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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. 2 Kings 1:9עַל־ · on
    Then King Ahaziah sent to Elijah a captain with his company of fifty men. So the captain went up to Elijah, who was sitting on top of a hill, and said to him, “Man of God, the king declares, ‘Come down!’”
  2. 2 Kings 1:13עַל־ · on
    So the king sent a third captain with his fifty men. And the third captain went up, fell on his knees before Elijah, and begged him, “Man of God, may my life and the lives of these fifty servants of yours please be precious in your sight.
  3. 2 Kings 1:18עַל־ · in
    As for the rest of the acts of Ahaziah, along with his accomplishments, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?
  4. 2 Kings 2:3מֵעַ֣ל · away from
    Then the sons of the prophets at Bethel came out to Elisha and said, “Do you know that the LORD will take your master away from you today?” “Yes, I know,” he replied. “Do not speak of it.”
  5. 2 Kings 2:5מֵעַ֣ל · away from
    Then the sons of the prophets at Jericho came up to Elisha and said, “Do you know that the LORD will take your master away from you today?” “Yes, I know,” he replied. “Do not speak of it.”
  6. 2 Kings 2:7עַל־ · by
    Then a company of fifty of the sons of the prophets went and stood at a distance, facing Elijah and Elisha as the two of them stood by the Jordan.
  7. 2 Kings 2:13מֵעָלָ֑יו · from; עַל־ · on
    Elisha also picked up the cloak that had fallen from Elijah, and he went back and stood on the bank of the Jordan.
  8. 2 Kings 2:14מֵֽעָלָיו֙ · from him
    Then he took the cloak of Elijah that had fallen from him and struck the waters. “Where now is the LORD, the God of Elijah?” he asked. And when he had struck the waters, they parted to the right and to the left, and Elisha crossed over.
  9. 2 Kings 2:15עַל־ · on
    When the sons of the prophets who were watching him from Jericho saw what had happened, they said, “The spirit of Elijah rests on Elisha.” And they went to meet him and bowed down to the ground before him.
  10. 2 Kings 3:1עַל־ · of
    In the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat’s reign over Judah, Jehoram son of Ahab became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria twelve years.
  11. 2 Kings 3:11עַל־ · on
    But Jehoshaphat asked, “Is there no prophet of the LORD here? Let us inquire of the LORD through him.” And one of the servants of the king of Israel answered, “Elisha son of Shaphat is here. He used to pour water on the hands of Elijah.”
  12. 2 Kings 3:15עָלָ֖יו · upon Elisha
    But now, bring me a harpist.” And while the harpist played, the hand of the LORD came upon Elisha
  13. 2 Kings 3:21עַֽל־ · at
    Now all the Moabites had heard that the kings had come up to fight against them. So all who could bear arms, young and old, were summoned and stationed at the border.
  14. 2 Kings 3:22עַל־ · on
    When they got up early in the morning, the sun was shining on the water, and it looked as red as blood to the Moabites across the way.
  15. 2 Kings 3:27עַל־ · on; עַל־ · against; מֵֽעָלָ֔יו
    So he took his firstborn son, who was to succeed him, and offered him as a burnt offering on the city wall. And there was great fury against the Israelites, so they withdrew and returned to their own land.
  16. 2 Kings 4:4עַ֥ל · oil into
    Then go inside, shut the door behind you and your sons, and pour oil into all these jars, setting the full ones aside.”
  17. 2 Kings 4:9עָלֵ֖ינוּ
    Then the woman said to her husband, “Behold, now I know that the one who often comes our way is a holy man of God.
  18. 2 Kings 4:20עַל־ · on
    After the servant had picked him up and carried him to his mother, the boy sat on her lap until noon, and then he died.
  19. 2 Kings 4:21עַל־ · on
    And she went up and laid him on the bed of the man of God. Then she shut the door and went out.
  20. 2 Kings 4:29עַל־ · on
    So Elisha said to Gehazi, “Tie up your garment, take my staff in your hand, and go! If you meet anyone, do not greet him, and if anyone greets you, do not answer him. Then lay my staff on the boy’s face.”
