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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that is why	26
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you	21
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him	19
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them	17
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facedown	12
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grieving for	1
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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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led	1
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like	1
loaded with	1
long as you live in	1
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look on you	1
looms over	1
lying	1
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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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off my people	1
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ring	1
sackcloth around	1
saul	1
shall extend	1
sheba	1
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songs	1
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supporting	1
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that spirit on them	1
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
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we are closely	1
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were at	1
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what you have in	1
when	1
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while those facing	1
who supervised	1
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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 are wearing	1
you at	1
you concerning	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
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both	1
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for	1
for through	1
from	1
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how long	1
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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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Isaiah 53:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Who has believed our message? And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed?
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Isaiah 53:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed.
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Isaiah 53:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He was assigned a grave with the wicked, and with a rich man in His death, although He had done no violence, nor was any deceit in His mouth.
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Isaiah 54:9 · BSB · 2 occurrences
“For to Me this is like the days of Noah, when I swore that the waters of Noah would never again cover the earth. So I have sworn that I will not be angry with you or rebuke you.
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Isaiah 54:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
If anyone attacks you, it is not from Me; whoever assails you will fall before you.
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Isaiah 54:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their vindication is from Me,” declares the LORD.
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Isaiah 56:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Let no foreigner who has joined himself to the LORD say, “The LORD will utterly exclude me from His people.” And let the eunuch not say, “I am but a dry tree.”
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Isaiah 56:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And the foreigners who join themselves to the LORD to minister to Him, to love the name of the LORD, and to be His servants—all who keep the Sabbath without profaning it and who hold fast to My covenant—
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Isaiah 56:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I will bring them to My holy mountain and make them joyful in My house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be accepted on My altar, for My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations.”
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Isaiah 56:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Thus declares the Lord GOD, who gathers the dispersed of Israel: “I will gather to them still others besides those already gathered.”
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Isaiah 57:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The righteous perish, and no one takes it to heart; devout men are taken away, while no one considers that the righteous are taken away from the presence of evil.
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Isaiah 57:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Those who walk uprightly enter into peace; they find rest, lying down in death.
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Isaiah 57:4 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Whom are you mocking? At whom do you sneer and stick out your tongue? Are you not children of transgression, offspring of deceit,
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Isaiah 57:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Your portion is among the smooth stones of the valley; indeed, they are your lot. Even to them you have poured out a drink offering and offered a grain offering. Should I relent because of these?
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Isaiah 57:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
On a high and lofty hill you have made your bed, and there you went up to offer sacrifices.
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Isaiah 57:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You are wearied by your many journeys, but you did not say, “There is no hope!” You found renewal of your strength; therefore you did not grow weak.
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Isaiah 57:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Whom have you dreaded and feared, so that you lied and failed to remember Me or take this to heart? Is it not because I have long been silent that you do not fear Me?
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Isaiah 58:14 · BSB · 2 occurrences
then you will delight yourself in the LORD, and I will make you ride on the heights of the land and feed you with the heritage of your father Jacob.” For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.
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Isaiah 59:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
No one calls for justice; no one pleads his case honestly. They rely on empty pleas; they tell lies; they conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity.
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Isaiah 59:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Therefore justice is far from us, and righteousness does not reach us. We hope for light, but there is darkness; for brightness, but we walk in gloom.
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Isaiah 59:18 · BSB · 2 occurrences
So He will repay according to their deeds: fury to His enemies, retribution to His foes, and recompense to the islands.
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Isaiah 59:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“As for Me, this is My covenant with them,” says the LORD. “My Spirit will not depart from you, and My words that I have put in your mouth will not depart from your mouth or from the mouths of your children and grandchildren, from now on and forevermore,” says the LORD.
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Isaiah 60:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD rises upon you.
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Isaiah 60:2 · BSB · 2 occurrences
For behold, darkness covers the earth, and thick darkness is over the peoples; but the LORD will rise upon you, and His glory will appear over you.
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Isaiah 60:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Lift up your eyes and look around: They all gather and come to you; your sons will come from afar, and your daughters will be carried on the arm.
