Bible Encyclopedia: Stairs

Jump to: Concordance • Thesaurus • Greek • Hebrew • Library • Subtopics • Terms

Greek

304. anabathmos -- a going up, an ascent
... Phonetic Spelling: (an-ab-ath-mos') Short Definition: a step, a flight of steps
Definition: a step, a flight of steps; the well-known stairs leading up ... stairs. ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/304.htm - 6k

Strong's Hebrew

3883. lul -- a shaft or enclosed space with steps or ladder
... 3882, 3883. lul. 3884 . a shaft or enclosed space with steps or ladder.
Transliteration: lul Phonetic Spelling: (lool) Short Definition: stairs. ...
/hebrew/3883.htm - 6k

4608. maaleh -- an ascent
... abstractly (the relation or state) a rise or (figuratively) priority -- ascent,
before, chiefest, cliff, that goeth up, going up, hill, mounting up, stairs. ...
/hebrew/4608.htm - 6k

5930. olah -- whole burnt offering
... Or mowlah {o-law'}; feminine active participle of alah; a step or (collectively,
stairs, as ascending); usually a holocaust (as going up in smoke) -- ascent ...
/hebrew/5930.htm - 5k

4552. misad -- support
... Word Origin from saad Definition support NASB Word Usage supports (1). pillar. From
ca'ad; a balustrade (for stairs) -- pillar. see HEBREW ca'ad. 4551b, 4552 ...
/hebrew/4552.htm - 6k

Library

September 30. "In the Secret Places of the Stairs" (Song of ...
... SEPTEMBER 30. "In the secret places of the stairs" (Song of Solomon ii. 14).
"In the secret places of the stairs" (Song of Solomon ii.14). ...
/.../simpson/days of heaven upon earth /september 30 in the secret.htm

Little Folks.
... A minister was one day moving his library up stairs. ... So his father just
told him to go and get an armful and take them up stairs. ...
/.../moody/moodys anecdotes and illustrations/little folks.htm

The Story of Jacob
... [Illustration: Angels were upon the stairs]. And on that night Jacob had a wonderful
dream. ... And above the stairs, he saw the Lord God standing. ...
/.../marshall/the wonder book of bible stories/the story of jacob.htm

Acts xxi. 39, 40
... unto the people. And when he had given him license, Paul stood on the stairs,
and beckoned with the hand unto the people. And when ...
/.../chrysostom/homilies on acts and romans/homily xlvii acts xxi 39.htm

"O Edward. "
... "O Edward," said she, "I am so glad to see you." She did not reprove him; did not
rebuke him. He went up stairs and did not come down for two days. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/moody/moodys anecdotes and illustrations/o edward.htm

Fire at Kingswood School
... When I came thither, I received a fuller account: about eight on Monday evening,
two or three boys went into the gallery, up two pair of stairs. ...
/.../wesley/the journal of john wesley/fire at kingswood school.htm

Wesley Enters his Eightieth Year
... downstairs, the carpet slipped from under my feet, and, I know not how, turned me
round and pitched me back, with my head foremost, for six or seven stairs. ...
/.../wesley/the journal of john wesley/wesley enters his eightieth year.htm

A Shower of Stones
... so he kept as close to me as he could, thinking himself safe when he was near me:
but, staying a little behind"when I went up two pair of stairs and stood ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/wesley/the journal of john wesley/a shower of stones.htm

Next Day among his Letters were Two of Value in the History of ...
... Hands were laid upon him, and, presently, one took his arm and led him away. The
two climbed a long flight of stairs and made hastily across a broad roof. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/bacheller/vergilius/chapter 15 next day among.htm

Jesus Heals a Paralytic at Capernaum.
... "Now" is always the day of salvation], ^c they went up to the housetop [They went
up by means of the stairs in the porch, or by ascending to the roof of an ...
/.../mcgarvey/the four-fold gospel/xxxv jesus heals a paralytic.htm

Thesaurus

Stairs (12 Occurrences)
...Stairs (12 Occurrences). ... Acts 21:40 When he had given him permission, Paul,
standing on the stairs, beckoned with his hand to the people. ...
/s/stairs.htm - 10k

Stairway (12 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (n.) A flight of stairs or steps; a staircase. Multi-Version
Concordance Stairway (12 Occurrences). Genesis 28:12 He dreamed. ...
/s/stairway.htm - 10k

