עֹלָה
o.lahburnt offeringHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentNoun · feminine287 occurrences23 books261 verses
Definition
or עוֹלָה; feminine active participle of H5927; a step or (collectively, stairs, as ascending); usually a holocaust (as going up in smoke)
Traditional renderings: ascent, burnt offering (sacrifice), go up to. See also H5766.
Traditional renderings: ascent, burnt offering (sacrifice), go up to. See also H5766.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders עֹלָה:
- ὁλοκαύτωμαholokautōma“burnt offering”97%
- θυσίαthusia“sacrifice”2%
Usage patterns
Occurrences
287 total
- Genesis 8:20עֹלֹ֖ת · burnt offeringsThen Noah built an altar to the LORD. And taking from every kind of clean animal and clean bird, he offered burnt offerings on the altar.
- Genesis 22:2לְעֹלָ֔ה · as a burnt offering“Take your son,” God said, “your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah. Offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains, which I will show you.”
- Genesis 22:3עֹלָ֔ה · for a burnt offeringSo Abraham got up early the next morning, saddled his donkey, and took along two of his servants and his son Isaac. He split the wood for a burnt offering and set out for the place God had designated.
- Genesis 22:6הָעֹלָ֗ה · for the burnt offeringAbraham took the wood for the burnt offering and placed it on his son Isaac. He himself carried the fire and the sacrificial knife, and the two of them walked on together.
- Genesis 22:7לְעֹלָֽה׃ · for the burnt offeringThen Isaac said to his father Abraham, “My father!” “Here I am, my son,” he replied. “The fire and the wood are here,” said Isaac, “but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?”
- Genesis 22:8לְעֹלָ֖ה · for the burnt offeringAbraham answered, “God Himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son.” And the two walked on together.
- Genesis 22:13לְעֹלָ֖ה · it as a burnt offeringThen Abraham looked up and saw behind him a ram in a thicket, caught by its horns. So he went and took the ram and offered it as a burnt offering in place of his son.
- Exodus 10:25וְעֹל֑וֹת · and burnt offeringsBut Moses replied, “You must also provide us with sacrifices and burnt offerings to present to the LORD our God.
- Exodus 18:12עֹלָ֥ה · a burnt offeringThen Moses’ father-in-law Jethro brought a burnt offering and sacrifices to God, and Aaron came with all the elders of Israel to eat bread with Moses’ father-in-law in the presence of God.
- Exodus 20:24עֹלֹתֶ֙יךָ֙ · your burnt offeringsYou are to make for Me an altar of earth, and sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and peace offerings, your sheep and goats and cattle. In every place where I cause My name to be remembered, I will come to you and bless you.
- Exodus 24:5עֹלֹ֑ת · burnt offeringsThen he sent out some young men of Israel, and they offered burnt offerings and sacrificed young bulls as peace offerings to the LORD.
- Exodus 29:18עֹלָ֥ה · is a burnt offeringThen burn the entire ram on the altar; it is a burnt offering to the LORD, a pleasing aroma, a food offering to the LORD.
- Exodus 29:25הָעֹלָ֑ה · the burnt offeringThen take them from their hands and burn them on the altar atop the burnt offering as a pleasing aroma before the LORD; it is a food offering to the LORD.
- Exodus 29:42עֹלַ֤ת · this burnt offeringFor the generations to come, this burnt offering shall be made regularly at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting before the LORD, where I will meet you to speak with you.
- Exodus 30:9וְעֹלָ֣ה · or a burnt offeringOn this altar you must not offer unauthorized incense or a burnt offering or grain offering; nor are you to pour a drink offering on it.
- Exodus 30:28הָעֹלָ֖ה · of burnt offering…the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils, and the basin with its stand.
- Exodus 31:9הָעֹלָ֖ה · of burnt offering…the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils, and the basin with its stand—
- Exodus 32:6עֹלֹ֔ת · burnt offeringsSo the next day they arose, offered burnt offerings, and presented peace offerings. And the people sat down to eat and drink and got up to indulge in revelry.
- Exodus 35:16הָעֹלָ֗ה · of burnt offering…the altar of burnt offering with its bronze grate, its poles, and all its utensils; the basin with its stand;
- Exodus 38:1הָעֹלָ֖ה · of burnt offeringBezalel constructed the altar of burnt offering from acacia wood. It was square, five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high.
- Exodus 40:6הָעֹלָ֑ה · of burnt offeringPlace the altar of burnt offering in front of the entrance to the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting.
- Exodus 40:10הָעֹלָ֖ה · of burnt offeringAnoint the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils; consecrate the altar, and it shall be most holy.
- Exodus 40:29הָעֹלָ֔ה · of burnt offering; הָעֹלָה֙ · the burnt offeringHe placed the altar of burnt offering near the entrance to the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting, and offered on it the burnt offering and the grain offering, just as the LORD had commanded him.