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Isaiah 60:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then you will look and be radiant, and your heart will tremble and swell with joy, because the riches of the sea will be brought to you, and the wealth of the nations will come to you.
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Isaiah 60:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
All the flocks of Kedar will be gathered to you; the rams of Nebaioth will serve you and go up on My altar with acceptance; I will adorn My glorious house.
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Isaiah 60:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The sons of your oppressors will come and bow down to you; all who reviled you will fall facedown at your feet and call you the City of the LORD, Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
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Isaiah 61:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to the prisoners,
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Isaiah 62:5 · BSB · 2 occurrences
For as a young man marries a young woman, so your sons will marry you; and as a bridegroom rejoices over his bride, so your God will rejoice over you.
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Isaiah 62:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
On your walls, O Jerusalem, I have posted watchmen; they will never be silent day or night. You who call on the LORD shall take no rest for yourselves,
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Isaiah 62:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Go out, go out through the gates; prepare the way for the people! Build it up, build up the highway; clear away the stones; raise a banner for the nations!
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Isaiah 63:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“I have trodden the winepress alone, and no one from the nations was with Me. I trampled them in My anger and trod them down in My fury; their blood spattered My garments, and all My clothes were stained.
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Isaiah 63:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I will make known the LORD’s loving devotion and His praiseworthy acts, because of all that the LORD has done for us—the many good things for the house of Israel according to His great compassion and loving devotion.
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Isaiah 63:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
We have become like those You never ruled, like those not called by Your name.
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Isaiah 64:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
After all this, O LORD, will You restrain Yourself? Will You keep silent and afflict us beyond measure?
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Source alternate reference: 64.11
Isaiah 65:3 · BSB · 2 occurrences
to a people who continually provoke Me to My face, sacrificing in the gardens and burning incense on altars of brick,
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Isaiah 65:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Behold, it is written before Me: I will not keep silent, but I will repay; I will pay it back into their laps,
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Isaiah 65:7 · BSB · 2 occurrences
both for your iniquities and for those of your fathers,” says the LORD. “Because they burned incense on the mountains and scorned Me on the hills, I will measure into their laps full payment for their former deeds.”
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Isaiah 65:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For behold, I will create new heavens and a new earth. The former things will not be remembered, nor will they come to mind.
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Isaiah 66:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Has not My hand made all these things? And so they came into being,” declares the LORD. “This is the one I will esteem: he who is humble and contrite in spirit, who trembles at My word.
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Isaiah 66:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Be glad for Jerusalem and rejoice over her, all who love her. Rejoice greatly with her, all who mourn over her,
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Isaiah 66:12 · BSB · 2 occurrences
For this is what the LORD says: “I will extend peace to her like a river, and the wealth of nations like a flowing stream; you will nurse and be carried on her arm, and bounced upon her knees.
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Isaiah 66:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And they will bring all your brothers from all the nations as a gift to the LORD on horses and chariots and wagons, on mules and camels, to My holy mountain Jerusalem,” says the LORD, “just as the Israelites bring an offering in a clean vessel to the house of the LORD.”
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Jeremiah 1:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But the LORD told me: “Do not say, ‘I am only a child.’ For to everyone I send you, you must go, and all that I command you, you must speak.
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Jeremiah 1:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the LORD reached out His hand, touched my mouth, and said to me: “Behold, I have put My words in your mouth.
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Jeremiah 1:10 · BSB · 2 occurrences
See, I have appointed you today over nations and kingdoms to uproot and tear down, to destroy and overthrow, to build and plant.”
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Jeremiah 1:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“You have observed correctly,” said the LORD, “for I am watching over My word to accomplish it.”
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Jeremiah 1:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the LORD said to me, “Disaster from the north will be poured out on all who live in the land.
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Jeremiah 1:15 · BSB · 2 occurrences
For I am about to summon all the clans and kingdoms of the north,” declares the LORD. “Their kings will come and set up their thrones at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem. They will attack all her surrounding walls and all the other cities of Judah.
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