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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you	21
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him	19
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them	17
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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
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her husband	1
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his purpose for me	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
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looms over	1
lying	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 the gatekeepers	1
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sackcloth around	1
saul	1
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that they	1
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that you have in	1
the envoys	1
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the lord	1
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then along with	1
there on	1
these officers were in charge of	1
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they will attack	1
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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
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was upon	1
was upon us	1
we are closely	1
we will go against it	1
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were arranged	1
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were at	1
were beside	1
were over	1
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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
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you are wearing	1
you at	1
you concerning	1
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you over	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
from off	1
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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Ezekiel 23:42 · BSB · 1 occurrence
accompanied by the sound of a carefree crowd. Drunkards were brought in from the desert along with men from the rabble, who put bracelets on your wrists and beautiful crowns on your head.
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Ezekiel 23:46 · BSB · 1 occurrence
This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Bring a mob against them and consign them to terror and plunder.
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Ezekiel 23:47 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The mob will stone them and cut them down with their swords. They will kill their sons and daughters and burn down their houses.
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Ezekiel 23:49 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They will repay you for your indecency, and you will bear the consequences of your sins of idolatry. Then you will know that I am the Lord GOD.’”
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Ezekiel 24:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Woe to the city of bloodshed, to the pot now rusted, whose rust will not come off! Empty it piece by piece; cast no lots for its contents.
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Ezekiel 24:7 · BSB · 3 occurrences
For the blood she shed is still within her; she poured it out on the bare rock; she did not pour it on the ground to cover it with dust.
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Ezekiel 24:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In order to stir up wrath and take vengeance, I have placed her blood on the bare rock, so that it would not be covered.’
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Ezekiel 24:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Set the empty pot on its coals until it becomes hot and its copper glows. Then its impurity will melt within; its rust will be consumed.
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Ezekiel 24:17 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Groan quietly; do not mourn for the dead. Put on your turban and strap your sandals on your feet; do not cover your lips or eat the bread of mourners.”
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Ezekiel 24:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then you will do as I have done: You will not cover your lips or eat the bread of mourners.
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Ezekiel 24:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Your turbans will remain on your heads and your sandals on your feet. You will not mourn or weep, but you will waste away because of your sins, and you will groan among yourselves.
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Ezekiel 25:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Son of man, set your face against the Ammonites and prophesy against them.
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Ezekiel 25:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
therefore I will indeed stretch out My hand against you and give you as plunder to the nations. I will cut you off from the peoples and exterminate you from the countries. I will destroy you, and you will know that I am the LORD.’
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Ezekiel 25:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I will give it along with the Ammonites as a possession to the people of the East, so that the Ammonites will no longer be remembered among the nations.
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Ezekiel 25:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: I will stretch out My hand against Edom and cut off from it both man and beast. I will make it a wasteland, and from Teman to Dedan they will fall by the sword.
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Ezekiel 25:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I will stretch out My hand against the Philistines, and I will cut off the Cherethites and destroy the remnant along the coast.
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Ezekiel 26:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Son of man, because Tyre has said of Jerusalem, ‘Aha! The gate to the nations is broken; it has swung open to me; now that she lies in ruins I will be filled,’
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Ezekiel 26:3 · BSB · 2 occurrences
therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, O Tyre, I am against you, and I will raise up many nations against you, as the sea brings up its waves.
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Ezekiel 26:8 · BSB · 3 occurrences
He will slaughter the villages of your mainland with the sword; he will set up siege works against you, build a ramp to your walls, and raise his shields against you.
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Ezekiel 26:16 · BSB · 3 occurrences
All the princes of the sea will descend from their thrones, remove their robes, and strip off their embroidered garments. Clothed with terror, they will sit on the ground, trembling every moment, appalled over you.
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Ezekiel 26:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then they will lament for you, saying, “How you have perished, O city of renown inhabited by seafaring men—she who was powerful on the sea, along with her people, who imposed terror on all peoples!
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Ezekiel 26:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘When I make you a desolate city like other deserted cities, and when I raise up the deep against you so that the mighty waters cover you,
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Ezekiel 27:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Now you, son of man, take up a lament for Tyre.
