el H413

אֶל (el) means “to(wards)” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

אֶל Hebrew · H413 5,516 tagged occurrences in 4,206 verses

Pronunciation guide: ale Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H0413

אֶל · el · to(wards)

1) to, toward, unto (of motion) 2) into (limit is actually entered) 2a) in among 3) toward (of direction, not necessarily physical motion) 4) against (motion or direction of a hostile character) 5) in addition to, to 6) concerning, in regard to, in reference to, on account of 7) according to (rule or standard) 8) at, by, against (of one's presence) 9) in between, in within, to within, unto (idea of motion to)

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

(but only used in the shortened constructive form אֶל ); a primitive particle; properly, denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e. near, with or among; often in general, to

KJV glosses: about, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).

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How translators render H413

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering	Count
to	1902
to me	285
to you	146
to him	136
into	134
against	103
to them	96
in	83
at	77
on	77
them	59
toward	50
for	48
him	47
me	47
and	42
you	42
and to	35
to her	29
with	24
before	20
it to	17
concerning	16
upon	16
about	15
her	15
of	15
over	15
to us	15
vvv	15
word to	14
that	11
against me	10
i am against you	10
for you	9
you to	9
by	8
with you	8
among	7
and against	7
inside	7
you into	7
a message to	6
against you	6
to elijah	6
to it	6
with him	6
after	5
against them	5
back to	5
near	5
or	5
to himself	5
us	5
around him	4
enter	4
is against	4
toward you	4
wherever	4
along	3
are on	3
as for	3
at him	3
back	3
before you	3
beside	3
but	3
but as for	3
faced	3
facedown	3
from	3
i am against	3
is upon	3
next to	3
onto	3
them that	3
to gideon	3
to yourself	3
upon me	3
upon them	3
with her	3
about me	2
above	2
against him	2
against us	2
along with	2
and fitted into	2
and go to	2
and in	2
and on	2
around	2
at me	2
because	2
because of	2
before me	2
before them	2
came to him	2
do not	2
down	2
facing	2
for him	2
for me	2
for this	2
for us	2
had	2
in front of	2
in you	2
it in	2
it into	2
look to	2
of you	2
on him	2
straight ahead	2
themselves to	2
they turned to	2
to ahab	2
to balak	2
to elisha	2
to enter	2
to jacob	2
to jeremiah	2
to moses and aaron	2
to the king	2
to the place	2
together	2
under	2
upon you	2
was toward	2
with me	2
you and	2
you to them	2
a reply to	1
a section for	1
about them	1
about us	1
according	1
added	1
adjacent to	1
after them	1
after you	1
against her	1
against it	1
all the way around	1
all the way to	1
among ourselves	1
and also to	1
and by	1
and closer to	1
and everywhere	1
and i will send for	1
and its side pillars	1
and live in	1
and lying on	1
and on through	1
and on to	1
and over	1
and placed under	1
and returned to	1
and run	1
and sling you into	1
and threw them into	1
and to have	1
and toward	1
and upon	1
and went into	1
and went to	1
any in	1
anywhere else	1
are fixed on you	1
are inclined	1
around me	1
as his own	1
as well	1
as well as	1
asked	1
at her	1
at them	1
at you	1
back into	1
back to me	1
back upon	1
be on	1
be on you	1
be poured out on	1
belongs to	1
bordering	1
but in	1
but to	1
by him	1
came to abram	1
came to me	1
come	1
come to me	1
concerning them	1
consult	1
cried out to	1
david	1
each one to whom	1
either to	1
even to	1
expecting	1
facing one another	1
fit for	1
for defense against	1
for himself	1
for them	1
for yourselves	1
freedom to fall	1
from as far away as	1
from them	1
furthermore	1
go out to	1
go to	1
go up to	1
god	1
has come to us	1
have far	1
he put his affairs	1
himself	1
his	1
his attitude toward me	1
his bags to	1
his sons to him	1
i	1
i am on your side	1
i cried to	1
i cried to you	1
i cry out to you	1
i flee to you	1
i looked to	1
in addition	1
in all	1
in keeping with	1
in on	1
in the presence of	1
inherit	1
into you	1
is for you	1
is on	1
is on the side	1
is our	1
is to	1
it	1
it against	1
it aside	1
it is because of	1
it on	1
it to me	1
joseph	1
let them be placed	1
like wine	1
looked at	1
looking toward	1
meat with	1
messengers to	1
moses	1
my god	1
near her	1
never	1
of him	1
of it	1
of it toward	1
of meat	1
of them	1
on me	1
on the man himself	1
on them	1
on these	1
on to	1
on which	1
on you	1
on your behalf to	1
one	1
one beside	1
one of	1
only to	1
opposite	1
out to	1
outside	1
over here	1
over him	1
over to you	1
over you	1
past	1
ranks	1
regarding	1
say to you	1
shall also be square	1
side pillars	1
slept with	1
so by	1
so they shot ahaziah in	1
some honey into	1
southward	1
the angel	1
the animal	1
the people	1
the people in	1
the room adjacent to	1
they join	1
they will look at	1
this dream to	1
this happened because of	1
this message	1
this to	1
to abimelech	1
to abraham	1
to baruch	1
to be accompanied by	1
to harm you	1
to his	1
to hosea	1
to include	1
to isaac	1
to israel	1
to jehoram	1
to jehu	1
to joab	1
to jonah	1
to joshua	1
to king ahaziah	1
to meet me	1
to meet them	1
to moses	1
to myself	1
to put into	1
to return to	1
to say	1
to see	1
to sisera	1
to summon	1
to tell	1
to tell us	1
to tell you	1
to the	1
to the amalekite	1
to the levites	1
to the lord	1
to the man of god	1
to the other	1
to the people	1
to the tune of	1
to those who	1
to visit	1
to you for help	1
to you tonight	1
together against	1
told them	1
toward him	1
toward it	1
toward them	1
turn to me	1
up to me	1
upon him	1
upon us	1
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was to be placed on	1
we are	1
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were beside	1
when i called to you	1
where	1
who	1
who was with	1
will be for	1
will come near	1
will do the same for you	1
with it	1
with them	1
with us	1
yet that	1
you at	1
your fate	1
yourself to	1

