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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into	32
it on	32
vvv	31
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concerning	27
that is why	26
near	25
over you	25
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according to	23
along	23
from me	23
on him	22
against it	21
you	21
was in charge of	20
him	19
for him	18
upon him	18
for you	17
them	17
and against	16
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so	16
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on you	15
to you	15
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around	13
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me	13
why	13
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facedown	12
men in	12
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us	12
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it	8
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it pleases	4
of you	4
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he was wearing	3
high above	3
i am against	3
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it into	3
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next to it	3
nor	3
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a high	1
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at you in scorn	1
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but fully	1
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for themselves	1
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for your honor	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
here because of	1
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his presence	1
his purpose for me	1
in addition to them	1
in addition to these	1
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in me	1
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it across	1
it against	1
it for	1
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
may be before	1
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
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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 the boy again	1
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over you and said	1
part of	1
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ring	1
sackcloth around	1
saul	1
shall extend	1
sheba	1
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some	1
songs	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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then along with	1
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they	1
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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
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you are wearing	1
you at	1
you concerning	1
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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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Deuteronomy 4:40 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Keep His statutes and commandments, which I am giving you today, so that you and your children after you may prosper, and that you may live long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you for all time.
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Deuteronomy 4:48 · BSB · 1 occurrence
extending from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley as far as Mount Siyon (that is, Hermon),
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Deuteronomy 5:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You shall have no other gods before Me.
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Deuteronomy 5:9 · BSB · 3 occurrences
You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,
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Deuteronomy 5:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and that the LORD your God brought you out of there with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm. That is why the LORD your God has commanded you to keep the Sabbath day.
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Deuteronomy 5:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God has commanded you, so that your days may be long and that it may go well with you in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.
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Deuteronomy 5:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The LORD spoke these commandments in a loud voice to your whole assembly out of the fire, the cloud, and the deep darkness on the mountain; He added nothing more. And He wrote them on two tablets of stone and gave them to me.
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Deuteronomy 6:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
These words I am commanding you today are to be upon your hearts.
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Deuteronomy 6:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Tie them as reminders on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.
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Deuteronomy 6:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Write them on the doorposts of your houses and on your gates.
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Deuteronomy 6:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For the LORD your God, who is among you, is a jealous God. Otherwise the anger of the LORD your God will be kindled against you, and He will wipe you off the face of the earth.
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Deuteronomy 7:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all peoples on the face of the earth.
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Deuteronomy 7:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He will love you and bless you and multiply you. He will bless the fruit of your womb and the produce of your land—your grain, new wine, and oil, the young of your herds and the lambs of your flocks—in the land that He swore to your fathers to give you.
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Deuteronomy 7:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You must destroy all the peoples the LORD your God will deliver to you. Do not look on them with pity. Do not worship their gods, for that will be a snare to you.
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Deuteronomy 7:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The LORD your God will drive out these nations before you little by little. You will not be enabled to eliminate them all at once, or the wild animals would multiply around you.
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Deuteronomy 7:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You must burn up the images of their gods; do not covet the silver and gold that is on them or take it for yourselves, or you will be ensnared by it; for it is detestable to the LORD your God.
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Deuteronomy 8:3 · BSB · 2 occurrences
He humbled you, and in your hunger He gave you manna to eat, which neither you nor your fathers had known, so that you might understand that man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD.
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Deuteronomy 8:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Your clothing did not wear out and your feet did not swell during these forty years.
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Deuteronomy 8:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When you eat and are satisfied, you are to bless the LORD your God for the good land that He has given you.
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Deuteronomy 9:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the LORD gave me the two stone tablets, inscribed by the finger of God with the exact words that the LORD spoke to you out of the fire on the mountain on the day of the assembly.
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Deuteronomy 9:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So I went back down the mountain while it was blazing with fire, with the two tablets of the covenant in my hands.
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Deuteronomy 9:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So I took the two tablets and threw them out of my hands, shattering them before your eyes.
