Definition

an elevation, i.e. (adj.) lofty (compar.); as title, the Supreme

Etymology

from H5927 (עָלָה);

Word family

• עָלָה ʻâlâh

How the KJV renders it

• (Most
• on) high(-er
• -est)
• upper(-most)

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.