al H5921

עַל (al) means “upon” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

עַל Hebrew · H5921 5,771 tagged occurrences in 4,490 verses

Pronunciation guide: al Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H5921A

עַל · al · upon

prep 1) upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against 1a) upon, on the ground of, on the basis of, on account of, because of, therefore, on behalf of, for the sake of, for, with, in spite of, notwithstanding, concerning, in the matter of, as regards 1b) above, beyond, over (of excess) 1c) above, over (of elevation or pre-eminence) 1d) upon, to, over to, unto, in addition to, together with, with (of addition) 1e) over (of suspension or extension) 1f) by, adjoining, next, at, over, around (of contiguity or proximity) 1g) down upon, upon, on, from, up upon, up to, towards, over towards, to, against (with verbs of motion) 1h) to (as a dative)

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TBESH · H5921B

[כִּי] עַל [כֵּן] · [ki] al [ken] · as

conj forasmuch as, because that, because, notwithstanding, although

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

properly, the same as H5920 (עַל) used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications

KJV glosses: above, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of, (from) (off), (up-) on, over, than, through(-out), to, touching, [idiom] with.

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How translators render H5921

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
on	762
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vvv	31
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you	21
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him	19
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them	17
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grieving for	1
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he has veiled	1
he will reign on	1
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her husband	1
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his purpose for me	1
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long as you live in	1
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looms over	1
lying	1
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must wear the robe	1
my people	1
myself	1
near amasa	1
now	1
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of all	1
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of its value	1
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of me	1
of the gatekeepers	1
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ring	1
sackcloth around	1
saul	1
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supporting	1
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that are on it	1
that has come upon you	1
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that spirit on	1
that spirit on them	1
that they	1
that was in	1
that you have in	1
the envoys	1
the envoys gladly	1
the load	1
the lord	1
the nursing child	1
the oil on	1
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the space above	1
the steward	1
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then along with	1
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these officers were in charge of	1
they	1
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things against	1
this happened because	1
this to	1
though	1
to ahaz	1
to assist	1
to be in charge of	1
to fall into	1
to fight	1
to himself	1
to his people	1
to meet	1
to mount it on	1
to my sorrow	1
to reach	1
to that city	1
to the city	1
to the fire	1
to your	1
to your yoke	1
toward them	1
toward us	1
turned against them	1
turned away from her	1
turns on	1
unanswered	1
up	1
up on	1
upon elisha	1
upon himself	1
upon myself	1
upon yourself	1
upon yourselves	1
was above	1
was beside	1
was lifted up toward	1
was on moses	1
was over them	1
was placed	1
was reclining	1
was under	1
was upon	1
was upon us	1
we are closely	1
we will go against it	1
were above	1
were arranged	1
were assigned to	1
were at	1
were beside	1
were over	1
were responsible for	1
were still covering	1
what you have in	1
when	1
wherever	1
while those facing	1
who supervised	1
who was at	1
will be next to it	1
will be over you	1
will be set against	1
will come against	1
will grow even	1
will he	1
will remain on	1
will turn to	1
with achish	1
with her	1
with me	1
with rehoboam	1
within	1
word throughout	1
written in	1
yet	1
yet he watches over	1
you are wearing	1
you at	1
you concerning	1
you for	1
you in	1
you over	1
you to	1
you would	1
your bags to	1
your doom	1
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your responsibility	1
yourself in	1
yourselves above	1

KJV rendering counts
Rendering	Count
beside	3
upon	3
above	2
against	2
by	2
in	2
according to	1
after	1
against them touching	1
among	1
and	1
and from	1
as	1
because	1
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both	1
by reason of	1
for	1
for through	1
from	1
from off	1
from out	1
him according	1
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how long	1
in that	1
near	1
of them had the charge of	1
off	1
on	1
out	1
over	1
over us	1
than	1
than they	1
them out of	1
thereof from	1
throughout	1
to	1
to him concerning	1
with	1

