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עַל

aluponHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentPreposition5,774 occurrences39 books4,492 verses

Definition

properly, the same as H5920 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
Traditional renderings: above, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, × as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, × both and, by (reason of), × had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of, (from) (off), (up-) on, over, than, through(-out), to, touching, × with.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders עַל:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

5,774 total
  1. Ezekiel 16:16עֲלֵיהֶ֑ם · and on them
    You took some of your garments and made colorful high places for yourself, and on them you prostituted yourself. Such things should not have happened; never should they have occurred!
  2. Ezekiel 16:27עָלַ֔יִךְ · against you
    Therefore I stretched out My hand against you and reduced your portion. I gave you over to the desire of those who hate you, the daughters of the Philistines, who were ashamed of your lewd conduct.
  3. Ezekiel 16:36עַל־ · with; וְעַל֙ · and with
    This is what the Lord GOD says: Because you poured out your wealth and exposed your nakedness in your promiscuity with your lovers and with all your detestable idols, and because of the blood of your children which you gave to them,
  4. Ezekiel 16:37עֲלֵיהֶ֔ם; עַ֖ל; עָלַ֜יִךְ · against you
    …therefore I will surely gather all the lovers with whom you found pleasure, all those you loved and all those you hated. I will gather them against you from all around and expose you before them, and they will see you completely naked.
  5. Ezekiel 16:40עָלַ֙יִךְ֙ · against you
    They will bring a mob against you, who will stone you and cut you to pieces with their swords.
  6. Ezekiel 16:43עַ֖ל · on top
    Because you did not remember the days of your youth, but enraged Me with all these things, I will surely bring your deeds down upon your own head, declares the Lord GOD. Have you not committed this lewdness on top of all your other abominations?
  7. Ezekiel 16:44עָלַ֥יִךְ · about you
    Behold, all who speak in proverbs will quote this proverb about you: ‘Like mother, like daughter.’
  8. Ezekiel 16:46עַל־ · to
    Your older sister was Samaria, who lived with her daughters to your north; and your younger sister was Sodom, who lived with her daughters to your south.
  9. Ezekiel 17:5עַל־ · by
    He took some of the seed of the land and planted it in fertile soil; he placed it by abundant waters and set it out like a willow.
  10. Ezekiel 17:7עָלָ֗יו · toward him
    But there was another great eagle with great wings and many feathers. And behold, this vine bent its roots toward him. It stretched out its branches to him from its planting bed, so that he might water it.
  11. Ezekiel 17:10עַל־ · on
    Even if it is transplanted, will it flourish? Will it not completely wither when the east wind strikes? It will wither on the bed where it sprouted.’”
  12. Ezekiel 17:20עָלָיו֙ · over him
    I will spread My net over him and catch him in My snare. I will bring him to Babylon and execute judgment upon him there for the treason he committed against Me.
  13. Ezekiel 17:22עַ֥ל · on
    This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will take a shoot from the lofty top of the cedar, and I will set it out. I will pluck a tender sprig from its topmost shoots, and I will plant it on a high and lofty mountain.
  14. Ezekiel 18:2עַל־ · about
    “What do you people mean by quoting this proverb about the land of Israel: ‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the teeth of the children are set on edge’?
  15. Ezekiel 18:15עַל־ · at
    He does not eat at the mountain or look to the idols of the house of Israel. He does not defile his neighbor’s wife.
  16. Ezekiel 18:20עָלָ֣יו · upon him; עָלָ֥יו · upon him
    The soul who sins is the one who will die. A son will not bear the iniquity of his father, and a father will not bear the iniquity of his son. The righteousness of the righteous man will fall upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked man will fall upon him.
  17. Ezekiel 18:26עֲלֵיהֶ֑ם · for this
    If a righteous man turns from his righteousness and practices iniquity, he will die for this. He will die because of the iniquity he has committed.
  18. Ezekiel 18:31מֵעֲלֵיכֶ֗ם · from yourselves
    Cast away from yourselves all the transgressions you have committed, and fashion for yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. Why should you die, O house of Israel?
  19. Ezekiel 19:8עָלָ֥יו · against him; עָלָ֛יו · over him
    Then the nations set out against him from the provinces on every side. They spread their net over him; he was trapped in their pit.
  20. Ezekiel 19:10עַל־ · by
    Your mother was like a vine in your vineyard, planted by the water; it was fruitful and full of branches because of the abundant waters.
  21. Ezekiel 19:11עַל־ · above
