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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to	197
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it on	32
vvv	31
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that is why	26
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you	21
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him	19
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them	17
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us	12
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past	4
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high above	3
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nor	3
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than	2
the city	2
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above you	1
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at you in scorn	1
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being responsible for	1
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for battle against her	1
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for themselves	1
for this	1
for your honor	1
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from fighting against	1
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from my people	1
from us	1
from which	1
from your neck	1
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grieving for	1
had	1
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has aroused	1
he has received money from	1
he has veiled	1
he will reign on	1
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her husband	1
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his presence	1
his purpose for me	1
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it across	1
it against	1
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kindly to them	1
led	1
let me supply	1
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like	1
loaded with	1
long as you live in	1
longed for	1
look on you	1
looms over	1
lying	1
lying on	1
manned	1
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may you have	1
moreover	1
must wear the robe	1
my people	1
myself	1
near amasa	1
now	1
now tamar was wearing	1
of all	1
of him	1
of him instead	1
of his	1
of its value	1
of its value to it	1
of me	1
of the gatekeepers	1
of the value	1
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of your body	1
off my people	1
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over her	1
over me is	1
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over the boy again	1
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over whom	1
over you and said	1
part of	1
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regard	1
regulating	1
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ring	1
sackcloth around	1
saul	1
shall extend	1
sheba	1
since	1
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some	1
songs	1
standing above them	1
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still in	1
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supporting	1
tenderly to	1
that	1
that are on it	1
that has come upon you	1
that is on them	1
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
the ropes off	1
the space above	1
the steward	1
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themselves to	1
then along with	1
there on	1
these officers were in charge of	1
they	1
they turn against	1
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they were responsible for	1
they will attack	1
they will attack us	1
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
your downfall	1
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
beyond the time	1
both	1
by reason of	1
for	1
for through	1
from	1
from off	1
from out	1
him according	1
him of	1
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 17:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Therefore I say to the Israelites, ‘None of you may eat blood, nor may any foreigner living among you eat blood.’
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Leviticus 18:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You must not take your wife’s sister as a rival wife and have sexual relations with her while your wife is still alive.
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Leviticus 18:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Even the land has become defiled, so I am punishing it for its sin, and the land will vomit out its inhabitants.
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Leviticus 19:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You must not go about spreading slander among your people. You must not endanger the life of your neighbor. I am the LORD.
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Leviticus 19:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You must not harbor hatred against your brother in your heart. Directly rebuke your neighbor, so that you will not incur guilt on account of him.
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Leviticus 19:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You are to keep My statutes. You shall not crossbreed two different kinds of livestock; you shall not sow your fields with two kinds of seed; and you shall not wear clothing made of two kinds of material.
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Leviticus 19:22 · BSB · 2 occurrences
The priest shall make atonement on his behalf before the LORD with the ram of the guilt offering for the sin he has committed, and he will be forgiven the sin he has committed.
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Leviticus 19:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You must not eat anything with blood still in it. You must not practice divination or sorcery.
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Leviticus 21:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The priest who is highest among his brothers, who has had the anointing oil poured on his head and has been ordained to wear the priestly garments, must not let his hair hang loose or tear his garments.
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Leviticus 21:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He must not go near any dead body; he must not defile himself, even for his father or mother.
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Leviticus 21:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He must not leave or desecrate the sanctuary of his God, for the consecration of the anointing oil of his God is on him. I am the LORD.
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Leviticus 22:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Tell them that for the generations to come, if any of their descendants in a state of uncleanness approaches the sacred offerings that the Israelites consecrate to the LORD, that person must be cut off from My presence. I am the LORD.
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Leviticus 22:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The priests must keep My charge, lest they bear the guilt and die because they profane it. I am the LORD who sanctifies them.
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Leviticus 22:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
If anyone eats a sacred offering in error, he must add a fifth to its value and give the sacred offering to the priest.
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Leviticus 22:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You are not to present to the LORD any animal that is blind, injured, or maimed, or anything with a running sore, a festering rash, or a scab; you must not put any of these on the altar as a food offering to the LORD.
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Leviticus 23:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Along with the bread you are to present seven unblemished male lambs a year old, one young bull, and two rams. They will be a burnt offering to the LORD, together with their grain offerings and drink offerings—a food offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.
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Leviticus 23:20 · BSB · 2 occurrences
The priest is to wave the lambs as a wave offering before the LORD, together with the bread of the firstfruits. The bread and the two lambs shall be holy to the LORD for the priest.
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Leviticus 23:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
On this day you are not to do any work, for it is the Day of Atonement, when atonement is made for you before the LORD your God.
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Leviticus 24:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He shall tend the lamps on the pure gold lampstand before the LORD continually.
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Leviticus 24:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and set them in two rows—six per row—on the table of pure gold before the LORD.
