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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 8:3 מֵעַ֥ל me.'Al · Small word: from on

    and the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of a hundred and fifty days the waters decreased.

  2. Genesis 8:4 עַ֖ל 'al · Small word: on

    And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.

  3. Genesis 8:7 מֵעַ֥ל me.'Al · Small word: from on

    and he sent forth a raven, and it went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth.

  4. Genesis 8:8 מֵעַ֖ל me.'Al · Small word: from on

    And he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground;

  5. Genesis 8:9 עַל־ 'al- · Small word

    but the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him to the ark; for the waters were on the face of the whole earth: and he put forth his hand, and took her, and brought her in unto him into the ark.

  6. Genesis 8:11 מֵעַ֥ל me.'Al · Small word: from on

    and the dove came in to him at eventide; and, lo, in her mouth an olive-leaf plucked off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.

  7. Genesis 8:13 מֵעַ֣ל me.'Al · Small word: from on

    And it came to pass in the six hundred and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dried.

  8. Genesis 8:17 עַל־ 'al- · Small word: on

    Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee of all flesh, both birds, and cattle, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.

  9. Genesis 8:17 עַל־ 'al- · Small word: on

    Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee of all flesh, both birds, and cattle, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.

  10. Genesis 8:19 עַל־ 'al- · Small word: on

    every beast, every creeping thing, and every bird, whatsoever moveth upon the earth, after their families, went forth out of the ark.

  11. Genesis 9:2 עַ֚ל 'al · Small word: on

    And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every bird of the heavens; with all wherewith the ground teemeth, and all the fishes of the sea, into your hand are they delivered.

  12. Genesis 9:2 וְעַ֖ל ve.'Al · Small word: and on

    And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every bird of the heavens; with all wherewith the ground teemeth, and all the fishes of the sea, into your hand are they delivered.

  13. Genesis 9:14 עַל־ 'al- · Small word: over

    And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud,

  14. Genesis 9:16 עַל־ 'al- · Small word

    And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth.

  15. Genesis 9:17 עַל־ 'al- · Small word

    And God said unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant which I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth.

  16. Genesis 9:23 עַל־ 'al- · Small word: on

    And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father's nakedness.

  17. Genesis 10:9 עַל־ 'al- · Small word: there-

    He was a mighty hunter before Jehovah: wherefore it is said, Like Nimrod a mighty hunter before Jehovah.

  18. Genesis 11:4 עַל־ 'al- · Small word: over

    And they said, Come, let us build us a city, and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven, and let us make us a name; lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.

  19. Genesis 11:8 עַל־ 'al- · Small word: over

    So Jehovah scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off building the city.

  20. Genesis 11:9 עַל־ 'al- · Small word: there-

    Therefore was the name of it called Babel; because Jehovah did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did Jehovah scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.

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