עֲלִיָּה
ʻălîyâh · al-ee-yaw'
something lofty, i.e. a stair-way; also a second-story room (or even one on the roof); figuratively, the sky
Lexicon
Derivation: feminine from H5927 (עָלָה);
something lofty, i.e. a stair-way; also a second-story room (or even one on the roof); figuratively, the sky
- something lofty, i.e. a stair-way
- also, a second-story room (or even one on the roof)
- figuratively, the sky
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: ascent, (upper) chamber, going up, loft, parlour.
Letters
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to see and know › authority, the one who leads › the hand that works › to reveal, behold
To see and know of authority, the one who leads of the hand that works that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עֲלִיָּה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
20 occurrences · 20 OT · 0 NT · 18 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of the parlour3 · 15%
- parlour1 · 5%
- to the chamber1 · 5%
- into a loft1 · 5%
- out of the chamber1 · 5%
- in his upper chamber1 · 5%
- chamber1 · 5%
- into the chamber1 · 5%
- of the upper chamber1 · 5%
- thereof, and of the upper chambers1 · 5%
- the upper chambers1 · 5%
- and his ascent1 · 5%
- and to the going up1 · 5%
- and between the going up1 · 5%
- of his chambers1 · 5%
- from his chambers1 · 5%
- and his chambers1 · 5%
- chambers1 · 5%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.