96 occurrences in 12 translations

'Ascend' in the Bible

And He saith, 'Take, I pray thee, thy son, thine only one, whom thou hast loved, even Isaac, and go for thyself unto the land of Moriah, and cause him to ascend there for a burnt-offering on one of the mountains of which I speak unto thee.'

Verse ConceptsCalvaryAbrahamAtonement, Types OfLove, And The WorldSuffering, Of Jesus ChristWorship, Acceptable AttitudesWorship, Places OfThe Only ChildSacrificing The FirstbornOnly Child Of PeopleThose Who Loved

And Abraham lifteth up his eyes, and looketh, and lo, a ram behind, seized in a thicket by its horns; and Abraham goeth, and taketh the ram, and causeth it to ascend for a burnt-offering instead of his son;

Verse ConceptsAbrahamHornsRamsSubstitutionNames Of GodHorns Of AnimalsVicarious Substitution

You are not to ascend to my altar on steps, so that your nakedness may not be exposed on it.'"

Verse ConceptsIndecencyNakednessStairwaysStepsPrivate Parts

and he sendeth the youths of the sons of Israel, and they cause burnt-offerings to ascend, and sacrifice sacrifices of peace-offerings to Jehovah -- calves.

Verse ConceptsBurnt offeringYoung AnimalSacrificing CattlePeace offerings

and they rise early on the morrow, and cause burnt-offerings to ascend, and bring nigh peace-offerings; and the people sit down to eat and to drink, and rise up to play.

Verse ConceptsGluttonyFellowship OfferingFeastingAmusementsBurnt offeringPagansSittingRising EarlyRecreationRevelrySitting In FellowshipThose Who Rose EarlyEating And DrinkingFood Offered To IdolsEarly RisingRoses

And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, 'Go, ascend from this place, thou and the people, whom thou hast brought up out of the land of Egypt, unto the land which I have sworn to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, To thy seed I give it,'

Verse ConceptsAbrahamOaths, DivineBringing Israel Out Of EgyptGod Gave The LandOthers Bringing Israel Out Of Egypt

As an offering of first fruits you shall bring them to the Lord, but they shall not ascend for a soothing aroma on the altar.

Verse ConceptsLeavenedRefreshing GodFirst fruits

and the priest hath caused the burnt-offering to ascend, also the present, on the altar, and the priest hath made atonement for him, and he hath been clean.

Verse ConceptsMaking Cereal Offerings And LibationsPriests Atoning

'And unto them thou sayest: Any man of the house of Israel, or of the sojourners, who sojourneth in your midst, who causeth burnt-offering or sacrifice to ascend,

Verse ConceptsForeignersForeigners Included In The LawStrangers in israel

Moses renamed Nun's son Hoshea to Joshua. Then he sent them out to explore the land of Canaan. He instructed them, "Go up from here through the Negev, then ascend to the hill country.

Verse Conceptsexploring

So take Aaron and his son Eleazar and ascend Mount Hor.

Verse ConceptsGoing Up Mountains

'Take heed to thee, lest thou cause thy burnt-offerings to ascend in any place which thou seest,

Verse ConceptsOfferingsSacrificeTithes And Offering

except in the place which Jehovah doth choose in one of thy tribes, there thou dost cause thy burnt-offerings to ascend, and there thou dost do all that which I am commanding thee.

Of complete stones thou buildest the altar of Jehovah thy God, and hast caused to ascend on it burnt-offerings to Jehovah thy God,

Verse ConceptsThe Altar Of The LordRegulating Sacrifices

The alien that [is] in your midst shall ascend over you, higher [and] higher, but you shall go down lower [and] lower.

Verse ConceptsForeignersImmigrantsAliens

"Ascend this Abarim mountain range toward Mount Nebo in the land of Moab across from Jericho, and look out over the land of Canaan that I'm about to give to the Israelis as a possession.

