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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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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for you	17
them	17
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for your honor	1
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from my people	1
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from your neck	1
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grieving for	1
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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
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his presence	1
his purpose for me	1
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in addition to these	1
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in me	1
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is rewarded for his ways	1
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it across	1
it against	1
it for	1
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led	1
let me supply	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
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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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that are on it	1
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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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the steward	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
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
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we are closely	1
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were at	1
were beside	1
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what you have in	1
when	1
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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
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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
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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
as	1
because	1
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both	1
by reason of	1
for	1
for through	1
from	1
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from out	1
him according	1
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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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Jeremiah 1:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I will pronounce My judgments against them for all their wickedness, because they have forsaken Me, and they have burned incense to other gods and worshiped the works of their own hands.
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Jeremiah 1:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now behold, this day I have made you like a fortified city, an iron pillar, and bronze walls against the whole land—against the kings of Judah, its officials, its priests, and the people of the land.
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Jeremiah 2:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
This is what the LORD says: “What fault did your fathers find in Me that they strayed so far from Me? They followed worthless idols, and became worthless themselves.
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Jeremiah 2:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Be stunned by this, O heavens; be shocked and utterly appalled,” declares the LORD.
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Jeremiah 2:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The young lions have roared at him; they have sounded their voices. They have laid waste his land; his cities lie in ruins, without inhabitant.
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Jeremiah 2:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“For long ago you broke your yoke and tore off your chains, saying, ‘I will not serve!’ Indeed, on every high hill and under every green tree you lay down as a prostitute.
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Jeremiah 2:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Moreover, your skirts are stained with the blood of the innocent poor, though you did not find them breaking in. But in spite of all these things
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Jeremiah 2:35 · BSB · 1 occurrence
you say, ‘I am innocent. Surely His anger will turn from me.’ Behold, I will judge you, because you say, ‘I have not sinned.’
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Jeremiah 2:37 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Moreover, you will leave that place with your hands on your head, for the LORD has rejected those you trust; you will not prosper by their help.”
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Jeremiah 3:2 · BSB · 2 occurrences
“Lift up your eyes to the barren heights and see. Is there any place where you have not been violated? You sat beside the highways waiting for your lovers, like a nomad in the desert. You have defiled the land with your prostitution and wickedness.
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Jeremiah 3:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now in the days of King Josiah, the LORD said to me, “Have you seen what faithless Israel has done? She has gone up on every high hill and under every green tree to prostitute herself there.
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Jeremiah 3:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
She saw that because faithless Israel had committed adultery, I gave her a certificate of divorce and sent her away. Yet that unfaithful sister Judah had no fear and prostituted herself as well.
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Jeremiah 3:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“In those days, when you multiply and increase in the land,” declares the LORD, “they will no longer discuss the ark of the covenant of the LORD. It will never come to mind, and no one will remember it or miss it, nor will another one be made.
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Jeremiah 3:18 · BSB · 2 occurrences
In those days the house of Judah will walk with the house of Israel, and they will come together from the land of the north to the land that I gave to your fathers as an inheritance.
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Jeremiah 3:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
A voice is heard on the barren heights, the children of Israel weeping and begging for mercy, because they have perverted their ways and forgotten the LORD their God.
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Jeremiah 4:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So put on sackcloth, mourn and wail, for the fierce anger of the LORD has not turned away from us.”
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Jeremiah 4:16 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Warn the nations now! Proclaim to Jerusalem: “A besieging army comes from a distant land; they raise their voices against the cities of Judah.
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Jeremiah 4:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They surround her like men guarding a field, because she has rebelled against Me,” declares the LORD.
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Jeremiah 4:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Disaster after disaster is proclaimed, for the whole land is laid waste. My tents are destroyed in an instant, my curtains in a moment.
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Jeremiah 4:28 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Therefore the earth will mourn and the heavens above will grow dark. I have spoken, I have planned, and I will not relent or turn back.”
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Jeremiah 5:6 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Therefore a lion from the forest will strike them down, a wolf from the desert will ravage them. A leopard will lie in wait near their cities, and everyone who ventures out will be torn to pieces. For their rebellious acts are many, and their unfaithful deeds are numerous.
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Jeremiah 5:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Should I not punish them for these things?” declares the LORD. “Should I not avenge Myself on such a nation as this?
