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
in	205
to	197
for	152
from	128
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at	88
by	82
therefore	74
and	70
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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
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on you	15
to you	15
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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
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her	7
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administrator	6
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east	4
here	4
in addition to	4
in command	4
in him	4
it is because	4
it pleases	4
of you	4
on me	4
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past	4
this is why	4
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across	3
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cover	3
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faces	3
for it	3
from them	3
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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with us	3
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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so at	2
so that	2
than	2
the city	2
their	2
their own	2
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to its value	2
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what is on	2
with you	2
you on	2
your	2
a high	1
a message	1
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about you	1
above me	1
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above you	1
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against jehoiakim	1
against nadab	1
against one	1
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against their enemies	1
against you jerusalem	1
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although	1
and a leader over	1
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and around	1
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and defend	1
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and show me	1
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and therefore	1
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and to give a ruling	1
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and upon you	1
and was over	1
and what was attached to it	1
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are heavy	1
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as one who is above	1
as they had spoken against	1
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at each of	1
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at jonathan	1
at the top	1
at them	1
at what	1
at you in scorn	1
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away from me	1
away from us	1
back upon	1
be entrusted	1
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because of him	1
because of this	1
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because the foundation	1
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before me	1
behalf	1
being responsible for	1
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between	1
bind her	1
binds her	1
both	1
both of them	1
both you	1
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but fully	1
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by me	1
by such things	1
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carrying it on	1
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company	1
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concerning the singers	1
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concerning you	1
concerning you o nineveh	1
corresponding to	1
covered	1
crossing	1
crowns you	1
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despite	1
elsewhere	1
entrusted with	1
even beyond	1
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expected	1
explicitly	1
extends to	1
facing	1
fall on them	1
far	1
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floated on	1
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
from atop	1
from doing	1
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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in the land	1
in the space above	1
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in you	1
in your	1
inscribe it on	1
into contact	1
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into them	1
is above	1
is against her	1
is against you	1
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is by	1
is for me	1
is heard over	1
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is on me	1
is on you	1
is ordained for	1
is rewarded for his ways	1
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is to be done at	1
is to remain	1
is upon them	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
lies on	1
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
on account of him	1
on account of you	1
on before	1
on behalf of	1
on each of	1
on his shoulders	1
on his side	1
on the altar	1
on the bodies	1
on their	1
on their bodies	1
on their heads	1
on them like dew	1
on this altar	1
on top	1
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on which	1
on which was placed	1
once more in	1
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onto	1
onward	1
or	1
other	1
ourselves	1
over achan	1
over edom	1
over her	1
over me is	1
over that	1
over the boy again	1
over to	1
over whom	1
over you and said	1
part of	1
pot on	1
poured on	1
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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Psalms 25:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Good and upright is the LORD; therefore He shows sinners the way.
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Psalms 27:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When the wicked came upon me to devour my flesh, my enemies and foes stumbled and fell.
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Psalms 27:3 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Though an army encamps around me, my heart will not fear; though a war breaks out against me, I will keep my trust.
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Psalms 27:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then my head will be held high above my enemies around me. At His tabernacle I will offer sacrifices with shouts of joy; I will sing and make music to the LORD.
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Psalms 29:3 · BSB · 2 occurrences
The voice of the LORD is over the waters; the God of glory thunders; the LORD is heard over many waters.
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Psalms 31:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For I hear the slander of many; there is terror on every side. They conspire against me and plot to take my life.
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Source alternate reference: 31.14
Psalms 31:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But I trust in You, O LORD; I say, “You are my God.”
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Source alternate reference: 31.15
Psalms 31:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Make Your face shine on Your servant; save me by Your loving devotion.
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Source alternate reference: 31.17
Psalms 31:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
May lying lips be silenced—lips that speak with arrogance against the righteous, full of pride and contempt.
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Source alternate reference: 31.19
Psalms 31:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Love the LORD, all His saints. The LORD preserves the faithful, but fully repays the arrogant.
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Source alternate reference: 31.24
Psalms 32:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was drained as in the summer heat. Selah
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Psalms 32:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then I acknowledged my sin to You and did not hide my iniquity. I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the LORD,” and You forgave the guilt of my sin. Selah
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Psalms 32:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Therefore let all the godly pray to You while You may be found. Surely when great waters rise, they will not come near.
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Psalms 32:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I will instruct you and teach you the way you should go; I will give you counsel and watch over you.