Verse ConceptsGoing Up Mountains

You will die on the mountain that you are about to ascend and be taken to be with your ancestors, just as your brother Aaron died on Mount Hor and was taken to be with his ancestors.

Verse ConceptsAfterlifeGathered To One's People

And it shall come to pass, that when they make a long blast with the ram's horn, and when ye hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and the people shall ascend up every man straight before him.

Verse ConceptsFortificationsShoutingWallsBattle CriesThings Falling

and thou hast built an altar to Jehovah thy God on the top of this stronghold, by the arrangement, and hast taken the second bullock, and caused to ascend a burnt-offering with the wood of the shrine which thou cuttest down.'

Verse ConceptsHeightWoodAltars, Built ByAltars To The LordBuilding AltarsFirewood

And all the sons of Israel go up, even all the people, and come in to Beth-El, and weep, and sit there before Jehovah, and fast on that day till the evening, and cause to ascend burnt-offerings and peace-offerings before Jehovah.

Verse ConceptsFasting, Nature OfAsceticism, TypesPrayer, Practicalities OfSacrifice, In OtUnhappinessWeepingArk Of The Covenant, EventsAction Until EveningFasting

And it cometh to pass on the morrow, that the people rise early, and build there an altar, and cause to ascend burnt-offerings and peace-offerings.

Verse ConceptsAltars, Built ByBuilding AltarsThose Who Rose Early

And the cart hath come in unto the field of Joshua the Beth-Shemeshite, and standeth there, and there is a great stone, and they cleave the wood of the cart, and the kine they have caused to ascend -- a burnt-offering to Jehovah.

Verse ConceptsWoodCartsSplitting WoodFirewood

And the Levites have taken down the ark of Jehovah, and the coffer which is with it, in which are the vessels of gold, and place them on the great stone; and the men of Beth-Shemesh have caused to ascend burnt-offerings and sacrifice sacrifices in that day to Jehovah;

Verse ConceptsLevitesSacrifice, In Ot

'And thou hast gone down before me to Gilgal, and lo, I am going down unto thee, to cause to ascend burnt-offerings, to sacrifice sacrifices of peace-offerings; seven days thou dost wait till my coming in unto thee, and I have made known to thee that which thou dost do.'

Verse ConceptsFellowship OfferingWaitingWeeksSeven DaysPeople Waiting

And Saul saith, 'Bring nigh unto me the burnt-offering, and the peace-offerings;' and he causeth the burnt-offering to ascend.

Verse ConceptsSacrilegePeace offerings

And it cometh to pass at his completing to cause the burnt-offering to ascend, that lo, Samuel hath come, and Saul goeth out to meet him, to bless him;

Verse ConceptsGreetingsSpoken Greetings

and I say, Now do the Philistines come down unto me to Gilgal, and the face of Jehovah I have not appeased; and I force myself, and cause the burnt-offering to ascend.'

Verse ConceptsFace Of GodYielding To TemptationImpulsesNot PrayingSeeking The Favour Of God

And they bring in the ark of Jehovah, and set it up in its place, in the midst of the tent which David hath spread out for it, and David causeth to ascend burnt-offerings before Jehovah, and peace-offerings.

Verse ConceptsArk Of The Covenant, EventsTents

And David finisheth from causing to ascend the burnt-offering, and the peace-offerings, and blesseth the people in the name of Jehovah of Hosts,

Verse ConceptsOfferingsPeople Who Blessed OthersPeace offerings

then, it hath been, if the king's fury ascend, and he hath said to thee, Wherefore did ye draw nigh unto the city to fight? did ye not know that they shoot from off the wall?

