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עָלָה H5927
H5927 is the Hebrew word עָלָה, transliterated ʻâlâh and said aw-law'. The King James Version most often renders it went up.
What it means
to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative.
Where it comes from
a primitive root.
How the King James Version translates it
Across 503 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: 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.
Verses using עָלָה
The first 40 of 795 verses, quoted in full.
Genesis 2:6 · KJV
But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.
Genesis 8:20 · KJV
And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.
Genesis 13:1 · KJV
And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the south.
Genesis 17:22 · KJV
And he left off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham.
Genesis 19:15 · KJV
And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are here; lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city.
Genesis 19:28 · KJV
And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace.
Genesis 19:30 · KJV
And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he feared to dwell in Zoar: and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters.
Genesis 22:2 · KJV
And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.
Genesis 22:13 · KJV
And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son.
Genesis 26:23 · KJV
And he went up from thence to Beersheba.
Genesis 28:12 · KJV
And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.
Genesis 31:10 · KJV
And it came to pass at the time that the cattle conceived, that I lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the rams which leaped upon the cattle were ringstraked, speckled, and grisled.
Genesis 31:12 · KJV
And he said, Lift up now thine eyes, and see, all the rams which leap upon the cattle are ringstraked, speckled, and grisled: for I have seen all that Laban doeth unto thee.
Genesis 32:24 · KJV
And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.
Genesis 32:26 · KJV
And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.
Genesis 35:1 · KJV
And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother.
Genesis 35:3 · KJV
And let us arise, and go up to Bethel; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went.
Genesis 35:13 · KJV
And God went up from him in the place where he talked with him.
Genesis 37:28 · KJV
Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt.
Genesis 38:12 · KJV
And in process of time the daughter of Shuah Judah’s wife died; and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his sheepshearers to Timnath, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.
Genesis 38:13 · KJV
And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold thy father in law goeth up to Timnath to shear his sheep.
Genesis 40:10 · KJV
And in the vine were three branches: and it was as though it budded, and her blossoms shot forth; and the clusters thereof brought forth ripe grapes:
Genesis 41:2 · KJV
And, behold, there came up out of the river seven well favoured kine and fatfleshed; and they fed in a meadow.
Genesis 41:3 · KJV
And, behold, seven other kine came up after them out of the river, ill favoured and leanfleshed; and stood by the other kine upon the brink of the river.
Genesis 41:5 · KJV
And he slept and dreamed the second time: and, behold, seven ears of corn came up upon one stalk, rank and good.
Genesis 41:18 · KJV
And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fatfleshed and well favoured; and they fed in a meadow:
Genesis 41:19 · KJV
And, behold, seven other kine came up after them, poor and very ill favoured and leanfleshed, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for badness:
Genesis 41:22 · KJV
And I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came up in one stalk, full and good:
Genesis 41:27 · KJV
And the seven thin and ill favoured kine that came up after them are seven years; and the seven empty ears blasted with the east wind shall be seven years of famine.
Genesis 44:17 · KJV
And he said, God forbid that I should do so: but the man in whose hand the cup is found, he shall be my servant; and as for you, get you up in peace unto your father.
Genesis 44:24 · KJV
And it came to pass when we came up unto thy servant my father, we told him the words of my lord.
Genesis 44:33 · KJV
Now therefore, I pray thee, let thy servant abide instead of the lad a bondman to my lord; and let the lad go up with his brethren.
Genesis 44:34 · KJV
For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad be not with me? lest peradventure I see the evil that shall come on my father.
Genesis 45:9 · KJV
Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him, Thus saith thy son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come down unto me, tarry not:
Genesis 45:25 · KJV
And they went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan unto Jacob their father,
Genesis 46:4 · KJV
I will go down with thee into Egypt; and I will also surely bring thee up again: and Joseph shall put his hand upon thine eyes.
Genesis 46:29 · KJV
And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen, and presented himself unto him; and he fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while.
Genesis 46:31 · KJV
And Joseph said unto his brethren, and unto his father’s house, I will go up, and shew Pharaoh, and say unto him, My brethren, and my father’s house, which were in the land of Canaan, are come unto me;
Genesis 49:4 · KJV
Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest up to thy father’s bed; then defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch.
Genesis 49:9 · KJV
Judah is a lion’s whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up?
Common questions
What does Strong's H5927 mean?
H5927 is the Hebrew word עָלָה (ʻâlâh), meaning to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative.
How is H5927 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it went up (142 times), go up (97 times), come up (68 times), came up (63 times), offered (31 times), among others.
How many times does H5927 appear in the Bible?
עָלָה (ʻâlâh) is tagged in 795 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H5927 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: a primitive root.
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