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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vvv	31
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that is why	26
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along	23
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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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the city	2
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at you in scorn	1
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being responsible for	1
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for battle against her	1
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for themselves	1
for this	1
for your honor	1
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from fighting against	1
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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
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his presence	1
his purpose for me	1
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in me	1
in mourning for	1
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is rewarded for his ways	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
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of your body	1
off my people	1
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over the boy again	1
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over you and said	1
part of	1
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ring	1
sackcloth around	1
saul	1
shall extend	1
sheba	1
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some	1
songs	1
standing above them	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
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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
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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
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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
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
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you in	1
you over	1
you to	1
you would	1
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
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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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Jonah 4:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But the LORD said, “You cared about the plant, which you neither tended nor made grow. It sprang up in a night and perished in a night.
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Jonah 4:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So should I not care about the great city of Nineveh, which has more than 120,000 people who cannot tell their right hand from their left, and many cattle as well?”
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Micah 1:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
This is the word of the LORD that came to Micah the Moreshite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah—what he saw regarding Samaria and Jerusalem:
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Micah 1:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For behold, the LORD comes forth from His dwelling place; He will come down and tread on the high places of the earth.
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Micah 1:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Because of this I will lament and wail; I will walk barefoot and naked. I will howl like a jackal and mourn like an ostrich.
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Micah 1:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Therefore, send farewell gifts to Moresheth-gath; the houses of Achzib will prove deceptive to the kings of Israel.
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Micah 1:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Shave yourselves bald and cut off your hair in mourning for your precious children; make yourselves as bald as an eagle, for they will go from you into exile.
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Micah 2:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Woe to those who devise iniquity and plot evil on their beds! At morning’s light they accomplish it because the power is in their hands.
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Micah 2:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Therefore this is what the LORD says: “I am planning against this nation a disaster from which you cannot free your necks. Then you will not walk so proudly, for it will be a time of calamity.
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Micah 2:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In that day they will take up a proverb against you and taunt you with this bitter lamentation: ‘We are utterly ruined! He has changed the portion of my people. How He has removed it from me! He has allotted our fields to traitors.’”
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Micah 2:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You drive the women of My people from their pleasant homes. You take away My blessing from their children forever.
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Micah 3:2 · BSB · 2 occurrences
You hate good and love evil. You tear the skin from my people and strip the flesh from their bones.
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Micah 3:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You eat the flesh of my people after stripping off their skin and breaking their bones. You chop them up like flesh for the cooking pot, like meat in a cauldron.”
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Micah 3:5 · BSB · 3 occurrences
This is what the LORD says: “As for the prophets who lead My people astray, who proclaim peace while they chew with their teeth, but declare war against one who puts nothing in their mouths:
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Micah 3:6 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Therefore night will come over you without visions, and darkness without divination. The sun will set on these prophets, and the daylight will turn black over them.
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Micah 3:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the seers will be ashamed and the diviners will be disgraced. They will all cover their mouths because there is no answer from God.”
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Micah 3:11 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Her leaders judge for a bribe, her priests teach for a price, and her prophets practice divination for money. Yet they lean upon the LORD, saying, “Is not the LORD among us? No disaster can come upon us.”
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Micah 4:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In the last days the mountain of the house of the LORD will be established as the chief of the mountains; it will be raised above the hills, and the peoples will stream to it.
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Micah 4:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And I will make the lame into a remnant, the outcast into a strong nation. Then the LORD will rule over them in Mount Zion from that day and forever.
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Micah 4:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But now many nations have assembled against you, saying, “Let her be defiled, and let us feast our eyes on Zion.”
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Micah 5:1 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Now, O daughter of troops, mobilize your troops; for a siege is laid against us! With a rod they will strike the cheek of the judge of Israel.
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Source alternate reference: 4.14
Micah 5:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Therefore Israel will be abandoned until she who is in labor has given birth; then the rest of His brothers will return to the children of Israel.
