Exodus 20:26
Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy nakedness be not discovered thereon.
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1 Peter 2:21
For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps:
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מַעֲלָה
maʻălâh · mah-al-aw'
11 times translated as this KJV form32 total Strong's occurrences
elevation, i.e. the act (literally, a journey to a higher place, figuratively, a thought arising), or (concretely) the condition (literally, a step or grade-mark, figuratively, a superiority of station); specifically a climactic progression (in certain Psalms)
Strong's KJV usage: things that come up, (high) degree, deal, go up, stair, step, story.
Strong's first: Exodus 20:26Strong's last: Ezekiel 40:49
Open full H4609 profile →צַעַד
tsaʻad · tsah'-ad
11 times translated as this KJV form14 total Strong's occurrences
a pace or regular step
Strong's KJV usage: pace, step.
Strong's first: 2 Samuel 22:37Strong's last: Lamentations 4:18
Open full H6806 profile →אָשֻׁר
ʼâshur · aw-shoor'
5 times translated as this KJV form9 total Strong's occurrences
a step
Strong's KJV usage: going, step.
Strong's first: Job 23:11Strong's last: Psalms 73:2
Open full H838 profile →פַּעַם
paʻam · pah'-am
4 times translated as this KJV form109 total Strong's occurrences
a stroke, literally or figuratively (in various applications, as follow)
Strong's KJV usage: anvil, corner, foot(-step), going, (hundred-) fold, × now, (this) once, order, rank, step, thrice, (often-), second, this, two) time(-s), twice, wheel.
Strong's first: Psalms 57:6Strong's last: Isaiah 26:6
Open full H6471 profile →ἴχνος
íchnos · ikh'-nos
3 times translated as this KJV form3 total Strong's occurrences
a track (figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: :--step.
Strong's first: Romans 4:12Strong's last: 1 Peter 2:21
Open full G2487 profile →מִצְעָד
mitsʻâd · mits-awd'
2 times translated as this KJV form3 total Strong's occurrences
a step; figuratively, companionship
Strong's KJV usage: going, step.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Psalms 37:23Strong's last: Daniel 11:43
Open full H4703 profile →הָלִיךְ
hâlîyk · haw-leek'
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
a walk, i.e. (by implication) a step
Strong's KJV usage: step.
Strong's first: Job 29:6Strong's last: Job 29:6
Open full H1978 profile →עָקֵב
ʻâqêb · aw-kabe'
1 times translated as this KJV form13 total Strong's occurrences
a heel (as protuberant); hence, a track; figuratively, the rear (of an army)
Strong's KJV usage: heel, (horse-) hoof, last, lier in wait (by mistake for 6120), (foot-) step.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Psalms 56:6Strong's last: Psalms 56:6
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G2487
For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps:
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step
STEP, verb intransitive [Gr., the foot. The sense is to set, as the foot, or move probably to open or part, to stretch or extend.]
1. To move the foot; to advance or recede by a movement of the foot or feet; as, to step forward, or to step backward.
2. To go; to walk a little distance; as, to step to one of the neighbors.
3. To walk gravely, slowly or resolutely.
Home the swain retreats, his flock before him stepping to the fold.
To step forth, to move or come forth.
To step aside, to walk to a little distance; to retire from company.
To step in or into,
1. To walk or advance into a place or state; or to advance suddenly in John 5:1.
2. To enter for a short time. I just stepped into the house for a moment.
3. To obtain possession without trouble; to enter upon suddenly; as, to step into an estate.
To step back, to move mentally; to carry the mind back.
They are stepping almost three thousand years back into the remotest antiquity.
STEP, verb transitive
1. To set, as the foot.
2. To fix the foot of a mast in the keel; to erect.
STEP, noun [G., to form a step or ledge.]
1. A pace; an advance or movement made by one removal of the foot.
2. One remove in ascending or descending; a stair.
The breadth of every single step or stair should be neer less than one foot.
3. The space passed by the foot in walking or running. The step of one foot is generally five feet; it may be more or less.
4. A small space or distance. Let us go to the gardens; it is but a step
5. The distance between the feet in walking or running.
6. Gradation; degree. We advance improvement step by step or by steps.
7. Progression; act of advancing.
To derive two or three general principles of motion from phenomena, and afterwards tell us how the properties and actions of all corporeal things follow from those manifest principles, could be a great step in philosophy.
8. Footstep; print or impression of the foot; track.
9. Gait; manner of walking. The approach of a man is often known by his step
10. Proceeding; measure; action.
The reputation of a man depends of the first steps he makes in the world.
11. The round of a ladder.
12. Steps in the plural, walk; passage.
Conduct my steps to find the fatal tree in this deep forest.
13. Pieces of timber in which the foot of a mast is fixed.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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