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Jeremiah 5:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They have lied about the LORD and said: “He will not do anything; harm will not come to us; we will not see sword or famine.
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Jeremiah 5:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Behold, I am bringing a distant nation against you, O house of Israel,” declares the LORD. “It is an established nation, an ancient nation, a nation whose language you do not know and whose speech you do not understand.
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Jeremiah 5:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Like cages full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit. Therefore they have become powerful and rich.
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Jeremiah 5:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Should I not punish them for these things?” declares the LORD. “Should I not avenge Myself on such a nation as this?
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Jeremiah 5:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority. My people love it so, but what will you do in the end?
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Jeremiah 6:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Run for cover, O sons of Benjamin; flee from Jerusalem! Sound the ram’s horn in Tekoa; send up a signal over Beth-haccherem, for disaster looms from the north, even great destruction.
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Jeremiah 6:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Shepherds and their flocks will come against her; they will pitch their tents all around her, each tending his own portion:
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Jeremiah 6:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
‘Prepare for battle against her; rise up, let us attack at noon. Woe to us, for the daylight is fading; the evening shadows grow long.
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Jeremiah 6:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Cut down the trees and raise a siege ramp against Jerusalem. This city must be punished; there is nothing but oppression in her midst.
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Jeremiah 6:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As a well gushes its water, so she pours out her evil. Violence and destruction resound in her; sickness and wounds are ever before Me.
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Jeremiah 6:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Glean the remnant of Israel as thoroughly as a vine. Pass your hand once more like a grape gatherer over the branches.”
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Jeremiah 6:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
To whom can I give this warning? Who will listen to me? Look, their ears are closed, so they cannot hear. See, the word of the LORD has become offensive to them; they find no pleasure in it.
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Jeremiah 6:11 · BSB · 2 occurrences
But I am full of the LORD’s wrath; I am tired of holding it back. “Pour it out on the children in the street, and on the young men gathered together. For both husband and wife will be captured, the old and the very old alike.
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Jeremiah 6:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Their houses will be turned over to others, their fields and wives as well, for I will stretch out My hand against the inhabitants of the land,” declares the LORD.
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Jeremiah 6:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They dress the wound of My people with very little care, saying, ‘Peace, peace,’ when there is no peace at all.
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Jeremiah 6:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
This is what the LORD says: “Stand at the crossroads and look. Ask for the ancient paths: ‘Where is the good way?’ Then walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it!’
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Jeremiah 6:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I appointed watchmen over you and said, ‘Listen for the sound of the ram’s horn.’ But they answered, ‘We will not listen!’
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Jeremiah 6:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Hear, O earth! I am bringing disaster on this people, the fruit of their own schemes, because they have paid no attention to My word and have rejected My instruction.
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Jeremiah 6:23 · BSB · 2 occurrences
They grasp the bow and spear; they are cruel and merciless. Their voice roars like the sea, and they ride upon horses, lined up like men in formation against you, O Daughter of Zion.”
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Jeremiah 6:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
O daughter of my people, dress yourselves in sackcloth and roll in ashes. Mourn with bitter wailing, as you would for an only son, for suddenly the destroyer will come upon us.
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Jeremiah 7:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But look, you keep trusting in deceptive words to no avail.
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Jeremiah 7:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and then come and stand before Me in this house, which bears My Name, and say, ‘We are delivered, so we can continue with all these abominations’?
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Jeremiah 7:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Has this house, which bears My Name, become a den of robbers in your sight? Yes, I too have seen it, declares the LORD.
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Jeremiah 7:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
therefore what I did to Shiloh I will now do to the house that bears My Name, the house in which you trust, the place that I gave to you and your fathers.
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Jeremiah 7:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And I will cast you out of My presence, just as I have cast out all your brothers, all the descendants of Ephraim.
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Jeremiah 7:20 · BSB · 4 occurrences
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, My anger and My fury will be poured out on this place, on man and beast, on the trees of the field and the produce of the land, and it will burn and not be extinguished.
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Jeremiah 7:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Add your burnt offerings to your other sacrifices and eat the meat yourselves!
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Jeremiah 7:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For when I brought your fathers out of the land of Egypt, I did not merely command them about burnt offerings and sacrifices,
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