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
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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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her husband	1
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his purpose for me	1
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let me supply	1
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loaded with	1
long as you live in	1
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looms over	1
lying	1
lying on	1
manned	1
may be before	1
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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
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of me	1
of the gatekeepers	1
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that they	1
that was in	1
that you have in	1
the envoys	1
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the lord	1
the nursing child	1
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then along with	1
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this happened because	1
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though	1
to ahaz	1
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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
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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
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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
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was lifted up toward	1
was on moses	1
was over them	1
was placed	1
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we are closely	1
we will go against it	1
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what you have in	1
when	1
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while those facing	1
who supervised	1
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will be next to it	1
will be over you	1
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with achish	1
with her	1
with me	1
with rehoboam	1
within	1
word throughout	1
written in	1
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you at	1
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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
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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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2 Samuel 17:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Absalom had appointed Amasa over the army in place of Joab. Amasa was the son of a man named Ithra, the Ishmaelite who had married Abigail, the daughter of Nahash and sister of Zeruiah the mother of Joab.
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2 Samuel 18:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then David reviewed his troops and appointed over them commanders of thousands and of hundreds.
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2 Samuel 18:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now the king had commanded Joab, Abishai, and Ittai, “Treat the young man Absalom gently for my sake.” And all the people heard the king’s orders to each of the commanders regarding Absalom.
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2 Samuel 18:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The battle spread over the whole countryside, and that day the forest devoured more people than the sword.
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2 Samuel 18:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now Absalom was riding on his mule when he met the servants of David, and as the mule went under the thick branches of a large oak, Absalom’s head was caught fast in the tree. The mule under him kept going, so that he was suspended in midair.
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2 Samuel 18:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“You just saw him!” Joab exclaimed. “Why did you not strike him to the ground right there? I would have given you ten shekels of silver and a warrior’s belt!”
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2 Samuel 18:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The man replied, “Even if a thousand shekels of silver were weighed out into my hands, I would not raise my hand against the son of the king. For we heard the king command you and Abishai and Ittai, ‘Protect the young man Absalom for my sake.’
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2 Samuel 18:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They took Absalom, cast him into a large pit in the forest, and piled a huge mound of stones over him. Meanwhile, all the Israelites fled, each to his home.
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2 Samuel 18:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
During his lifetime, Absalom had set up for himself a pillar in the King’s Valley, for he had said, “I have no son to preserve the memory of my name.” So he gave the pillar his name, and to this day it is called Absalom’s Monument.
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2 Samuel 18:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But Joab replied, “You are not the man to take good news today. You may do it another day, but you must not do so today, because the king’s son is dead.”
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2 Samuel 18:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Just then the Cushite came and said, “May my lord the king hear the good news: Today the LORD has avenged you of all who rose up against you!”
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2 Samuel 18:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The king asked the Cushite, “Is the young man Absalom all right?” And the Cushite replied, “May the enemies of my lord the king and all who rise up against you to harm you be like that young man.”
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2 Samuel 18:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The king was shaken and went up to the chamber over the gate and wept. And as he walked, he cried out, “O my son Absalom! My son, my son Absalom! If only I had died instead of you, O Absalom, my son, my son!”
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Source alternate reference: 19.1
2 Samuel 19:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then it was reported to Joab, “The king is weeping and mourning over Absalom.”
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Source alternate reference: 19.2
2 Samuel 19:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And that day’s victory was turned into mourning for all the people, because on that day they were told, “The king is grieving over his son.”
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Source alternate reference: 19.3
2 Samuel 19:7 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Now therefore get up! Go out and speak comfort to your servants, for I swear by the LORD that if you do not go out, not a man will remain with you tonight. This will be worse for you than all the adversity that has befallen you from your youth until now!”
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Source alternate reference: 19.8
2 Samuel 19:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And all the people throughout the tribes of Israel were arguing, “The king rescued us from the hand of our enemies and delivered us from the hand of the Philistines, but now he has fled the land because of Absalom.
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Source alternate reference: 19.10
2 Samuel 19:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But Absalom, the man we anointed over us, has died in battle. So why do you say nothing about restoring the king?”
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Source alternate reference: 19.11
2 Samuel 19:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And David replied, “Sons of Zeruiah, what have I to do with you, that you should be my adversaries today? Should any man be put to death in Israel today? Am I not indeed aware that today I am king over Israel?”
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Source alternate reference: 19.23
2 Samuel 19:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“My lord the king,” he replied, “because I am lame, I said, ‘I will have my donkey saddled so that I may ride on it and go with the king.’ But my servant Ziba deceived me,
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Source alternate reference: 19.27
2 Samuel 19:38 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The king replied, “Chimham will cross over with me, and I will do for him what is good in your sight, and I will do for you whatever you desire of me.”