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Leviticus 24:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And you are to place pure frankincense near each row, so that it may serve as a memorial portion for the bread, a food offering to the LORD.
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Leviticus 24:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They placed him in custody until the will of the LORD should be made clear to them.
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Leviticus 24:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Take the blasphemer outside the camp, and have all who heard him lay their hands on his head; then have the whole assembly stone him.
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Leviticus 25:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You are to keep My statutes and carefully observe My judgments, so that you may dwell securely in the land.
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Leviticus 25:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the land will yield its fruit, so that you can eat your fill and dwell in safety in the land.
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Leviticus 25:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But houses in villages with no walls around them are to be considered as open fields. They may be redeemed, and they shall be released in the Jubilee.
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Leviticus 26:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“You must not make idols for yourselves or set up a carved image or sacred pillar; you must not place a sculpted stone in your land to bow down to it. For I am the LORD your God.
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Leviticus 26:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
then this is what I will do to you: I will bring upon you sudden terror, wasting disease, and fever that will destroy your sight and drain your life. You will sow your seed in vain, because your enemies will eat it.
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Leviticus 26:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And if after all this you will not obey Me, I will proceed to punish you sevenfold for your sins.
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Leviticus 26:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
If you walk in hostility toward Me and refuse to obey Me, I will multiply your plagues seven times, according to your sins.
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Leviticus 26:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
then I will act with hostility toward you, and I will strike you sevenfold for your sins.
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Leviticus 26:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And I will bring a sword against you to execute the vengeance of the covenant. Though you withdraw into your cities, I will send a plague among you, and you will be delivered into the hand of the enemy.
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Leviticus 26:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
then I will walk in fury against you, and I, even I, will punish you sevenfold for your sins.
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Leviticus 26:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I will destroy your high places, cut down your incense altars, and heap your lifeless bodies on the lifeless remains of your idols; and My soul will despise you.
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Leviticus 26:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And I will lay waste the land, so that your enemies who dwell in it will be appalled.
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Leviticus 26:35 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As long as it lies desolate, the land will have the rest it did not receive during the Sabbaths when you lived in it.
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Leviticus 27:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But if the one making the vow is too poor to pay the valuation, he is to present the person before the priest, who shall set the value according to what the one making the vow can afford.
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Leviticus 27:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
If, however, the owner decides to redeem the animal, he must add a fifth to its value.
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Leviticus 27:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But if he who consecrated his house redeems it, he must add a fifth to the assessed value, and it will belong to him.
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Leviticus 27:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But if he consecrates his field after the Jubilee, the priest is to calculate the price in proportion to the years left until the next Year of Jubilee, so that your valuation will be reduced.
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Leviticus 27:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And if the one who consecrated the field decides to redeem it, he must add a fifth to the assessed value, and it shall belong to him.
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Leviticus 27:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But if it is among the unclean animals, then he may redeem it according to your valuation and add a fifth of its value. If it is not redeemed, then it shall be sold according to your valuation.
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Leviticus 27:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence
If a man wishes to redeem part of his tithe, he must add a fifth to its value.
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Numbers 1:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and on the first day of the second month they assembled the whole congregation and recorded their ancestry by clans and families, counting one by one the names of those twenty years of age or older,
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Numbers 1:50 · BSB · 3 occurrences
Instead, you are to appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of the Testimony, all its furnishings, and everything in it. They shall carry the tabernacle and all its articles, care for it, and camp around it.
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Numbers 1:52 · BSB · 2 occurrences
The Israelites are to camp by their divisions, each man in his own camp and under his own standard.
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Numbers 1:53 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But the Levites are to camp around the tabernacle of the Testimony and watch over it, so that no wrath will fall on the congregation of Israel. So the Levites are responsible for the tabernacle of the Testimony.”
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Numbers 2:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“The Israelites are to camp around the Tent of Meeting at a distance from it, each man under his standard, with the banners of his family.
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Numbers 2:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The tribe of Issachar will camp next to it. The leader of the Issacharites is Nethanel son of Zuar,
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Numbers 2:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The tribe of Simeon will camp next to it. The leader of the Simeonites is Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai,
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We convert source tables to JSON, expand grammar labels and count tagged words. Greek counts use the SBL edition in TAGNT. Hebrew counts use the main reading in TAHOT, including Qere readings and restored text. Source numbering follows NRSV; alternate references appear where supplied.

Berean Standard Bible translation tables, public domain, Berean Bible. CrossWire KJV 3.1 , public domain text with Bible Foundation and KJV2003 Project tags, licensed for any purpose. Dodson Greek Lexicon , CC0. Strong’s Hebrew dictionary , Open Scriptures transcription, CC BY-SA; converted Hebrew entries retain those terms. Greek pronunciation spellings come from Strong's Greek dictionary, XML edition 1.4 , public domain.

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