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
near	25
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along	23
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you	21
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him	19
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for you	17
them	17
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so	16
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around	13
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me	13
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he has veiled	1
he will reign on	1
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her husband	1
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his purpose for me	1
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long as you live in	1
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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
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of its value	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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some	1
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supporting	1
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that spirit on	1
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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
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the steward	1
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then along with	1
there on	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
was beside	1
was lifted up toward	1
was on moses	1
was over them	1
was placed	1
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was upon	1
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we are closely	1
we will go against it	1
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were arranged	1
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were at	1
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were over	1
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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 at	1
you concerning	1
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you to	1
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your bags to	1
your doom	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 12:44 · BSB · 3 occurrences
And on that same day men were appointed over the rooms that housed the supplies, contributions, firstfruits, and tithes. The portions specified by the Law for the priests and Levites were gathered into these storerooms from the fields of the villages, because Judah rejoiced over the priests and Levites who were serving.
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Nehemiah 13:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
because they had not met the Israelites with food and water, but had hired Balaam to call down a curse against them (although our God had turned the curse into a blessing).
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Nehemiah 13:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So I rebuked the officials and asked, “Why has the house of God been neglected?” Then I gathered the Levites and singers together and stationed them at their posts,
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Nehemiah 13:13 · BSB · 3 occurrences
I appointed as treasurers over the storerooms Shelemiah the priest, Zadok the scribe, and Pedaiah of the Levites, with Hanan son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah, to assist them, because they were considered trustworthy. They were responsible for distributing the supplies to their fellow Levites.
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Nehemiah 13:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Remember me for this, O my God, and do not blot out my deeds of loving devotion for the house of my God and for its services.
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Nehemiah 13:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In those days I saw people in Judah treading winepresses on the Sabbath and bringing in grain and loading it on donkeys, along with wine, grapes, and figs. All kinds of goods were being brought into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. So I warned them against selling food on that day.
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Nehemiah 13:18 · BSB · 3 occurrences
Did not your forefathers do the same things, so that our God brought all this disaster on us and on this city? And now you are rekindling His wrath against Israel by profaning the Sabbath!”
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Nehemiah 13:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When the evening shadows began to fall on the gates of Jerusalem, just before the Sabbath, I ordered that the gates be shut and not opened until after the Sabbath. I posted some of my servants at the gates so that no load could enter on the Sabbath day.
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Nehemiah 13:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then I instructed the Levites to purify themselves and guard the gates in order to keep the Sabbath day holy. Remember me for this as well, O my God, and show me mercy according to Your abundant loving devotion.
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Nehemiah 13:26 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Did not King Solomon of Israel sin in matters like this? There was not a king like him among many nations, and he was loved by his God, who made him king over all Israel—yet foreign women drew him into sin.
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Nehemiah 13:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Even one of the sons of Jehoiada son of Eliashib the high priest had become a son-in-law to Sanballat the Horonite. Therefore I drove him away from me.
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Nehemiah 13:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood and the covenant of the priesthood and of the Levites.
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Esther 1:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In those days King Xerxes sat on his royal throne in the citadel of Susa.
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Esther 1:6 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Hangings of white and blue linen were fastened with cords of fine white and purple material to silver rings on the marble pillars. Gold and silver couches were arranged on a mosaic pavement of porphyry, marble, mother-of-pearl, and other costly stones.
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Esther 1:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
By order of the king, no limit was placed on the drinking, and every official of his household was to serve each man whatever he desired.
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Esther 1:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“According to law,” he asked, “what should be done with Queen Vashti, since she refused to obey the command of King Xerxes delivered by the eunuchs?”
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Esther 1:16 · BSB · 3 occurrences
And in the presence of the king and his princes, Memucan replied, “Queen Vashti has wronged not only the king, but all the princes and the peoples in all the provinces of King Xerxes.
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Esther 1:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For the conduct of the queen will become known to all women, causing them to despise their husbands and say, ‘King Xerxes ordered Queen Vashti to be brought before him, but she did not come.’
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Esther 1:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So if it pleases the king, let him issue a royal decree, and let it be recorded in the laws of Persia and Media so that it cannot be repealed, that Vashti shall never again enter the presence of King Xerxes, and that her royal position shall be given to a woman better than she.
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Esther 2:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Some time later, when the anger of King Xerxes had subsided, he remembered Vashti and what she had done, and what had been decreed against her.
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Esther 2:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Esther did not reveal her people or her lineage, because Mordecai had instructed her not to do so.
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Esther 2:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Esther still had not revealed her lineage or her people, just as Mordecai had instructed. She obeyed Mordecai’s command, as she had done under his care.
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Esther 2:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
After the report had been investigated and verified, both officials were hanged on the gallows. And all this was recorded in the Book of the Chronicles in the presence of the king.