Verse ConceptsAngry People

And Araunah saith unto David, 'Let my lord the king take and cause to ascend that which is good in his eyes; see, the oxen for a burnt-offering, and the threshing instruments, and the instruments of the oxen, for wood;'

Verse ConceptsThreshingYokesFirewood

And the king saith unto Araunah, 'Nay, for I do surely buy from thee for a price, and I do not cause to ascend to Jehovah my God burnt-offerings for nought;' and David buyeth the threshing-floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver,

Verse ConceptsFalse WorshipBuying and sellingNegotiationProperty, LandPurchasingReal EstateFree Of Charge

and David buildeth there an altar to Jehovah, and causeth to ascend burnt-offerings and peace-offerings, and Jehovah is entreated for the land, and the plague is restrained from Israel.

Verse ConceptsFellowship OfferingBuildingMediationAltars To The LordBuilding AltarsAltarsGod Answered PrayerPeace offerings

and the king goeth to Gibeon, to sacrifice there, for it is the great high place; a thousand burnt-offerings cause to ascend doth Solomon on that altar.

Verse ConceptsGenerosity, HumanOfferingsPilgrimageSacrifice, In OtA Thousand AnimalsSacrifice On The Bronze Altar

And Solomon awaketh, and lo, a dream; and he cometh in to Jerusalem, and standeth before the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, and causeth to ascend burnt-offerings, and maketh peace-offerings. And he maketh a banquet for all his servants,

Verse ConceptsFeastingBanquets, Examples OfLeisure, And PastimesThe Ark In The TempleArk Of The Covenant

A passageway to the side chamber was constructed on the south side of the Temple by which people could ascend winding stairs to the middle story, then from there to the third story.

Verse ConceptsStairwaysRight SidesSteps

And Solomon caused to ascend, three times in a year, burnt-offerings and peace-offerings on the altar that he built to Jehovah, and he perfumed it with that which is before Jehovah, and finished the house.

Verse ConceptsFellowship OfferingCeremoniesAltar Of IncenseBuilding AltarsThree Times A YearMan's Work Finished

and the food of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the standing of his ministers, and their clothing, and his butlers, and his burnt-offering that he causeth to ascend in the house of Jehovah, and there hath not been in her any more spirit.

Verse ConceptsStepsorganizationoverwhelmed

and he taketh his son, the first-born who reigneth in his stead, and causeth him to ascend -- a burnt-offering on the wall, and there is great wrath against Israel, and they journey from off him, and turn back to the land.

Verse ConceptsChild sacrificeSanctity Of LifeWallsIdolatry, Wicked Practices OfSacrificing The FirstbornSacrifice

to cause to ascend burnt-offerings to Jehovah, on the altar of burnt-offering continually, morning and evening, and for all that is written in the law of Jehovah, that He charged on Israel.

Verse ConceptsCeremoniesAnimal Sacrifices, BurntAt Morning And Evening

And they sacrifice to Jehovah sacrifices, and cause to ascend burnt-offerings to Jehovah on the morrow of that day, bullocks a thousand, rams a thousand, lambs a thousand, and their oblations, even sacrifices in abundance, for all Israel.

Verse ConceptsAbundance, Materialdrink offeringA Thousand AnimalsSacrifice On The Bronze Altar

And Solomon goeth up thither, on the altar of brass, before Jehovah, that is at the tent of meeting, and causeth to ascend upon it a thousand burnt-offerings.

Verse ConceptsGenerosity, HumanA Thousand AnimalsSacrifice On The Bronze AltarSetting Up The Bronze Altar

And the large house he hath covered with fir-trees, and he doth cover it with good gold, and causeth to ascend on it palms and chains,

Verse ConceptsChainsOverlaid With Wood

Now ascend, O Lord God, to your resting place, you and the ark of your strength! May your priests, O Lord God, experience your deliverance! May your loyal followers rejoice in the prosperity you give!

Verse ConceptsArk Of The Covenant, FunctionJoy, And Human ExperienceSaintsSalvation, Illustrations OfGod Giving Rest

Then hath Solomon caused to ascend burnt-offerings to Jehovah on the altar of Jehovah that he built before the porch,

Verse ConceptsThe Altar Of The Lordflexibility

even by the matter of a day in its day, to cause to ascend according to the command of Moses, on sabbaths, and on new moons, and on appointed seasons, three times in a year -- in the feast of unleavened things, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of booths.