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Source alternate reference: 5.2
Micah 5:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And He will be our peace when Assyria invades our land and tramples our citadels. We will raise against it seven shepherds, even eight leaders of men.
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Source alternate reference: 5.4
Micah 5:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the remnant of Jacob will be in the midst of many peoples like dew from the LORD, like showers on the grass, which do not wait for man or linger for mankind.
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Source alternate reference: 5.6
Micah 5:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Your hand will be lifted over your foes, and all your enemies will be cut off.
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Source alternate reference: 5.8
Micah 6:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Therefore I am striking you severely, to ruin you because of your sins.
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Micah 7:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Both hands are skilled at evil; the prince and the judge demand a bribe. When the powerful utters his evil desire, they all conspire together.
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Micah 7:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the earth will become desolate because of its inhabitants, as the fruit of their deeds.
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Micah 7:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Nations will see and be ashamed, deprived of all their might. They will put their hands over their mouths, and their ears will become deaf.
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Micah 7:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance—who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion?
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Nahum 1:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
From you, O Nineveh, comes forth a plotter of evil against the LORD, a counselor of wickedness.
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Nahum 1:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For I will now break their yoke from your neck and tear away your shackles.”
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Nahum 1:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The LORD has issued a command concerning you, O Nineveh: “There will be no descendants to carry on your name. I will cut off the carved image and cast idol from the house of your gods; I will prepare your grave, for you are contemptible.”
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Nahum 1:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Look to the mountains—the feet of one who brings good news, who proclaims peace! Celebrate your feasts, O Judah; fulfill your vows. For the wicked will never again march through you; they will be utterly cut off.
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Source alternate reference: 2.1
Nahum 2:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
One who scatters advances against you, O Nineveh. Guard the fortress! Watch the road! Brace yourselves! Summon all your strength!
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Source alternate reference: 2.2
Nahum 2:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
It is decreed that the city be exiled and carried away; her maidservants moan like doves, and beat upon their breasts.
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Source alternate reference: 2.8
Nahum 3:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Behold, I am against you,” declares the LORD of Hosts. “I will lift your skirts over your face. I will show your nakedness to the nations and your shame to the kingdoms.
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Nahum 3:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I will pelt you with filth and treat you with contempt; I will make a spectacle of you.
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Nahum 3:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Yet she became an exile; she went into captivity. Her infants were dashed to pieces at the head of every street. They cast lots for her dignitaries, and all her nobles were bound in chains.
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Nahum 3:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
All your fortresses are fig trees with the first ripe figs; when shaken, they fall into the mouth of the eater!
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Nahum 3:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
O king of Assyria, your shepherds slumber; your officers sleep. Your people are scattered on the mountains with no one to gather them.
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Nahum 3:19 · BSB · 2 occurrences
There is no healing for your injury; your wound is severe. All who hear the news of you applaud your downfall, for who has not experienced your constant cruelty?
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Habakkuk 1:4 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never goes forth. For the wicked hem in the righteous, so that justice is perverted.
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Habakkuk 1:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The foe pulls all of them up with a hook; he catches them in his dragnet, and gathers them in his fishing net; so he rejoices gladly.
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Habakkuk 1:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Therefore he sacrifices to his dragnet and burns incense to his fishing net, for by these things his portion is sumptuous and his food is rich.
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Habakkuk 1:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Will he, therefore, empty his net and continue to slay nations without mercy?
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Habakkuk 2:1 · BSB · 3 occurrences
I will stand at my guard post and station myself on the ramparts. I will watch to see what He will say to me, and how I should answer when corrected.
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Habakkuk 2:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the LORD answered me: “Write down this vision and clearly inscribe it on tablets, so that a herald may run with it.
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Habakkuk 2:6 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Will not all of these take up a taunt against him, speaking with mockery and derision: ‘Woe to him who amasses what is not his and makes himself rich with many loans! How long will this go on?’
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Habakkuk 2:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD as the waters cover the sea.
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