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עָלֶה H5929
H5929 is the Hebrew word עָלֶה, transliterated ʻâleh and said aw-leh'. The King James Version most often renders it leaf.
What it means
a leaf (as coming up on a tree); collectively, foliage.
Where it comes from
from H5927 (עָלָה).
How the King James Version translates it
Across 17 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: branch, leaf.
Verses using עָלֶה
All 12 verses, quoted in full.
Genesis 3:7 · KJV
And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.
Genesis 8:11 · KJV
And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf pluckt off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.
Leviticus 26:36 · KJV
And upon them that are left alive of you I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as fleeing from a sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth.
Nehemiah 8:15 · KJV
And that they should publish and proclaim in all their cities, and in Jerusalem, saying, Go forth unto the mount, and fetch olive branches, and pine branches, and myrtle branches, and palm branches, and branches of thick trees, to make booths, as it is written.
Job 13:25 · KJV
Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?
Psalm 1:3 · KJV
And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
Isaiah 1:30 · KJV
For ye shall be as an oak whose leaf fadeth, and as a garden that hath no water.
Isaiah 34:4 · KJV
And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll: and all their host shall fall down, as the leaf falleth off from the vine, and as a falling fig from the fig tree.
Isaiah 64:6 · KJV
But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.
Jeremiah 8:13 · KJV
I will surely consume them, saith the LORD: there shall be no grapes on the vine, nor figs on the fig tree, and the leaf shall fade; and the things that I have given them shall pass away from them.
Jeremiah 17:8 · KJV
For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.
Ezekiel 47:12 · KJV
And by the river upon the bank thereof, on this side and on that side, shall grow all trees for meat, whose leaf shall not fade, neither shall the fruit thereof be consumed: it shall bring forth new fruit according to his months, because their waters they issued out of the sanctuary: and the fruit thereof shall be for meat, and the leaf thereof for medicine.
Common questions
What does Strong's H5929 mean?
H5929 is the Hebrew word עָלֶה (ʻâleh), meaning a leaf (as coming up on a tree); collectively, foliage.
How is H5929 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it leaf (9 times), branches (5 times), whose leaf (2 times), leaves (1 time).
How many times does H5929 appear in the Bible?
עָלֶה (ʻâleh) is tagged in 12 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H5929 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: from H5927 (עָלָה).
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