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Source alternate reference: 19.39
2 Samuel 19:42 · BSB · 2 occurrences
And all the men of Judah replied to the men of Israel, “We did this because the king is our relative. Why does this anger you? Have we ever eaten at the king’s expense or received anything for ourselves?”
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Source alternate reference: 19.43
2 Samuel 20:8 · BSB · 2 occurrences
And while they were at the great stone in Gibeon, Amasa joined them. Now Joab was dressed in military attire, with a dagger strapped to his belt. And as he stepped forward, he slipped the dagger from its sheath.
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2 Samuel 20:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
One of Joab’s young men stood near Amasa and said, “Whoever favors Joab, and whoever is for David, let him follow Joab!”
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2 Samuel 20:12 · BSB · 2 occurrences
But Amasa wallowed in his blood in the middle of the road, and when the man saw that all the troops were stopping there, he dragged the body off the road into a field and threw a garment over it.
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2 Samuel 20:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And Joab’s troops came and besieged Sheba in Abel-beth-maacah and built a siege ramp against the outer rampart of the city. As all the troops with Joab were battering the wall to topple it,
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2 Samuel 20:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
That is not the case. But a man named Sheba son of Bichri, from the hill country of Ephraim, has lifted up his hand against the king, against David. Deliver him alone, and I will depart from the city.” “Look,” the woman replied, “his head will be thrown to you over the wall.”
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2 Samuel 20:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the woman went to all the people with her wise counsel, and they cut off the head of Sheba son of Bichri and threw it to Joab. So he blew the ram’s horn and his men dispersed from the city, each to his own home. And Joab returned to the king in Jerusalem.
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2 Samuel 20:23 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Now Joab was over the whole army of Israel; Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and Pelethites;
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2 Samuel 20:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Adoram was in charge of the forced labor; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was the recorder;
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2 Samuel 21:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
During the reign of David there was a famine for three successive years, and David sought the face of the LORD. And the LORD said, “It is because of the blood shed by Saul and his family, because he killed the Gibeonites.”
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2 Samuel 21:7 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Now the king spared Mephibosheth son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, because of the oath before the LORD between David and Jonathan son of Saul.
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2 Samuel 21:10 · BSB · 2 occurrences
And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth and spread it out for herself on a rock. From the beginning of the harvest until the rain from heaven poured down on the bodies, she did not allow the birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.
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2 Samuel 22:11 · BSB · 2 occurrences
He mounted a cherub and flew; He soared on the wings of the wind.
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2 Samuel 22:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You save an afflicted people, but Your eyes are on the haughty to bring them down.
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2 Samuel 22:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He makes my feet like those of a deer and stations me upon the heights.
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2 Samuel 22:50 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Therefore I will praise You, O LORD, among the nations; I will sing praises to Your name.
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2 Samuel 23:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The Spirit of the LORD spoke through me; His word was on my tongue.
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2 Samuel 23:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
These are the names of David’s mighty men: Josheb-basshebeth the Tahchemonite was chief of the Three. He wielded his spear against eight hundred men, whom he killed at one time.
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2 Samuel 23:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now Abishai, the brother of Joab and son of Zeruiah, was chief of the Three, and he wielded his spear against three hundred men, killed them, and won a name along with the Three.
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2 Samuel 24:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Nevertheless, the king’s word prevailed against Joab and against the commanders of the army. So Joab and the commanders of the army departed from the presence of the king to register the troops of Israel.
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2 Samuel 24:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Go and tell David that this is what the LORD says: ‘I am offering you three options. Choose one of them, and I will carry it out against you.’”
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2 Samuel 24:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When Araunah looked out and saw the king and his servants coming toward him, he went out and bowed facedown before the king.
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2 Samuel 24:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Why has my lord the king come to his servant?” Araunah said. “To buy your threshing floor,” David replied, “that I may build an altar to the LORD, so that the plague upon the people may be halted.”
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2 Samuel 24:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And there he built an altar to the LORD and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. Then the LORD answered the prayers on behalf of the land, and the plague upon Israel was halted.
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1 Kings 1:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Go at once to King David and say, ‘My lord the king, did you not swear to your maidservant, “Surely your son Solomon will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne”? Why then has Adonijah become king?’
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1 Kings 1:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“My lord,” she replied, “you yourself swore to your maidservant by the LORD your God: ‘Surely your son Solomon will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne.’
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1 Kings 1:20 · BSB · 2 occurrences
And as for you, my lord the king, the eyes of all Israel are upon you to tell them who will sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.
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1 Kings 1:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So the king was told, “Nathan the prophet is here.” And Nathan went in and bowed facedown before the king.
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1 Kings 1:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“My lord the king,” said Nathan, “did you say, ‘Adonijah will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne’?
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