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עֲלִיָּה H5944
H5944 is the Hebrew word עֲלִיָּה, transliterated ʻălîyâh and said al-ee-yaw'. The King James Version most often renders it parlour.
What it means
something lofty, i.e. a stair-way; also a second-story room (or even one on the roof); figuratively, the sky.
Where it comes from
feminine from H5927 (עָלָה).
How the King James Version translates it
Across 20 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: ascent, (upper) chamber, going up, loft, parlour.
Verses using עֲלִיָּה
All 20 verses, quoted in full.
Judges 3:20 · KJV
And Ehud came unto him; and he was sitting in a summer parlour, which he had for himself alone. And Ehud said, I have a message from God unto thee. And he arose out of his seat.
Judges 3:23 · KJV
Then Ehud went forth through the porch, and shut the doors of the parlour upon him, and locked them.
Judges 3:24 · KJV
When he was gone out, his servants came; and when they saw that, behold, the doors of the parlour were locked, they said, Surely he covereth his feet in his summer chamber.
Judges 3:25 · KJV
And they tarried till they were ashamed: and, behold, he opened not the doors of the parlour; therefore they took a key, and opened them: and, behold, their lord was fallen down dead on the earth.
2 Samuel 18:33 · KJV
And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son!
1 Kings 17:19 · KJV
And he said unto her, Give me thy son. And he took him out of her bosom, and carried him up into a loft, where he abode, and laid him upon his own bed.
1 Kings 17:23 · KJV
And Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of the chamber into the house, and delivered him unto his mother: and Elijah said, See, thy son liveth.
2 Kings 1:2 · KJV
And Ahaziah fell down through a lattice in his upper chamber that was in Samaria, and was sick: and he sent messengers, and said unto them, Go, enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron whether I shall recover of this disease.
2 Kings 4:10 · KJV
Let us make a little chamber, I pray thee, on the wall; and let us set for him there a bed, and a table, and a stool, and a candlestick: and it shall be, when he cometh to us, that he shall turn in thither.
2 Kings 4:11 · KJV
And it fell on a day, that he came thither, and he turned into the chamber, and lay there.
2 Kings 23:12 · KJV
And the altars that were on the top of the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of the LORD, did the king beat down, and brake them down from thence, and cast the dust of them into the brook Kidron.
1 Chronicles 28:11 · KJV
Then David gave to Solomon his son the pattern of the porch, and of the houses thereof, and of the treasuries thereof, and of the upper chambers thereof, and of the inner parlours thereof, and of the place of the mercy seat,
2 Chronicles 3:9 · KJV
And the weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. And he overlaid the upper chambers with gold.
2 Chronicles 9:4 · KJV
And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel; his cupbearers also, and their apparel; and his ascent by which he went up into the house of the LORD; there was no more spirit in her.
Nehemiah 3:31 · KJV
After him repaired Malchiah the goldsmith’s son unto the place of the Nethinims, and of the merchants, over against the gate Miphkad, and to the going up of the corner.
Nehemiah 3:32 · KJV
And between the going up of the corner unto the sheep gate repaired the goldsmiths and the merchants.
Psalm 104:3 · KJV
Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind:
Psalm 104:13 · KJV
He watereth the hills from his chambers: the earth is satisfied with the fruit of thy works.
Jeremiah 22:13 · KJV
Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong; that useth his neighbour’s service without wages, and giveth him not for his work;
Jeremiah 22:14 · KJV
That saith, I will build me a wide house and large chambers, and cutteth him out windows; and it is cieled with cedar, and painted with vermilion.
Common questions
What does Strong's H5944 mean?
H5944 is the Hebrew word עֲלִיָּה (ʻălîyâh), meaning something lofty, i.e. a stair-way; also a second-story room (or even one on the roof); figuratively, the sky.
How is H5944 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it parlour (4 times), chambers (4 times), chamber (3 times), upper chamber (2 times), upper chambers (2 times), among others.
How many times does H5944 appear in the Bible?
עֲלִיָּה (ʻălîyâh) is tagged in 20 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H5944 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: feminine from H5927 (עָלָה).
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