Hebrew Study
Strong’s Concordance H4609
A readable Hebrew dictionary entry from Strong’s Concordance. Definitions help with word study; the meaning in a verse still depends on context.
Word study
- Source
- Strong’s Concordance
- Transliteration
- ma`alah
- Occurrences
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- Strong’s number
- H4609
- Brief meaning
- Elevation, i.e. the act (literally, a journey to a higher place, figuratively, a thought arising)
- Source renderings
- things that come up, (high) degree, deal, go up, stair, step, story
- Root word
- mah-al-aw' feminine of 4608
- Full definition from the source
- 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). Root word: mah-al-aw' feminine of 4608.
- Digital-source-added cross-reference note
- H4608
Source info
Source and edition
James Strong, Strong's Hebrew Bible Dictionary (1890); Bible Foundation text source; Michael Grier's 1996 ASCII e-text; CrossWire module 1.2.
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04609\ 4609 ma`alah mah-al-aw' 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