121:1
- Psalms 122:1
- Psalms 123:1
- Psalms 124:1
- Psalms 125:1
- Psalms 126:1
- Psalms 127:1
- Psalms 128:1
- Psalms 129:1
- Psalms 130:1
- Psalms 131:1
- Psalms 132:1
- Psalms 133:1
- Psalms 134:1
- Isaiah 38:8
- Ezekiel 11:5
Related words
Numbers that share a root with H4609.