Hebrew noun (masculine) · H4608
מַעֲלֶה
maalehmah-al-eh'
ascent
18 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: maʻăleh
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H4608is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 10 of 39Old Testament books
- 12spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H4608
an elevation, i.e. (concretely) acclivity or platform; abstractly (the relation or state) a rise or (figuratively) priority
The King James renders it: ascent, before, chiefest, cliff, that goeth up, going up, hill, mounting up, stairs.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
maaleh is rendered "ascent". It stands 18 times in the Hebrew text, across ten books.
- Four of the uses stand in Joshua, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Joshua 10:10And the LORD threw them into confusion before Israel, who defeated them in a great slaughter at Gibeon, pursued them along the ascent to Beth-horon, and struck them down as far as Azekah and Makkedah.
- The Greek text spells it twelve different ways.
The first use
And the LORD threw them into confusion before Israel, who defeated them in a great slaughter at Gibeon, pursued them along the ascent to Beth-horon, and struck them down as far as Azekah and Makkedah.
Joshua 10:10מַעֲלֵ֣ה
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- ascent of4
- ascents its3
- on ascent of3
- at ascent of2
- at the ascent1
- from ascent of1
- from to ascent of1
- of ascent of1
- platform of1
- to ascent of1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| מַעֲשֶׂה | maaseh | deed: work | Uses236 |
| מַעֲלָל | maalal | deed | Uses41 |
| מַעֲלָה | maalah | thought | Uses32 |
| מַעֲשֵׂר | maaser | tithe | Uses32 |
| מַעֲרָכָה | maarakah | rank | Uses19 |
| מַעֲרָב | maarab | west | Uses14 |
| מַעֲבָר | maabar | ford | Uses11 |
| מַעֲרֶכֶת | maareketh | row | Uses10 |
| מַעֲרָב | maarab | merchandise | Uses9 |
| מַעֲכָתִי | Maakathi | Maacathite | Uses8 |
| מַעֲנֶה | maaneh | answer | Uses7 |
| מַעֲמָד | maamad | office | Uses5 |
and 18 more on the stem.
The words it stands beside
All 18, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
12 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- מַעֲלֵ֣ה4
- מַעֲלָֽיו׃3
- בְּמַעֲלֵ֣ה2
- בְמַעֲלֵ֨ה1
- בְּֽמַעֲלֵה֮1
- בַּֽמַּעֲלֶ֖ה1
- בְּמַֽעֲלֵה־1
- לְמַעֲלֵ֤ה1
- לְמַעֲלֵ֣ה1
- מִֽלְמַעֲלֵ֖ה1
- מִֽמַּעֲלֵ֖ה1
- מַֽעֲלֵ֣ה1
The grammar of each form
- preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)6HR/Ncmsc
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)5HNcmsc
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular3HNcmpc/Sp3ms
- preposition + proper noun (a name)2HR/Npl
- preposition + preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HR/R/Ncmsc
- preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular1HRd/Ncmsa
Joshua
four uses
And the LORD threw them into confusion before Israel, who defeated them in a great slaughter at Gibeon, pursued them along the ascent to Beth-horon, and struck them down as far as Azekah and Makkedah.
- מַעֲלֵ֣הmaalehnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: ascent of
proceeded south of the Ascent of Akrabbim, continued on to Zin, went over to the south of Kadesh-barnea, ran past Hezron up to Addar, and curved toward Karka.
- לְמַעֲלֵ֤הlemaalehpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: of ascent of
Then the border went up to Debir from the Valley of Achor, turning north to Gilgal, which faces the Ascent of Adummim south of the ravine. It continued along the waters of En-shemesh and came out at En-rogel.
- לְמַעֲלֵ֣הlemaalehpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: to ascent of
From there it curved northward and proceeded to En-shemesh and on to Geliloth facing the Ascent of Adummim, and continued down to the Stone of Bohan son of Reuben.
- מַעֲלֵ֣הmaalehnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: ascent of
Judges
two uses
And the border of the Amorites extended from the Ascent of Akrabbim to Sela and beyond.
- מִֽמַּעֲלֵ֖הmimaalehpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: from ascent of
After this, Gideon son of Joash returned from the battle along the Ascent of Heres.
- מִֽלְמַעֲלֵ֖הmilmaalehpreposition + preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from to ascent of
1 Samuel
one use
And as they were climbing the hill to the city, they met some young women coming out to draw water and asked, “Is the seer here?”
- בְּמַעֲלֵ֣הbemaalehpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: on ascent of
2 Samuel
one use
But David continued up the Mount of Olives, weeping as he went up. His head was covered, and he was walking barefoot. And all the people with him covered their heads and went up, weeping as they went.
- בְמַעֲלֵ֨הvemaalehpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: on ascent of
2 Kings
one use
When King Ahaziah of Judah saw this, he fled up the road toward Beth-haggan. And Jehu pursued him, shouting, “Shoot him too!” So they shot Ahaziah in his chariot on the Ascent of Gur, near Ibleam, and he fled to Megiddo and died there.
- בְּמַֽעֲלֵה־bemaaleh-preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: at ascent of
2 Chronicles
two uses
Tomorrow you are to march down against them. You will see them coming up the Ascent of Ziz, and you will find them at the end of the valley facing the Wilderness of Jeruel.
- בְּמַעֲלֵ֣הbemaalehpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: on ascent of
And Hezekiah rested with his fathers and was buried in the upper tombs of David’s descendants. All Judah and the people of Jerusalem paid him honor at his death. And his son Manasseh reigned in his place.
- בְּֽמַעֲלֵה֮bemaalehpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: at ascent of
Nehemiah
two uses
And the Levites—Jeshua, Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani—stood on the raised platform and cried out in a loud voice to the LORD their God.
- מַֽעֲלֵ֣הmaalehnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: platform of
At the Fountain Gate they climbed the steps of the City of David on the ascent to the wall and passed above the house of David to the Water Gate on the east.
- בַּֽמַּעֲלֶ֖הbamaalehpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: at the ascent
Isaiah
one use
My heart cries out over Moab; her fugitives flee as far as Zoar, as far as Eglath-shelishiyah. With weeping they ascend the slope of Luhith; they lament their destruction on the road to Horonaim.
- מַעֲלֵ֣הmaalehnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: ascent of
Jeremiah
one use
For on the ascent to Luhith they weep bitterly as they go, and on the descent to Horonaim cries of distress resound over the destruction:
- מַעֲלֵ֣הmaalehnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: ascent of
Ezekiel
three uses
Its portico faced the outer court, and its side pillars were decorated with palm trees. Eight steps led up to it.
- מַעֲלָֽיו׃maalovnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: ascents its
Its portico faced the outer court, and its side pillars were decorated with palm trees on each side. Eight steps led up to it.
- מַעֲלָֽיו׃maalovnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: ascents its
Its portico faced the outer court, and its side pillars were decorated with palm trees on each side. Eight steps led up to it.
- מַעֲלָֽיו׃maalovnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: ascents its
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.