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
over	289
against	210
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to	197
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therefore	74
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above	45
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into	32
it on	32
vvv	31
about	30
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concerning	27
that is why	26
near	25
over you	25
beside	24
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
against her	15
on you	15
to you	15
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was over	15
around	13
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me	13
why	13
against us	12
facedown	12
men in	12
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us	12
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as	11
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it	8
next	8
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her	7
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administrator	6
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east	4
here	4
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in command	4
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it pleases	4
of you	4
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past	4
this is why	4
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he was wearing	3
high above	3
i am against	3
i am against you	3
in front of	3
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it into	3
next to	3
next to it	3
nor	3
on account of	3
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about him	2
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my	2
nearby	2
no wonder	2
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outside the city	2
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overlooking	2
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than	2
the city	2
their	2
their own	2
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with you	2
you on	2
your	2
a high	1
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above me	1
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above you	1
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and show me	1
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and upon you	1
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at you in scorn	1
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away from us	1
back upon	1
be entrusted	1
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because of this	1
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being responsible for	1
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between	1
bind her	1
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both	1
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but fully	1
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by me	1
by such things	1
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company	1
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concerning the singers	1
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corresponding to	1
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crossing	1
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despite	1
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entrusted with	1
even beyond	1
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foes	1
for battle against her	1
for its contents	1
for the people	1
for themselves	1
for this	1
for your honor	1
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from each of them	1
from fighting against	1
from her	1
from her shoulder	1
from here	1
from it	1
from my people	1
from us	1
from which	1
from your neck	1
from yourselves	1
grieving for	1
had	1
had been assigned to	1
had charge	1
had charge of	1
hagar by	1
has aroused	1
he has received money from	1
he has veiled	1
he will reign on	1
he wrote on	1
her husband	1
here because of	1
here by	1
his own	1
his presence	1
his purpose for me	1
in addition to them	1
in addition to these	1
in charge	1
in charge of them	1
in front of it	1
in his grasp	1
in his presence	1
in me	1
in mourning for	1
in my presence	1
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is ordained for	1
is rewarded for his ways	1
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is to be done at	1
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is with	1
it across	1
it against	1
it for	1
kindly to them	1
led	1
let me supply	1
lies in	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
of his	1
of its value	1
of its value to it	1
of me	1
of the gatekeepers	1
of the value	1
of them	1
of your body	1
off my people	1
oil into	1
on aaron	1
on account	1
on account of her	1
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on account of you	1
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on each of	1
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on the altar	1
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on this altar	1
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on which	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
pot on	1
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prepared on	1
reaches to	1
regard	1
regulating	1
rest on	1
rests on	1
ring	1
sackcloth around	1
saul	1
shall extend	1
sheba	1
since	1
so by	1
some	1
songs	1
standing above them	1
standing on	1
still in	1
stood in	1
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
their bodies by	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
they were in charge of	1
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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Genesis 31:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now Rachel had taken Laban’s household idols, put them in the saddlebag of her camel, and was sitting on them. And Laban searched everything in the tent but found nothing.
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Genesis 31:46 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and he said to his relatives, “Gather some stones.” So they took stones and made a mound, and there by the mound they ate.
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Genesis 31:48 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Laban declared, “This mound is a witness between you and me this day.” Therefore the place was called Galeed.
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Genesis 31:50 · BSB · 1 occurrence
If you mistreat my daughters or take other wives, although no one is with us, remember that God is a witness between you and me.”
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Genesis 32:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Please deliver me from the hand of my brother Esau, for I am afraid that he may come and attack me and the mothers and children with me.
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Source alternate reference: 32.12
Genesis 32:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So Jacob’s gifts went on before him, while he spent the night in the camp.
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Source alternate reference: 32.22
Genesis 32:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The sun rose above him as he passed by Penuel, and he was limping because of his hip.
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Source alternate reference: 32.32
Genesis 32:32 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Therefore to this day the Israelites do not eat the tendon attached to the socket of the hip, because the socket of Jacob’s hip was struck near that tendon.
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Source alternate reference: 32.33
Genesis 33:1 · BSB · 3 occurrences
Now Jacob looked up and saw Esau coming toward him with four hundred men. So he divided the children among Leah, Rachel, and the two maidservants.
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Genesis 33:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Esau, however, ran to him and embraced him, threw his arms around his neck, and kissed him. And they both wept.
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Genesis 33:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But Jacob insisted, “No, please! If I have found favor in your sight, then receive this gift from my hand. For indeed, I have seen your face, and it is like seeing the face of God, since you have received me favorably.
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Genesis 33:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But Jacob replied, “My lord knows that the children are frail, and I must care for sheep and cattle that are nursing their young. If they are driven hard for even a day, all the animals will die.
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Genesis 33:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
but Jacob went on to Succoth, where he built a house for himself and shelters for his livestock; that is why the place was called Succoth.
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Genesis 34:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And his soul was drawn to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob. He loved the young girl and spoke to her tenderly.
