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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therefore	74
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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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was over	15
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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high above	3
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next to it	3
nor	3
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than	2
the city	2
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a high	1
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above you	1
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at you in scorn	1
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being responsible for	1
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but fully	1
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by me	1
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for themselves	1
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for your honor	1
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from fighting against	1
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from my people	1
from us	1
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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
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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
in mourning for	1
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it across	1
it against	1
it for	1
kindly to them	1
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
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
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over the boy again	1
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over whom	1
over you and said	1
part of	1
pot on	1
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regard	1
regulating	1
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ring	1
sackcloth around	1
saul	1
shall extend	1
sheba	1
since	1
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some	1
songs	1
standing above them	1
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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
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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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Lamentations 3:62 · BSB · 1 occurrence
the slander and murmuring of my assailants against me all day long.
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Lamentations 4:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Those who once ate delicacies are destitute in the streets; those brought up in crimson huddle in ash heaps.
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Lamentations 4:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But now their appearance is blacker than soot; they are not recognized in the streets. Their skin has shriveled on their bones; it has become as dry as a stick.
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Lamentations 4:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Those who chased us were swifter than the eagles in the sky; they pursued us over the mountains and ambushed us in the wilderness.
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Lamentations 4:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So rejoice and be glad, O Daughter of Edom, you who dwell in the land of Uz. Yet the cup will pass to you as well; you will get drunk and expose yourself.
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Lamentations 4:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
O Daughter of Zion, your punishment is complete; He will not prolong your exile. But He will punish your iniquity, O Daughter of Edom; He will expose your sins.
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Lamentations 5:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
We are closely pursued; we are weary and find no rest.
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Lamentations 5:17 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Because of this, our hearts are faint; because of these, our eyes grow dim—
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Lamentations 5:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
because of Mount Zion, which lies desolate, patrolled by foxes.
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Lamentations 5:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
unless You have utterly rejected us and remain angry with us beyond measure.
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Ezekiel 1:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In the thirtieth year, on the fifth day of the fourth month, while I was among the exiles by the River Kebar, the heavens opened and I saw visions of God.
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Ezekiel 1:3 · BSB · 2 occurrences
the word of the LORD came directly to Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the River Kebar. And there the LORD’s hand was upon him.
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Ezekiel 1:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Under their wings on their four sides they had human hands. All four living creatures had faces and wings,
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Ezekiel 1:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As they moved, they went in any of the four directions, without pivoting as they moved.
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Ezekiel 1:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So as the living creatures moved, the wheels moved beside them, and when the creatures rose from the ground, the wheels also rose.
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Ezekiel 1:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Wherever the spirit would go, they would go, and the wheels would rise alongside them, because the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels.
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Ezekiel 1:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When the creatures moved, the wheels moved; when the creatures stood still, the wheels stood still; and when the creatures rose from the ground, the wheels rose alongside them, because the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels.
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Ezekiel 1:22 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Spread out above the heads of the living creatures was the likeness of an awesome expanse, gleaming like crystal.
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Ezekiel 1:25 · BSB · 2 occurrences
And there came a voice from above the expanse over their heads as they stood still with their wings lowered.
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Ezekiel 1:26 · BSB · 3 occurrences
Above the expanse over their heads was the likeness of a throne with the appearance of sapphire, and on the throne high above was a figure like that of a man.
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Ezekiel 1:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The appearance of the brilliant light all around Him was like that of a rainbow in a cloud on a rainy day. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. And when I saw it, I fell facedown and heard a voice speaking.
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Ezekiel 2:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Son of man,” He said to me, “stand up on your feet and I will speak to you.”
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Ezekiel 2:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And as He spoke to me, the Spirit entered me and set me on my feet, and I heard Him speaking to me.
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Ezekiel 3:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So the Spirit lifted me up and took me away, and I went in bitterness and in the anger of my spirit, with the strong hand of the LORD upon me.
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Ezekiel 3:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And there the hand of the LORD was upon me, and He said to me, “Get up, go out to the plain, and there I will speak with you.”
