Hebrew Lexicon Strong's Concordance Definition

Strong's H5927: עָלָה (ʻâlâh) Definition

Strong's number
H5927
Lemma
עָלָה
Transliteration
ʻâlâh
Pronunciation
aw-law'
Strong's definition
to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative arise (up), (cause to) ascend up, at once, break (the day) (up), bring (up), (cause to) burn, carry up, cast up, [phrase] shew, climb (up), (cause to, make to) come (up), cut off, dawn, depart, exalt, excel, fall, fetch up, get up, (make to) go (away, up); grow (over) increase, lay, leap, levy, lift (self) up, light, (make) up, [idiom] mention, mount up, offer, make to pay, [phrase] perfect, prefer, put (on), raise, recover, restore, (make to) rise (up), scale, set (up), shoot forth (up), (begin to) spring (up), stir up, take away (up), work. a primitive root;

814 instances of the word עָלָה ʻâlâh (H5927)


  • Joshua 7:2 - sent And Joshua from Jericho Ai which is beside Bethaven on the east side of Bethel and spake and spake Go up and view the country Go up and view Ai

  • Joshua 7:3 - And they returned to Joshua and said go up and make not all the people thousand men but let about two or three thousand men go up and smite Ai to labour and make not all the people thither for they are but few

  • Joshua 7:4 - So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men and they fled before men of Ai

  • Joshua 7:6 - rent And Joshua his clothes and fell before to the earth before the ark of the LORD until the eventide he and the elders of Israel and put dust upon their heads

  • Joshua 7:24 - with him took And Joshua Achan and his sons of Zerah and the silver and the garment and the wedge of gold and his sons and his daughters and his oxen and his asses and his sheep and his tent and all Israel and all that he had and they brought them unto the valley of Achor

  • Joshua 8:1 - said And the LORD unto Joshua Fear not neither be thou dismayed take all the people of war with thee and arise go up of Ai see I have given into thy hand the king of Ai all the people and his city and his land

  • Joshua 8:3 - arose So Joshua and all the people of war to go up against Ai chose out So Joshua thirty thousand men mighty of valour and sent them away by night

  • Joshua 8:10 - rose up early And Joshua in the morning and numbered the people and went up he and the elders of Israel before the people to Ai

  • Joshua 8:11 - And all the people even the people of war that were with him went up and drew nigh and came before the city and pitched on the north side between them and Ai now there was a valley between them and Ai

  • Joshua 8:20 - looked of Ai behind them they saw ascended up and behold the smoke of the city to heaven and they had no power that fled this way or that way this way or that way and the people that fled to the wilderness turned back upon the pursuers

  • Joshua 8:21 - And when Joshua and all Israel saw had taken that the ambush of the city ascended and that the smoke of the city then they turned again and slew the men of Ai

  • Joshua 8:31 - commanded As Moses the servant of the LORD the children of Israel as it is written in the book of the law As Moses an altar stones of whole over which no man hath lift up any iron and they offered thereon burnt offerings of the LORD and sacrificed peace offerings

  • Joshua 10:4 - Come up unto me and help me that we may smite Gibeon for it hath made peace with Joshua and with the children of Israel

  • Joshua 10:5 - gathered themselves together and went up Therefore the five kings of the Amorites kings of Jerusalem kings of Hebron kings of Jarmuth kings of Lachish kings of Eglon they and all their hosts and encamped before Gibeon and made war

  • Joshua 10:6 - sent of Gibeon unto Joshua to the camp to Gilgal saying Slack not thy hand from thy servants come up to us quickly and save us and help are gathered together us for all the kings of the Amorites that dwell in the mountains

  • Joshua 10:7 - ascended So Joshua from Gilgal he and all the people of war with him and all the mighty men of valour

  • Joshua 10:9 - therefore came Joshua unto them suddenly all night and went up from Gilgal

  • Joshua 10:33 - came up Then Horam king of Gezer to help Lachish smote and Joshua him and his people until he had left him none remaining

  • Joshua 10:36 - went up And Joshua and all Israel from Eglon with him unto Hebron and they fought

  • Joshua 11:17 - Even from the mount Halak that goeth up to Seir even unto Baalgad in the valley of Lebanon Even from the mount Hermon and all their kings he took and smote them and slew