Definition

a step or (collectively, stairs, as ascending); usually a holocaust (as going up in smoke)

Etymology

or עוֹלָה; feminine active participle of H5927 (עָלָה);

Word family

• עָלָה ʻâlâh

How the KJV renders it

• ascent
• burnt offering (sacrifice)
• go up to. See also H5766 (עֶוֶל)

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.