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Psalms 33:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
May Your loving devotion rest on us, O LORD, as we put our hope in You.
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Psalms 35:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Yet when they were ill, I put on sackcloth; I humbled myself with fasting, but my prayers returned unanswered.
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Psalms 35:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But when I stumbled, they assembled in glee; they gathered together against me. Assailants I did not know slandered me without ceasing.
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Psalms 35:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Like godless jesters at a feast, they gnashed their teeth at me.
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Psalms 35:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For they do not speak peace, but they devise deceitful schemes against those who live quietly in the land.
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Psalms 35:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They gape at me and say, “Aha, aha! Our eyes have seen!”
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Psalms 35:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
May those who gloat in my distress be ashamed and confounded; may those who exalt themselves over me be clothed in shame and reproach.
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Psalms 36:4 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Even on his bed he plots wickedness; he sets himself on a path that is not good; he fails to reject evil.
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Source alternate reference: 36.5
Psalms 37:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Delight yourself in the LORD, and He will give you the desires of your heart.
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Psalms 37:5 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Commit your way to the LORD; trust in Him, and He will do it.
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Psalms 37:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Yet a little while, and the wicked will be no more; though you look for them, they will not be found.
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Psalms 37:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But the meek will inherit the land and delight in abundant prosperity.
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Psalms 37:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The wicked scheme against the righteous and gnash their teeth at them,
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Psalms 37:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The righteous will inherit the land and dwell in it forever.
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Psalms 38:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For Your arrows have pierced me deeply, and Your hand has pressed down on me.
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Source alternate reference: 38.3
Psalms 38:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For I said, “Let them not gloat over me—those who taunt me when my foot slips.”
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Source alternate reference: 38.17
Psalms 39:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Remove Your scourge from me; I am perishing by the force of Your hand.
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Source alternate reference: 39.11
Psalms 39:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You discipline and correct a man for his iniquity, consuming like a moth what he holds dear; surely each man is but a vapor. Selah
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Source alternate reference: 39.12
Psalms 40:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He lifted me up from the pit of despair, out of the miry clay; He set my feet upon a rock, and made my footsteps firm.
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Source alternate reference: 40.3
Psalms 40:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then I said, “Here I am, I have come—it is written about me in the scroll:
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Source alternate reference: 40.8
Psalms 40:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For evils without number surround me; my sins have overtaken me, so that I cannot see. They are more than the hairs of my head, and my heart has failed within me.
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Source alternate reference: 40.13
Psalms 40:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
May those who say to me, “Aha, aha!” be appalled at their own shame.
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Source alternate reference: 40.16
Psalms 41:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The LORD will sustain him on his bed of illness and restore him from his bed of sickness.
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Source alternate reference: 41.4
Psalms 41:7 · BSB · 2 occurrences
All who hate me whisper against me; they imagine the worst for me:
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Source alternate reference: 41.8
Psalms 41:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Even my close friend whom I trusted, the one who shared my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.
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Source alternate reference: 41.10
Psalms 41:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
By this I know that You delight in me, for my enemy does not triumph over me.
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Source alternate reference: 41.12
Psalms 42:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For the choirmaster. A Maskil of the sons of Korah. As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul longs after You, O God.
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Source alternate reference: 42.2
Psalms 42:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
These things come to mind as I pour out my soul: how I walked with the multitude, leading the festive procession to the house of God with shouts of joy and praise.
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Source alternate reference: 42.5
Psalms 42:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him for the salvation of His presence.
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Source alternate reference: 42.6
Psalms 42:6 · BSB · 2 occurrences
O my God, my soul despairs within me. Therefore I remember You from the land of Jordan and the peaks of Hermon—even from Mount Mizar.
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Source alternate reference: 42.7
Psalms 42:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Deep calls to deep in the roar of Your waterfalls; all Your breakers and waves have rolled over me.
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Source alternate reference: 42.8
Psalms 42:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, my Savior and my God.
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Source alternate reference: 42.12
Psalms 43:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, my Savior and my God.
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Psalms 44:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But You have crushed us in the lair of jackals; You have covered us with deepest darkness.
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Source alternate reference: 44.20
Psalms 44:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Yet for Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.
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Source alternate reference: 44.23
Psalms 45:0 · KJV · 1 occurrence
The source numbers this heading or verse separately; read it in the interlinear.
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Source alternate reference: 45.1

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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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