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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
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
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about us 1
according 1
added 1
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after them 1
after you 1
against her 1
against it 1
all the way around 1
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among ourselves 1
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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
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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
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are inclined 1
around me 1
as his own 1
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as well as 1
asked 1
at her 1
at them 1
at you 1
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back upon 1
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bordering 1
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by him 1
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come 1
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consult 1
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david 1
each one to whom 1
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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
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is our 1
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it 1
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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
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meat with 1
messengers to 1
moses 1
my god 1
near her 1
never 1
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of it 1
of it toward 1
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on them 1
on these 1
on to 1
on which 1
on you 1
on your behalf to 1
one 1
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over here 1
over him 1
over to you 1
over you 1
past 1
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regarding 1
say to you 1
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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
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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
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
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where 1
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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
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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 45 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. 1 Kings 6:8 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    The entrance to the bottom floor was on the south side of the temple. A stairway led up to the middle level, and from there to the third floor.

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  2. 1 Kings 6:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then the word of the LORD came to Solomon, saying:

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  3. 1 Kings 6:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “As for this temple you are building, if you walk in My statutes, carry out My ordinances, and keep all My commandments by walking in them, I will fulfill through you the promise I made to your father David.

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  4. 1 Kings 6:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The cedar paneling inside the temple was carved with gourds and open flowers. Everything was cedar; not a stone could be seen.

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  5. 1 Kings 6:27 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    And he placed the cherubim inside the innermost room of the temple. Since their wings were spread out, the wing of the first cherub touched one wall, while the wing of the second cherub touched the other wall, and in the middle of the room their wingtips touched.

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  6. 1 Kings 7:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    There were three rows of high windows facing one another in three tiers.

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  7. 1 Kings 7:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    All the doorways had rectangular frames, with the openings facing one another in three tiers.

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  8. 1 Kings 7:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He was the son of a widow from the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a craftsman in bronze. Huram had great skill, understanding, and knowledge for every kind of bronze work. So he came to King Solomon and carried out all his work.

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  9. 1 Kings 7:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Each stand had four handles, one for each corner, projecting from the stand.

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  10. 1 Kings 8:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    At that time Solomon assembled before him in Jerusalem the elders of Israel—all the tribal heads and family leaders of the Israelites—to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD from Zion, the City of David.

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  11. 1 Kings 8:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And all the men of Israel came together to King Solomon at the feast in the seventh month, the month of Ethanim.

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  12. 1 Kings 8:6 · BSB · 4 occurrences

    Then the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the LORD to its place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, the Most Holy Place, beneath the wings of the cherubim.

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  13. 1 Kings 8:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For the cherubim spread their wings over the place of the ark and overshadowed the ark and its poles.

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  14. 1 Kings 8:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But the LORD said to my father David, ‘Since it was in your heart to build a house for My Name, you have done well to have this in your heart.

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  15. 1 Kings 8:28 · BSB · 4 occurrences

    Yet regard the prayer and plea of Your servant, O LORD my God, so that You may hear the cry and the prayer that Your servant is praying before You today.

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  16. 1 Kings 8:29 · BSB · 4 occurrences

    May Your eyes be open toward this temple night and day, toward the place of which You said, ‘My Name shall be there,’ so that You may hear the prayer that Your servant prays toward this place.

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  17. 1 Kings 8:30 · BSB · 4 occurrences

    Hear the plea of Your servant and of Your people Israel when they pray toward this place. May You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place. May You hear and forgive.

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  18. 1 Kings 8:33 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    When Your people Israel are defeated before an enemy because they have sinned against You, and they return to You and confess Your name, praying and pleading with You in this temple,

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  19. 1 Kings 8:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    then may You hear from heaven and forgive the sin of Your people Israel. May You restore them to the land You gave to their fathers.

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  20. 1 Kings 8:35 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When the skies are shut and there is no rain because Your people have sinned against You, and they pray toward this place and confess Your name, and they turn from their sins because You have afflicted them,

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  21. 1 Kings 8:38 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    then may whatever prayer or petition Your people Israel make—each knowing his own afflictions and spreading out his hands toward this temple—

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  22. 1 Kings 8:41 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And as for the foreigner who is not of Your people Israel but has come from a distant land because of Your name—

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  23. 1 Kings 8:42 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    for they will hear of Your great name and mighty hand and outstretched arm—when he comes and prays toward this temple,

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  24. 1 Kings 8:43 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    then may You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, and do according to all for which the foreigner calls to You. Then all the peoples of the earth will know Your name and fear You, as do Your people Israel, and they will know that this house I have built is called by Your Name.

