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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like	1
loaded with	1
long as you live in	1
longed for	1
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looms over	1
lying	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
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of him instead	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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songs	1
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supporting	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
to assist	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
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
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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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was upon us	1
we are closely	1
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were arranged	1
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were at	1
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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
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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 at	1
you concerning	1
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your bags to	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
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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Nehemiah 4:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then I said to the nobles, the officials, and the rest of the people: “The work is great and extensive, and we are spread out far from one another along the wall.
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Nehemiah 5:7 · BSB · 2 occurrences
and after serious thought I rebuked the nobles and officials, saying, “You are exacting usury from your own brothers!” So I called a large assembly against them
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Nehemiah 5:15 · BSB · 2 occurrences
The governors before me had heavily burdened the people, taking from them bread and wine plus forty shekels of silver. Their servants also oppressed the people. But I did not do this, because of my fear of God.
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Nehemiah 5:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Instead, I devoted myself to the construction of the wall, and all my servants were gathered there for the work; we did not acquire any land.
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Nehemiah 5:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
There were 150 Jews and officials at my table, besides the guests from the surrounding nations.
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Nehemiah 5:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Each day one ox, six choice sheep, and some fowl were prepared for me, and once every ten days an abundance of all kinds of wine was provided. But I did not demand the food allotted to the governor, because the burden on the people was so heavy.
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Nehemiah 5:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Remember me favorably, O my God, for all that I have done for this people.
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Nehemiah 6:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So I sent messengers to them, saying, “I am doing a great work and cannot come down. Why should the work stop while I leave it to go down to you?”
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Nehemiah 6:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
that read: “It is reported among the nations—and Geshem agrees—that you and the Jews are plotting to revolt, and this is why you are building the wall. According to these reports, you are to become their king,
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Nehemiah 6:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and you have even appointed prophets in Jerusalem to proclaim on your behalf: ‘There is a king in Judah.’ Soon these rumors will reach the ears of the king. So come, let us confer together.”
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Nehemiah 6:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I realized that God had not sent him, but that he had uttered this prophecy against me because Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.
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Nehemiah 6:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Also in those days, the nobles of Judah sent many letters to Tobiah, and Tobiah’s letters kept coming to them.
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Nehemiah 7:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then I put my brother Hanani in charge of Jerusalem, along with Hananiah the commander of the fortress, because he was a faithful man who feared God more than most.
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Nehemiah 7:63 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And from among the priests: the descendants of Hobaiah, the descendants of Hakkoz, and the descendants of Barzillai (who had married a daughter of Barzillai the Gileadite and was called by their name).
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Nehemiah 8:4 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Ezra the scribe stood on a high wooden platform built for this occasion. At his right side stood Mattithiah, Shema, Anaiah, Uriah, Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, and at his left were Pedaiah, Mishael, Malchijah, Hashum, Hash-baddanah, Zechariah, and Meshullam.
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Nehemiah 8:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Ezra opened the book in full view of all the people, since he was standing above them all, and as he opened it, all the people stood up.
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Nehemiah 8:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The Levites—Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, and Pelaiah—instructed the people in the Law as they stood in their places.
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Nehemiah 8:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And the people went out, brought back branches, and made booths on their own rooftops, in their courtyards, in the courts of the house of God, and in the squares by the Water Gate and by the Gate of Ephraim.
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Nehemiah 9:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
On the twenty-fourth day of the same month, the Israelites gathered together, fasting and wearing sackcloth, with dust on their heads.
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Nehemiah 9:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Those of Israelite descent separated themselves from all the foreigners, and they stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers.
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Nehemiah 9:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
While they stood in their places, they read from the Book of the Law of the LORD their God for a quarter of the day, and they spent another quarter of the day in confession and worship of the LORD their God.
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Nehemiah 9:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And the Levites—Jeshua, Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani—stood on the raised platform and cried out in a loud voice to the LORD their God.
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Nehemiah 9:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the Levites—Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah—said, “Stand up and bless the LORD your God from everlasting to everlasting: Blessed be Your glorious name, and may it be exalted above all blessing and praise.
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Nehemiah 9:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You alone are the LORD. You created the heavens, the highest heavens with all their host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them. You give life to all things, and the host of heaven worships You.
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Nehemiah 9:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You saw the affliction of our fathers in Egypt; You heard their cry at the Red Sea.
