H5929 עָלֶה (ʻâleh) aw-leh'

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

leaf

Strong's Definition

a leaf (as coming up on a tree); collectively, foliage

Derivation: from H5927 (עָלָה);

KJV Usage: branch, leaf.

TWOT Reference: 1624a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) leaf, leafage

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G5444

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

עָלֶה (a.leh) — leaf. leaf, leafage

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

עָלֶה (H5929)

noun m · עלה

Trees

leaf = one of the expanded, usually green structures growing from the stem of a plant; ► providing shade; ≈ associated with life when green, but known to wither when disconnected from the plant and therefore also denoting the fragility of life

GEN 3:7 · GEN 8:11 · LEV 26:36 · NEH 8:15 · NEH 8:15 · NEH 8:15 · NEH 8:15 · NEH 8:15 · JOB 13:25 · PSA 1:3 · PRO 11:28 · ISA 1:30 · ISA 34:4 · ISA 64:5 · JER 8:13 · JER 17:8 · EZK 47:12 · EZK 47:12

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

עָלֶה n.m. leaf, leafage base

Bible Occurrences (13)

3:7 8:11

26:36

8:15

13:25

1:3

11:28

1:30 34:4 64:6

8:13 17:8

47:12

Genesis 3:7

And the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they [were] naked; so they sewed together fig leaves and made coverings for themselves.

Genesis 8:11

And behold, the dove returned to him in the evening... with a freshly plucked olive leaf in her beak. So Noah knew that the waters had receded from the earth.

Leviticus 26:36

As for those of you who survive..., I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies, so that even the sound of a windblown leaf will put them to flight -. And they will flee as one flees the sword, and fall when no one pursues them.

Nehemiah 8:15

and that they should proclaim this message and spread [it] throughout their towns and in Jerusalem, saying, Go out to the hill country and bring back branches of olive,... wild olive,... myrtle,... palm,... and [other] leafy trees, to make booths, as it is written.

Job 13:25

Would You frighten a windblown leaf? Would You chase after dry chaff?

Proverbs 11:28

He who trusts in his riches... will fall, but the righteous will thrive like foliage.

Isaiah 1:30

For you will become like an oak whose leaves are withered, like a garden without water.

Isaiah 34:4

All the stars of heaven will be dissolved. The skies will be rolled up like a scroll, and all their stars... will fall like withered leaves from the vine, like foliage from the fig tree.