Verse ConceptsCeremoniesPentecost

And Jehoiada putteth the offices of the house of Jehovah into the hand of the priests the Levites whom David had apportioned over the house of Jehovah, to cause to ascend the burnt-offerings of Jehovah, as written in the law of Moses, with joy, and with singing, by the hands of David;

Verse ConceptsOverseersSinging

And at their completing it, they have brought in before the king and Jehoiada the rest of the money, and they make it vessels for the house of Jehovah, vessels of serving, and of offering up, and spoons, even vessels of gold and silver; and they are causing burnt-offerings to ascend in the house of Jehovah continually, all the days of Jehoiada.

Verse ConceptsLeaders, SpiritualSilverSpoons

Also -- they have shut the doors of the porch, and quench the lamps, and perfume they have not made, and burnt-offering have not caused to ascend in the sanctuary to the God of Israel,

Verse ConceptsShutting Doors

and they bring in seven bullocks, and seven rams, and seven lambs, and seven young he-goats, for a sin-offering for the kingdom, and for the sanctuary, and for Judah; and he saith to sons of Aaron, the priests, to cause them to ascend on the altar of Jehovah.

Verse ConceptsRamsThe Altar Of The Lord

And Hezekiah saith to cause the burnt-offering to ascend on the altar; and at the time the burnt-offering began -- began the song of Jehovah, and the trumpets, even by the hands of the instruments of David king of Israel.

Verse ConceptsMusical Instruments, types ofOrchestras

And he strengtheneth himself, and buildeth the whole of the wall that is broken, and causeth it to ascend unto the towers, and at the outside of the wall another, and strengtheneth Millo, in the city of David, and maketh darts in abundance, and shields.

Verse ConceptsArmourShieldsTowersWeaponsArmor ProtectionBuilding Jerusalem's Wallrebuildingreinforcement

And all the service of Jehovah is prepared on that day, to keep the passover, and to cause to ascend burnt-offering upon the altar of Jehovah, according to the command of king Josiah.

Verse ConceptsThe Altar Of The Lord

And rise doth Jeshua son of Jozadak, and his brethren the priests, and Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, and his brethren, and they build the altar of the God of Israel, to cause to ascend upon it burnt-offerings, as it is written in the law of Moses, the man of God.

Verse ConceptsMoses, Significance OfParticipation, In ChristBuilding AltarsSetting Up The Bronze AltarWritten In The Law

And they establish the altar on its bases, because of the fear upon them of the peoples of the lands, and he causeth burnt-offerings to ascend upon it to Jehovah, burnt-offerings for the morning and for the evening.

Verse ConceptsFoundationsBurnt offeringSacrifice, In OtAnimal Sacrifices, BurntAt Morning And EveningSetting Up The Bronze AltarFear Of Enemies

From the first day of the seventh month they have begun to cause burnt-offerings to ascend to Jehovah, and the temple of Jehovah hath not been founded,

Verse ConceptsMonth 7Foundations Of BuildingsThe First Temple

and it cometh to pass, when they have gone round the days of the banquet, that Job doth send and sanctify them, and hath risen early in the morning, and caused to ascend burnt-offerings -- the number of them all -- for Job said, 'Perhaps my sons have sinned, yet blessed God in their heart.' Thus doth Job all the days.

Verse ConceptsCustomBad ParentsParents Prayer For Their ChildrenRising Early, Examples OfFamilies, Examples OfMorning DevotionsBurnt offeringOfferingsSonsWorldly Pleasures, Leads ToParents Duty To ChildrenRising EarlyThose Who Rose EarlyCursing GodMaking People HolyEarly RisingSacrificeKidsRoses

Turn aside do the paths of their way, They ascend into emptiness, and are lost.

