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e.tsel H681

אֵ֫צֶל (e.tsel) means “beside” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

אֵ֫צֶל Hebrew · H681 61 tagged occurrences in 57 verses

Pronunciation guide: ay'-tsel Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H0681

אֵ֫צֶל · e.tsel · beside

1) beside, by, near, nearness, joining, proximity subst 2) (BDB) 2a) conjunction, proximity 2b) beside, in proximity, contiguous to, from beside

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

from H680 (אָצַל) (in the sense of joining); a side; (as a preposition) near

KJV glosses: at, (hard) by, (from) (beside), near (unto), toward, with. See also H1018 (בֵּית הָאֵצֶל).

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How translators render H681

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
beside 20
near 7
beside me 3
next to 3
beside them 2
as they neared 1
at 1
at his side 1
beside her 1
beside him 1
by 1
from him 1
from my side 1
from their side 1
is next to 1
it beside 1
nearby 1
next to it 1
side 1
side of the stone 1
stayed beside me 1
to 1
who was beside him 1
with 1
with her 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
by 20
beside 6
by them 3
at 2
by her 2
by him 2
by me 2
from him 2
it beside 2
near 2
with me 2
against 1
and beside 1
close unto 1
from beside 1
hard by 1
it by 1
near unto 1
not from beside 1
them beside 1
then i was by him 1
there with 1
to 1
toward 1
unto 1
which is by 1

Verses containing H681

Page 1 of 2. 57 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

  1. Genesis 39:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Although Potiphar’s wife spoke to Joseph day after day, he refused to go to bed with her or even be near her.

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  2. Genesis 39:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When he heard me scream for help, he left his cloak beside me and ran out of the house.”

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  3. Genesis 39:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So Potiphar’s wife kept Joseph’s cloak beside her until his master came home.

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  4. Genesis 39:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    but when I screamed for help, he left his cloak beside me and ran out of the house.”

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  5. Genesis 41:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    After them, seven other cows, sickly and thin, came up from the Nile and stood beside the well-fed cows on the bank of the river.

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  6. Leviticus 1:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And he is to remove the crop with its contents and throw it to the east side of the altar, in the place for ashes.

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  7. Leviticus 6:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And the priest shall put on his linen robe and linen undergarments, and he shall remove from the altar the ashes of the burnt offering that the fire has consumed and place them beside it.

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    Source alternate reference: 6.3

  8. Leviticus 10:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And Moses said to Aaron and his remaining sons, Eleazar and Ithamar, “Take the grain offering that remains from the food offerings to the LORD and eat it without leaven beside the altar, because it is most holy.

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  9. Deuteronomy 11:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Are not these mountains across the Jordan, west of the road toward the sunset, in the land of the Canaanites who live in the Arabah opposite Gilgal near the Oak of Moreh?

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  10. Deuteronomy 16:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Do not set up any wooden Asherah pole next to the altar you will build for the LORD your God,

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  11. Judges 19:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So they continued on their journey, and the sun set as they neared Gibeah in Benjamin.

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  12. 1 Samuel 5:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    carried it into the temple of Dagon, and set it beside his statue.

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  13. 1 Samuel 17:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then he turned from him toward another and asked about the offer, and those people answered him just as the first ones had answered.

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  14. 1 Samuel 20:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When you have stayed three days, hurry down to the place you hid on the day this trouble began, and remain beside the stone Ezel.

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  15. 1 Samuel 20:41 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When the young man had gone, David got up from the south side of the stone, fell facedown, and bowed three times. Then he and Jonathan kissed each other and wept together—though David wept more.

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  16. 1 Kings 1:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And Adonijah sacrificed sheep, oxen, and fattened calves near the stone of Zoheleth, which is next to En-rogel. He invited all his royal brothers and all the men of Judah who were servants of the king.

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  17. 1 Kings 2:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    It was reported to King Solomon: “Joab has fled to the tent of the LORD and is now beside the altar.” So Solomon sent Benaiah son of Jehoiada, saying, “Go, strike him down!”

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  18. 1 Kings 3:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So she got up in the middle of the night and took my son from my side while I was asleep. She laid him in her bosom and put her dead son at my bosom.

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  19. 1 Kings 4:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Baana son of Ahilud in Taanach, in Megiddo, and in all of Beth-shean next to Zarethan below Jezreel, from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah and on past Jokmeam;

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  20. 1 Kings 10:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The throne had six steps, and its back had a rounded top. There were armrests on both sides of the seat, with a lion standing beside each armrest.

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  21. 1 Kings 13:24 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    As he went on his way, a lion met him on the road and killed him, and his body was left lying in the road, with the donkey and the lion standing beside it.

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  22. 1 Kings 13:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And there were men passing by who saw the body lying in the road with the lion standing beside it, and they went and reported this in the city where the old prophet lived.

