Hebrew word study
עָלָהʻâlâh — to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount)
Pronounced “aw-law'”
to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
Translated in the King James as: arise (up), (cause to) ascend up, at once, break (the day) (up), bring (up), (cause to) burn, carry up, cast up, [phrase] shew, climb (up), (cause to, make to) come (up), cut off, dawn, depart, exalt, excel, fall, fetch up, get up, (make to) go (away, up); grow (over) increase, lay, leap, levy, lift (self) up, light, (make) up, mention, mount up, offer, make to pay, [phrase] perfect, prefer, put (on), raise, recover, restore, (make to) rise (up), scale, set (up), shoot forth (up), (begin to) spring (up), stir up, take away (up), work.
Appears 885 times in Scripture
Origin: a primitive root;
Read it in context & ask Abram about this wordWhere it appears
Genesis — 51×
Exodus — 61×
Leviticus — 14×
Numbers — 42×
Deuteronomy — 32×
Joshua — 55×
Judges — 71×
Ruth — 1×
1 Samuel — 69×
2 Samuel — 36×
1 Kings — 52×
2 Kings — 59×
1 Chronicles — 24×
2 Chronicles — 53×
Ezra — 14×
Nehemiah — 13×
Psalms — 23×
Proverbs — 7×
Ecclesiastes — 2×
Isaiah — 40×
Jeremiah — 64×
Ezekiel — 39×
Daniel — 3×
Amos — 11×
Obadiah — 1×
Micah — 3×
Habakkuk — 2×
Haggai — 1×
Zechariah — 6×
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Lexicon data: Open Scriptures Strong’s dictionaries (CC-BY-SA). Word alignment: Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain). Self-hosted by Seen.