Verse ConceptsPaths Of The WickedCaravans

“Can you discover the depths of God?Can you [by searching] discover the limits of the Almighty [ascend to His heights, extend to His widths, and comprehend His infinite perfection]?

Verse ConceptsGod, Power OfMysteryRevelation, Necessity OfSpiritual DepthsFinding GodGod's Ways Beyond Human UnderstandingLimits Of Human MindFinding LoveGods Planlimitations

And now, take to you seven bullocks and seven rams, and go ye unto My servant Job, and ye have caused a burnt-offering to ascend for you; and Job My servant doth pray for you, for surely his face I accept, so as not to do with you folly, because ye have not spoken concerning Me rightly, like My servant Job.

Verse ConceptsFolly, Effects OfIntercessory PrayerSeven AnimalsSacrificing Cattle Sheep And Goats

You ascend on high, you have taken many captives. You receive tribute from men, including even sinful rebels. Indeed the Lord God lives there!

Verse ConceptsGiftsGiving To GodChrist, The Head Of The ChurchGift Of The Holy SpiritCaptivity, MetaphoricallyMessianic PropheciesSubject To Christrebellion

To it the tribes ascend the tribes of the LORD as decreed to Israel, to give thanks to the name of the LORD.

If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.

Verse ConceptsThe DeadAfterlifeClimbingThe Fact Of DeathGoing To Heaven

For [it is] better [that] he say to you, "Ascend here," than he humble you before a noble. What your eyes have seen,

Verse ConceptsHumiliationSelf ExaltationMoving UpwardsAbasing PeopleWaiting Till Marriage

For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:

Verse ConceptsLove, Abuse OfNames Of GodSelf ExaltationGoing Up To HeavenRebellion of Satan and AngelsKarma

Their slain will be thrown out; and as for their dead bodies their stench will ascend; the mountains will be soaked with their blood.

Verse ConceptsCovered With BloodUnicorns

Night and day it will burn; its smoke will ascend continually. Generation after generation it will be a wasteland and no one will ever pass through it again.

Verse ConceptsGenerationsSmokeLand Becoming EmptyNot ExtinguishingDay Or Nightsmoking

Among the smooth things of a brook is thy portion, They -- they are thy lot, Also to them thou hast poured out an oblation, Thou hast caused a present to ascend, For these things am I comforted?

Verse Conceptsdrink offeringMaking Cereal Offerings And Libations

All the flock of Kedar are gathered to thee, The rams of Nebaioth do serve thee, They ascend for acceptance Mine altar, And the house of My beauty I beautify.

Verse ConceptsPeople Commended By GodMillenial SacrificesAcceptance

When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures.

Verse ConceptsEarth, God SustainingNatureRainStoringThunderWeather, God's Sovereignty OverWindElements, Control OfVapourDivine Power Over NatureGod Sending RainGod Dispensing WindGod's VoiceGod's StorehousesProvidence, Of God In NatureGod Controlling The Rain

When they fast, I hearken not unto their cry, And when they cause to ascend burnt-offering and present, I accept them not, For by sword, and by famine, And by pestilence, I am consuming them.

Verse ConceptsFasting, Of HypocritesdiseasesPlaguesPestilencePointless Fasting

And to the priests -- the Levites, Not cut off from before Me is one, Causing a burnt-offering to ascend, And perfuming a present, and making sacrifice -- all the days.'

Verse ConceptsSacrifice, Nt Fulfilment OfRoyal Priesthood

“For by the ascent of LuhithThey will ascend with continual weeping;For at the descent of HoronaimThey have heard the anguished cry of destruction.

When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens; and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth: he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures.

Verse ConceptsRainStoringThunderGod Dispensing WindGod's StorehousesGod Controlling The Rain

Lift ye up an ensign in the land, Blow a trumpet among nations, Sanctify against it nations, Summon against it the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz, Appoint against it an infant head, Cause the horse to ascend as the rough cankerworm.

