Definition
from H5927; a leaf (as coming up on a tree); collectively, foliage
Traditional renderings: branch, leaf.
Traditional renderings: branch, leaf.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders עָלֶה:
- φύλλονphullon“leaf”79%
- ἐπίepi“upon/to/against”14%
- ἀντιλαμβάνωantilambanō“to help”7%
Usage patterns
Occurrences
18 total
- Genesis 3:7עֲלֵ֣ה · leavesAnd 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 8:11עֲלֵה־ · leafAnd 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 26:36עָלֶ֣ה · leafAs 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 8:15עֲלֵי־ · branches; וַעֲלֵי־; וַעֲלֵ֤י; וַעֲלֵ֣י; וַעֲלֵ֖י…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 13:25הֶעָלֶ֣ה · leafWould You frighten a windblown leaf? Would You chase after dry chaff?
- Psalm 1:3וְעָלֵ֥הוּ · whose leafHe is like a tree planted by streams of water, yielding its fruit in season, whose leaf does not wither, and who prospers in all he does.
- Proverbs 11:28וְ֝כֶעָלֶ֗ה · like foliageHe who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous will thrive like foliage.
- Isaiah 1:30עָלֶ֑הָ · whose leavesFor you will become like an oak whose leaves are withered, like a garden without water.
- Isaiah 34:4עָלֶה֙ · leavesAll 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.
- Isaiah 64:6כֶּֽעָלֶה֙ · like a leafEach of us has become like something unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all wither like a leaf, and our iniquities carry us away like the wind.
- Jeremiah 8:13וְהֶֽעָלֶה֙ · and even the leafI will take away their harvest, declares the LORD. There will be no grapes on the vine, nor figs on the tree, and even the leaf will wither. Whatever I have given them will be lost to them.”
- Jeremiah 17:8עָלֵ֖הוּ · and its leavesHe is like a tree planted by the waters that sends out its roots toward the stream. It does not fear when the heat comes, and its leaves are always green. It does not worry in a year of drought, nor does it cease to produce fruit.
- Ezekiel 47:12עָלֵ֜הוּ · Their leaves; וְעָלֵ֖הוּ · and their leavesAlong both banks of the river, fruit trees of all kinds will grow. Their leaves will not wither, and their fruit will not fail. Each month they will bear fruit, because the water from the sanctuary flows to them. Their fruit will be used for food and their leaves for healing.”