Hebrew word study

עֹלָהʻôlâh a step or (collectively, stairs, as ascending)

Pronounced “o-law'

a step or (collectively, stairs, as ascending); usually a holocaust (as going up in smoke)

Translated in the King James as: ascent, burnt offering (sacrifice), go up to. See also H5766 (עֶוֶל).

Appears 284 times in Scripture

Origin: or עוֹלָה; feminine active participle of H5927 (עָלָה);

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Where it appears

Genesis 7×
Genesis 8:20Genesis 22:2Genesis 22:3Genesis 22:6Genesis 22:7Genesis 22:8Genesis 22:13
Exodus 17×
Exodus 10:25Exodus 18:12Exodus 20:24Exodus 24:5Exodus 29:18Exodus 29:25Exodus 29:42Exodus 30:9Exodus 30:28Exodus 31:9Exodus 32:6Exodus 35:16Exodus 38:1Exodus 40:6Exodus 40:10Exodus 40:29+ 1 more in Exodus
Leviticus 61×
Leviticus 1:3Leviticus 1:4Leviticus 1:6Leviticus 1:9Leviticus 1:10Leviticus 1:13Leviticus 1:14Leviticus 1:17Leviticus 3:5Leviticus 4:7Leviticus 4:10Leviticus 4:18Leviticus 4:24Leviticus 4:25Leviticus 4:29Leviticus 4:30Leviticus 4:33Leviticus 4:34Leviticus 5:7Leviticus 5:10Leviticus 6:9Leviticus 6:10Leviticus 6:12Leviticus 6:25Leviticus 7:2+ 36 more in Leviticus
Numbers 55×
Numbers 6:11Numbers 6:14Numbers 6:16Numbers 7:15Numbers 7:21Numbers 7:27Numbers 7:33Numbers 7:39Numbers 7:45Numbers 7:51Numbers 7:57Numbers 7:63Numbers 7:69Numbers 7:75Numbers 7:81Numbers 7:87Numbers 8:12Numbers 10:10Numbers 15:3Numbers 15:5Numbers 15:8Numbers 15:24Numbers 23:3Numbers 23:6Numbers 23:15+ 30 more in Numbers
Deuteronomy 6×
Deuteronomy 12:6Deuteronomy 12:11Deuteronomy 12:13Deuteronomy 12:14Deuteronomy 12:27Deuteronomy 27:6
Joshua 6×
Joshua 8:31Joshua 22:23Joshua 22:26Joshua 22:27Joshua 22:28Joshua 22:29
Judges 6×
Judges 6:26Judges 11:31Judges 13:16Judges 13:23Judges 20:26Judges 21:4
1 Samuel 10×
1 Sam 6:141 Sam 6:151 Sam 7:91 Sam 7:101 Sam 10:81 Sam 13:91 Sam 13:101 Sam 13:121 Sam 15:22+ 1 more in 1 Samuel
2 Samuel 5×
2 Sam 6:172 Sam 6:182 Sam 24:222 Sam 24:242 Sam 24:25
1 Kings 8×
1 Ki 3:41 Ki 3:151 Ki 8:641 Ki 9:251 Ki 10:51 Ki 18:341 Ki 18:38+ 1 more in 1 Kings
2 Kings 9×
2 Ki 3:272 Ki 5:172 Ki 10:242 Ki 10:252 Ki 16:132 Ki 16:15+ 3 more in 2 Kings
1 Chronicles 13×
1 Chr 6:491 Chr 16:11 Chr 16:21 Chr 16:401 Chr 21:231 Chr 21:241 Chr 21:261 Chr 21:291 Chr 22:11 Chr 23:311 Chr 29:21+ 2 more in 1 Chronicles
2 Chronicles 29×
2 Chr 1:62 Chr 2:42 Chr 4:62 Chr 7:12 Chr 7:72 Chr 8:122 Chr 13:112 Chr 23:182 Chr 24:142 Chr 29:72 Chr 29:182 Chr 29:242 Chr 29:272 Chr 29:282 Chr 29:312 Chr 29:322 Chr 29:342 Chr 29:352 Chr 30:152 Chr 31:22 Chr 31:32 Chr 35:122 Chr 35:142 Chr 35:16+ 5 more in 2 Chronicles
Ezra 8×
Ezra 3:2Ezra 3:3Ezra 3:4Ezra 3:5Ezra 3:6Ezra 8:35+ 2 more in Ezra
Nehemiah 1×
Nehemiah 10:33
Job 2×
Job 1:5Job 42:8
Psalms 7×
Psalms 20:3Psalms 40:6Psalms 50:8Psalms 51:16Psalms 51:19Psalms 66:13Psalms 66:15
Isaiah 4×
Isaiah 1:11Isaiah 40:16Isaiah 43:23Isaiah 56:7
Jeremiah 7×
Jeremiah 6:20Jeremiah 7:21Jeremiah 7:22Jeremiah 14:12Jeremiah 17:26Jeremiah 19:5Jeremiah 33:18
Ezekiel 20×
Ezekiel 40:26Ezekiel 40:38Ezekiel 40:39Ezekiel 40:42Ezekiel 43:18Ezekiel 43:24Ezekiel 43:27Ezekiel 44:11Ezekiel 45:15Ezekiel 45:17Ezekiel 45:23Ezekiel 45:25Ezekiel 46:2Ezekiel 46:4Ezekiel 46:12Ezekiel 46:13Ezekiel 46:15+ 3 more in Ezekiel
Hosea 1×
Hosea 6:6
Amos 1×
Amos 5:22
Micah 1×
Micah 6:6

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