Above
עֵ֫לָּאStrong’s H5924ella (el-la)
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Ella is the Aramaic word usually translated “above”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“And over these three presidents; of whom Daniel was first: that the princes might give accounts unto them, and the king should have no damage.”
Meaning
- Above
How it's translated
- and above 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Daniel 1
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
Aramaic dictionary
עֵ֫לָּא ella · above
above Aramaic of al (עַל "upon" H5921)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “above” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
ABOVE', adverb
- Overhead; in a higher place.
- Before.
- Chief in rank or power. Deuteronomy 28:1
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Aramaic, not from any one translation.