H4609 ma`alah

Meaning and word study

Transliteration

mah-al-aw'

Definition

feminine of 4608; elevation, i.e. the act (literally, a journey to a higher place, figuratively, a thought arising), or (concretely) the condition (literally, a step or grade-mark, figuratively, a superiority of station); specifically a climactic progression (in certain Psalms):--things that come up, (high) degree, deal, go up, stair, step, story. see HEBREW for 04608

KJV phrases tagged with this entry

of degrees (15), degrees (12), steps (9), of the degrees (5), dial (5), by which degrees (5), by (3), in the dial (3), by steps (1), of the stairs (1), of high degree (1), he to go up (1), and unto the stairs (1), by the stairs (1), the things that come (1), the stairs (1)

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Source: Strong's Hebrew Bible Dictionary, CrossWire distribution. License: Public domain. KJV word-tag alignment supplied by the CrossWire KJV module.