KJV rendering counts
Rendering	Count
against	2
because	2
in	2
to	2
about	1
according	1
after	1
also hath	1
among them	1
and as for	1
beside	1
both	1
by	1
by reason of	1
concerning	1
for	1
from	1
her before	1
him at	1
him under	1
into	1
is near	1
it even out	1
of	1
of them over	1
that	1
thee whither it seemeth	1
through	1
touching	1
toward	1
unto	1
upon	1
where	1
with	1
within	1

Verses containing H413

Page 42 of 85. 4206 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

2 Samuel 13:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence
While they were on the way, a report reached David: “Absalom has struck down all the sons of the king; not one of them is left!”
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2 Samuel 13:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So now, my lord the king, do not take to heart the report that all the sons of the king are dead. Only Amnon is dead.”
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2 Samuel 13:35 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So Jonadab said to the king, “Look, the sons of the king have arrived! It is just as your servant said.”
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2 Samuel 13:37 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now Absalom fled and went to Talmai son of Ammihud, the king of Geshur. But David mourned for his son every day.
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2 Samuel 13:39 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And King David longed to go to Absalom, for he had been consoled over Amnon’s death.
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2 Samuel 14:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So Joab sent to Tekoa to bring a wise woman from there. He told her, “Please pretend to be a mourner; put on clothes for mourning and do not anoint yourself with oil. Act like a woman who has mourned for the dead a long time.
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2 Samuel 14:3 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Then go to the king and speak these words to him.” And Joab put the words in her mouth.
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2 Samuel 14:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When the woman from Tekoa went to the king, she fell facedown in homage and said, “Help me, O king!”
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2 Samuel 14:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Go home,” the king said to the woman, “and I will give orders on your behalf.”
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2 Samuel 14:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But the woman of Tekoa said to the king, “My lord the king, may any blame be on me and on my father’s house, and may the king and his throne be guiltless.”
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2 Samuel 14:10 · BSB · 2 occurrences
“If anyone speaks to you,” said the king, “bring him to me, and he will not trouble you again!”
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2 Samuel 14:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the woman said, “Please, may your servant speak a word to my lord the king?” “Speak,” he replied.
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2 Samuel 14:15 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Now therefore, I have come to present this matter to my lord the king because the people have made me afraid. Your servant thought, ‘I will speak to the king. Perhaps he will grant the request of his maidservant.
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2 Samuel 14:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the king said to the woman, “I am going to ask you something; do not conceal it from me!” “Let my lord the king speak,” she replied.
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2 Samuel 14:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the king said to Joab, “I hereby grant this request. Go, bring back the young man Absalom.”
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2 Samuel 14:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Joab fell facedown in homage and blessed the king. “Today,” said Joab, “your servant knows that he has found favor in your eyes, my lord the king, because the king has granted his request.”
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2 Samuel 14:24 · BSB · 2 occurrences
But the king added, “He may return to his house, but he must not see my face.” So Absalom returned to his own house, but he did not see the face of the king.
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2 Samuel 14:29 · BSB · 3 occurrences
Then he sent for Joab to send him to the king, but Joab refused to come to him. So Absalom sent a second time, but Joab still would not come.
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2 Samuel 14:30 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Then Absalom said to his servants, “Look, Joab’s field is next to mine, and he has barley there. Go and set it on fire!” And Absalom’s servants set the field on fire.
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2 Samuel 14:31 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Then Joab came to Absalom’s house and demanded, “Why did your servants set my field on fire?”
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2 Samuel 14:32 · BSB · 3 occurrences
“Look,” said Absalom, “I sent for you and said, ‘Come here. I want to send you to the king to ask: Why have I come back from Geshur? It would be better for me if I were still there.’ So now, let me see the king’s face, and if there is iniquity in me, let him kill me.”
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2 Samuel 14:33 · BSB · 3 occurrences
So Joab went and told the king, and David summoned Absalom, who came to him and bowed facedown before him. Then the king kissed Absalom.
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2 Samuel 15:2 · BSB · 2 occurrences
He would get up early and stand beside the road leading to the city gate. Whenever anyone had a grievance to bring before the king for a decision, Absalom would call out and ask, “What city are you from?” And if he replied, “Your servant is from one of the tribes of Israel,”
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2 Samuel 15:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Absalom would say, “Look, your claims are good and right, but the king has no deputy to hear you.”
