κλιμακτήρ
rung, step
Where this word appears
Every passage where κλιμακτήρ appears in the Greek Septuagint — 6 occurrences in all. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text is shown in the LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) for context; the Greek form is the matched word — the English is not keyword-highlighted.
- Ezekiel 40:22 κλιμακτήρ And its windows, and its porches, and its palm-trees, were according to the dimensions of the gate looking eastward; and they went up to it by seven steps; and the porches were within.
- Ezekiel 40:26 κλιμακτήρ And it had seven steps, and porches within: and it had palm-trees on the posts, one on one side, and one on the other side.
- Ezekiel 40:31 κλιμακτήρ from the porch to the outer court: and there were palm-trees to the post thereof, and eight steps.
- Ezekiel 40:34 κλιμακτήρ And there were porches opening into the inner court, and palm-trees on the posts on this side and on that side: and it had eight steps.
- Ezekiel 40:37 κλιμακτήρ And its porches were toward the inner court; and there were palm-trees to the posts on this side and on that side: and it had eight steps.
- Ezekiel 43:17 κλιμακτήρ And the mercy-seat shall be fourteen cubits in length, by fourteen cubits in breadth on its four sides; and there shall be a border to it carried round about it of half a cubit; and the rim of it shall be a cubit round about; and the steps thereof looking eastward.
About this word
About this word
κλιμακτήρ (klimaktḗr), “rung, step,” is a word from the Greek Septuagint — the ancient Greek translation of the Hebrew Old Testament. It does not occur in the Greek New Testament, so it carries no Strong’s number from Thayer’s (New-Testament) lexicon; the gloss shown here is a curated modern-English sense rather than a Strong’s definition. It appears 6 times across the Septuagint — open the Appearances tab to read it in context.
The gloss above is Lemma’s own curated sense — this word carries no Strong’s number, so no lexicon we ship has an entry for it. The transliteration and this passage list are computed here from the tagged Septuagint text. What Lemma adds →