עַל

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Hebrew H5921 Preposition 5,774 occurrences in 4,492 verses
עַל 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

a. 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

b. above, beyond, over (of excess)

c. above, over (of elevation or pre-eminence)

d. upon, to, over to, unto, in addition to, together with, with (of addition)

e. over (of suspension or extension)

f. by, adjoining, next, at, over, around (of contiguity or proximity)

g. down upon, upon, on, from, up upon, up to, towards, over towards, to, against (with verbs of motion)

h. to (as a dative)

Lexicon: STEPBible Tyndale House Brief Lexicons (TBESH / TBESG) (CC BY 4.0)

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Concordance 4,492 verses

  1. Genesis 11:8 עַל־

    So the LORD scattered them from there over the face of all the earth, and they stopped building the city.

  2. Genesis 11:9 עַל־עַל־

    That is why it is called Babel, for there the LORD confused the language of the whole world, and from that place the LORD scattered them over the face of all the earth.

  3. Genesis 11:28 עַל־

    During his father Terah’s lifetime, Haran died in his native land, in Ur of the Chaldeans.

  4. Genesis 12:17 עַל־

    The LORD, however, afflicted Pharaoh and his household with severe plagues because of Abram’s wife Sarai.

  5. Genesis 12:20 עָלָ֛יו

    Then Pharaoh gave his men orders concerning Abram, and they sent him away with his wife and all his possessions.

  6. Genesis 13:9 מֵעָלָ֑י

    Is not the whole land before you? Now separate yourself from me. If you go to the left, I will go to the right; if you go to the right, I will go to the left.”

  7. Genesis 13:11 מֵעַ֥ל

    So Lot chose the whole plain of the Jordan for himself and set out toward the east. And Abram and Lot parted company.

  8. Genesis 14:6 עַל־

    and the Horites in the area of Mount Seir, as far as El-paran, which is near the desert.

  9. Genesis 14:15 עֲלֵיהֶ֧ם׀

    During the night, Abram divided his forces and routed Chedorlaomer’s army, pursuing them as far as Hobah, north of Damascus.

  10. Genesis 15:11 עַל־

    And the birds of prey descended on the carcasses, but Abram drove them away.

  11. Genesis 15:12 עַל־עָלָֽיו׃

    As the sun was setting, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and suddenly great terror and darkness overwhelmed him.

  12. Genesis 16:5 עָלֶיךָ֒

    Then Sarai said to Abram, “May the wrong done to me be upon you! I delivered my servant into your arms, and ever since she saw that she was pregnant, she has treated me with contempt. May the LORD judge between you and me.”

  13. Genesis 16:7 עַל־עַל־

    Now the angel of the LORD found Hagar by a spring of water in the desert—the spring along the road to Shur.

  14. Genesis 16:12 וְעַל־

    He will be a wild donkey of a man, and his hand will be against everyone, and everyone’s hand against him; he will live in hostility toward all his brothers.”

  15. Genesis 16:14 עַל־

    Therefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi. It is located between Kadesh and Bered.

  16. Genesis 17:3 עַל־

    Then Abram fell facedown, and God said to him,

  17. Genesis 17:17 עַל־

    Abraham fell facedown. Then he laughed and said to himself, “Can a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Can Sarah give birth at the age of ninety?”

  18. Genesis 17:22 מֵעַ֖ל

    When He had finished speaking with Abraham, God went up from him.

  19. Genesis 18:2 עָלָ֑יו

    And Abraham looked up and saw three men standing nearby. When he saw them, he ran from the entrance of his tent to meet them and bowed low to the ground.

  20. Genesis 18:3 מֵעַ֥ל

    “My lord,” said Abraham, “if I have found favor in your sight, please do not pass your servant by.

  21. Genesis 18:5 עַל־עַֽל־

    And I will bring a bit of bread so that you may refresh yourselves. This is why you have passed your servant’s way. After that, you may continue on your way.” “Yes,” they replied, “you may do as you have said.”

  22. Genesis 18:8 עֲלֵיהֶ֛ם

    Then Abraham brought curds and milk and the calf that had been prepared, and he set them before the men and stood by them under the tree as they ate.

  23. Genesis 18:16 עַל־

    When the men got up to leave, they looked out over Sodom, and Abraham walked along with them to see them off.