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2 Samuel 15:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Absalom did this to all the Israelites who came to the king for justice. In this way he stole the hearts of the men of Israel.
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2 Samuel 15:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
After four years had passed, Absalom said to the king, “Please let me go to Hebron to fulfill a vow I have made to the LORD.
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2 Samuel 15:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then a messenger came to David and reported, “The hearts of the men of Israel are with Absalom.”
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2 Samuel 15:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The king’s servants replied, “Whatever our lord the king decides, we are your servants.”
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2 Samuel 15:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the king said to Ittai the Gittite, “Why should you also go with us? Go back and stay with the new king, since you are both a foreigner and an exile from your homeland.
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2 Samuel 15:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“March on then,” said David to Ittai. So Ittai the Gittite marched past with all his men and all the little ones who were with him.
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2 Samuel 15:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The king also said to Zadok the priest, “Are you not a seer? Return to the city in peace—you with your son Ahimaaz, and Abiathar with his son Jonathan.
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2 Samuel 15:36 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Indeed, their two sons, Ahimaaz son of Zadok and Jonathan son of Abiathar, are there with them. Send them to me with everything you hear.”
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2 Samuel 16:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Why do you have these?” asked the king. Ziba replied, “The donkeys are for the king’s household to ride, the bread and summer fruit are for the young men to eat, and the wine is to refresh those who become exhausted in the wilderness.”
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2 Samuel 16:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Where is your master’s grandson?” asked the king. And Ziba answered, “Indeed, he is staying in Jerusalem, for he has said, ‘Today, the house of Israel will restore to me the kingdom of my grandfather.’”
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2 Samuel 16:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Abishai son of Zeruiah said to the king, “Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Let me go over and cut off his head!”
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2 Samuel 16:11 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Then David said to Abishai and to all his servants, “Behold, my own son, my own flesh and blood, seeks my life. How much more, then, this Benjamite! Leave him alone and let him curse me, for the LORD has told him so.
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2 Samuel 16:16 · BSB · 2 occurrences
And David’s friend Hushai the Archite went to Absalom and said to him, “Long live the king! Long live the king!”
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2 Samuel 16:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Is this the loyalty you show your friend?” Absalom replied. “Why did you not go with your friend?”
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2 Samuel 16:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Not at all,” Hushai answered. “For the one chosen by the LORD, by this people, and by all the men of Israel—his I will be, and with him I will remain.
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2 Samuel 16:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, “Give me counsel. What should we do?”
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2 Samuel 16:21 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Ahithophel replied, “Sleep with your father’s concubines, whom he has left to take care of the palace. When all Israel hears that you have become a stench to your father, then the hands of all who are with you will be strengthened.”
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2 Samuel 16:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So they pitched a tent for Absalom on the roof, and he slept with his father’s concubines in the sight of all Israel.
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2 Samuel 17:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Furthermore, Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Let me choose twelve thousand men and set out tonight in pursuit of David.
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2 Samuel 17:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and bring all the people back to you as a bride returning to her husband. You seek the life of only one man; then all the people will be at peace.”
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2 Samuel 17:6 · BSB · 2 occurrences
So Hushai came to Absalom, who told him, “Ahithophel has spoken this proposal. Should we carry it out? If not, what do you say?”
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2 Samuel 17:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Hushai replied, “This time the advice of Ahithophel is not sound.”
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2 Samuel 17:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then we will attack David wherever we find him, and we will descend on him like dew on the ground. And of all the men with him, not even one will remain.
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2 Samuel 17:13 · BSB · 2 occurrences
If he retreats to a city, all Israel will bring ropes to that city, and we will drag it down to the valley until not even a pebble can be found there.”
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2 Samuel 17:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The advice of Hushai the Archite is better than that of Ahithophel.” For the LORD had purposed to thwart the good counsel of Ahithophel in order to bring disaster on Absalom.
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2 Samuel 17:15 · BSB · 2 occurrences
So Hushai told Zadok and Abiathar, the priests, “This is what Ahithophel has advised Absalom and the elders of Israel, and this is what I have advised.
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