Verses containing H5921

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Leviticus 8:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He sprinkled some of the oil on the altar seven times, anointing the altar and all its utensils, and the basin with its stand, to consecrate them.
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Leviticus 8:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He also poured some of the anointing oil on Aaron’s head and anointed him to consecrate him.
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Leviticus 8:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Moses then brought the bull near for the sin offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on its head.
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Leviticus 8:15 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Moses slaughtered the bull, took some of the blood, and applied it with his finger to all four horns of the altar, purifying the altar. He poured out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar and consecrated it so that atonement could be made on it.
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Leviticus 8:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Moses also took all the fat that was on the entrails, the lobe of the liver, and both kidneys and their fat, and burned it all on the altar.
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Leviticus 8:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Moses presented the ram for the burnt offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on its head.
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Leviticus 8:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Moses slaughtered the ram and splattered the blood on all sides of the altar.
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Leviticus 8:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
After that, Moses presented the other ram, the ram of ordination, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on its head.
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Leviticus 8:23 · BSB · 3 occurrences
Moses slaughtered the ram and took some of its blood and put it on Aaron’s right earlobe, on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot.
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Leviticus 8:24 · BSB · 4 occurrences
Moses also presented Aaron’s sons and put some of the blood on their right earlobes, on the thumbs of their right hands, and on the big toes of their right feet. Then he splattered the blood on all sides of the altar.
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Leviticus 8:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And Moses took the fat—the fat tail, all the fat that was on the entrails, the lobe of the liver, and both kidneys with their fat—as well as the right thigh.
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Leviticus 8:26 · BSB · 2 occurrences
And from the basket of unleavened bread that was before the LORD, he took one cake of unleavened bread, one cake of bread made with oil, and one wafer, and he placed them on the fat portions and on the right thigh.
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Leviticus 8:27 · BSB · 2 occurrences
He put all these in the hands of Aaron and his sons and waved them before the LORD as a wave offering.
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Leviticus 8:28 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Then Moses took these from their hands and burned them on the altar with the burnt offering. This was an ordination offering, a pleasing aroma, a food offering to the LORD.
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Leviticus 8:30 · BSB · 5 occurrences
Next, Moses took some of the anointing oil and some of the blood that was on the altar and sprinkled them on Aaron and his garments, and on his sons and their garments. So he consecrated Aaron and his garments, as well as Aaron’s sons and their garments.
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Leviticus 8:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence
What has been done today has been commanded by the LORD in order to make atonement on your behalf.
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Leviticus 9:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The sons of Aaron brought the blood to him, and he dipped his finger in the blood and applied it to the horns of the altar. And he poured out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar.
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Leviticus 9:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Aaron slaughtered the burnt offering. His sons brought him the blood, and he splattered it on all sides of the altar.
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Leviticus 9:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They brought him the burnt offering piece by piece, including the head, and he burned them on the altar.
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Leviticus 9:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He washed the entrails and the legs and burned them atop the burnt offering on the altar.
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Leviticus 9:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Next he presented the grain offering, took a handful of it, and burned it on the altar in addition to the morning’s burnt offering.
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Leviticus 9:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then he slaughtered the ox and the ram as the people’s peace offering. His sons brought him the blood, and he splattered it on all sides of the altar.
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Leviticus 9:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and placed these on the breasts. Aaron burned the fat portions on the altar,
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Leviticus 9:24 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Fire came out from the presence of the LORD and consumed the burnt offering and the fat portions on the altar. And when all the people saw it, they shouted for joy and fell facedown.
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Leviticus 10:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now Aaron’s sons Nadab and Abihu took their censers, put fire in them and added incense, and offered unauthorized fire before the LORD, contrary to His command.