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Ezekiel 27:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Tell Tyre, who dwells at the gateway to the sea, merchant of the peoples on many coasts, that this is what the Lord GOD says: You have said, O Tyre, ‘I am perfect in beauty.’
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Ezekiel 27:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They constructed all your planking with cypress from Senir. They took a cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for you.
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Ezekiel 27:11 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Men of Arvad and Helech manned your walls all around, and the men of Gammad were in your towers. They hung their shields around your walls; they perfected your beauty.
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Ezekiel 27:30 · BSB · 2 occurrences
They will raise their voices for you and cry out bitterly. They will throw dust on their heads and roll in ashes.
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Ezekiel 27:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As they wail and mourn over you, they will take up a lament for you: ‘Who was ever like Tyre, silenced in the middle of the sea?
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Ezekiel 27:35 · BSB · 1 occurrence
All the people of the coastlands are appalled over you. Their kings shudder with fear; their faces are contorted.
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Ezekiel 27:36 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Those who trade among the nations hiss at you; you have come to a horrible end and will be no more.’”
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Ezekiel 28:7 · BSB · 2 occurrences
behold, I will bring foreigners against you, the most ruthless of nations. They will draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom and will defile your splendor.
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Ezekiel 28:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Son of man, take up a lament for the king of Tyre and tell him that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘You were the seal of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.
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Ezekiel 28:17 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Your heart grew proud of your beauty; you corrupted your wisdom because of your splendor; so I cast you to the earth; I made you a spectacle before kings.
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Ezekiel 28:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
By the multitude of your iniquities and the dishonesty of your trading you have profaned your sanctuaries. So I made fire come from within you, and it consumed you. I reduced you to ashes on the ground in the eyes of all who saw you.
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Ezekiel 28:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
All the nations who know you are appalled over you. You have come to a horrible end and will be no more.’”
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Ezekiel 28:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Son of man, set your face against Sidon and prophesy against her.
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Ezekiel 28:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And you are to declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I am against you, O Sidon, and I will be glorified within you. They will know that I am the LORD when I execute judgments against her and demonstrate My holiness through her.
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Ezekiel 28:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I will send a plague against her and shed blood in her streets; the slain will fall within her, while the sword is against her on every side. Then they will know that I am the LORD.
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Ezekiel 28:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘When I gather the house of Israel from the peoples among whom they have been scattered, I will show Myself holy among them in the sight of the nations. Then they will dwell in their own land, which I have given to My servant Jacob.
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Ezekiel 28:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And there they will dwell securely, build houses, and plant vineyards. They will dwell securely when I execute judgments against all those around them who treat them with contempt. Then they will know that I am the LORD their God.’”
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Ezekiel 29:2 · BSB · 3 occurrences
“Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh king of Egypt and prophesy against him and against all Egypt.
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Ezekiel 29:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Speak to him and tell him that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against you, O Pharaoh king of Egypt, O great monster who lies among his rivers, who says, ‘The Nile is mine; I made it myself.’
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Ezekiel 29:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I will leave you in the desert, you and all the fish of your streams. You will fall on the open field and will not be taken away or gathered for burial. I have given you as food to the beasts of the earth and the birds of the air.
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Ezekiel 29:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When Israel took hold of you with their hands, you splintered, tearing all their shoulders; when they leaned on you, you broke, and their backs were wrenched.
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Ezekiel 29:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: I will bring a sword against you and cut off from you man and beast.
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Ezekiel 29:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I will restore Egypt from captivity and bring them back to the land of Pathros, the land of their origin. There they will be a lowly kingdom.
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Ezekiel 29:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Egypt will be the lowliest of kingdoms and will never again exalt itself above the nations. For I will diminish Egypt so that it will never again rule over the nations.
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Ezekiel 29:18 · BSB · 2 occurrences
“Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon caused his army to labor strenuously against Tyre. Every head was made bald and every shoulder made raw. But he and his army received no wages from Tyre for the labor they expended on it.
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Ezekiel 30:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He and his people with him, the most ruthless of the nations, will be brought in to destroy the land. They will draw their swords against Egypt and fill the land with the slain.
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Ezekiel 30:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I will pour out My wrath on Pelusium, the stronghold of Egypt, and cut off the crowds of Thebes.
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