Definition

elevation, i.e. the act (literally, a journey to a higher place, figuratively, a thought arising), or (concretely) the condition (literally, a step or grademark, figuratively, a superiority of station); specifically a climactic progression (in certain Psalms)

Etymology

feminine of H4608 (מַעֲלֶה);

Word family

• מַעֲלֶה maʻăleh

How the KJV renders it

• things that come up
• (high) degree
• deal
• go up
• stair
• step
• story

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.