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. Judges 15:19 עַל־

    So God opened up the hollow place in Lehi, and water came out of it. When Samson drank, his strength returned, and he was revived. That is why he named it En-hakkore, and it remains in Lehi to this day.

  2. Judges 16:3 עַל־עַל־

    But Samson lay there only until midnight, when he got up, took hold of the doors of the city gate and both gateposts, and pulled them out, bar and all. Then he put them on his shoulders and took them to the top of the mountain overlooking Hebron.

  3. Judges 16:9 עָלֶ֖יךָ

    While the men were hidden in her room, she called out, “Samson, the Philistines are here!” But he snapped the bowstrings like a strand of yarn seared by a flame. So the source of his strength remained unknown.

  4. Judges 16:12 עָלֶ֙יךָ֙מֵעַ֥ל

    So Delilah took new ropes, tied him up with them, and called out, “Samson, the Philistines are here!” But while the men were hidden in her room, he snapped the ropes off his arms like they were threads.

  5. Judges 16:14 עָלֶ֖יךָ

    So while he slept, Delilah took the seven braids of his hair and wove them into the web. Then she tightened it with a pin and called to him, “Samson, the Philistines are here!” But he awoke from his sleep and pulled out the pin with the loom and the web.

  6. Judges 16:17 עַל־

    Samson told her all that was in his heart: “My hair has never been cut, because I have been a Nazirite to God from my mother’s womb. If I am shaved, my strength will leave me, and I will become as weak as any other man.”

  7. Judges 16:19 עַל־מֵעָלָֽיו׃

    And having lulled him to sleep on her lap, she called a man to shave off the seven braids of his head. In this way she began to subdue him, and his strength left him.

  8. Judges 16:20 עָלֶ֖יךָמֵעָלָֽיו׃

    Then she called out, “Samson, the Philistines are here!” When Samson awoke from his sleep, he thought, “I will escape as I did before and shake myself free.” But he did not know that the LORD had departed from him.

  9. Judges 16:26 עֲלֵיהֶ֑םעֲלֵיהֶֽם׃

    Samson said to the servant who held his hand, “Lead me where I can feel the pillars supporting the temple, so I can lean against them.”

  10. Judges 16:27 וְעַל־

    Now the temple was full of men and women; all the lords of the Philistines were there, and about three thousand men and women were on the roof watching Samson entertain them.

  11. Judges 16:29 עֲלֵיהֶ֔םעֲלֵיהֶ֑ם

    And Samson reached out for the two central pillars supporting the temple. Bracing himself against them with his right hand on one pillar and his left hand on the other,

  12. Judges 16:30 עַל־וְעַל־

    Samson said, “Let me die with the Philistines.” Then he pushed with all his might, and the temple fell on the lords and all the people in it. So in his death he killed more than he had killed in his life.

  13. Judges 18:5 עָלֶֽיהָ׃

    Then they said to him, “Please inquire of God to determine whether we will have a successful journey.”

  14. Judges 18:9 עֲלֵיהֶ֔ם

    They answered, “Come on, let us go up against them, for we have seen the land, and it is very good. Why would you fail to act? Do not hesitate to go there and take possession of the land!

  15. Judges 18:12 עַל־

    They went up and camped at Kiriath-jearim in Judah. That is why the place west of Kiriath-jearim is called Mahaneh-dan to this day.

  16. Judges 18:19 עַל־

    “Be quiet,” they told him. “Put your hand over your mouth and come with us and be a father and a priest to us. Is it better for you to be a priest for the house of one person or a priest for a tribe and family in Israel?”

  17. Judges 18:27 עַל־עַל־

    After they had taken Micah’s idols and his priest, they went to Laish, to a tranquil and unsuspecting people, and they struck them with their swords and burned down the city.

  18. Judges 19:2 עָלָיו֙

    But she was unfaithful to him and left him to return to her father’s house in Bethlehem in Judah. After she had been there four months,

  19. Judges 19:3 עַל־

    her husband got up and went after her to speak kindly to her and bring her back, taking his servant and a pair of donkeys. So the girl brought him into her father’s house, and when her father saw him, he gladly welcomed him.

  20. Judges 19:20 עָלָ֑י

    “Peace to you,” said the old man. “Let me supply everything you need. Only do not spend the night in the square.”

  21. Judges 19:22 עַל־

    While they were enjoying themselves, suddenly the wicked men of the city surrounded the house. Pounding on the door, they said to the old man who owned the house, “Bring out the man who came to your house, so we can have relations with him!”

  22. Judges 19:27 עַל־

    In the morning, when her master got up and opened the doors of the house to go out on his journey, there was his concubine, collapsed in the doorway of the house, with her hands on the threshold.

  23. Judges 19:28 עַֽל־

    “Get up,” he told her. “Let us go.” But there was no response. So the man put her on his donkey and set out for home.

  24. Judges 19:30 עָלֶ֖יהָ

    And everyone who saw it said, “Nothing like this has been seen or done from the day the Israelites came out of the land of Egypt until this day. Think it over, take counsel, and speak up!”

