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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
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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
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next to 3
onto 3
them that 3
to gideon 3
to yourself 3
upon me 3
upon them 3
with her 3
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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
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before them 2
came to him 2
do not 2
down 2
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for him 2
for me 2
for this 2
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in you 2
it in 2
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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
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after you 1
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and everywhere 1
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and threw them into 1
and to have 1
and toward 1
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at her 1
at them 1
at you 1
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david 1
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freedom to fall 1
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go up to 1
god 1
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have far 1
he put his affairs 1
himself 1
his 1
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his bags to 1
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i 1
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i cry out to you 1
i flee to you 1
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in all 1
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in the presence of 1
inherit 1
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joseph 1
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moses 1
my god 1
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so by 1
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some honey into 1
southward 1
the angel 1
the animal 1
the people 1
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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
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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
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both 1
by 1
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into 1
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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 44 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.

  1. 2 Samuel 23:23 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    He was most honored among the Thirty, but he did not become one of the Three. And David appointed him over his guard.

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  2. 2 Samuel 24:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So the king said to Joab the commander of his army, who was with him, “Go now throughout the tribes of Israel from Dan to Beersheba and register the troops, so that I may know their number.”

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  3. 2 Samuel 24:3 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    But Joab replied to the king, “May the LORD your God multiply the troops a hundred times over, and may the eyes of my lord the king see it. But why does my lord the king want to do such a thing?”

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  4. 2 Samuel 24:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Nevertheless, the king’s word prevailed against Joab and against the commanders of the army. So Joab and the commanders of the army departed from the presence of the king to register the troops of Israel.

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  5. 2 Samuel 24:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    They crossed the Jordan and camped near Aroer, south of the town in the middle of the valley, and proceeded toward Gad and Jazer.

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  6. 2 Samuel 24:6 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Then they went to Gilead and the land of Tahtim-hodshi, and on to Dan-jaan and around to Sidon.

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  7. 2 Samuel 24:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    They went toward the fortress of Tyre and all the cities of the Hivites and Canaanites. Finally, they went on to the Negev of Judah, to Beersheba.

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  8. 2 Samuel 24:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And Joab reported to the king the total number of the troops. In Israel there were 800,000 men of valor who drew the sword, and in Judah there were 500,000.

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  9. 2 Samuel 24:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    After David had numbered the troops, his conscience was stricken and he said to the LORD, “I have sinned greatly in what I have done. Now, O LORD, I beg You to take away the iniquity of Your servant, for I have acted very foolishly.”

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  10. 2 Samuel 24:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When David got up in the morning, the word of the LORD had come to Gad the prophet, David’s seer:

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  11. 2 Samuel 24:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Go and tell David that this is what the LORD says: ‘I am offering you three options. Choose one of them, and I will carry it out against you.’”

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  12. 2 Samuel 24:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So Gad went and said to David, “Do you choose to endure three years of famine in your land, three months of fleeing the pursuit of your enemies, or three days of plague upon your land? Now then, think it over and decide how I should reply to Him who sent me.”

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  13. 2 Samuel 24:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    David answered Gad, “I am deeply distressed. Please, let us fall into the hand of the LORD, for His mercies are great; but do not let me fall into the hands of men.”

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  14. 2 Samuel 24:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But when the angel stretched out his hand to destroy Jerusalem, the LORD relented from the calamity and said to the angel who was destroying the people, “Enough! Withdraw your hand now!” At that time the angel of the LORD was by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

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  15. 2 Samuel 24:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When David saw the angel striking down the people, he said to the LORD, “Surely I, the shepherd, have sinned and acted wickedly. But these sheep, what have they done? Please, let Your hand fall upon me and my father’s house.”

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  16. 2 Samuel 24:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And that day Gad came to David and said to him, “Go up and build an altar to the LORD on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.”

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  17. 2 Samuel 24:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Why has my lord the king come to his servant?” Araunah said. “To buy your threshing floor,” David replied, “that I may build an altar to the LORD, so that the plague upon the people may be halted.”

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  18. 2 Samuel 24:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Araunah said to David, “May my lord the king take whatever seems good to him and offer it up. Here are the oxen for a burnt offering and the threshing sledges and ox yokes for the wood.

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  19. 2 Samuel 24:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    O king, Araunah gives all these to the king.” He also said to the king, “May the LORD your God accept you.”

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  20. 2 Samuel 24:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “No,” replied the king, “I insist on paying a price, for I will not offer to the LORD my God burnt offerings that cost me nothing.” So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.

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  21. 1 Kings 1:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then Nathan said to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, “Have you not heard that Adonijah son of Haggith has become king, and our lord David does not know it?

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  22. 1 Kings 1:13 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Go at once to King David and say, ‘My lord the king, did you not swear to your maidservant, “Surely your son Solomon will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne”? Why then has Adonijah become king?’