- Leviticus 1:3עֹלָ֤ה · is a burnt offeringIf his offering is a burnt offering from the herd, he is to present an unblemished male. He must bring it to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting for its acceptance before the LORD.
- Leviticus 1:4הָעֹלָ֑ה · of the burnt offeringHe is to lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering, so it can be accepted on his behalf to make atonement for him.
- Leviticus 1:6הָעֹלָ֑ה · the burnt offeringNext, he is to skin the burnt offering and cut it into pieces.
- Leviticus 1:9עֹלָ֛ה · as a burnt offeringThe entrails and legs must be washed with water, and the priest shall burn all of it on the altar as a burnt offering, a food offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.
- Leviticus 1:10לְעֹלָ֑ה · is a burnt offeringIf, however, one’s offering is a burnt offering from the flock—from the sheep or goats—he is to present an unblemished male.
- Leviticus 1:13עֹלָ֣ה · is a burnt offeringThe entrails and legs must be washed with water, and the priest shall present all of it and burn it on the altar; it is a burnt offering, a food offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.
- Leviticus 1:14עֹלָ֥ה · is a burnt offeringIf, instead, one’s offering to the LORD is a burnt offering of birds, he is to present a turtledove or a young pigeon.
- Leviticus 1:17עֹלָ֣ה · is a burnt offeringHe shall tear it open by its wings, without dividing the bird completely. And the priest is to burn it on the altar atop the burning wood. It is a burnt offering, a food offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.
- Leviticus 3:5הָ֣עֹלָ֔ה · the burnt offeringThen Aaron’s sons are to burn it on the altar atop the burnt offering that is on the burning wood, as a food offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.
- Leviticus 4:7הָעֹלָ֔ה · of burnt offeringThe priest must then put some of the blood on the horns of the altar of fragrant incense that is before the LORD in the Tent of Meeting. And he is to pour out the rest of the bull’s blood at the base of the altar of burnt offering at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
- Leviticus 4:10הָעֹלָֽה׃ · of burnt offering…just as the fat is removed from the ox of the peace offering. Then the priest shall burn them on the altar of burnt offering.
- Leviticus 4:18הָעֹלָ֔ה · of burnt offeringHe is also to put some of the blood on the horns of the altar that is before the LORD in the Tent of Meeting, and he must pour out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar of burnt offering at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
- Leviticus 4:24הָעֹלָ֖ה · the burnt offeringHe is to lay his hand on the head of the goat and slaughter it at the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered before the LORD. It is a sin offering.
- Leviticus 4:25הָעֹלָ֑ה · of burnt offering; הָעֹלָֽה׃Then the priest is to take some of the blood of the sin offering with his finger, put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and pour out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar.
- Leviticus 4:29הָעֹלָֽה׃ · of the burnt offeringHe is to lay his hand on the head of the sin offering and slaughter it at the place of the burnt offering.
- Leviticus 4:30הָעֹלָ֑ה · of burnt offeringThen the priest is to take some of its blood with his finger, put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and pour out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar.
- Leviticus 4:33הָעֹלָֽה׃ · the burnt offeringAnd he is to lay his hand on the head of the sin offering and slaughter it as a sin offering at the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered.
- Leviticus 4:34הָעֹלָ֑ה · of burnt offeringThen the priest is to take some of the blood of the sin offering with his finger, put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and pour out the rest of its blood at the base of the altar.
- Leviticus 5:7לְעֹלָֽה׃ · as a burnt offeringIf, however, he cannot afford a lamb, he may bring to the LORD as restitution for his sin two turtledoves or two young pigeons—one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering.
- Leviticus 5:10עֹלָ֖ה · as a burnt offeringAnd the priest must prepare the second bird as a burnt offering according to the ordinance. In this way the priest will make atonement for him for the sin he has committed, and he will be forgiven.
- Leviticus 6:9הָעֹלָ֑ה · of the burnt offering; הָעֹלָ֡ה · The burnt offering“Command Aaron and his sons that this is the law of the burnt offering: The burnt offering is to remain on the hearth of the altar all night, until morning, and the fire must be kept burning on the altar.
- Leviticus 6:10הָעֹלָ֖ה · of the burnt offeringAnd the priest shall put on his linen robe and linen undergarments, and he shall remove from the altar the ashes of the burnt offering that the fire has consumed and place them beside it.
- Leviticus 6:12הָֽעֹלָ֔ה · the burnt offeringThe fire on the altar shall be kept burning; it must not be extinguished. Every morning the priest is to add wood to the fire, arrange the burnt offering on it, and burn the fat portions of the peace offerings on it.
- Leviticus 6:25הָעֹלָ֜ה · the burnt offering“Tell Aaron and his sons that this is the law of the sin offering: In the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered, the sin offering shall be slaughtered before the LORD; it is most holy.