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ASCENT

a-sent':

(1) The rendering in the King James Version twice, the Revised Version (British and American) 14 times correctly, of Hebrew ma`aleh, "ascent," "pass," as a geographical term (the King James Version Numbers 34:4 2 Samuel 15:30; the Revised Version (British and American) Joshua 10:10 Judges 8:13, etc.).

(2) The rendering in the King James Version and the Revised Version (British and American) of `olah in 1 Kings 10:5, "his ascent by which he went up unto the house of Yahweh"; but `olah everywhere else means "burnt-offering," and all ancient versions support the Revised Version, margin, "his burnt-offering which he offered" (caused to go up), etc.

(3) In 2 Chronicles 9:4 (parallel 1 Kings 10:5) a very slight textual correction (supported by Septuagint) gives us the same words as in 1 Kings instead of the difficult `aliyah, "upper chamber," not "ascent" as the King James Version and the Revised Version (British and American) render it against all usage elsewhere.

(4) In the Revised Version (British and American) Ezekiel 40:31, 34, 37 Nehemiah 12:37, of a flight of steps, stairs.

(5) In the Revised Version (British and American) (Hebrew `aliyah), Nehemiah 3:31, 32, margin "upper chamber" is to be preferred to text "ascent."

F. K. Farr

GUR; THE ASCENT, OF

gur, a-sent', (ma`-aleh ghur): The place where the servants of Jehu mortally wounded Ahaziah, king of Judah (2 Kings 9:27). The ascent (the King James Version "going up") was hard by Ibleam, the site of which is identified about 1/2 mile South of Jenin.

LUHITH, ASCENT OF

lu'-hith, loo'-hith, ma`-aleh ha-luchith): A place named in Isaiah 15:5 Jeremiah 48:5. It is clearly identical with the way, or descent, of Horonaim. Eusebius, Onomasticon places Luhith between Areopolis and Zoar. Some way is intended by which fugitives from the Arabah could reach the uplands of the Moabite plateau. Guthe thinks it may be the road which leads from the district of the ancient Zoar on the eastern shore of the Dead Sea to the uplands through Wady Bene Hammad. Along this track ran also a Roman road. If Horonaim were the higher of the two places, this might account for the way being called the "descent" of Horonaim as going down from that place, and the "ascent" of Luhith as going up thence. Neither place can as yet be identified with certainty.

W. Ewing

ZIZ, ASCENT OF

ziz (ma`aleh ha-tsits; Hasae, Hasisa): A pass in the wilderness of Judea (2 Chronicles 20:16) leading from Hazazon-tamar (En-gedi, 2 Chronicles 20:2). This is generally identified with Wady Chacaca, a valley by which the ancient road from En-gedi runs toward Jerusalem. At any rate, an echo of the ancient name survives here: possibly the actual ascent was the present steep pass from En-gedi to the plateau above. See PEF, Sh XXI.

Greek
304. anabathmos -- a going up, an ascent
... a going up, an ascent. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: anabathmos
Phonetic Spelling: (an-ab-ath-mos') Short Definition: a step, a flight of ...
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Strong's Hebrew
4608. maaleh -- an ascent
... 4607, 4608. maaleh. 4609 . an ascent. Transliteration: maaleh Phonetic
Spelling: (mah-al-eh') Short Definition: ascent. Word Origin ...
/hebrew/4608.htm - 6k

4610. Maaleh Aqrabbim -- "ascent of scorpions," a place on the S. ...
... "ascent of scorpions," a place on the S. border of Isr. ... Word Origin from maaleh and
aqrab Definition "ascent of scorpions," a place on the S. border of Isr. ...
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5930b. olah -- ascent, stairway
... olah. 5931 . ascent, stairway. Transliteration: olah Short Definition: stairway.
Word Origin from alah Definition ascent, stairway NASB Word Usage stairway (2 ...
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5930. olah -- whole burnt offering
... 5929, 5930. olah. 5930a . whole burnt offering. Transliteration: olah Phonetic
Spelling: (o-law') Short Definition: ascent. ascent, go up to ...
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5944. aliyyah -- a roof chamber
... upper rooms (4). ascent, upper chamber, going up, loft, parlor. Feminine
from alah; something lofty, ie A stair-way; also a second ...
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5927. alah -- to go up, ascend, climb
... ascend, climb NASB Word Usage all means go (1), approach (1), arise (2), arose
(1), ascend (12), ascended (10), ascending (2), ascends (2), ascent (1), attack ...
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Library

The Lowell Lectures on the Ascent of Man
The Lowell Lectures on the Ascent of Man. <. The Lowell Lectures on the Ascent
of Man Henry Drummond. Table of Contents. Title Page. PREFACE. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/drummond/the lowell lectures on the ascent of man/

