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Strong's Number H5927

עָלָה

`alah · aw-law'

Transliteration:

`alah{aw-law'}

Word Origin:

a primitive root

TWOT:

1624

Part of Speech:

verb

Strong's Definition:

to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative

Usage in the KJV:

(come 114, etc...) up 676, offer 40, come 22, bring 38, ascend 20, go 144, chew 9, offering 43, light 6, increase 4, burn 2, depart 3, put 3, spring 3, raised 2, arose 2, break 2, exalted 2, misc 33

Total: 889
Occurs 889 times in the Hebrew text.

Definition:

to go up, ascend, climb
1. (Qal)
  1. to go up, ascend
  2. to meet, visit, follow, depart, withdraw, retreat
  3. to go up, come up (of animals)
  4. to spring up, grow, shoot forth (of vegetation)
  5. to go up, go up over, rise (of natural phenomenon)
  6. to come up (before God)
  7. to go up, go up over, extend (of boundary)
  8. to excel, be superior to
2. (Niphal)
  1. to be taken up, be brought up, be taken away
  2. to take oneself away
  3. to be exalted
3. (Hiphil)
  1. to bring up, cause to ascend or climb, cause to go up
  2. to bring up, bring against, take away
  3. to bring up, draw up, train
  4. to cause to ascend
  5. to rouse, stir up (mentally)
  6. to offer, bring up (of gifts)
  7. to exalt
  8. to cause to ascend, offer
4. (Hophal)
  1. to be carried away, be led up
  2. to be taken up into, be inserted in
  3. to be offered
5. (Hithpael) to lift oneself