  24. Genesis 18:19 עַל־עָלָֽיו׃

    For I have chosen him, so that he will command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing what is right and just, in order that the LORD may bring upon Abraham what He has promised.”

  25. Genesis 19:4 עַל־

    Before they had gone to bed, all the men of the city of Sodom, both young and old, surrounded the house.

  26. Genesis 19:8 עַל־

    Look, I have two daughters who have never slept with a man. Let me bring them to you, and you can do to them as you please. But do not do anything to these men, for they have come under the protection of my roof.”

  27. Genesis 19:16 עָלָ֑יו

    But when Lot hesitated, the men grabbed his hand and the hands of his wife and his two daughters. And they led them safely out of the city, because of the LORD’s compassion for them.

  28. Genesis 19:17 עַל־

    As soon as the men had brought them out, one of them said, “Run for your lives! Do not look back, and do not stop anywhere on the plain! Flee to the mountains, or you will be swept away!”

  29. Genesis 19:22 עַל־

    Hurry! Run there quickly, for I cannot do anything until you reach it.” That is why the town was called Zoar.

  30. Genesis 19:23 עַל־

    And by the time the sun had risen over the land, Lot had reached Zoar.

  31. Genesis 19:24 עַל־וְעַל־

    Then the LORD rained down sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the LORD out of the heavens.

  32. Genesis 19:28 עַל־וְעַֽל־

    He looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah and all the land of the plain, and he saw the smoke rising from the land like smoke from a furnace.

  33. Genesis 19:31 עָלֵ֔ינוּ

    One day the older daughter said to the younger, “Our father is old, and there is no man in the land to sleep with us, as is the custom over all the earth.

  34. Genesis 20:3 עַל־

    One night, however, God came to Abimelech in a dream and told him, “You are as good as dead because of the woman you have taken, for she is a married woman.”

  35. Genesis 20:6 עַל־

    Then God said to Abimelech in the dream, “Yes, I know that you did this with a clear conscience, and so I have kept you from sinning against Me. That is why I did not let you touch her.

  36. Genesis 20:9 עָלַ֛יוְעַל־

    Then Abimelech called Abraham and asked, “What have you done to us? How have I sinned against you, that you have brought such tremendous guilt upon me and my kingdom? You have done things to me that should not be done.”

  37. Genesis 20:11 עַל־

    Abraham replied, “I thought to myself, ‘Surely there is no fear of God in this place. They will kill me on account of my wife.’

  38. Genesis 20:18 עַל־

    for on account of Abraham’s wife Sarah, the LORD had completely closed all the wombs in Abimelech’s household.

  39. Genesis 21:11 עַ֖ל

    Now this matter distressed Abraham greatly because it concerned his son Ishmael.

  40. Genesis 21:12 עַל־וְעַל־

    But God said to Abraham, “Do not be distressed about the boy and your maidservant. Listen to everything that Sarah tells you, for through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.

  41. Genesis 21:14 עַל־

    Early in the morning, Abraham got up, took bread and a skin of water, put them on Hagar’s shoulders, and sent her away with the boy. She left and wandered in the Wilderness of Beersheba.

  42. Genesis 21:25 עַל־

    But when Abraham complained to Abimelech about a well that Abimelech’s servants had seized,

  43. Genesis 21:31 עַל־

    So that place was called Beersheba, because it was there that the two of them swore an oath.

  44. Genesis 22:2 עַ֚ל

    “Take your son,” God said, “your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah. Offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains, which I will show you.”

  45. Genesis 22:6 עַל־

    Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and placed it on his son Isaac. He himself carried the fire and the sacrificial knife, and the two of them walked on together.

  46. Genesis 22:9 עַל־

    When they arrived at the place God had designated, Abraham built the altar there and arranged the wood. He bound his son Isaac and placed him on the altar, atop the wood.

  47. Genesis 22:17 עַל־

    I will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gates of their enemies.

  48. Genesis 23:3 מֵעַ֖ל

    Then Abraham got up from beside his dead wife and said to the Hittites,

  49. Genesis 23:19 עַל־

    After this, Abraham buried his wife Sarah in the cave of the field at Machpelah near Mamre (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan.

  50. Genesis 24:9 עַל־

    So the servant placed his hand under the thigh of his master Abraham and swore an oath to him concerning this matter.

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