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Leviticus 10:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Moses said to Aaron, “This is what the LORD meant when He said: ‘To those who come near Me I will show My holiness, and in the sight of all the people I will reveal My glory.’” But Aaron remained silent.
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Leviticus 10:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Moses said to Aaron and his sons Eleazar and Ithamar, “Do not let your hair become disheveled and do not tear your garments, or else you will die, and the LORD will be angry with the whole congregation. But your brothers, the whole house of Israel, may mourn on account of the fire that the LORD has ignited.
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Leviticus 10:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You shall not go outside the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, or you will die, for the LORD’s anointing oil is on you.” So they did as Moses instructed.
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Leviticus 10:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They are to bring the thigh of the contribution and the breast of the wave offering, together with the fat portions of the food offerings, to wave as a wave offering before the LORD. It will belong permanently to you and your children, as the LORD has commanded.”
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Leviticus 10:16 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Later, Moses searched carefully for the goat of the sin offering, and behold, it had been burned up. He was angry with Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron’s remaining sons, and asked,
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Leviticus 10:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Why didn’t you eat the sin offering in the holy place? For it is most holy; it was given to you to take away the guilt of the congregation by making atonement for them before the LORD.
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Leviticus 11:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Say to the Israelites, ‘Of all the beasts of the earth, these ones you may eat:
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Leviticus 11:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
All flying insects that walk on all fours are detestable to you.
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Leviticus 11:21 · BSB · 2 occurrences
However, you may eat the following kinds of flying insects that walk on all fours: those having jointed legs above their feet for hopping on the ground.
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Leviticus 11:27 · BSB · 2 occurrences
All the four-footed animals that walk on their paws are unclean for you; whoever touches their carcasses will be unclean until evening,
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Leviticus 11:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The following creatures that move along the ground are unclean for you: the mole, the mouse, any kind of great lizard,
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Leviticus 11:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When one of them dies and falls on something, that article becomes unclean; any article of wood, clothing, leather, sackcloth, or any implement used for work must be rinsed with water and will remain unclean until evening; then it will be clean.
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Leviticus 11:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Any food coming into contact with water from that pot will be unclean, and any drink in such a container will be unclean.
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Leviticus 11:35 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Anything upon which one of their carcasses falls will be unclean. If it is an oven or cooking pot, it must be smashed; it is unclean and will remain unclean for you.
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Leviticus 11:37 · BSB · 1 occurrence
If a carcass falls on any seed for sowing, the seed is clean;
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Leviticus 11:38 · BSB · 2 occurrences
but if water has been put on the seed and a carcass falls on it, it is unclean for you.
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Leviticus 11:41 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Every creature that moves along the ground is detestable; it must not be eaten.
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Leviticus 11:42 · BSB · 3 occurrences
Do not eat any creature that moves along the ground, whether it crawls on its belly or walks on four or more feet; for such creatures are detestable.
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Leviticus 11:44 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For I am the LORD your God; consecrate yourselves, therefore, and be holy, because I am holy. You must not defile yourselves by any creature that crawls along the ground.
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Leviticus 11:46 · BSB · 1 occurrence
This is the law regarding animals, birds, all living creatures that move in the water, and all creatures that crawl along the ground.
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Leviticus 12:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
If, however, she gives birth to a daughter, the woman will be unclean for two weeks as she is during her menstruation. Then she must continue in purification from her bleeding for sixty-six days.
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Leviticus 12:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And the priest will present them before the LORD and make atonement for her; and she shall be ceremonially cleansed from her flow of blood. This is the law for a woman giving birth, whether to a male or to a female.
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Leviticus 12:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But if she cannot afford a lamb, she shall bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons, one for a burnt offering and the other for a sin offering. Then the priest will make atonement for her, and she will be clean.’”
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Leviticus 13:45 · BSB · 1 occurrence
A diseased person must wear torn clothes and let his hair hang loose, and he must cover his mouth and cry out, ‘Unclean, unclean!’
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Leviticus 14:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the priest shall command that one of the birds be slaughtered over fresh water in a clay pot.
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