Olah עֹלָה

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Olah
עֹלָה
Transliterationolah
Strong's numberH5930 (H5930A, H5930B)
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechfeminine noun
Glossburnt offering
Occurrences287 in 261 verses
Most frequent inLeviticus (58)

Olah (Hebrew עֹלָה, Strong's H5930) is a Hebrew feminine noun meaning “burnt offering”. It occurs 287 times in 261 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

H5930A: burnt offering

whole burnt offering
Aramaic equivalent: a.lah (עֲלָת "burnt offering" H5928)

H5930B: ascent

ascent, stairway, steps

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVoffering (184), offerings (82), sacrifice (17), sacrifices (4), ascent (1), up (1)
BSBburnt offering (145), burnt offerings (82), your burnt offerings (10), is a burnt offering (6), his burnt offering (5), your burnt offering (3), it as a burnt offering (2), this burnt offering (1), their burnt offering (1), either a burnt offering (1), this is the burnt offering (1), this is a burnt offering (1), and 18 other renderings

Topics

Verses

Every verse with Olah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis

Exodus

Leviticus

Numbers

Deuteronomy

Joshua

Judges

1 Samuel

2 Samuel

1 Kings

2 Kings

1 Chronicles

2 Chronicles

Ezra

Nehemiah

Job

Psalms

Isaiah

Jeremiah

Ezekiel

Hosea

Amos

Micah

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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