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  23. 1 Kings 1:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So Bathsheba went to see the king in his bedroom. Since the king was very old, Abishag the Shunammite was serving him.

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  24. 1 Kings 1:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Take my servants with you,” said the king. “Set my son Solomon on my own mule and take him down to Gihon.

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  25. 1 Kings 2:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But show loving devotion to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be among those who eat at your table, because they stood by me when I fled from your brother Absalom.

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  26. 1 Kings 2:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now Adonijah son of Haggith went to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, and she asked, “Do you come in peace?” “Yes, in peace,” he replied.

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  27. 1 Kings 2:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then he said, “I have something to tell you.” “Say it,” she answered.

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  28. 1 Kings 2:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So now I have just one request of you; do not deny me.” “State your request,” she told him.

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  29. 1 Kings 2:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Very well,” Bathsheba replied. “I will speak to the king for you.”

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  30. 1 Kings 2:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So Bathsheba went to King Solomon to speak to him for Adonijah. The king stood up to greet her, bowed to her, and sat down on his throne. Then the king had a throne brought for his mother, who sat down at his right hand.

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  31. 1 Kings 2:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When the news reached Joab, who had conspired with Adonijah but not with Absalom, he fled to the tent of the LORD and took hold of the horns of the altar.

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  32. 1 Kings 2:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    It was reported to King Solomon: “Joab has fled to the tent of the LORD and is now beside the altar.” So Solomon sent Benaiah son of Jehoiada, saying, “Go, strike him down!”

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  33. 1 Kings 2:30 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    And Benaiah entered the tent of the LORD and said to Joab, “The king says, ‘Come out!’” But Joab replied, “No, I will die here.” So Benaiah relayed the message to the king, saying, “This is how Joab answered me.”

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  34. 1 Kings 2:39 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    After three years, however, two of Shimei’s slaves ran away to Achish son of Maacah, king of Gath. And Shimei was told, “Look, your slaves are in Gath.”

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  35. 1 Kings 2:40 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So Shimei saddled his donkey and set out to Achish at Gath in search of his slaves, and he brought them back from Gath.

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  36. 1 Kings 2:42 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    the king summoned Shimei and said to him, “Did I not make you swear by the LORD and warn you, ‘On the day you leave and go elsewhere, know for sure that you will die’? And you told me, ‘The sentence is fair; I will comply.’

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  37. 1 Kings 2:44 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The king also said, “You know in your heart all the evil that you did to my father David. Therefore the LORD will bring your evil back upon your head.

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  38. 1 Kings 3:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Later, Solomon formed an alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt by marrying his daughter. Solomon brought her to the City of David until he had finished building his palace and the house of the LORD, as well as the wall around Jerusalem.

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  39. 1 Kings 3:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    One night at Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream, and God said, “Ask, and I will give it to you!”

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  40. 1 Kings 3:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So God said to him, “Since you have asked for this instead of requesting long life or wealth for yourself or death for your enemies—but you have asked for discernment to administer justice—

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  41. 1 Kings 3:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    At that time two prostitutes came to the king and stood before him.

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  42. 1 Kings 3:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The next morning, when I got up to nurse my son, I discovered he was dead. But when I examined him, I realized that he was not the son I had borne.”

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  43. 1 Kings 3:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then the woman whose son was alive spoke to the king because she yearned with compassion for her son. “Please, my lord,” she said, “give her the living baby. Do not kill him!” But the other woman said, “He will be neither mine nor yours. Cut him in two!”

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  44. 1 Kings 4:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Each month the governors in turn provided food for King Solomon and all who came to his table. They saw to it that nothing was lacking.

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    Source alternate reference: 5.7

  45. 1 Kings 4:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Each one also brought to the required place their quotas of barley and straw for the chariot horses and other horses.

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    Source alternate reference: 5.8

  46. 1 Kings 5:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now when Hiram king of Tyre heard that Solomon had been anointed king in his father’s place, he sent envoys to Solomon; for Hiram had always been a friend of David.

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    Source alternate reference: 5.15

  47. 1 Kings 5:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And Solomon relayed this message to Hiram:

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    Source alternate reference: 5.16

  48. 1 Kings 5:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So behold, I plan to build a house for the Name of the LORD my God, according to what the LORD said to my father David: ‘I will put your son on your throne in your place, and he will build the house for My Name.’

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    Source alternate reference: 5.19

  49. 1 Kings 5:8 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Then Hiram sent a reply to Solomon, saying: “I have received your message; I will do all you desire regarding the cedar and cypress timber.

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    Source alternate reference: 5.22

  50. 1 Kings 5:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    My servants will haul the logs from Lebanon to the Sea, and I will float them as rafts by sea to the place you specify. There I will separate the logs, and you can take them away. And in exchange, you can meet my needs by providing my household with food.”

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    Source alternate reference: 5.23

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