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  23. 1 Kings 13:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and he went and found the body lying in the road, with the donkey and the lion standing beside it. The lion had not eaten the body or mauled the donkey.

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  24. 1 Kings 13:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    After he had buried him, the prophet said to his sons, “When I die, you must bury me in the tomb where the man of God is buried. Lay my bones beside his bones,

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  25. 1 Kings 20:36 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then the prophet said to him, “Because you have not obeyed the voice of the LORD, as soon as you depart from me a lion will kill you.” And when he left, a lion found him and killed him.

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  26. 1 Kings 21:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Some time after these events, Naboth the Jezreelite owned a vineyard in Jezreel next to the palace of Ahab king of Samaria.

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  27. 1 Kings 21:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So Ahab said to Naboth, “Give me your vineyard to use as a vegetable garden, since it is next to my palace. I will give you a better vineyard in its place—or if you prefer, I will give you its value in silver.”

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  28. 2 Kings 12:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then Jehoiada the priest took a chest, bored a hole in its lid, and set it beside the altar on the right side as one enters the house of the LORD. There the priests who guarded the threshold put all the money brought into the house of the LORD.

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    Source alternate reference: 12.10

  29. 2 Chronicles 9:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The throne had six steps, and a footstool of gold was attached to it. There were armrests on both sides of the seat, with a lion standing beside each armrest.

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  30. 2 Chronicles 28:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then the men who were designated by name arose, took charge of the captives, and provided from the plunder clothing for the naked. They clothed them, gave them sandals and food and drink, anointed their wounds, and put all the feeble on donkeys. So they brought them to Jericho, the City of Palms, to their brothers. Then they returned to Samaria.

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  31. Nehemiah 2:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then the king, with the queen seated beside him, asked me, “How long will your journey take, and when will you return?” So it pleased the king to send me, and I set a time.

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  32. Nehemiah 3:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Beyond them, Benjamin and Hasshub made repairs in front of their house, and next to them, Azariah son of Maaseiah, the son of Ananiah, made repairs beside his house.

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  33. Nehemiah 4:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then Tobiah the Ammonite, who was beside him, said, “If even a fox were to climb up on what they are building, it would break down their wall of stones!”

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    Source alternate reference: 3.35

  34. Nehemiah 4:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    At that time the Jews who lived nearby came and told us ten times over, “Wherever you turn, they will attack us.”

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    Source alternate reference: 4.6

  35. Nehemiah 4:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And each of the builders worked with his sword strapped at his side. But the trumpeter stayed beside me.

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    Source alternate reference: 4.12

  36. Nehemiah 8:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Ezra the scribe stood on a high wooden platform built for this occasion. At his right side stood Mattithiah, Shema, Anaiah, Uriah, Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, and at his left were Pedaiah, Mishael, Malchijah, Hashum, Hash-baddanah, Zechariah, and Meshullam.

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  37. Proverbs 7:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    crossing the street near her corner, strolling down the road to her house,

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  38. Proverbs 7:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now in the street, now in the squares, she lurks at every corner.

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  39. Proverbs 8:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then I was a skilled craftsman at His side, and His delight day by day, rejoicing always in His presence.

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  40. Isaiah 19:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    In that day there will be an altar to the LORD in the center of the land of Egypt, and a pillar to the LORD near her border.

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  41. Jeremiah 35:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and I brought them into the house of the LORD, to a chamber occupied by the sons of Hanan son of Igdaliah, a man of God. This room was near the chamber of the officials, which was above the chamber of Maaseiah son of Shallum the doorkeeper.

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  42. Jeremiah 41:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And they went and stayed in Geruth Chimham, near Bethlehem, in order to proceed into Egypt

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  43. Ezekiel 1:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When I looked at the living creatures, I saw a wheel on the ground beside each creature with its four faces.

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  44. 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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  45. Ezekiel 9:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And I saw six men coming from the direction of the Upper Gate, which faces north, each with a weapon of slaughter in his hand. With them was another man clothed in linen who had a writing kit at his side. And they came in and stood beside the bronze altar.

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  46. Ezekiel 10:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When the LORD commanded the man clothed in linen, saying, “Take fire from within the wheelwork, from among the cherubim,” the man went in and stood beside a wheel.

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  47. Ezekiel 10:9 · BSB · 3 occurrences

    Then I looked and saw four wheels beside the cherubim, one wheel beside each cherub. And the wheels gleamed like a beryl stone.

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  48. Ezekiel 10:16 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    When the cherubim moved, the wheels moved beside them, and even when they spread their wings to rise from the ground, the wheels did not veer away from their side.

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  49. Ezekiel 33:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    As for you, son of man, your people are talking about you near the city walls and in the doorways of their houses. One speaks to another, each saying to his brother, ‘Come and hear the message that has come from the LORD!’

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  50. Ezekiel 39:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    As they pass through the land, anyone who sees a human bone will set up a pillar next to it, until the gravediggers have buried it in the Valley of Hamon-gog.

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