    It had strong branches, fit for a ruler’s scepter. It towered high above the thick branches, conspicuous for its height and for its dense foliage.
  22. Ezekiel 20:8עֲלֵיהֶ֗ם · upon them
    But they rebelled against Me and refused to listen. None of them cast away the abominations before their eyes, and they did not forsake the idols of Egypt. So I resolved to pour out My wrath upon them and vent My anger against them in the land of Egypt.
  23. Ezekiel 20:13עֲלֵיהֶ֛ם · upon them
    Yet the house of Israel rebelled against Me in the wilderness. They did not follow My statutes and they rejected My ordinances—though the man who does these things will live by them—and they utterly profaned My Sabbaths. Then I resolved to pour out My wrath upon them and put an end to them in the wilderness.
  24. Ezekiel 20:17עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם
    Yet I looked on them with pity and did not destroy them or bring them to an end in the wilderness.
  25. Ezekiel 20:21עֲלֵיהֶ֗ם · upon them
    But the children rebelled against Me. They did not walk in My statutes or carefully observe My ordinances—though the man who does these things will live by them—and they profaned My Sabbaths. So I resolved to pour out My wrath upon them and vent My anger against them in the wilderness.
  26. Ezekiel 20:32עַל־ · what you have in
    When you say, ‘Let us be like the nations, like the peoples of the lands, serving wood and stone,’ what you have in mind will never come to pass.
  27. Ezekiel 20:33עֲלֵיכֶֽם׃ · over you
    As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, with a strong hand, an outstretched arm, and outpoured wrath I will rule over you.
  28. Ezekiel 21:7עַל־ · Why
    And when they ask, ‘Why are you groaning?’ you are to say, ‘Because of the news that is coming. Every heart will melt, and every hand will go limp. Every spirit will faint, and every knee will turn to water.’ Yes, it is coming and it will surely happen, declares the Lord GOD.”
  29. Ezekiel 21:15עַ֚ל · at
    So that their hearts may melt and many may stumble, I have appointed at all their gates a sword for slaughter. Yes, it is ready to flash like lightning; it is drawn for slaughter.
  30. Ezekiel 21:22עַל־ · against
    In his right hand appears the portent for Jerusalem, where he is to set up battering rams, to call for the slaughter, to lift a battle cry, to direct the battering rams against the gates, to build a ramp, and to erect a siege wall.
  31. Ezekiel 21:31עָלַ֙יִךְ֙ · upon you; עָלָ֑יִךְ · against you
    I will pour out My anger upon you; I will breathe the fire of My fury against you; I will hand you over to brutal men, skilled in destruction.
  32. Ezekiel 22:3עָלֶ֖יהָ
    …and tell her that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘O city who brings her own doom by shedding blood within her walls and making idols to defile herself,
  33. Ezekiel 22:4עַל־ · Therefore
    …you are guilty of the blood you have shed, and you are defiled by the idols you have made. You have brought your days to a close and have come to the end of your years. Therefore I have made you a reproach to the nations and a mockery to all the lands.
  34. Ezekiel 22:13וְעַ֨ל־ · and against
    Now look, I strike My hands together against your unjust gain and against the blood you have shed in your midst.
  35. Ezekiel 22:20עָלָ֥יו
    Just as one gathers silver, copper, iron, lead, and tin into the furnace to melt with a fiery blast, so I will gather you in My anger and wrath, leave you there, and melt you.
  36. Ezekiel 22:21עֲלֵיכֶ֖ם · on you
    Yes, I will gather you together and blow on you with the fire of My wrath, and you will be melted within the city.
  37. Ezekiel 22:22עֲלֵיכֶֽם׃פ · upon you
    As silver is melted in a furnace, so you will be melted within the city. Then you will know that I, the LORD, have poured out My wrath upon you.’”
  38. Ezekiel 22:31עֲלֵיהֶם֙ · upon them
    So I have poured out My indignation upon them and consumed them with the fire of My fury. I have brought their ways down upon their own heads, declares the Lord GOD.”
  39. Ezekiel 23:5עַֽל־ · after
    Oholah prostituted herself while she was still Mine. She lusted after her lovers, the Assyrians—warriors
  40. Ezekiel 23:7עֲלֵיהֶ֔ם
    She offered sexual favors to all the elite of Assyria. She defiled herself with all the idols of those for whom she lusted.
  41. Ezekiel 23:8עָלֶֽיהָ׃ · upon her
    She did not give up the prostitution she began in Egypt, when men slept with her in her youth, caressed her virgin bosom, and poured out their lust upon her.
  42. Ezekiel 23:9עֲלֵיהֶֽם׃
    Therefore I delivered her into the hands of her lovers, the Assyrians for whom she lusted.
  43. Ezekiel 23:14עַל־ · on
    But Oholibah carried her prostitution even further. She saw the men portrayed on the wall, images of the Chaldeans, engraved in vermilion,
  44. Ezekiel 23:16עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם · for them
    At the sight of them, she lusted for them and sent messengers to them in Chaldea.