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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from your neck	1
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grieving for	1
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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 presence	1
his purpose for me	1
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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
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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
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songs	1
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supporting	1
tenderly to	1
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that are on it	1
that has come upon you	1
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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
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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
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
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was lifted up toward	1
was on moses	1
was over them	1
was placed	1
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we are closely	1
we will go against it	1
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were at	1
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were still covering	1
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
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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 at	1
you concerning	1
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your bags to	1
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yourself in	1
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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
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for	1
for through	1
from	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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Habakkuk 2:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Woe to him who gives drink to his neighbors, pouring it from the wineskin until they are drunk, in order to gaze at their nakedness!
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Habakkuk 2:16 · BSB · 2 occurrences
You will be filled with shame instead of glory. You too must drink and expose your uncircumcision! The cup in the LORD’s right hand will come around to you, and utter disgrace will cover your glory.
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Habakkuk 2:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
What use is an idol, that a craftsman should carve it—or an image, a teacher of lies? For its maker trusts in his own creation; he makes idols that cannot speak.
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Habakkuk 3:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
This is a prayer of Habakkuk the prophet, according to Shigionoth:
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Habakkuk 3:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Were You angry at the rivers, O LORD? Was Your wrath against the streams? Did You rage against the sea when You rode on Your horses, on Your chariots of salvation?
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Habakkuk 3:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
GOD the Lord is my strength; He makes my feet like those of a deer; He makes me walk upon the heights! For the choirmaster. With stringed instruments.
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Zephaniah 1:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“I will completely sweep away everything from the face of the earth,” declares the LORD.
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Zephaniah 1:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“I will sweep away man and beast; I will sweep away the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, and the idols with their wicked worshipers. I will cut off mankind from the face of the earth,” declares the LORD.
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Zephaniah 1:4 · BSB · 2 occurrences
“I will stretch out My hand against Judah and against all who dwell in Jerusalem. I will cut off from this place every remnant of Baal, the names of the idolatrous and pagan priests—
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Zephaniah 1:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
those who bow on the rooftops to worship the host of heaven, those who bow down and swear by the LORD but also swear by Milcom,
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Zephaniah 1:8 · BSB · 3 occurrences
“On the Day of the LORD’s sacrifice I will punish the princes, the sons of the king, and all who are dressed in foreign apparel.
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Zephaniah 1:9 · BSB · 2 occurrences
On that day I will punish all who leap over the threshold, who fill the house of their master with violence and deceit.
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Zephaniah 1:12 · BSB · 2 occurrences
And at that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps and punish the men settled in complacency, who say to themselves, ‘The LORD will do nothing, either good or bad.’
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Zephaniah 1:16 · BSB · 2 occurrences
a day of horn blast and battle cry against the fortified cities, and against the high corner towers.
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Zephaniah 2:2 · BSB · 2 occurrences
before the decree takes effect and the day passes like chaff, before the burning anger of the LORD comes upon you, before the Day of the LORD’s anger comes upon you.
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Zephaniah 2:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Woe to the dwellers of the seacoast, O nation of the Cherethites! The word of the LORD is against you, O Canaan, land of the Philistines: “I will destroy you, and no one will be left.”
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Zephaniah 2:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The coast will belong to the remnant of the house of Judah; there they will find pasture. They will lie down in the evening among the houses of Ashkelon, for the LORD their God will attend to them and restore their captives.
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Zephaniah 2:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“I have heard the reproach of Moab and the insults of the Ammonites, who have taunted My people and threatened their borders.
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Zephaniah 2:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
This they shall have in return for their pride, for taunting and mocking the people of the LORD of Hosts.
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Zephaniah 2:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The LORD will be terrifying to them when He starves all the gods of the earth. Then the nations of every shore will bow in worship to Him, each in its own place.
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Zephaniah 2:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And He will stretch out His hand against the north and destroy Assyria; He will make Nineveh a desolation, as dry as a desert.
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Zephaniah 2:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
This carefree city that dwells securely, that thinks to herself: “I am it, and there is none besides me,” what a ruin she has become, a resting place for beasts. Everyone who passes by her hisses and shakes his fist.
