- Original: מעלה - Transliteration: Ma`alah - Phonetic: mah-al-aw' - Definition: 1. what comes up, thoughts 2. step, stair a. step, stair b. steps (of sundial) c. stories (of heaven) d. ascent e. song of ascent 1. to the three great pilgrim feasts (Psalm titles) - Origin: from H4608 - TWOT entry: 1624L,1624m - Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine - Strong's: Feminine of H4608 ; elevation that is the act (literally a journey to a higher place figuratively a thought arising) or (concretely) the condition (literally a step or grade mark figuratively a superiority of station); specifically a climactic progression (in certain Psalms): - things that come up (high) degree deal go up stair step story. Total KJV Occurrences: 46 • come, 1 Ezekiel 11:5 • degree, 1 1 Chronicles 17:17 • degrees, 24 2 Kings 20:9(2); 2 Kings 20:10(2); 2 Kings 20:11; Psalm 120:1; Psalm 121:1; Psalm 122:1; Psalm 123:1; Psalm 124:1; Psalm 125:1; Psalm 126:1; Psalm 127:1; Psalm 128:1; Psalm 129:1; Psalm 130:1; Psalm 131:1; Psalm 132:1; Psalm 133:1; Psalm 134:1; Isaiah 38:8(4) • dial, 2 2 Kings 20:11; Isaiah 38:8 • stairs, 5 2 Kings 9:13; Nehemiah 3:15; Nehemiah 12:37; Ezekiel 40:6; Ezekiel 43:17 • steps, 11 Exodus 20:26; 1 Kings 10:19; 1 Kings 10:20; 2 Chronicles 9:18; 2 Chronicles 9:19; Ezekiel 40:22; Ezekiel 40:26; Ezekiel 40:31; Ezekiel 40:34; Ezekiel 40:37; Ezekiel 40:49 • stories, 1 Amos 9:6 • up, 1 Ezra 7:9