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Genesis 34:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Demand a high dowry and an expensive gift, and I will give you whatever you ask. Only give me the girl as my wife!”
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Genesis 34:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Three days later, while they were still in pain, two of Jacob’s sons (Dinah’s brothers Simeon and Levi) took their swords, went into the unsuspecting city, and slaughtered every male.
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Genesis 34:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Jacob’s other sons came upon the slaughter and looted the city, because their sister had been defiled.
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Genesis 34:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have brought trouble upon me by making me a stench to the Canaanites and Perizzites, the people of this land. We are few in number; if they unite against me and attack me, I and my household will be destroyed.”
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Genesis 35:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As they set out, a terror from God fell over the surrounding cities, so that they did not pursue Jacob’s sons.
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Genesis 35:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then God went up from the place where He had spoken with him.
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Genesis 35:14 · BSB · 2 occurrences
So Jacob set up a pillar in the place where God had spoken with him—a stone marker—and he poured out a drink offering on it and anointed it with oil.
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Genesis 35:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Jacob set up a pillar on her grave; it marks Rachel’s tomb to this day.
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Genesis 37:8 · BSB · 3 occurrences
“Do you intend to reign over us?” his brothers asked. “Will you actually rule us?” So they hated him even more because of his dream and his statements.
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Genesis 37:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped him of his robe—the robe of many colors he was wearing—
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Genesis 37:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Jacob tore his clothes, put sackcloth around his waist, and mourned for his son many days.
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Genesis 38:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
After a long time Judah’s wife, the daughter of Shua, died. When Judah had finished mourning, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite went up to his sheepshearers at Timnah.
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Genesis 38:14 · BSB · 2 occurrences
she removed her widow’s garments, covered her face with a veil to disguise herself, and sat at the entrance to Enaim, which is on the way to Timnah. For she saw that although Shelah had grown up, she had not been given to him as a wife.
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Genesis 38:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Tamar got up and departed. And she removed her veil and put on her widow’s garments again.
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Genesis 38:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He asked the men of that place, “Where is the shrine prostitute who was beside the road at Enaim?” “No shrine prostitute has been here,” they answered.
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Genesis 38:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Judah recognized the items and said, “She is more righteous than I, since I did not give her to my son Shelah.” And he did not have relations with her again.
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Genesis 38:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And as she was giving birth, one of them put out his hand; so the midwife took a scarlet thread and tied it around his wrist. “This one came out first,” she announced.
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Genesis 38:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But when he pulled his hand back and his brother came out, she said, “You have broken out first!” So he was named Perez.
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Genesis 38:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then his brother came out with the scarlet thread around his wrist, and he was named Zerah.
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Genesis 39:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Joseph found favor in his sight and became his personal attendant. Potiphar put him in charge of his household and entrusted him with everything he owned.
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Genesis 39:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
From the time that he put Joseph in charge of his household and all he owned, the LORD blessed the Egyptian’s household on account of him. The LORD’s blessing was on everything he owned, both in his house and in his field.
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Genesis 40:2 · BSB · 3 occurrences
Pharaoh was angry with his two officers, the chief cupbearer and the chief baker,
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Genesis 40:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Pharaoh’s cup was in my hand, and I took the grapes, squeezed them into his cup, and placed the cup in his hand.”
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Genesis 40:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Within three days Pharaoh will lift up your head and restore your position. You will put Pharaoh’s cup in his hand, just as you did when you were his cupbearer.
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Genesis 40:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was favorable, he said to Joseph, “I too had a dream: There were three baskets of white bread on my head.
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Genesis 40:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In the top basket were all sorts of baked goods for Pharaoh, but the birds were eating them out of the basket on my head.”
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Genesis 40:19 · BSB · 3 occurrences
Within three days Pharaoh will lift off your head and hang you on a tree. Then the birds will eat the flesh of your body.”
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Genesis 40:21 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Pharaoh restored the chief cupbearer to his position, so that he once again placed the cup in Pharaoh’s hand.
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Genesis 41:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
After two full years had passed, Pharaoh had a dream: He was standing beside the Nile,
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Genesis 41:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
After them, seven other cows, sickly and thin, came up from the Nile and stood beside the well-fed cows on the bank of the river.
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Genesis 41:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Pharaoh was once angry with his servants, and he put me and the chief baker in the custody of the captain of the guard.
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Genesis 41:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And it happened to us just as he had interpreted: I was restored to my position, and the other man was hanged.”
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Genesis 41:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I had a dream, and no one can interpret it. But I have heard it said of you that when you hear a dream you can interpret it.”
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Genesis 41:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Pharaoh said to Joseph: “In my dream I was standing on the bank of the Nile,
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Genesis 41:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Moreover, because the dream was given to Pharaoh in two versions, the matter has been decreed by God, and He will carry it out shortly.
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Genesis 41:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now, therefore, Pharaoh should look for a discerning and wise man and set him over the land of Egypt.
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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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