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Zephaniah 3:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I said, ‘Surely you will fear Me and accept correction.’ Then her dwelling place would not be cut off despite all for which I punished her. But they rose early to corrupt all their deeds.
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Zephaniah 3:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Therefore wait for Me,” declares the LORD, “until the day I rise to testify. For My decision is to gather nations, to assemble kingdoms, to pour out upon them My indignation—all My burning anger. For all the earth will be consumed by the fire of My jealousy.
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Zephaniah 3:17 · BSB · 2 occurrences
The LORD your God is among you; He is mighty to save. He will rejoice over you with gladness; He will quiet you with His love; He will rejoice over you with singing.”
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Zephaniah 3:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“I will gather those among you who grieve over the appointed feasts, so that you will no longer suffer reproach.
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Haggai 1:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Consider carefully your ways.
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Haggai 1:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Consider carefully your ways.
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Haggai 1:10 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Therefore, on account of you the heavens have withheld their dew and the earth has withheld its crops.
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Haggai 1:11 · BSB · 9 occurrences
I have summoned a drought on the fields and on the mountains, on the grain, new wine, and oil, and on whatever the ground yields, on man and beast, and on all the labor of your hands.”
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Haggai 1:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, as well as all the remnant of the people, obeyed the voice of the LORD their God and the words of the prophet Haggai, because the LORD their God had sent him. So the people feared the LORD.
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Zechariah 1:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“The LORD was very angry with your fathers.
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Zechariah 1:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I looked out into the night and saw a man riding on a red horse. He was standing among the myrtle trees in the hollow, and behind him were red, sorrel, and white horses.
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Zechariah 1:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
but I am fiercely angry with the nations that are at ease. For I was a little angry, but they have added to the calamity.’
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Zechariah 1:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘I will return to Jerusalem with mercy, and there My house will be rebuilt, declares the LORD of Hosts, and a measuring line will be stretched out over Jerusalem.’
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Zechariah 2:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I will surely wave My hand over them, so that they will become plunder for their own servants. Then you will know that the LORD of Hosts has sent Me.”
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Source alternate reference: 2.13
Zechariah 2:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And the LORD will take possession of Judah as His portion in the Holy Land, and He will once again choose Jerusalem.
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Source alternate reference: 2.16
Zechariah 3:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the angel showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, with Satan standing at his right hand to accuse him.
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Zechariah 3:4 · BSB · 2 occurrences
So the angel said to those standing before him, “Take off his filthy clothes!” Then he said to Joshua, “See, I have removed your iniquity, and I will clothe you with splendid robes.”
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Zechariah 3:5 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Then I said, “Let them put a clean turban on his head.” So a clean turban was placed on his head, and they clothed him, as the angel of the LORD stood by.
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Zechariah 3:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
See the stone I have set before Joshua; on that one stone are seven eyes. Behold, I will engrave on it an inscription, declares the LORD of Hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of this land in a single day.
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Zechariah 4:2 · BSB · 3 occurrences
“What do you see?” he asked. “I see a solid gold lampstand,” I replied, “with a bowl at the top and seven lamps on it, with seven spouts to the lamps.
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Zechariah 4:3 · BSB · 2 occurrences
There are also two olive trees beside it, one on the right side of the bowl and the other on its left.”
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Zechariah 4:11 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Then I asked the angel, “What are the two olive trees on the right and left of the lampstand?”
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Zechariah 4:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And I questioned him further, “What are the two olive branches beside the two gold pipes from which the golden oil pours?”
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Zechariah 4:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So he said, “These are the two anointed ones who are standing beside the Lord of all the earth.”
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Zechariah 5:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then he told me, “This is the curse that is going out over the face of all the land, for according to one side of the scroll, every thief will be removed; and according to the other side, every perjurer will be removed.
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Zechariah 5:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“To build a house for it in the land of Shinar,” he told me. “And when it is ready, the basket will be set there on its pedestal.”
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Zechariah 6:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And the angel told me, “These are the four spirits of heaven, going forth from their station before the Lord of all the earth.
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Zechariah 6:13 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Yes, He will build the temple of the LORD; He will be clothed in splendor and will sit on His throne and rule. And He will be a priest on His throne, and there will be peaceful counsel between the two.’
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