TBESH · H4605
מַ֫עַל · ma.al · above
subst 1) higher part, upper part adv 1a) above prep 1b) on the top of, above, on higher ground than with locative 1c) upwards, higher, above
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ma.al H4605
מַ֫עַל (ma.al) means “above” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
מַ֫עַל Hebrew · H4605 140 tagged occurrences in 134 verses
Pronunciation guide: mah'al Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
Lexicon entries
Strong’s Hebrew dictionary
from H5927 (עָלָה); properly, the upper part, used only adverbially with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top, etc.
KJV glosses: above, exceeding(-ly), forward, on ([idiom] very) high, over, up(-on, -ward), very.
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How translators render H4605
Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| or older | 30 |
| above | 21 |
| or more | 8 |
| upward | 5 |
| forward | 4 |
| was above | 3 |
| and over that | 2 |
| from above | 2 |
| just above | 2 |
| them | 2 |
| up | 2 |
| above him | 1 |
| above these | 1 |
| and beyond | 1 |
| and higher | 1 |
| and highly | 1 |
| and stronger | 1 |
| as it rose upward | 1 |
| ascended | 1 |
| at the top | 1 |
| atop | 1 |
| became increasingly severe | 1 |
| by stages | 1 |
| exceedingly | 1 |
| from the top | 1 |
| had highly | 1 |
| higher | 1 |
| highly | 1 |
| it | 1 |
| leads upward | 1 |
| move upward | 1 |
| must be exceedingly | 1 |
| of heaven | 1 |
| on high | 1 |
| over | 1 |
| over and above | 1 |
| over it | 1 |
| shall project upward | 1 |
| to a depth | 1 |
| were above | 1 |
| were very | 1 |
| young and old | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| and upward | 48 |
| above | 28 |
| and above | 7 |
| upward | 7 |
| from above | 6 |
| on high | 5 |
| thereof above | 4 |
| upon | 4 |
| exceedingly | 3 |
| even upward | 2 |
| exceeding | 2 |
| forward | 2 |
| over | 2 |
| over them above | 2 |
| above thee very | 1 |
| according as he had lifted up | 1 |
| also above | 1 |
| and overturned | 1 |
| and thou shalt be above only | 1 |
| beneath and above | 1 |
| high | 1 |
| him exceedingly | 1 |
| it above | 1 |
| it from above | 1 |
| on high above them | 1 |
| over and above | 1 |
| still upward | 1 |
| them above | 1 |
| went still upward | 1 |
| were very | 1 |
Verses containing H4605
Page 3 of 3. 134 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
- Job 18:16
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The roots beneath him dry up, and the branches above him wither away.
Read word by word - Job 31:2
· BSB · 1 occurrence
For what is the allotment of God from above, or the heritage from the Almighty on high?
Read word by word - Job 31:28
· BSB · 1 occurrence
this would also be an iniquity to be judged, for I would have denied God on high.
Read word by word - Psalms 74:5
· BSB · 1 occurrence
like men wielding axes in a thicket of trees
Read word by word - Psalms 78:23
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Yet He commanded the clouds above and opened the doors of the heavens.
Read word by word - Proverbs 8:28
· BSB · 1 occurrence
when He established the clouds above, when the fountains of the deep gushed forth,
Read word by word - Proverbs 15:24
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The path of life leads upward for the wise, that he may avoid going down to Sheol.
Read word by word - Ecclesiastes 3:21
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Who knows if the spirit of man rises upward and the spirit of the animal descends into the earth?
Read word by word - Isaiah 6:2
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Above Him stood seraphim, each having six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they were flying.
Read word by word - Isaiah 7:11
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“Ask for a sign from the LORD your God, whether from the depths of Sheol or the heights of heaven.”
Read word by word - Isaiah 8:21
· BSB · 1 occurrence
They will roam the land, dejected and hungry. When they are famished, they will become enraged; and looking upward, they will curse their king and their God.
Read word by word - Isaiah 14:13
· BSB · 1 occurrence
You said in your heart: “I will ascend to the heavens; I will raise my throne above the stars of God. I will sit on the mount of assembly, in the far reaches of the north.
