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
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by	82
therefore	74
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into	32
it on	32
vvv	31
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concerning	27
that is why	26
near	25
over you	25
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along	23
from me	23
on him	22
against it	21
you	21
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him	19
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upon him	18
for you	17
them	17
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so	16
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to you	15
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around	13
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me	13
why	13
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facedown	12
men in	12
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us	12
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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
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it into	3
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next to it	3
nor	3
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where	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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than	2
the city	2
their	2
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you on	2
your	2
a high	1
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above you	1
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against you jerusalem	1
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and show me	1
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and upon you	1
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as they had spoken against	1
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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 this	1
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before me	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
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company	1
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concerning the singers	1
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concerning you	1
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for battle against her	1
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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
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from my people	1
from us	1
from which	1
from your neck	1
from yourselves	1
grieving for	1
had	1
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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
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in charge of them	1
in front of it	1
in his grasp	1
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in me	1
in mourning for	1
in my presence	1
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in you	1
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is for me	1
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is on me	1
is on you	1
is ordained for	1
is rewarded for his ways	1
is the basis	1
is to be done at	1
is to remain	1
is upon them	1
is why	1
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
on account of him	1
on account of you	1
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on each of	1
on his shoulders	1
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on the altar	1
on the bodies	1
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on their bodies	1
on their heads	1
on them like dew	1
on this altar	1
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on which	1
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ourselves	1
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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
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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
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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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then along with	1
there on	1
these officers were in charge of	1
they	1
they turn against	1
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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 124:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
if the LORD had not been on our side when men attacked us,
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Psalms 124:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
then the floods would have engulfed us, then the torrent would have overwhelmed us,
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Psalms 124:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
then the raging waters would have swept us away.
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Psalms 125:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For the scepter of the wicked will not rest upon the land allotted to the righteous, so that the righteous will not put forth their hands to injustice.
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Psalms 125:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But those who turn to crooked ways the LORD will banish with the evildoers. Peace be upon Israel.
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Psalms 128:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
that you may see your children’s children. Peace be upon Israel!
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Psalms 129:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The plowmen plowed over my back; they made their furrows long.
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Psalms 131:2 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Surely I have stilled and quieted my soul; like a weaned child with his mother, like a weaned child is my soul within me.
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Psalms 132:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“I will not enter my house or get into my bed,
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Psalms 132:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I will clothe his enemies with shame, but the crown upon him will gleam.”
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Psalms 133:2 · BSB · 3 occurrences
It is like fine oil on the head, running down on the beard, running down Aaron’s beard over the collar of his robes.
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Psalms 133:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
It is like the dew of Hermon falling on the mountains of Zion. For there the LORD has bestowed the blessing of life forevermore.
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Psalms 135:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For the LORD will vindicate His people and will have compassion on His servants.
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Psalms 136:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He spread out the earth upon the waters. His loving devotion endures forever.
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Psalms 137:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion.
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Psalms 137:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
There on the willows we hung our harps,
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Psalms 137:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
How can we sing a song of the LORD in a foreign land?
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Psalms 137:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth if I do not remember you, if I do not exalt Jerusalem as my greatest joy!
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Psalms 138:2 · BSB · 3 occurrences
I bow down toward Your holy temple and give thanks to Your name for Your loving devotion and Your faithfulness; You have exalted Your name and Your word above all else.
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Psalms 138:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
If I walk in the midst of trouble, You preserve me from the anger of my foes; You extend Your hand, and Your right hand saves me.
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Psalms 139:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You hem me in behind and before; You have laid Your hand upon me.
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Psalms 139:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Marvelous are Your works, and I know this very well.
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Psalms 139:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Your eyes saw my unformed body; all my days were written in Your book and ordained for me before one of them came to be.
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Psalms 140:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
May burning coals fall on them; may they be thrown into the fire, into the miry pits, never to rise again.
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Psalms 141:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth; keep watch at the door of my lips.
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Psalms 142:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Although my spirit grows faint within me, You know my way. Along the path I travel they have hidden a snare for me.
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Source alternate reference: 142.4
Psalms 142:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Free my soul from prison, that I may praise Your name. The righteous will gather around me because of Your goodness to me.
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Source alternate reference: 142.8
Psalms 143:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
My spirit grows faint within me; my heart is dismayed inside me.
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Psalms 145:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The LORD is good to all; His compassion rests on all He has made.
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Psalms 146:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God,
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Psalms 148:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Praise Him, O highest heavens, and you waters above the skies.
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Psalms 148:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Let them praise the name of the LORD, for His name alone is exalted; His splendor is above the earth and the heavens.
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Psalms 149:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Let the saints exult in glory; let them shout for joy upon their beds.
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Proverbs 1:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
when your dread comes like a storm, and your destruction like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish overwhelm you.
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Proverbs 2:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Discretion will watch over you, and understanding will guard you,
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Proverbs 3:3 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Never let loving devotion or faithfulness leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.
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Proverbs 3:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Do not devise evil against your neighbor, for he trustfully dwells beside you.
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Proverbs 4:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Avoid it; do not travel on it. Turn from it and pass on by.
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Proverbs 5:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Keep your path far from her; do not go near the door of her house,
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Proverbs 6:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Therefore calamity will come upon him suddenly; in an instant he will be shattered beyond recovery.
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Proverbs 6:21 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Bind them always upon your heart; tie them around your neck.
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Proverbs 6:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When you walk, they will guide you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; when you awake, they will speak to you.
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Proverbs 6:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Can a man walk on hot coals without scorching his feet?
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Proverbs 7:3 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Tie them to your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart.
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Proverbs 7:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“I have made my peace offerings; today I have paid my vows.
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Proverbs 7:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So I came out to meet you; I sought you, and I have found you.
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Proverbs 8:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
On the heights overlooking the road, at the crossroads she takes her stand.
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Proverbs 8:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I was there when He established the heavens, when He inscribed a circle on the face of the deep,
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Proverbs 8:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Blessed is the man who listens to me, watching daily at my doors, waiting at the posts of my doorway.
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Proverbs 9:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
She has sent out her maidservants; she calls out from the heights of the city.
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