  21. 2 Kings 4:31עַל־ · on
    Gehazi went on ahead of them and laid the staff on the boy’s face, but there was no sound or response. So he went back to meet Elisha and told him, “The boy has not awakened.”
  22. 2 Kings 4:32עַל־ · on
    When Elisha reached the house, there was the boy lying dead on his bed.
  23. 2 Kings 4:34עַל־ · on; עַל־ · to; עַל־ · to; עַל־ · to; עָלָ֑יו · over him
    Then Elisha got on the bed and lay on the boy, mouth to mouth, eye to eye, and hand to hand. As he stretched himself out over him, the boy’s body became warm.
  24. 2 Kings 4:35עָלָ֑יו · over [the boy] again
    Elisha turned away and paced back and forth across the room. Then he got on the bed and stretched himself out over the boy again, and the boy sneezed seven times and opened his eyes.
  25. 2 Kings 4:37עַל־ · at
    She came in, fell at his feet, and bowed to the ground. Then she picked up her son and went out.
  26. 2 Kings 5:18עַל־ · on
    Yet may the LORD forgive your servant this one thing: When my master goes into the temple of Rimmon to worship there, and he leans on my arm, and I bow down in the temple of Rimmon, may the LORD forgive your servant in this matter.”
  27. 2 Kings 5:21מֵעַ֧ל · from
    So Gehazi pursued Naaman. And when Naaman saw him running toward him, he got down from the chariot to meet him and asked, “Is everything all right?”
  28. 2 Kings 5:26מֵעַ֥ל · from
    But Elisha questioned him, “Did not my spirit go with you when the man got down from his chariot to meet you? Is this the time to accept money and clothing, olive groves and vineyards, sheep and oxen, menservants and maidservants?
  29. 2 Kings 6:11עַל־ · For
    For this reason the king of Aram became enraged and called his servants to demand of them, “Tell me, which one of us is on the side of the king of Israel?”
  30. 2 Kings 6:14עַל־
    …the king of Aram sent horses, chariots, and a great army. They went there by night and surrounded the city.
  31. 2 Kings 6:24עַל־
    Some time later, Ben-hadad king of Aram assembled his entire army and marched up to besiege Samaria.
  32. 2 Kings 6:25עָלֶ֑יהָ · [the city]
    So there was a great famine in Samaria. Indeed, they besieged the city so long that a donkey’s head sold for eighty shekels of silver, and a quarter cab of dove’s dung sold for five shekels of silver.
  33. 2 Kings 6:26עַל־ · on
    As the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried out to him, “Help me, my lord the king!”
  34. 2 Kings 6:30עַל־ · on; עַל־ · next to
    When the king heard the words of the woman, he tore his clothes. And as he passed by on the wall, the people saw the sackcloth under his clothes next to his skin.
  35. 2 Kings 6:31עָלָ֖יו · on his shoulders
    He announced, “May God punish me, and ever so severely, if the head of Elisha son of Shaphat remains on his shoulders through this day!”
  36. 2 Kings 7:2עַל־ · on
    But the officer on whose arm the king leaned answered the man of God, “Look, even if the LORD were to make windows in heaven, could this really happen?” “You will see it with your own eyes,” replied Elisha, “but you will not eat any of it.”
  37. 2 Kings 7:6עָלֵינוּ֩; עָלֵֽינוּ׃ · us
    For the Lord had caused the Arameans to hear the sound of chariots, horses, and a great army, so that they said to one another, “Look, the king of Israel must have hired the kings of the Hittites and Egyptians to attack us.”
  38. 2 Kings 7:17עַל־ · on; עַל־ · to be in charge of
    Now the king had appointed the officer on whose arm he leaned to be in charge of the gate, but the people trampled him in the gateway, and he died, just as the man of God had foretold when the king had come to him.
  39. 2 Kings 8:5עַל־ · for; וְעַל־ · and
    And Gehazi was telling the king how Elisha had brought the dead back to life. Just then the woman whose son Elisha had revived came to appeal to the king for her house and her land. So Gehazi said, “My lord the king, this is the woman, and this is the son Elisha restored to life.”