Know the Word.

Hebrew word

ʻâlâh

aw-law'

עָלָה

What it means

to ascend, intransitively or actively

to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative

Where it comes from

a primitive root

How the King James translates it

  • went156
  • go124
  • come97
  • came81
  • brought63
  • offered37
  • bring36
  • offer34

Every place it appears 864

Ruth4:1
Ecclesiastes3:2110:4
Song of Solomon3:64:26:67:88:5
Lamentations1:142:10
Obadiah1:21
Habakkuk1:153:16
Haggai1:8