Read word by word - Isaiah 37:31
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And the surviving remnant of the house of Judah will again take root below and bear fruit above.
Read word by word - Isaiah 45:8
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Drip down, O heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness. Let the earth open up that salvation may sprout and righteousness spring up with it; I, the LORD, have created it.
Read word by word - Jeremiah 4:28
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Therefore the earth will mourn and the heavens above will grow dark. I have spoken, I have planned, and I will not relent or turn back.”
Read word by word - Jeremiah 31:37
· BSB · 1 occurrence
This is what the LORD says: “Only if the heavens above could be measured and the foundations of the earth below searched out would I reject all of Israel’s descendants because of all they have done,” declares the LORD.
Read word by word - Jeremiah 35:4
· BSB · 1 occurrence
and I brought them into the house of the LORD, to a chamber occupied by the sons of Hanan son of Igdaliah, a man of God. This room was near the chamber of the officials, which was above the chamber of Maaseiah son of Shallum the doorkeeper.
Read word by word - Jeremiah 43:10
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then tell them that this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and I will set his throne over these stones that I have embedded, and he will spread his royal pavilion over them.
Read word by word - Jeremiah 52:32
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And he spoke kindly to Jehoiachin and set his throne above the thrones of the other kings who were with him in Babylon.
Read word by word - Ezekiel 1:11
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Such were their faces. Their wings were spread upward; each had two wings touching the wings of the creature on either side, and two wings covering its body.
Read word by word - Ezekiel 1:22
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Spread out above the heads of the living creatures was the likeness of an awesome expanse, gleaming like crystal.
Read word by word - Ezekiel 1:26
· BSB · 2 occurrences
Above the expanse over their heads was the likeness of a throne with the appearance of sapphire, and on the throne high above was a figure like that of a man.
Read word by word - Ezekiel 1:27
· BSB · 1 occurrence
From what seemed to be His waist up, I saw a gleam like amber, with what looked like fire within it all around. And from what seemed to be His waist down, I saw what looked like fire; and brilliant light surrounded Him.
Read word by word - Ezekiel 8:2
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then I looked and saw a figure like that of a man. From His waist down His appearance was like fire, and from His waist up He was as bright as the gleam of amber.
Read word by word - Ezekiel 10:19
· BSB · 1 occurrence
As I watched, the cherubim lifted their wings and rose up from the ground, with the wheels beside them as they went. And they stopped at the entrance of the east gate of the house of the LORD, with the glory of the God of Israel above them.
Read word by word - Ezekiel 11:22
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the cherubim, with the wheels beside them, spread their wings, and the glory of the God of Israel was above them.
Read word by word - Ezekiel 37:8
· BSB · 1 occurrence
As I looked on, tendons appeared on them, flesh grew, and skin covered them; but there was no breath in them.
Read word by word - Ezekiel 41:7
· BSB · 5 occurrences
The side rooms surrounding the temple widened at each successive level, because the structure surrounding the temple ascended by stages corresponding to the narrowing of the temple wall as it rose upward. And so a stairway went up from the lowest story to the highest, through the middle one.
Read word by word - Ezekiel 43:15
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The altar hearth shall be four cubits high, and four horns shall project upward from the hearth.
Read word by word - Daniel 12:6
· BSB · 1 occurrence
One of them said to the man dressed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, “How long until the fulfillment of these wonders?”
Read word by word - Daniel 12:7
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And the man dressed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, raised his right hand and his left hand toward heaven, and I heard him swear by Him who lives forever, saying, “It will be for a time, and times, and half a time. When the power of the holy people has finally been shattered, all these things will be completed.”
Read word by word - Amos 2:9
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Yet it was I who destroyed the Amorite before them, though his height was like that of the cedars, and he was as strong as the oaks. Yet I destroyed his fruit above and his roots below.
Read word by word - Haggai 2:15
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Now consider carefully from this day forward: Before one stone was placed on another in the temple of the LORD,
Read word by word - Haggai 2:18
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Consider carefully from this day forward—from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, the day the foundation of the LORD’s temple was laid—consider carefully:
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