Pair (18 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) A number of things resembling one another, or
belonging together; a set; as, a pair or flight of stairs. ... Four pair of stairs. ...
/p/pair.htm - 14k

Dial (2 Occurrences)
... 9, 10, 11. The ma'aloth was probably stairs on which the shadow of a column
or obelisk placed on the top fell. The shadow would ...
/d/dial.htm - 19k

Upstairs (8 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (adv.) Up the stairs; in or toward an upper story.
2. (a.) Being above stairs; as, an upstairs room. Multi-Version Concordance ...
/u/upstairs.htm - 8k

Fountain-gate (3 Occurrences)
... he built it, and covered it, and set up its doors, its locks and its bars, and the
wall of the pool of Shelah by the king's garden, and to the stairs that go ...
/f/fountain-gate.htm - 7k

Downstairs (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (adv.) Down the stairs; to a lower floor. 2. (a.)
Below stairs; as, a downstairs room. Multi-Version Concordance ...
/d/downstairs.htm - 6k

Degrees (18 Occurrences)
... According to the Mishna, Middoth 2 5, Cukkah 51b, there was in the temple a
semi-circular flight of stairs with 15 steps which led from the court of the men ...
/d/degrees.htm - 14k

Step (41 Occurrences)
... act. 14. (vi) Walk; passage. 15. (n.) A portable framework of stairs, much
used indoors in reaching to a high position. 16. (vi) In ...
/s/step.htm - 19k

Songs (100 Occurrences)
... According to the Mishna, Middoth 2 5, Cukkah 51b, there was in the temple a
semi-circular flight of stairs with 15 steps which led from the court of the men ...
/s/songs.htm - 62k

Bible Concordance

Stairs (12 Occurrences)

Acts 21:35 When he came to the stairs, it happened that he was carried by the soldiers because of the violence of the crowd;
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS NAS)

Acts 21:40 When he had given him permission, Paul, standing on the stairs, beckoned with his hand to the people. When there was a great silence, he spoke to them in the Hebrew language, saying,
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS)

1 Kings 6:8 The door for the middle side chambers was in the right side of the house: and they went up by winding stairs into the middle story, and out of the middle into the third.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

2 Kings 9:13 Then they hurried, and took every man his garment, and put it under him on the top of the stairs, and blew the trumpet, saying, "Jehu is king."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

2 Chronicles 9:11 And the king made of the sandal-wood stairs for the house of Jehovah, and for the king's house, and harps and lutes for the singers. And there were none such seen before in the land of Judah.)
(DBY)

Nehemiah 3:15 The spring gate repaired Shallun the son of Colhozeh, the ruler of the district of Mizpah; he built it, and covered it, and set up its doors, its bolts, and its bars, and the wall of the pool of Shelah by the king's garden, even to the stairs that go down from the city of David.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)

Nehemiah 9:4 Then stood up on the stairs of the Levites, Jeshua, and Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani, and cried with a loud voice to Yahweh their God.
(WEB KJV ASV WBS RSV NIV)

Nehemiah 12:37 By the spring gate, and straight before them, they went up by the stairs of the city of David, at the ascent of the wall, above the house of David, even to the water gate eastward.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)

Song of Songs 2:14 O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.
(KJV WBS)

Ezekiel 40:6 Then came he unto the gate which looketh toward the east, and went up the stairs thereof, and measured the threshold of the gate, which was one reed broad; and the other threshold of the gate, which was one reed broad.
(KJV WBS)

Ezekiel 40:49 The length of the porch was twenty cubits, and the breadth eleven cubits; even by the steps by which they went up to it: and there were pillars by the posts, one on this side, and another on that side.
(See NIV)

Ezekiel 43:17 And the settle shall be fourteen cubits long and fourteen broad in the four squares thereof; and the border about it shall be half a cubit; and the bottom thereof shall be a cubit about; and his stairs shall look toward the east.
(KJV WBS)

Subtopics

Stairs

Stairs of David

Related Terms

Stairway (12 Occurrences)

Pair (18 Occurrences)

Dial (2 Occurrences)

Upstairs (8 Occurrences)

Fountain-gate (3 Occurrences)

Downstairs (1 Occurrence)

Degrees (18 Occurrences)

Step (41 Occurrences)