  25. Judges 20:5 עָלַי֙עָלַ֛י

    And during the night, the men of Gibeah rose up against me and surrounded the house. They intended to kill me, but they abused my concubine, and she died.

  26. Judges 20:9 עָלֶ֖יהָ

    Now this is what we will do to Gibeah: We will go against it as the lot dictates.

  27. Judges 20:19 עַל־

    The next morning the Israelites set out and camped near Gibeah.

  28. Judges 20:34 עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם

    Then 10,000 select men from all Israel made a frontal assault against Gibeah, and the battle was fierce. But the Benjamites did not realize that disaster was upon them.

  29. Judges 20:41 עָלָ֖יו

    Then the men of Israel turned back on them, and the men of Benjamin were terrified when they realized that disaster had come upon them.

  30. Ruth 1:19 עֲלֵיהֶ֔ן

    So Naomi and Ruth traveled until they came to Bethlehem. When they entered Bethlehem, the whole city was stirred because of them, and the women of the city exclaimed, “Can this be Naomi?”

  31. Ruth 2:5 עַל־

    And Boaz asked the foreman of his harvesters, “Whose young woman is this?”

  32. Ruth 2:6 עַל־

    The foreman answered, “She is the Moabitess who returned with Naomi from the land of Moab.

  33. Ruth 2:10 עַל־

    At this, she fell on her face, bowing low to the ground, and said to him, “Why have I found such favor in your eyes that you should take notice of me, even though I am a foreigner?”

  34. Ruth 2:13 עַל־

    “My lord,” she said, “may I continue to find favor in your eyes, for you have comforted and spoken kindly to your maidservant, though I am not like one of your servant girls.”

  35. Ruth 3:3 עָלַ֖יִךְ

    Therefore wash yourself, put on perfume, and wear your best clothes. Go down to the threshing floor, but do not let the man know you are there until he has finished eating and drinking.

  36. Ruth 3:9 עַל־

    “Who are you?” he asked. “I am your servant Ruth,” she replied. “Spread the corner of your garment over me, for you are a kinsman-redeemer.”

  37. Ruth 3:15 עָלַ֛יִךְעָלֶ֔יהָ

    And he told her, “Bring the shawl you are wearing and hold it out.” When she did so, he shoveled six measures of barley into her shawl. Then he went into the city.

  38. Ruth 4:5 עַל־

    Then Boaz said, “On the day you buy the land from Naomi and also from Ruth the Moabitess, you must also acquire the widow of the deceased in order to raise up the name of the deceased on his inheritance.”

  39. Ruth 4:7 עַל־וְעַל־

    Now in former times in Israel, concerning the redemption or exchange of property, to make any matter legally binding a man would remove his sandal and give it to the other party, and this was a confirmation in Israel.

  40. Ruth 4:10 עַל־

    Moreover, I have acquired Ruth the Moabitess, Mahlon’s widow, as my wife, to raise up the name of the deceased through his inheritance, so that his name will not disappear from among his brothers or from the gate of his home. You are witnesses today.”

  41. 1 Samuel 1:9 עַל־עַל־

    So after they had finished eating and drinking in Shiloh, Hannah stood up. Now Eli the priest was sitting on a chair by the doorpost of the temple of the LORD.

  42. 1 Samuel 1:10 עַל־

    In her bitter distress, Hannah prayed to the LORD and wept with many tears.

  43. 1 Samuel 1:11 עַל־

    And she made a vow, pleading, “O LORD of Hosts, if only You will look upon the affliction of Your maidservant and remember me, not forgetting Your maidservant but giving her a son, then I will dedicate him to the LORD all the days of his life, and no razor shall ever come over his head.”

  44. 1 Samuel 1:13 עַל־

    Hannah was praying in her heart, and though her lips were moving, her voice could not be heard. So Eli thought she was drunk

  45. 1 Samuel 1:14 מֵעָלָֽיִךְ׃

    and said to her, “How long will you be drunk? Put away your wine!”

  46. 1 Samuel 2:1 עַל־

    At that time Hannah prayed: “My heart rejoices in the LORD in whom my horn is exalted. My mouth speaks boldly against my enemies, for I rejoice in Your salvation.

  47. 1 Samuel 2:8 עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם

    He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap. He seats them among princes and bestows on them a throne of honor. For the foundations of the earth are the LORD’s, and upon them He has set the world.

  48. 1 Samuel 2:10 עָלוֹ

    Those who oppose the LORD will be shattered. He will thunder from heaven against them. The LORD will judge the ends of the earth and will give power to His king. He will exalt the horn of His anointed.”

  49. 1 Samuel 2:11 עַל־

    Then Elkanah went home to Ramah, but the boy began ministering to the LORD before Eli the priest.

  50. 1 Samuel 2:28 עַֽל־

    And out of all the tribes of Israel I selected your father to be My priest, to offer sacrifices on My altar, to burn incense, and to wear an ephod in My presence. I also gave to the house of your father all the offerings of the Israelites made by fire.

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