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סָלַל
çâlal · Hebrew · Strong's H5549 · 12 occurrences
The KJV renders 5 different Hebrew and Greek words as “exalt”
What it means
to mound up (especially a turnpike); figurative, to exalt; reflexively, to oppose (as by a dam)
a primitive root;
How the KJV renders it
cast up, exalt, extol, make plain, raise up
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“exalt”
“raise up”
“extol”
also renders rûwm (H7311), rûwm (H7313)
“make plain”
also renders shâvâh (H7737)
Where it appears
12 occurrences in the Hebrew text, first 10 verses shown.
Exodus 9:17 · HVrrmsa
because you still exalt yourself against my people, that you won’t let them go.
Isaiah 57:14 · HVqv2mp
He will say, “Build up, build up, prepare the way! Remove the stumbling-block out of the way of my people.”
Isaiah 62:10 · HVqv2mp
Go through, go through the gates! Prepare the way of the people! Build up, build up the highway! Gather out the stones! Lift up a banner for the peoples.
Jeremiah 18:15 · HVqsfsa
For my people have forgotten me. They have burned incense to false gods. They have been made to stumble in their ways in the ancient paths, to walk in byways, in a way not built up,
Jeremiah 50:26 · HVqv2mp/Sp3fs
Come against her from the farthest border. Open her storehouses. Cast her up as heaps. Destroy her utterly. Let nothing of her be left.
Job 19:12 · HC/Vqw3mp
His troops come on together, build a siege ramp against me, and encamp around my tent.
Job 30:12 HC/Vqw3mpProverbs 4:8 HVlv2ms/Sp3fsProverbs 15:19 HVqsfsaPsalm 68:4 HVqv2mp
Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Hebrew text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.