# מַעֲלֶה (maaleh)

Israeli respelling: ma-a-leh. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H4608. 15 Old Testament occurrences.

an elevation, i.e. (concretely) acclivity or platform; abstractly (the relation or state) a rise or (figuratively) priority

King James renderings: ascent, before, chiefest, cliff, that goeth up, going up, hill, mounting up, stairs.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/maaleh-h4608

## Occurrences

- [Joshua 15:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/joshua/15/7) — And the border went up toward Debir from the valley of Achor, and so northward, looking toward Gilgal, that is before the going up to Adumm…
- [Joshua 18:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/joshua/18/17) — And was drawn from the north, and went forth to Enshemesh, and went forth toward Geliloth, which is over against the going up of Adummim, a…
- [Judges 8:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/8/13) — And Gideon the son of Joash returned from battle before the sun was up,
- [1 Samuel 9:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/9/11) — And as they went up the hill to the city, they found young maidens going out to draw water, and said unto them, Is the seer here?
- [2 Samuel 15:30](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/15/30) — And David went up by the ascent of mount Olivet, and wept as he went up, and had his head covered, and he went barefoot: and all the people…
- [2 Kings 9:27](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/9/27) — But when Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this, he fled by the way of the garden house. And Jehu followed after him, and said, Smite him also…
- [2 Chronicles 20:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/20/16) — To morrow go ye down against them: behold, they come up by the cliff of Ziz; and ye shall find them at the end of the brook, before the wil…
- [2 Chronicles 32:33](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/32/33) — And Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the chiefest of the sepulchres of the sons of David: and all Judah and the inha…
- [Nehemiah 9:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nehemiah/9/4) — Then stood up upon the stairs, of the Levites, Jeshua, and Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani, and cried with a…
- [Nehemiah 12:37](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nehemiah/12/37) — And at the fountain gate, which was over against them, they went up by the stairs of the city of David, at the going up of the wall, above…
- [Isaiah 15:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/15/5) — My heart shall cry out for Moab; his fugitives shall flee unto Zoar, an heifer of three years old: for by the mounting up of Luhith with we…
- [Jeremiah 48:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/48/5) — For in the going up of Luhith continual weeping shall go up; for in the going down of Horonaim the enemies have heard a cry of destruction.
- [Ezekiel 40:31](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/40/31) — And the arches thereof were toward the utter court; and palm trees were upon the posts thereof: and the going up to it had eight steps.
- [Ezekiel 40:34](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/40/34) — And the arches thereof were toward the outward court; and palm trees were upon the posts thereof, on this side, and on that side: and the g…
- [Ezekiel 40:37](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/40/37) — And the posts thereof were toward the utter court; and palm trees were upon the posts thereof, on this side, and on that side: and the goin…