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Burnt offering

עֲלָתStrong’s H5930

alah (a-lah)

Appears in 261 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Alah is the Hebrew word usually translated “burnt offering”, “burnt offerings” and “burnt offering of”. It appears in 261 verses of the Old Testament.

“And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.”
Genesis 8:20 KJV
Meaning
  1. Burnt offering, holocaust
  2. Ascent, stairway, steps
How it's translated
  • the burnt offering 66
  • a burnt offering 46
  • burnt offerings 35
  • to a burnt offering 27
  • burnt offering of 21
  • burnt offering 17
  • burnt offerings your 11
  • burnt offering his 7

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Leviticus 58
  • Numbers 53
  • 2 Chronicles 24
  • Ezekiel 17
  • Exodus 16
  • 1 Chronicles 11

23 books in all.

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Explore in Scripture
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10:33
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1:542:8
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6:6
Amos 1
5:22
Micah 1
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Hebrew dictionary

עֲלָת alah · burnt offering

burnt offering, holocaust Aramaic of o.lah (עֹלָה "burnt offering" H5930A)

עֹלָה olah · ascent

ascent, stairway, steps

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.