Word Study · Strong's H4609
מַעֲלָה
maʻălâh
“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)”
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Strong's Dictionary (1890, public domain)
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) KJV usage: things that come up, (high) degree, deal, go up, stair, step, story.
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The ledger of occurrences
Exodus1 occurrence
Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy nakedness be not uncovered thereon.The first tagged occurrence in Exodus.
1 Kings2 occurrences
There were six steps to the throne, and the top of the throne was round behind; and there were stays on either side by the place of the seat, and two lions standing beside the stays.The first tagged occurrence in 1 Kings.
2 Kings8 occurrences
Then they hasted, and took every man his garment, and put it under him on the top of the stairs, and blew the trumpet, saying, Jehu is king.The first tagged occurrence in 2 Kings.
1 Chronicles1 occurrence
And this was a small thing in thine eyes, O God; but thou hast spoken of thy servant’s house for a great while to come, and hast regarded me according to the estate of a man of high degree, O Jehovah God.The first tagged occurrence in 1 Chronicles.
2 Chronicles2 occurrences
And there were six steps to the throne, with a footstool of gold, which were fastened to the throne, and stays on either side by the place of the seat, and two lions standing beside the stays.The first tagged occurrence in 2 Chronicles.
Ezra1 occurrence
For upon the first day of the first month began he to go up from Babylon; and on the first day of the fifth month came he to Jerusalem, according to the good hand of his God upon him.The first tagged occurrence in Ezra.
Nehemiah2 occurrences
And the fountain gate repaired Shallun the son of Col-hozeh, the ruler of the district of Mizpah; he built it, and covered it, and set up the doors thereof, the bolts thereof, and the bars thereof, and the wall of the pool of Shelah by the king’s garden, even unto the stairs that go down from the city of David.The first tagged occurrence in Nehemiah.
Isaiah5 occurrences
behold, I will cause the shadow on the steps, which is gone down on the dial of Ahaz with the sun, to return backward ten steps. So the sun returned ten steps on the dial whereon it was gone down.The first tagged occurrence in Isaiah.
Ezekiel9 occurrences
And the Spirit of Jehovah fell upon me, and he said unto me, Speak, Thus saith Jehovah: Thus have ye said, O house of Israel; for I know the things that come into your mind.The first tagged occurrence in Ezekiel.
Amos1 occurrence
it is he that buildeth his chambers in the heavens, and hath founded his vault upon the earth; he that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth; Jehovah is his name.The first tagged occurrence in Amos.