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Nehemiah 9:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You performed signs and wonders against Pharaoh, all his officials, and all the people of his land, for You knew they had acted with arrogance against our fathers. You made a name for Yourself that endures to this day.
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Nehemiah 9:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You came down on Mount Sinai and spoke with them from heaven. You gave them just ordinances, true laws, and good statutes and commandments.
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Nehemiah 9:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You in Your great compassion did not forsake them in the wilderness. By day the pillar of cloud never turned away from guiding them on their path; and by the night the pillar of fire illuminated the way they should go.
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Nehemiah 9:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You were patient with them for many years, and Your Spirit admonished them through Your prophets. Yet they would not listen, so You gave them into the hands of the neighboring peoples.
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Nehemiah 9:33 · BSB · 2 occurrences
You are just in all that has befallen us, because You have acted faithfully, while we have acted wickedly.
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Nehemiah 9:36 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So here we are today as slaves in the land You gave our fathers to enjoy its fruit and goodness—here we are as slaves!
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Nehemiah 9:37 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Its abundant harvest goes to the kings You have set over us because of our sins. And they rule over our bodies and our livestock as they please. We are in great distress.
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Nehemiah 9:38 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In view of all this, we make a binding agreement, putting it in writing and sealing it with the names of our leaders, Levites, and priests.”
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Source alternate reference: 10.1
Nehemiah 10:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now these were the ones who sealed the document: Nehemiah the governor, son of Hacaliah, and also Zedekiah,
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Source alternate reference: 10.2
Nehemiah 10:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence
hereby join with their noble brothers and commit themselves with a sworn oath to follow the Law of God given through His servant Moses and to obey carefully all the commandments, ordinances, and statutes of the LORD our Lord.
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Source alternate reference: 10.30
Nehemiah 10:32 · BSB · 2 occurrences
We also place ourselves under the obligation to contribute a third of a shekel yearly for the service of the house of our God:
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Source alternate reference: 10.33
Nehemiah 10:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence
for the showbread, for the regular grain offerings and burnt offerings, for the Sabbath offerings, for the New Moons and appointed feasts, for the holy offerings, for the sin offerings to make atonement for Israel, and for all the duties of the house of our God.
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Source alternate reference: 10.34
Nehemiah 10:34 · BSB · 2 occurrences
We have cast lots among the priests, Levites, and people for the donation of wood by our families at the appointed times each year. They are to bring it to the house of our God to burn on the altar of the LORD our God, as it is written in the Law.
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Source alternate reference: 10.35
Nehemiah 11:9 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Joel son of Zichri was the officer over them, and Judah son of Hassenuah was over the Second District of the city.
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Nehemiah 11:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and his associates—128 mighty men of valor. Zabdiel son of Haggedolim was their overseer.
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Nehemiah 11:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Shabbethai and Jozabad, two leaders of the Levites, who supervised the work outside the house of God;
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Nehemiah 11:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The temple servants lived on the hill of Ophel, with Ziha and Gishpa over them.
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Nehemiah 11:23 · BSB · 2 occurrences
For there was a command from the king concerning the singers, an ordinance regulating their daily activities.
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Nehemiah 12:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The Levites were Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, who, with his associates, led the songs of thanksgiving.
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Nehemiah 12:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In the days of Eliashib, Joiada, Johanan, and Jaddua, during the reign of Darius the Persian, the heads of the families of the Levites and priests were recorded.
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Nehemiah 12:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As for the descendants of Levi, the family heads up to the days of Johanan son of Eliashib were recorded in the Book of the Chronicles.
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Nehemiah 12:31 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Then I brought the leaders of Judah up on the wall, and I appointed two great thanksgiving choirs. One was to proceed along the top of the wall to the right, toward the Dung Gate.
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Nehemiah 12:37 · BSB · 3 occurrences
At the Fountain Gate they went directly up the steps of the City of David on the ascent to the wall and passed above the house of David to the Water Gate on the east.
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Nehemiah 12:38 · BSB · 2 occurrences
The second thanksgiving choir proceeded to the left, and I followed it with half the people along the top of the wall, past the Tower of the Ovens to the Broad Wall,
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Nehemiah 12:39 · BSB · 3 occurrences
over the Gate of Ephraim, the Jeshanah Gate, the Fish Gate, the Tower of Hananel, and the Tower of the Hundred, as far as the Sheep Gate. And they stopped at the Gate of the Guard.
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