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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. Judges 14:16עָלָ֗יו · came to him
    Then Samson’s wife came to him, weeping, and said, “You hate me! You do not really love me! You have posed to my people a riddle, but have not explained it to me.” “Look,” he said, “I have not even explained it to my father or mother, so why should I explain it to you?”
  2. Judges 14:17עָלָיו֙
    She wept the whole seven days of the feast, and finally on the seventh day, because she had pressed him so much, he told her the answer. And in turn she explained the riddle to her people.
  3. Judges 14:19עָלָ֜יו · upon him
    Then the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and he went down to Ashkelon, killed thirty of their men, took their apparel, and gave their clothes to those who had solved the riddle. And burning with anger, Samson returned to his father’s house,
  4. Judges 15:8עַל־
    And he struck them ruthlessly with a great slaughter, and then went down and stayed in the cave at the rock of Etam.
  5. Judges 15:10עָלֵ֑ינוּ · us
    “Why have you attacked us?” said the men of Judah. The Philistines replied, “We have come to arrest Samson and pay him back for what he has done to us.”
  6. Judges 15:14עָלָ֜יו · upon him; עַל־ · on; מֵעַ֥ל · from
    When Samson arrived in Lehi, the Philistines came out shouting against him. And the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him. The ropes on his arms became like burnt flax, and the bonds broke loose from his hands.
  7. Judges 15:19עַל־ · That is why
    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.
  8. Judges 16:3עַל־ · on; עַל־ · overlooking
    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.
  9. Judges 16:9עָלֶ֖יךָ · here
    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.
  10. Judges 16:12עָלֶ֙יךָ֙ · here; מֵעַ֥ל · the ropes off
    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.
  11. Judges 16:14עָלֶ֖יךָ · here
    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.
  12. Judges 16:17עַל־
    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.”
  13. Judges 16:19עַל־ · on; 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.
  14. Judges 16:20עָלֶ֖יךָ · here; מֵעָלָֽיו׃ · from him
    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.
  15. Judges 16:26עֲלֵיהֶ֑ם · against them; עֲלֵיהֶֽם׃
    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.”
  16. Judges 16:27וְעַל־ · were on
    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.
  17. Judges 16:29עֲלֵיהֶ֔ם · against them; עֲלֵיהֶ֑ם
    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,
  18. Judges 16:30עַל־ · on; וְעַל־ · and
    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.
  19. Judges 18:5עָלֶֽיהָ׃
    Then they said to him, “Please inquire of God to determine whether we will have a successful journey.”
  20. Judges 18:9עֲלֵיהֶ֔ם · against them
    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!
  21. Judges 18:12עַל־ · That is why
    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.
  22. Judges 18:19עַל־ · over
    “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?”
  23. Judges 18:27עַל־ · to; עַל־ · to
    After they had taken Micah’s idols and his priest, they went to Laish, to a quiet and unsuspecting people, and they struck them with their swords and burned down the city.
  24. Judges 19:2עָלָיו֙ · to him
    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,
  25. Judges 19:3עַל־ · to her
    …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.
  26. Judges 19:20עָלָ֑י · Let me supply
    “Peace to you,” said the old man. “Let me supply everything you need. Only do not spend the night in the square.”
  27. Judges 19:22עַל־ · on
    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!”
  28. Judges 19:27עַל־ · on
    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.
  29. Judges 19:28עַֽל־ · on
    “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.
  30. Judges 19:30עָלֶ֖יהָ
    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!”
  31. Judges 20:5עָלַי֙ · against me; עָלַ֛י
    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.
  32. Judges 20:9עָלֶ֖יהָ · We will go against it
    Now this is what we will do to Gibeah: We will go against it as the lot dictates.
  33. Judges 20:19עַל־ · near
    The next morning the Israelites set out and camped near Gibeah.
  34. Judges 20:34עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם · them
    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.
  35. Judges 20:41עָלָ֖יו · upon them
    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.
  36. Ruth 1:19עֲלֵיהֶ֔ן · because of them
    So Naomi and Ruth traveled until they came to Bethlehem. When they entered Bethlehem, the whole town was stirred because of them, and the women of the town exclaimed, “Can this be Naomi?”
  37. Ruth 2:5עַל־ · of
    And Boaz asked the foreman of his harvesters, “Whose young woman is this?”
  38. Ruth 2:6עַל־
    The foreman answered, “She is the Moabitess who returned with Naomi from the land of Moab.
  39. Ruth 2:10עַל־ · on
    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?”