Book iii. The Ascent: from the River Jordan to the Mount of ...
... Book III. THE ASCENT: FROM THE RIVER JORDAN TO THE MOUNT OF TRANSFIGURATION.
. {hebrew}. In every passage of Scripture ...
/.../edersheim/the life and times of jesus the messiah/book iii the ascent from.htm

The Ascent of the Body
The Lowell Lectures on the Ascent of Man. <. ... CHAPTER I THE ASCENT
OF THE BODY. THE earliest home of Primitive Man was ...
/.../drummond/the lowell lectures on the ascent of man/chapter i the ascent of.htm

[Illustration: Ascent of Elijah. ]
... Half Hours in Bible Lands, Volume 2 Rev. PC Headley. [Illustration: Ascent of Elijah.].
[Illustration: Elisha on His Death Bed.]. [ Prev] [Top] [Next ]. ...
/.../headley/half hours in bible lands volume 2/illustration ascent of elijah.htm

The Lowell Lectures on the Ascent of Man
The Lowell Lectures on the Ascent of Man. <. ... Title Page. THE LOWELL LECTURES
ON THE ASCENT OF MAN BY. HENRY DRUMMOND. THIRTY EIGHTH THOUSAND. LONDON. ...
/.../drummond/the lowell lectures on the ascent of man/title page.htm

He Made the Pillars Thereof of Silver, the Couch of Gold, the ...
... 10. He made the pillars thereof of silver, the couch of gold, the ascent thereto
of purple; and the midst thereof he strewed with love for the daughters of ...
/.../guyon/song of songs of solomon/10 he made the pillars.htm

As, Then, by the Higher Mystical Ascent from Matters that Concern ...
... As, then, by the higher mystical ascent from matters that concern ourselves to that
transcendent� ... [1948] by the higher mystical ascent, anagogikos. ...
/.../gregory/gregory of nyssa dogmatic treatises etc/chapter ii as then by.htm

Preface
The Lowell Lectures on the Ascent of Man. <. ... animals. Its theme is
Ascent, not Descent. It is a History, not an Argument. ...
/.../drummond/the lowell lectures on the ascent of man/preface.htm

The Northern Coast of Judea. Beth-Horon.
... Yet the passage and ascent here was very strait; which the Talmudists do thus describe:
"If two camels go up together in the ascent of Beth-horon, both fall ...
/.../lightfoot/from the talmud and hebraica/chapter 19 the northern coast.htm

The Altar. The Rings. The Laver.
... The altar was, on every side, two-and-thirty cubits; after the ascent of one cubit,
it was so straitened, that it was less by one cubit in the whole square ...
/.../lightfoot/from the talmud and hebraica/chapter 34 the altar the.htm

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (n.) The act of rising; motion upward; as, he made a tedious ascent; the ascent of vapors from the earth.

2. (n.) The way or means by which one ascends.

3. (n.) An eminence, hill, or high place.

4. (n.) The degree of elevation of an object, or the angle it makes with a horizontal line; inclination; rising grade; as, a road has an ascent of five degrees.

Thesaurus
Ascent (32 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) The act of rising; motion upward; as, he made
a tedious ascent; the ascent of vapors from the earth. ...ASCENT. ...
/a/ascent.htm - 21k

Akrabbim (3 Occurrences)
... probably the general name given to the ridge containing the pass between the south
of the Dead Sea and Zin, es-Sufah, by which there is an ascent to the level ...
/a/akrabbim.htm - 8k

Scorpion (6 Occurrences)
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. SCORPION. skor'-pi-un (aqrabh; compare Arabic
aqrab, "scorpion"; ma`aleh `aqrabbim, "the ascent of Akrabbim"; skorpios. ...
/s/scorpion.htm - 13k

Zin (9 Occurrences)
... Standard Bible Encyclopedia. ZIN. (1) A town in the extreme South of Judah, on the
line separating that province from Edom, named between the ascent of Akrabbim ...
/z/zin.htm - 11k

Luhith (2 Occurrences)
... Made of boards, a Moabitish place between Zoar and Horonaim (Isaiah 15:5; Jeremiah
48:5). Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. LUHITH, ASCENT OF. ...
/l/luhith.htm - 8k

Gur (2 Occurrences)
... A whelp, a place near Ibleam where Jehu's servants overtook and mortally wounded
king Ahaziah (2 Kings 9:27); an ascent from the plain of Jezreel. Int. ...
/g/gur.htm - 7k

Adummim (2 Occurrences)
... ADUMMIM. a-dum'-im ('adhummim, perhaps "red spots"): "The ascent of Adummim" is
one of the numerous landmarks mentioned in defining the northern border of Judah ...
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Ziz (1 Occurrence)
... ZIZ, ASCENT OF. ... At any rate, an echo of the ancient name survives here: possibly
the actual ascent was the present steep pass from En-gedi to the plateau above. ...
/z/ziz.htm - 7k

