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
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toward it	1
toward them	1
turn to me	1
up to me	1
upon him	1
upon us	1
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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 7 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.

Genesis 42:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the man who is lord of the land said to us, ‘This is how I will know whether you are honest: Leave one brother with me, take food to relieve the hunger of your households, and go.
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Genesis 42:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But bring your youngest brother back to me so I will know that you are not spies but honest men. Then I will give your brother back to you, and you can trade in the land.’”
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Genesis 42:36 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Their father Jacob said to them, “You have deprived me of my sons. Joseph is gone and Simeon is no more. Now you want to take Benjamin. Everything is going against me!”
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Genesis 42:37 · BSB · 3 occurrences
Then Reuben said to his father, “You may kill my two sons if I fail to bring him back to you. Put him in my care, and I will return him.”
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Genesis 43:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So when Jacob’s sons had eaten all the grain they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them, “Go back and buy us a little more food.”
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Genesis 43:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But Judah replied, “The man solemnly warned us, ‘You will not see my face again unless your brother is with you.’
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Genesis 43:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But if you will not send him, we will not go; for the man told us, ‘You will not see my face again unless your brother is with you.’”
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Genesis 43:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And Judah said to his father Israel, “Send the boy with me, and we will go at once, so that we may live and not die—neither we, nor you, nor our children.
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Genesis 43:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I will guarantee his safety. You may hold me personally responsible. If I do not bring him back and set him before you, then may I bear the guilt before you all my life.
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Genesis 43:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then their father Israel said to them, “If it must be so, then do this: Put some of the best products of the land in your packs and carry them down as a gift for the man—a little balm and a little honey, spices and myrrh, pistachios and almonds.
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Genesis 43:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Take your brother as well, and return to the man at once.
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Genesis 43:19 · BSB · 2 occurrences
So they approached Joseph’s steward and spoke to him at the entrance to the house.
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Genesis 43:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But when we came to the place we lodged for the night, we opened our sacks and, behold, each of us found his silver in the mouth of his sack! It was the full amount of our silver, and we have brought it back with us.
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Genesis 43:23 · BSB · 2 occurrences
“It is fine,” said the steward. “Do not be afraid. Your God, the God of your father, gave you the treasure that was in your sacks. I received your silver.” Then he brought Simeon out to them.
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Genesis 43:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When Joseph looked up and saw his brother Benjamin, his own mother’s son, he asked, “Is this your youngest brother, the one you told me about?” Then he declared, “May God be gracious to you, my son.”
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Genesis 43:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Joseph hurried out because he was moved to tears for his brother, and he went to a private room to weep.
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Genesis 43:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They were seated before Joseph in order by age, from the firstborn to the youngest, and the men looked at one another in astonishment.
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Genesis 43:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When the portions were served to them from Joseph’s table, Benjamin’s portion was five times larger than any of the others. So they feasted and drank freely with Joseph.
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Genesis 44:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They had not gone far from the city when Joseph told his steward, “Pursue the men at once, and when you overtake them, ask, ‘Why have you repaid good with evil?
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Genesis 44:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When the steward overtook them, he relayed these words to them.
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Genesis 44:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Why does my lord say these things?” they asked. “Your servants could not possibly do such a thing.
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Genesis 44:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
We even brought back to you from the land of Canaan the silver we found in the mouths of our sacks. Why would we steal silver or gold from your master’s house?
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Genesis 44:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But Joseph replied, “Far be it from me to do this. The man who was found with the cup will be my slave. The rest of you may return to your father in peace.”
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Genesis 44:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Judah approached Joseph and said, “Sir, please let your servant speak personally to my lord. Do not be angry with your servant, for you are equal to Pharaoh himself.
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Genesis 44:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And we answered, ‘We have an elderly father and a younger brother, the child of his old age. The boy’s brother is dead. He is the only one of his mother’s sons left, and his father loves him.’
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Genesis 44:21 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Then you told your servants, ‘Bring him down to me so that I can see him for myself.’
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Genesis 44:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So we said to my lord, ‘The boy cannot leave his father. If he were to leave, his father would die.’
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Genesis 44:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But you said to your servants, ‘Unless your younger brother comes down with you, you will not see my face again.’
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Genesis 44:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now when we returned to your servant my father, we relayed your words to him.
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Genesis 44:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And your servant my father said to us, ‘You know that my wife bore me two sons.
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Genesis 44:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So if the boy is not with us when I return to your servant, and if my father, whose life is wrapped up in the boy’s life,
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Genesis 44:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Indeed, your servant guaranteed the boy’s safety to my father, saying, ‘If I do not return him to you, I will bear the guilt before you, my father, all my life.’
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Genesis 44:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For how can I go back to my father without the boy? I could not bear to see the misery that would overwhelm him.”
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Genesis 45:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Joseph could no longer control himself before all his attendants, and he cried out, “Send everyone away from me!” So none of them were with Joseph when he made himself known to his brothers.
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Genesis 45:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Joseph said to his brothers, “I am Joseph! Is my father still alive?” But they were unable to answer him, because they were terrified in his presence.
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Genesis 45:4 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Then Joseph said to his brothers, “Please come near me.” And they did so. “I am Joseph, your brother,” he said, “the one you sold into Egypt!
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Genesis 45:9 · BSB · 3 occurrences
Now return quickly to my father and tell him, ‘This is what your son Joseph says: God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me without delay.
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Genesis 45:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You shall settle in the land of Goshen and be near me—you and your children and grandchildren, your flocks and herds, and everything you own.
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Genesis 45:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Behold! You and my brother Benjamin can see that I, Joseph, am the one speaking with you.
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Genesis 45:17 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Tell your brothers, ‘Do as follows: Load your animals and return to the land of Canaan.
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Genesis 45:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then bring your father and your families and return to me. I will give you the best of the land of Egypt, and you shall eat from the fat of the land.’
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Genesis 45:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Joseph sent his brothers on their way, and as they were leaving, he said to them, “Do not quarrel on the way!”
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Genesis 45:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So the brothers went up out of Egypt and came to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan.
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Genesis 45:27 · BSB · 2 occurrences
However, when they relayed all that Joseph had told them, and when he saw the wagons that Joseph had sent to carry him back, the spirit of their father Jacob was revived.
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Genesis 46:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now Jacob had sent Judah ahead of him to Joseph to get directions to Goshen. When Jacob’s family arrived in the land of Goshen,
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Genesis 46:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Joseph prepared his chariot and went there to meet his father Israel. Joseph presented himself to him, embraced him, and wept profusely.
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Genesis 46:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Israel said to Joseph, “Finally I can die, now that I have seen your face and know that you are still alive!”
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Genesis 46:31 · BSB · 4 occurrences
Joseph said to his brothers and to his father’s household, “I will go up and inform Pharaoh: ‘My brothers and my father’s household from the land of Canaan have come to me.
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Genesis 47:3 · BSB · 2 occurrences
“What is your occupation?” Pharaoh asked Joseph’s brothers. “Your servants are shepherds,” they replied, “both we and our fathers.”
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Genesis 47:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then they said to Pharaoh, “We have come to live in the land for a time, because there is no pasture for the flocks of your servants, since the famine in the land of Canaan has been severe. So now, please allow your servants to settle in the land of Goshen.”
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