Strong's Hebrew · H5930
H5930 ʻôlâh
עֹלָה
o-law'
burnt offering
ʻôlâh appears 287 times in Scripture, including Genesis 8:20 and Exodus 10:25. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
a step or (collectively, stairs, as ascending); usually a holocaust (as going up in smoke)
In the King James Version
ascent, burnt offering (sacrifice), go up to. See also H5766 (עֶוֶל).
Derivation
or עוֹלָה; feminine active participle of H5927 (עָלָה);
Appears 287 times in Scripture
“Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and placed it on his son Isaac. He himself carried the fire and the sacrificial knife, and the two of them walked on together.”
“But Moses replied, “You must also provide us with sacrifices and burnt offerings to present to the LORD our God.”
“Then Abraham looked up and saw behind him a ram in a thicket, caught by its horns. So he went and took the ram and offered it as a burnt offering in place of his son.”
“Abraham answered, “God Himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son.” And the two walked on together.”
“So the next day they arose, offered burnt offerings, and presented peace offerings. And the people sat down to eat and drink and got up to indulge in revelry.”
“Then Isaac said to his father Abraham, “My father!” “Here I am, my son,” he replied. “The fire and the wood are here,” said Isaac, “but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?””
“He said to Aaron, “Take for yourself a young bull for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering, both without blemish, and present them before the LORD.”
““Take your son,” God said, “your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah. Offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains, which I will show you.””
“So Abraham got up early the next morning, saddled his donkey, and took along two of his servants and his son Isaac. He split the wood for a burnt offering and set out for the place God had designated.”
“Then Noah built an altar to the LORD. And taking from every kind of clean animal and clean bird, he offered burnt offerings on the altar.”
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