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Esther 3:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
After these events, King Xerxes honored Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, elevating him to a position above all the princes who were with him.
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Esther 3:9 · BSB · 2 occurrences
If it pleases the king, let a decree be issued to destroy them, and I will deposit ten thousand talents of silver into the royal treasury to pay those who carry it out.”
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Esther 3:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So the king removed the signet ring from his finger and gave it to Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of the Jews.
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Esther 3:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
On the thirteenth day of the first month, the royal scribes were summoned and the order was written exactly as Haman commanded the royal satraps, the governors of each province, and the officials of each people, in the script of each province and the language of every people. It was written in the name of King Xerxes and sealed with the royal signet ring.
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Esther 4:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When Esther’s maidens and eunuchs came and told her about Mordecai, the queen was overcome with distress. She sent clothes for Mordecai to wear instead of his sackcloth, but he would not accept them.
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Esther 4:5 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Then Esther summoned Hathach, one of the king’s eunuchs appointed to her, and she dispatched him to Mordecai to learn what was troubling him and why.
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Esther 4:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and Mordecai told him all that had happened to him, including the exact amount of money that Haman had promised to pay into the royal treasury in order to destroy the Jews.
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Esther 4:8 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Mordecai also gave Hathach a copy of the written decree issued in Susa for the destruction of the Jews, to show and explain to Esther, urging her to approach the king, implore his favor, and plead before him for her people.
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Esther 4:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Go and assemble all the Jews who can be found in Susa, and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day, and I and my maidens will fast as you do. After that, I will go to the king, even though it is against the law. And if I perish, I perish!”
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Esther 4:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So Mordecai went and did all that Esther had instructed him.
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Esther 5:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
On the third day, Esther put on her royal robes and stood in the inner court of the palace across from the king’s quarters. The king was sitting on his royal throne in the royal courtroom, facing the entrance.
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Esther 5:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“If it pleases the king,” Esther replied, “may the king and Haman come today to the banquet I have prepared for the king.”
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Esther 5:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
If I have found favor in the sight of the king, and if it pleases the king to grant my petition and fulfill my request, may the king and Haman come tomorrow to the banquet I will prepare for them. Then I will answer the king’s question.”
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Esther 5:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
That day Haman went out full of joy and glad of heart. At the king’s gate, however, he saw Mordecai, who did not rise or tremble in fear at his presence. And Haman was filled with rage toward Mordecai.
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Esther 5:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Haman recounted to them his glorious wealth, his many sons, and all the ways the king had honored and promoted him over the other officials and servants.
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Esther 5:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
His wife Zeresh and all his friends told him, “Have them build a gallows fifty cubits high, and ask the king in the morning to have Mordecai hanged on it. Then go to the banquet with the king and enjoy yourself.” The advice pleased Haman, and he had the gallows constructed.
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Esther 6:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And there it was found recorded that Mordecai had exposed Bigthana and Teresh, two of the eunuchs who guarded the king’s entrance, when they had conspired to assassinate King Xerxes.
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Esther 6:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The king inquired, “What honor or dignity has been bestowed on Mordecai for this act?” “Nothing has been done for him,” replied the king’s attendants.
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Esther 6:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Who is in the court?” the king asked. Now Haman had just entered the outer court of the palace to ask the king to hang Mordecai on the gallows he had prepared for him.
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Esther 6:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
have them bring a royal robe that the king himself has worn and a horse on which the king himself has ridden—one with a royal crest placed on its head.
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Esther 6:9 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Let the robe and the horse be entrusted to one of the king’s most noble princes. Let them array the man the king wants to honor and parade him on the horse through the city square, proclaiming before him, ‘This is what is done for the man whom the king is delighted to honor!’”
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Esther 7:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Queen Esther replied, “If I have found favor in your sight, O king, and if it pleases the king, grant me my life as my petition, and the lives of my people as my request.
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Esther 7:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In his fury, the king arose from drinking his wine and went to the palace garden, while Haman stayed behind to beg Queen Esther for his life, for he realized that the king was planning a terrible fate for him.
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Esther 7:8 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Just as the king returned from the palace garden to the banquet hall, Haman was falling on the couch where Esther was reclining. The king exclaimed, “Would he actually assault the queen while I am in the palace?” As soon as the words had left the king’s mouth, they covered Haman’s face.
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Esther 7:9 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Then Harbonah, one of the eunuchs attending the king, said: “There is a gallows fifty cubits high at Haman’s house. He had it built for Mordecai, who gave the report that saved the king.” “Hang him on it!” declared the king.
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Esther 7:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So they hanged Haman on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the fury of the king subsided.
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Esther 8:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The king removed the signet ring he had recovered from Haman and presented it to Mordecai. And Esther appointed Mordecai over the estate of Haman.
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