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עַל

al · upon

Hebrew · Strong's H5921 · Preposition · Sounds like: al · 5,774 occurrences

English

Word meanings

Senses and individuals

  • upon H5921A 5,764
  • as H5921B · a Meaning of 10

Strong's dictionary

properly, the same as 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; 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.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (public domain)

Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
כִּי עַל כֵּן forasmuch as
Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
עַל, עָ֑ל
I. subst. height
II. As prep. upon, and hence 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
1. Upon, of the substratum upon which an object in any way rests, or on which an action is performed
a. —
(a). of clothing, etc., which any one wears
(b). With verbs of covering or protecting, even though the cover or veil be not over or above the thing covered, but around or before it
b. Of what rests heavily upon a person, or is a burden to him
c. Of a duty, payment, care, etc., imposed upon a person, or devolving on him
d. על is used idiom. to give pathos to the expression of an emotion, by emphasizing the person who is its subject, and who, as it were, feels it acting upon him
e. חָיָה עַל to live upon (as upon a foundation or support)
f. Of the ground or basis, on which a thing is done
2. It expresses excess
3. It denotes elevation or pre-eminence
4. It expresses addition
5. It expresses the idea of being extended, or suspended over anything, without however being in contact with it, above, over
6. From the sense of inclining or impending over, על comes to denote contiguity or proximity, Engl. by (or sts. on)
7. In connection with verbs of motion (actual or fig.)
8. By writers of the silver age, על is sts. used with the force of a dative
9. With other particles:
III. As conj.
a. עַל אֲשֶׁר because that
b. עַל כִּי similar in meaning, but less frequent
c. עַל alone:
(a). because
(b). notwithstanding that, although
IV. Compounds:
1. with כְּ (rare and late)
a. as concerning, as upon
b. the like of their deeds is the like of (that which) he will repay
2. מֵעַל from upon, from over, from by

Every occurrence

  1. Genesis 1:2 עַל־ 'al- · Small word

    And the earth was waste and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep: and the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

  2. Genesis 1:2 עַל־ 'al- · Small word: over

    And the earth was waste and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep: and the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

  3. Genesis 1:7 מֵעַ֣ל me.'Al · Small word

    And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.

  4. Genesis 1:11 עַל־ 'al- · Small word: on

    And God said, Let the earth put forth grass, herbs yielding seed, and fruit-trees bearing fruit after their kind, wherein is the seed thereof, upon the earth: and it was so.

  5. Genesis 1:15 עַל־ 'al- · Small word: on

    and let them be for lights in the firmament of heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.

  6. Genesis 1:17 עַל־ 'al- · Small word: on

    And God set them in the firmament of heaven to give light upon the earth,

  7. Genesis 1:20 עַל־ 'al- · Small word: above

    And God said, Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.

  8. Genesis 1:20 עַל־ 'al- · Small word: on

    And God said, Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.

  9. Genesis 1:26 עַל־ 'al- · Small word: on

    And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

  10. Genesis 1:28 עַל־ 'al- · Small word: on

    And God blessed them: and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

  11. Genesis 1:29 עַל־ 'al- · Small word

    And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for food:

  12. Genesis 1:30 עַל־ 'al- · Small word: on

    and to every beast of the earth, and to every bird of the heavens, and to everything that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for food: and it was so.

  13. Genesis 2:5 עַל־ 'al- · Small word: on

    And no plant of the field was yet in the earth, and no herb of the field had yet sprung up; for Jehovah God had not caused it to rain upon the earth: and there was not a man to till the ground;

  14. Genesis 2:16 עַל־ 'al- · Small word: to

    And Jehovah God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:

  15. Genesis 2:21 עַל־ 'al- · Small word: on

    And Jehovah God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof:

  16. Genesis 2:24 עַל־ 'al- · Small word: there-

    Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

  17. Genesis 3:14 עַל־ 'al- · Small word: on

    And Jehovah God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, cursed art thou above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:

  18. Genesis 4:14 מֵעַל֙ me.'Al · Small word: from on

    Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the ground; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a wanderer in the earth; and it will come to pass, that whosoever findeth me will slay me.

  19. Genesis 6:1 עַל־ 'al- · Small word: on

    And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the ground, and daughters were born unto them,

  20. Genesis 6:7 מֵעַל֙ me.'Al · Small word: from on

    And Jehovah said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the ground; both man, and beast, and creeping things, and birds of the heavens; for it repenteth me that I have made them.

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