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Deuteronomy 9:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then I fell down before the LORD for forty days and forty nights, as I had done the first time. I did not eat bread or drink water because of all the sin you had committed in doing what was evil in the sight of the LORD and provoking Him to anger.
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Deuteronomy 9:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For I was afraid of the anger and wrath that the LORD had directed against you, enough to destroy you. But the LORD listened to me this time as well.
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Deuteronomy 10:2 · BSB · 2 occurrences
And I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke; and you are to place them in the ark.”
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Deuteronomy 10:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And the LORD wrote on the tablets what had been written previously, the Ten Commandments that He had spoken to you on the mountain out of the fire on the day of the assembly. The LORD gave them to me,
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Deuteronomy 10:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
That is why Levi has no portion or inheritance among his brothers; the LORD is his inheritance, as the LORD your God promised him.
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Deuteronomy 11:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
what He did to the Egyptian army and horses and chariots when He made the waters of the Red Sea engulf them as they pursued you, and how He destroyed them completely, even to this day;
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Deuteronomy 11:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and so that you may live long in the land that the LORD swore to your fathers to give them and their descendants, a land flowing with milk and honey.
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Deuteronomy 11:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
or the anger of the LORD will be kindled against you. He will shut the heavens so that there will be no rain, nor will the land yield its produce, and you will soon perish from the good land that the LORD is giving you.
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Deuteronomy 11:18 · BSB · 3 occurrences
Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as reminders on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.
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Deuteronomy 11:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Write them on the doorposts of your houses and on your gates,
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Deuteronomy 11:21 · BSB · 2 occurrences
so that as long as the heavens are above the earth, your days and those of your children may be multiplied in the land that the LORD swore to give your fathers.
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Deuteronomy 11:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
No man will be able to stand against you; the LORD your God will put the fear and dread of you upon all the land, wherever you set foot, as He has promised you.
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Deuteronomy 11:29 · BSB · 2 occurrences
When the LORD your God brings you into the land you are entering to possess, you are to proclaim the blessing on Mount Gerizim and the curse on Mount Ebal.
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Deuteronomy 12:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
These are the statutes and ordinances you must be careful to follow all the days you live in the land that the LORD, the God of your fathers, has given you to possess.
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Deuteronomy 12:2 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Destroy completely all the places where the nations you are dispossessing have served their gods—atop the high mountains, on the hills, and under every green tree.
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Deuteronomy 12:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
but you must not eat the blood; pour it on the ground like water.
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Deuteronomy 12:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and be careful not to neglect the Levites as long as you live in your land.
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Deuteronomy 12:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You must not eat the blood; pour it on the ground like water.
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Deuteronomy 12:27 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Present the meat and blood of your burnt offerings on the altar of the LORD your God. The blood of your other sacrifices must be poured out beside the altar of the LORD your God, but you may eat the meat.
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Deuteronomy 12:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence
See that you do everything I command you; do not add to it or subtract from it.
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Source alternate reference: 13.1
Deuteronomy 13:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Such a prophet or dreamer must be put to death, because he has advocated rebellion against the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of slavery; he has tried to turn you from the way in which the LORD your God has commanded you to walk. So you must purge the evil from among you.
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Source alternate reference: 13.6
Deuteronomy 13:8 · BSB · 2 occurrences
you must not yield to him or listen to him. Show him no pity, and do not spare him or shield him.
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Source alternate reference: 13.9
Deuteronomy 13:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Stone him to death for trying to turn you away from the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
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Source alternate reference: 13.11
Deuteronomy 14:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
for you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all the peoples on the face of the earth.
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Deuteronomy 15:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Be careful not to harbor this wicked thought in your heart: “The seventh year, the year of release, is near,” so that you look upon your poor brother begrudgingly and give him nothing. He will cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin.
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Deuteronomy 15:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For there will never cease to be poor in the land; that is why I am commanding you to open wide your hand to your brother and to the poor and needy in your land.
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Deuteronomy 15:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Remember that you were slaves in the land of Egypt, and the LORD your God redeemed you; that is why I am giving you this command today.
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Deuteronomy 15:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But you must not eat the blood; pour it on the ground like water.
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