Strong's H4609: מַעֲלָה (maʻălâh) Definition
- Strong's number
- H4609
- Lemma
- מַעֲלָה
- Transliteration
- maʻălâh
- Pronunciation
- mah-al-aw'
- Strong's 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) things that come up, (high) degree, deal, go up, stair, step, story. feminine of H4608 (מַעֲלֶה);
Ezra 7:9 - For upon the first month day of the first began he to go up from Babylon For upon the first month day of the fifth came he to Jerusalem hand of his God according to the good
Isaiah 38:8 - Behold I will bring again the shadow by which degrees it was gone down by which degrees of Ahaz So the sun backward ten by which degrees Behold I will bring again So the sun ten by which degrees by which degrees it was gone down
Nehemiah 3:15 - But the gate of the fountain repaired Shallun the son of Colhozeh 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 garden by the king's and unto the stairs that go down from the city of David
Nehemiah 12:37 - gate And at the fountain which was over against them they went up by the stairs of the city of David at the going up of the wall above the house of David gate even unto the water eastward