Jeruel (1 Occurrence)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary Founded by God, a "desert" on the ascent from
the valley of the Dead Sea towards Jerusalem. It lay beyond ...
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Jambs (19 Occurrences)
... (See RSV). Ezekiel 40:31 The arches of it were toward the outer court; and palm
trees were on its posts: and the ascent to it had eight steps. (See RSV NIV). ...
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Bible Concordance
Ascent (32 Occurrences)

Numbers 34:4 and your border shall turn about southward of the ascent of Akrabbim, and pass along to Zin; and the goings out of it shall be southward of Kadesh Barnea; and it shall go forth to Hazar Addar, and pass along to Azmon;
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Joshua 10:10 Yahweh confused them before Israel, and he killed them with a great slaughter at Gibeon, and chased them by the way of the ascent of Beth Horon, and struck them to Azekah and to Makkedah.
(WEB JPS ASV DBY YLT NAS RSV)

Joshua 15:3 and it went out southward of the ascent of Akrabbim, and passed along to Zin, and went up by the south of Kadesh Barnea, and passed along by Hezron, went up to Addar, and turned about to Karka;
(WEB JPS ASV DBY NAS RSV)

Joshua 15:7 The border went up to Debir from the valley of Achor, and so northward, looking toward Gilgal, that is over against the ascent of Adummim, which is on the south side of the river. The border passed along to the waters of En Shemesh, and ended at En Rogel.
(WEB JPS ASV DBY YLT NAS RSV)

Joshua 18:17 It extended northward, went out at En Shemesh, and went out to Geliloth, which is over against the ascent of Adummim. It went down to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben.
(WEB JPS ASV DBY YLT NAS RSV)

Judges 1:36 The border of the Amorites was from the ascent of Akrabbim, from the rock, and upward.
(WEB JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Judges 8:13 Gideon the son of Joash returned from the battle from the ascent of Heres.
(WEB JPS ASV DBY NAS RSV)

1 Samuel 9:11 As they went up the ascent to the city, they found young maidens going out to draw water, and said to them, "Is the seer here?"
(WEB JPS ASV DBY YLT)

2 Samuel 15:30 David went up by the ascent of the Mount of Olives, and wept as he went up; and he had his head covered, and went barefoot: and all the people who were with him covered every man his head, and they went up, weeping as they went up.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

2 Samuel 15:32 It happened that when David had come to the top of the ascent, where God was worshiped, behold, Hushai the Archite came to meet him with his coat torn, and earth on his head.
(WEB JPS ASV)

2 Samuel 16:1 When David was a little past the top of the ascent, behold, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of donkeys saddled, and on them two hundred loaves of bread, and one hundred clusters of raisins, and one hundred summer fruits, and a bottle of wine.
(WEB ASV)

1 Kings 10:5 and the food of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their clothing, and his cup bearers, and his ascent by which he went up to the house of Yahweh; there was no more spirit in her.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS)

2 Kings 9:27 But when Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this, he fled by the way of the garden house. Jehu followed after him, and said, "Strike him also in the chariot!" They struck him at the ascent of Gur, which is by Ibleam. He fled to Megiddo, and died there.
(WEB JPS ASV DBY NAS RSV)

1 Chronicles 26:16 To Shuppim and Hosah westward, with the gate Shallecheth, by the causeway of the ascent, watch against watch.
(DBY WBS YLT)

2 Chronicles 9:4 and the food of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their clothing, his cup bearers also, and their clothing, and his ascent by which he went up to the house of Yahweh; there was no more spirit in her.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

2 Chronicles 20:16 Tomorrow go down against them: behold, they come up by the ascent of Ziz; and you shall find them at the end of the valley, before the wilderness of Jeruel.
(WEB JPS ASV DBY YLT NAS RSV)

2 Chronicles 32:33 Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the ascent of the tombs of the sons of David: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem did him honor at his death. Manasseh his son reigned in his place.
(WEB JPS ASV RSV)

Ezra 7:9 for on the first of the month he hath founded the ascent from Babylon, and on the first of the fifth month he hath come in unto Jerusalem, according to the good hand of his God upon him,
(YLT)

Nehemiah 3:19 Next to him repaired Ezer the son of Jeshua, the ruler of Mizpah, another portion, over against the ascent to the armory at the turning of the wall.
(WEB JPS ASV WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Nehemiah 3:31 After him repaired Malchijah one of the goldsmiths to the house of the Nethinim, and of the merchants, over against the gate of Hammiphkad, and to the ascent of the corner.
(WEB ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Nehemiah 3:32 Between the ascent of the corner and the sheep gate repaired the goldsmiths and the merchants.
(WEB ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Nehemiah 9:4 And there stand up on the ascent, of the Levites, Jeshua, and Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, Chenani, and they cry with a loud voice unto Jehovah their God.
(YLT)

