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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. 1 Kings 1:48עַל־ · on
    …saying, ‘Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel! Today He has provided one to sit on my throne, and my eyes have seen it.’”
  2. 1 Kings 1:53מֵעַ֣ל · from
    So King Solomon summoned Adonijah down from the altar, and he came and bowed down before King Solomon, who said to him, “Go to your home.”
  3. 1 Kings 2:4עָלַי֮ · to me; מֵעַ֖ל · on
    …and so that the LORD may fulfill His promise to me: ‘If your descendants take heed to walk faithfully before Me with all their heart and soul, you will never fail to have a man on the throne of Israel.’
  4. 1 Kings 2:11עַל־ · over
    The length of David’s reign over Israel was forty years—seven years in Hebron and thirty-three years in Jerusalem.
  5. 1 Kings 2:12עַל־ · on
    So Solomon sat on the throne of his father David, and his kingdom was firmly established.
  6. 1 Kings 2:15וְעָלַ֞י · expected
    “You know that the kingship was mine,” he said. “All Israel expected that I should reign, but the kingship has turned to my brother, for it has come to him from the LORD.
  7. 1 Kings 2:18עָלֶ֖יךָ · for you
    “Very well,” Bathsheba replied. “I will speak to the king for you.”
  8. 1 Kings 2:19עַל־ · for; עַל־ · on
    So Bathsheba went to King Solomon to speak to him for Adonijah. The king stood up to greet her, bowed to her, and sat down on his throne. Then the king had a throne brought for his mother, who sat down at his right hand.
  9. 1 Kings 2:24עַל־ · on
    And now, as surely as the LORD lives—the One who established me, who set me on the throne of my father David, and who founded for me a dynasty as He promised—surely Adonijah shall be put to death today!”
  10. 1 Kings 2:26עַל־ · to
    Then the king said to Abiathar the priest, “Go back to your fields in Anathoth. Even though you deserve to die, I will not put you to death at this time, since you carried the ark of the Lord GOD before my father David, and you suffered through all that my father suffered.”
  11. 1 Kings 2:27עַל־ · against
    So Solomon banished Abiathar from the priesthood of the LORD and thus fulfilled the word that the LORD had spoken at Shiloh against the house of Eli.
  12. 1 Kings 2:31מֵעָלַ֕י · from me; וּמֵעַ֖ל · and from
    And the king replied, “Do just as he says. Strike him down and bury him, and so remove from me and from the house of my father the innocent blood that Joab shed.
  13. 1 Kings 2:32עַל־ · back upon
    The LORD will bring his bloodshed back upon his own head, for without the knowledge of my father David he struck down two men more righteous and better than he when he put to the sword Abner son of Ner, commander of Israel’s army, and Amasa son of Jether, commander of Judah’s army.
  14. 1 Kings 2:35עַל־ · over
    And the king appointed Benaiah son of Jehoiada in Joab’s place over the army, and he appointed Zadok the priest in Abiathar’s place.
  15. 1 Kings 2:43עָלֶֽיךָ׃
    So why have you not kept your oath to the LORD and the command that I gave you?”
  16. 1 Kings 3:4עַ֖ל · on
    Now the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there, for it was the great high place. Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings on the altar there.
  17. 1 Kings 3:6עַל־ · on
    Solomon replied, “You have shown much loving devotion to Your servant, my father David, because he walked before You in faithfulness, righteousness, and uprightness of heart. And You have maintained this loving devotion by giving him a son to sit on his throne this very day.
  18. 1 Kings 3:19עָלָֽיו׃ · on him
    During the night this woman’s son died because she rolled over on him.
  19. 1 Kings 3:26עַל־ · for
    Then the woman whose son was alive spoke to the king because she yearned with compassion for her son. “Please, my lord,” she said, “give her the living baby. Do not kill him!” But the other woman said, “He will be neither mine nor yours. Cut him in two!”
  20. 1 Kings 4:1עַל־ · over
    So King Solomon ruled over Israel,
  21. 1 Kings 4:4עַל־ · [was] in charge of
    Benaiah son of Jehoiada was in charge of the army; Zadok and Abiathar were priests;
  22. 1 Kings 4:5עַל־ · [was] in charge of
    Azariah son of Nathan was in charge of the governors; Zabud son of Nathan was a priest and adviser to the king;
  23. 1 Kings 4:6עַל־ · [was] in charge of; עַל־ · [was] in charge of
    Ahishar was in charge of the palace; and Adoniram son of Abda was in charge of the forced labor.
  24. 1 Kings 4:7עַל־ · over; עַל־
    Solomon had twelve governors over all Israel to provide food for the king and his household. Each one would arrange provisions for one month of the year,
  25. 1 Kings 4:20עַל־ · on
    The people of Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand on the seashore, and they were eating and drinking and rejoicing.
  26. 1 Kings 4:29עַל־ · on
    And God gave Solomon wisdom, exceedingly deep insight, and understanding beyond measure, like the sand on the seashore.
  27. 1 Kings 4:33עַל־ · of; עַל־ · about; וְעַל־; וְעַל־; וְעַל־
    He spoke of trees, from the cedar in Lebanon to the hyssop growing in the wall, and he taught about animals, birds, reptiles, and fish.
  28. 1 Kings 5:5עַל־ · on
    So behold, I plan to build a house for the Name of the LORD my God, according to what the LORD said to my father David: ‘I will put your son on your throne in your place, and he will build the house for My Name.’
  29. 1 Kings 5:7עַל־ · over
    When Hiram received Solomon’s message, he rejoiced greatly and said, “Blessed be the LORD this day! He has given David a wise son over this great people!”
  30. 1 Kings 5:14עַל־ · in charge
    He sent them to Lebanon in monthly shifts of 10,000 men, so that they would spend one month in Lebanon and two months at home. And Adoniram was in charge of the forced labor.
  31. 1 Kings 5:16עַל־
    …not including his 3,300 foremen who supervised the workers.
  32. 1 Kings 6:1עַל־ · over
    In the four hundred and eightieth year after the Israelites had come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv, the second month, he began to build the house of the LORD.
  33. 1 Kings 6:3עַל־ · at; עַל־ · extending across; עַל־ · in
    The portico at the front of the main hall of the temple was twenty cubits long, extending across the width of the temple and projecting out ten cubits in front of the temple.
  34. 1 Kings 6:5עַל־ · Against
    Against the walls of the temple and the inner sanctuary, Solomon built a chambered structure around the temple, in which he constructed the side rooms.
  35. 1 Kings 6:8עַל־ · to
    The entrance to the bottom floor was on the south side of the temple. A stairway led up to the middle level, and from there to the third floor.
  36. 1 Kings 6:10עַל־ · all along
    He built chambers all along the temple, each five cubits high and attached to the temple with beams of cedar.
  37. 1 Kings 6:32עֲ֠לֵיהֶם · into them; עַל־; וְעַל־
    The double doors were made of olive wood, and he carved into them cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers and overlaid the cherubim and palm trees with hammered gold.