Verse ConceptsCaterpillarsTrumpetTrumpets For BattleFlags

Even if Babylon should ascend to the heavensand fortify her tall fortresses,destroyers will come against her from Me.This is the Lord’s declaration.

Verse ConceptsBabylonFortressesSkyThose Who DestroyGoing Up To HeavenSky, Figurative UseHer Strength

When the cherubim moved, the wheels went alongside them. But when the cherubim started to ascend, beating their wings to rise above the earth, the wheels beside them didn't turn.

Verse ConceptsWheelsAngel's WingsPersons With ThingsCreatures Going UpOther Creatures Going UpCherubim

Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee.

Verse ConceptsStormsCovering The EarthHer StrengthThe Storms Of Life

After entering into an alliance with him, he will behave treacherously; he will ascend to power with only a small force.

Verse ConceptsMen DeceivingFew People

"I will remove the northerners from you, driving them to a barren and desolate land the front toward the Dead Sea and the back toward the Mediterranean. Their stench will rise, and their stinking odor will ascend, because they have done great things."

Verse ConceptsBarrennessBarren, LandSmellsMediterranean SeaDead SeaReturn From The NorthDry PlacesFront And Back

For though ye cause burnt-offerings and your presents to ascend to Me, I am not pleased, And the peace-offering of your fatlings I behold not.

Verse ConceptsFellowship OfferingMaking Cereal Offerings And LibationsPeace offeringsMeat offerings

"Even if they burrow into Sheol, from there my hand will find them. Even if they ascend to the heavens, from there I will bring them down.

Verse ConceptsClimbingHand Of GodAstronautsGod's HandExcavationLowering PeopleDesire For DeathGod's Hands In OppositionEscaping From Godsoaring

Saviors will ascend Mount Zionto rule over the hill country of Esau,but the kingdom will be the Lord’s.

Verse ConceptsSaving Peoplezion

What and if ye shall see the Son of man ascend up where he was before?

Verse ConceptsGoing Up To HeavenMinistry Of The Son Of Man

For David did not ascend into heaven, but he himself says, 'The Lord said to my lord, "Sit at my right hand

Verse Conceptsenemies, of Jesus ChristMelchizedekRight Hand Of GodRight SidesChrist And HeavenChrist Is LordChrist Overcoming

But the righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise, Say not in thine heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? (that is, to bring Christ down from above:)

Verse ConceptsImputed RighteousnessGoing Up To HeavenAbasing PeopleRighteous By FaithGoing To HeavenBelieving In Yourselffearless

And I saw another angel ascend from the sunrising, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a great voice to the four angels to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea,

Verse ConceptsSealsHoly Spirit, Types OfFour AngelsOut Of The EastShout Of GodAngels Doing God's WorkCreatures Going UpOther Creatures Going UpPeople Possibly Doing EvilMark Of The Beastempowerment

The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.

Verse ConceptsAbyssBottomless PitBook of lifeHell, As An ExperiencePredestined PeopleSatan, Agents OfWhat Heaven Will Be LikeBeing ForeordainedPerditionThings Passing AwayDestruction Of Satan's WorksCosmic CreaturesFrom The BeginningCreatures Going UpOther Creatures Going Up

And a second time they said, “Hallelujah! Her smoke shall ascend forever and ever.”

Verse ConceptsBabylonSmokeEternal JudgementSpeaking AgainPraise The Lord!Gay Marriage

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Ascend (96 instances)
Aspire (4 instances)

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Root Form
Definition
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ἀναβαίνω 
Anabaino 
go up , come up , ascend , ascend up , climb up , spring up , grow up , come , enter , arise , rise up , , vr ascend
Usage: 63

עלה 
`alah 
up , offer , come , bring , ascend , go , chew , offering , light , increase , burn , depart , put , spring , raised , arose , break , exalted ,
Usage: 890

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