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Ezekiel 3:23 · BSB · 2 occurrences
So I got up and went out to the plain, and behold, the glory of the LORD was present there, like the glory I had seen by the River Kebar, and I fell facedown.
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Ezekiel 3:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the Spirit entered me and set me on my feet. He spoke with me and said, “Go, shut yourself inside your house.
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Ezekiel 3:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And you, son of man, they will tie with ropes, and you will be bound so that you cannot go out among the people.
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Ezekiel 4:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Now you, son of man, take a brick, place it before you, and draw on it the city of Jerusalem.
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Ezekiel 4:2 · BSB · 5 occurrences
Then lay siege against it: Construct a siege wall, build a ramp to it, set up camps against it, and place battering rams around it on all sides.
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Ezekiel 4:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then take an iron plate and set it up as an iron wall between yourself and the city. Turn your face toward it so that it is under siege, and besiege it. This will be a sign to the house of Israel.
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Ezekiel 4:4 · BSB · 3 occurrences
Then lie down on your left side and place the iniquity of the house of Israel upon yourself. You are to bear their iniquity for the number of days you lie on your side.
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Ezekiel 4:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When you have completed these days, lie down again, but on your right side, and bear the iniquity of the house of Judah. I have assigned to you 40 days, a day for each year.
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Ezekiel 4:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You must turn your face toward the siege of Jerusalem with your arm bared, and prophesy against it.
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Ezekiel 4:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now behold, I will tie you up with ropes so you cannot turn from side to side until you have finished the days of your siege.
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Ezekiel 4:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But take wheat, barley, beans, lentils, millet, and spelt; put them in a single container and make them into bread for yourself. This is what you are to eat during the 390 days you lie on your side.
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Ezekiel 4:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Look,” He replied, “I will let you use cow dung instead of human excrement, and you may bake your bread over that.”
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Ezekiel 5:1 · BSB · 2 occurrences
“As for you, son of man, take a sharp sword, use it as a barber’s razor, and shave your head and beard. Then take a set of scales and divide the hair.
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Ezekiel 5:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I Myself am against you, Jerusalem, and I will execute judgments among you in the sight of the nations.
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Ezekiel 5:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When I shower you with the deadly arrows of famine and destruction that I will send to destroy you, I will intensify the famine against you and cut off your supply of food.
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Ezekiel 5:17 · BSB · 2 occurrences
I will send famine and wild beasts against you, and they will leave you childless. Plague and bloodshed will sweep through you, and I will bring a sword against you. I, the LORD, have spoken.”
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Ezekiel 6:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You are to say: ‘O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD! This is what the Lord GOD says to the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys: I am about to bring a sword against you, and I will destroy your high places.
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Ezekiel 6:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then in the nations to which they have been carried captive, your survivors will remember Me—how I have been grieved by their adulterous hearts that turned away from Me, and by their eyes that lusted after idols. So they will loathe themselves for the evil they have done and for all their abominations.
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Ezekiel 6:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I will stretch out My hand against them, and wherever they live I will make the land a desolate waste, from the wilderness to Diblah. Then they will know that I am the LORD.’”
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Ezekiel 7:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“O son of man, this is what the Lord GOD says to the land of Israel: ‘The end! The end has come upon the four corners of the land.
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Ezekiel 7:3 · BSB · 2 occurrences
The end is now upon you, and I will unleash My anger against you. I will judge you according to your ways and repay you for all your abominations.
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Ezekiel 7:4 · BSB · 2 occurrences
I will not look on you with pity, nor will I spare you, but I will punish you for your ways and for the abominations among you. Then you will know that I am the LORD.’
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Ezekiel 7:8 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Very soon I will pour out My wrath upon you and vent My anger against you; I will judge you according to your ways and repay you for all your abominations.
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Ezekiel 7:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I will not look on you with pity, nor will I spare you, but I will punish you for your ways and for the abominations among you. Then you will know that it is I, the LORD, who strikes the blow.
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Ezekiel 7:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
His beautiful ornaments they transformed into pride and used them to fashion their vile images and detestable idols. Therefore I will make these into something unclean for them.
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