Strong's #4609: ma`alah (pronounced 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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:
ma‛ălâh
1) what comes up, thoughts
2) step, stair
2a) step, stair
2b) steps (of sundial)
2c) stories (of heaven)
2d) ascent
2e) song of ascent
2e1) to the three great pilgrim feasts (Psalm titles)
Part of Speech: noun feminine
Relation: from H4608
Same Word by TWOT Number: 1624L,1624m
Usage:
This word is used 46 times:
Exodus 20:26: "Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy nakedness be not"
1 Kings 10:19: "The throne had six steps, and the top of the throne was round behind:"
1 Kings 10:20: "on the one side and on the other upon the six steps: there was not"
2 Kings 9:13: "it under him on the top of the stairs, and blew with trumpets, saying, Jehu"
2 Kings 20:9: "he hath spoken: shall the shadow go forward ten degrees, or go back ten"
2 Kings 20:9: "degrees, or go back ten degrees?"
2 Kings 20:10: "for the shadow to go down ten degrees: nay, but let the shadow return"
2 Kings 20:10: "return backward ten degrees."
2 Kings 20:11: "the shadow ten degrees backward, by which it had gone down in the dial"
2 Kings 20:11: "backward, by which it had gone down in the dial of Ahaz."
1 Chronicles 17:17: "for a great while to come, and hast regarded me according to the estate of a man of high degree, O LORD God."
2 Chronicles 9:18: "And there were six steps to the throne, with a footstool of gold, which were fastened to the throne, and stays"
2 Chronicles 9:19: "on the one side and on the other upon the six steps. There was not"
Ezra 7:9: "month began he to go up from Babylon, and on the first day of the fifth"
Nehemiah 3:15: "by the king's garden, and unto the stairs that go down from the city of David."
Nehemiah 12:37: "which was over against them, they went up by the stairs of the city of David, at the going up of the wall,"
Psalms 120:1: "A Song of degrees. In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard"
Psalms 121:1: "A Song of degrees. I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence"
Psalms 122:1: "A Song of degrees of David. I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the LORD."
Psalms 123:1: "A Song of degrees. Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens."
Psalms 124:1: "A Song of degrees of David. If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, now"
Psalms 125:1: "A Song of degrees. They that trust in the LORD shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed,"
Psalms 126:1: "A Song of degrees. When the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we were"
Psalms 127:1: "A Song of degrees for Solomon. Except the LORD build the house,"
Psalms 128:1: "A Song of degrees. Blessed is every one that feareth the LORD; that walketh in his ways."
Psalms 129:1: "A Song of degrees. Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now"
Psalms 130:1: "A Song of degrees. Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O LORD."
Psalms 131:1: "A Song of degrees of David. LORD, my heart is not haughty, nor"
Psalms 132:1: "A Song of degrees. LORD, remember David, and all his afflictions:"
Psalms 133:1: "A Song of degrees of David. Behold, how good and how pleasant"
Psalms 134:1: "A Song of degrees. Behold, bless ye the LORD, all ye servants"
Isaiah 38:8: "I will bring again the shadow of the degrees, which is gone down in the sun dial"
Isaiah 38:8: "which is gone down in the sun dial of Ahaz, ten degrees backward."
Isaiah 38:8: "dial of Ahaz, ten degrees backward. So the sun returned ten"
Isaiah 38:8: "So the sun returned ten degrees, by which degrees it was gone down."
Isaiah 38:8: "ten degrees, by which degrees it was gone down."
Ezekiel 11:5: "of Israel: for I know the things that come into your mind,"
Ezekiel 40:6: "toward the east, and went up the stairs thereof, and measured the threshold of the gate,"
Ezekiel 40:22: "the east; and they went up unto it by seven steps; and the porches thereof were before"
Ezekiel 40:26: "And there were seven steps to go up to it, and the porches thereof were before them: and it had palm trees, one on this side,"
Ezekiel 40:31: "the posts thereof: and the going up to it had eight steps."
Ezekiel 40:34: "thereof, on this side, and on that side: and the going up to it had eight steps."
Ezekiel 40:37: "thereof, on this side, and on that side: and the going up to it had eight steps."
Ezekiel 40:49: "and the breadth eleven cubits; and he brought me by the steps whereby they went up to"
Ezekiel 43:17: "it shall be half a cubit; and the bottom thereof shall be a cubit about; and his stairs shall look toward the east."
Amos 9:6: "It is he that buildeth his stories in the heaven, and hath founded his troop in the earth; he that calleth"