Nehemiah 12:37 By the spring gate, and straight before them, they went up by the stairs of the city of David, at the ascent of the wall, above the house of David, even to the water gate eastward.
(WEB ASV DBY WBS RSV NIV)

Song of Songs 2:14 My dove, in clefts of the rock, In a secret place of the ascent, Cause me to see thine appearance, Cause me to hear thy voice, For thy voice 'is' sweet, and thy appearance comely.
(YLT)

Isaiah 15:5 My heart cries out for Moab! Her nobles flee to Zoar, to Eglath Shelishiyah; for they go up by the ascent of Luhith with weeping; for in the way of Horonaim, they raise up a cry of destruction.
(WEB JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Jeremiah 48:5 For by the ascent of Luhith with continual weeping shall they go up; for at the descent of Horonaim they have heard the distress of the cry of destruction.
(WEB JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Ezekiel 40:26 and seven steps 'are' its ascent, and its arches 'are' before them, and palm-trees 'are' to it, one on this side, and one on that side, at its posts;
(YLT)

Ezekiel 40:31 The arches of it were toward the outer court; and palm trees were on its posts: and the ascent to it had eight steps.
(WEB ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Ezekiel 40:34 The arches of it were toward the outer court; and palm trees were on its posts, on this side, and on that side: and the ascent to it had eight steps.
(WEB ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Ezekiel 40:37 The posts of it were toward the outer court; and palm trees were on its posts, on this side, and on that side: and the ascent to it had eight steps.
(WEB ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Ezekiel 40:40 And at the side without, at the ascent to the entry of the north gate, were two tables; and on the other side, which was at the porch of the gate, were two tables:
(DBY)

Ezekiel 40:42 and at the ascent, four tables of hewn stone, of a cubit and a half long, and a cubit and a half broad, and one cubit high; whereon also they laid the instruments with which they slew the burnt-offering and the sacrifice.
(DBY)

Subtopics

Ascent

Related Terms

Akrabbim (3 Occurrences)

Scorpion (6 Occurrences)

Zin (9 Occurrences)

Luhith (2 Occurrences)

Gur (2 Occurrences)

Adummim (2 Occurrences)

Ziz (1 Occurrence)

Jeruel (1 Occurrence)

Jambs (19 Occurrences)

En-shemesh (2 Occurrences)

Decorated (12 Occurrences)

Stairway (12 Occurrences)

Palm-trees (23 Occurrences)

Vestibule (36 Occurrences)

Faced (32 Occurrences)

Territory (140 Occurrences)

Repaired (46 Occurrences)

Overwhelmed (33 Occurrences)

Ladder (1 Occurrence)

Goings (42 Occurrences)

Geliloth (2 Occurrences)

Goldsmiths (3 Occurrences)

Ibleam (4 Occurrences)

En-she'mesh (2 Occurrences)

En (19 Occurrences)

Deportment (12 Occurrences)

Dealers (16 Occurrences)

Merchants (34 Occurrences)

Porches (13 Occurrences)

Projections (10 Occurrences)

Passes (74 Occurrences)

Bearers (11 Occurrences)

Barnea (10 Occurrences)

Northward (41 Occurrences)

Cupbearers (2 Occurrences)

Cup-bearers (7 Occurrences)

Chased (21 Occurrences)

Akrab'bim (2 Occurrences)

Addar (5 Occurrences)

Attendance (12 Occurrences)

Adum'mim (2 Occurrences)

Azekah (7 Occurrences)

Arches (13 Occurrences)

Shemesh (24 Occurrences)

Steep (7 Occurrences)

Southward (42 Occurrences)

Horonaim (5 Occurrences)

Gorge (19 Occurrences)

Section (22 Occurrences)

Horona'im (5 Occurrences)

Attendants (30 Occurrences)

Ornaments (50 Occurrences)

Tower (74 Occurrences)

Arabah (32 Occurrences)

Ministers (49 Occurrences)

Heres (7 Occurrences)

Ran (100 Occurrences)

Olives (30 Occurrences)

Posts (68 Occurrences)

Megiddo (13 Occurrences)

Provisions (41 Occurrences)

Dial (2 Occurrences)

En-rogel (4 Occurrences)

Sela (5 Occurrences)

Bethhoron (12 Occurrences)

Beth-horon (12 Occurrences)

Apparel (38 Occurrences)

Outer (98 Occurrences)

Continued (148 Occurrences)

Over-against (156 Occurrences)

Ascents (21 Occurrences)

Eight (81 Occurrences)

South (170 Occurrences)

Kadesh (30 Occurrences)

Mount (311 Occurrences)

Faces (158 Occurrences)

Palm (49 Occurrences)

Ascension (1 Occurrence)

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