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  25. 1 Kings 8:44 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When Your people go to war against their enemies, wherever You send them, and when they pray to the LORD in the direction of the city You have chosen and the house I have built for Your Name,

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  26. 1 Kings 8:46 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When they sin against You—for there is no one who does not sin—and You become angry with them and deliver them to an enemy who takes them as captives to his own land, whether far or near,

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  27. 1 Kings 8:47 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    and when they come to their senses in the land to which they were taken, and they repent and plead with You in the land of their captors, saying, ‘We have sinned and done wrong; we have acted wickedly,’

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  28. 1 Kings 8:48 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    and when they return to You with all their heart and soul in the land of the enemies who took them captive, and when they pray to You in the direction of the land that You gave to their fathers, the city You have chosen, and the house I have built for Your Name,

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  29. 1 Kings 8:52 · BSB · 4 occurrences

    May Your eyes be open to the pleas of Your servant and of Your people Israel, and may You listen to them whenever they call to You.

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  30. 1 Kings 8:54 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now when Solomon had finished praying this entire prayer and petition to the LORD, he got up before the altar of the LORD, where he had been kneeling with his hands spread out toward heaven.

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  31. 1 Kings 8:58 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    May He incline our hearts to Himself, to walk in all His ways and to keep the commandments and statutes and ordinances He commanded our fathers.

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  32. 1 Kings 8:59 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And may these words with which I have made my petition before the LORD be near to the LORD our God day and night, so that He may uphold the cause of His servant and of His people Israel as each day requires,

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  33. 1 Kings 9:2 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    the LORD appeared to him a second time, as He had appeared to him at Gibeon.

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  34. 1 Kings 9:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And the LORD said to him: “I have heard your prayer and petition before Me. I have consecrated this temple, which you have built, by putting My Name there forever; My eyes and My heart will be there for all time.

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  35. 1 Kings 9:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    As soon as Pharaoh’s daughter had come up from the City of David to the palace that Solomon had built for her, he built the supporting terraces.

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  36. 1 Kings 9:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    They sailed to Ophir and imported gold from there—420 talents—and delivered it to Solomon.

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  37. 1 Kings 10:2 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    She arrived in Jerusalem with a very large caravan—with camels bearing spices, gold in great abundance, and precious stones. And she came to Solomon and spoke to him all that was on her mind.

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  38. 1 Kings 10:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    She said to the king, “The report I heard in my own country about your words and wisdom is true.

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  39. 1 Kings 10:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But I did not believe these things until I came and saw with my own eyes. Indeed, not even half was told to me. Your wisdom and prosperity have far exceeded the report I heard.

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  40. 1 Kings 10:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The throne had six steps, and its back had a rounded top. There were armrests on both sides of the seat, with a lion standing beside each armrest.

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  41. 1 Kings 11:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    These women were from the nations about which the LORD had told the Israelites, “You must not intermarry with them, for surely they will turn your hearts after their gods.” Yet Solomon clung to these women in love.

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  42. 1 Kings 11:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now the LORD grew angry with Solomon, because his heart had turned away from the LORD, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice.

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  43. 1 Kings 11:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Although He had warned Solomon explicitly not to follow other gods, Solomon did not keep the LORD’s command.

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  44. 1 Kings 11:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Hadad and his men set out from Midian and went to Paran. They took men from Paran with them and went to Egypt, to Pharaoh king of Egypt, who gave Hadad a house and land and provided him with food.

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  45. 1 Kings 11:21 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    When Hadad heard in Egypt that David had rested with his fathers and that Joab, the commander of the army, was dead, he said to Pharaoh, “Let me go, that I may return to my own country.”

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  46. 1 Kings 11:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But Pharaoh asked him, “What have you lacked here with me that you suddenly want to go back to your own country?” “Nothing,” Hadad replied, “but please let me go.”

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  47. 1 Kings 11:40 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Solomon therefore sought to kill Jeroboam. But Jeroboam arose and fled to Egypt, to Shishak king of Egypt, where he remained until the death of Solomon.

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  48. 1 Kings 12:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So they sent for Jeroboam, and he and the whole assembly of Israel came to Rehoboam and said,

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  49. 1 Kings 12:5 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Rehoboam answered, “Go away for three days and then return to me.” So the people departed.

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  50. 1 Kings 12:7 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    They replied, “If you will be a servant to these people and serve them this day, and if you will respond by speaking kind words to them, they will be your servants forever.”

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