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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 23:3עַֽל־ · by; עַל־ · in
    So the king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the LORD to follow the LORD and to keep His commandments, decrees, and statutes with all his heart and all his soul, and to carry out the words of the covenant that were written in this book. And all the people entered into the covenant.
  2. 2 Kings 23:6עַל־ · on
    He brought the Asherah pole from the house of the LORD to the Kidron Valley outside Jerusalem, and there he burned it, ground it to powder, and threw its dust on the graves of the common people.
  3. 2 Kings 23:8עַל־ · to
    Then Josiah brought all the priests from the cities of Judah and desecrated the high places, from Geba to Beersheba, where the priests had burned incense. He tore down the high places of the gates at the entrance of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which was to the left of the city gate.
  4. 2 Kings 23:12עַל־ · on
    He pulled down the altars that the kings of Judah had set up on the roof near the upper chamber of Ahaz, and the altars that Manasseh had set up in the two courtyards of the house of the LORD. The king pulverized them there and threw their dust into the Kidron Valley.
  5. 2 Kings 23:13עַל־ · east
    The king also desecrated the high places east of Jerusalem, to the south of the Mount of Corruption, which King Solomon of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.
  6. 2 Kings 23:16עַל־ · on
    And as Josiah turned, he saw the tombs there on the hillside, and he sent someone to take the bones out of the tombs, and he burned them on the altar to defile it, according to the word of the LORD proclaimed by the man of God who had foretold these things.
  7. 2 Kings 23:17עַ֖ל · to
    Then the king asked, “What is this monument I see?” And the men of the city replied, “It is the tomb of the man of God who came from Judah and proclaimed these things that you have done to the altar of Bethel.”
  8. 2 Kings 23:20עַל־ · On; עֲלֵיהֶ֑ם · on them
    On the altars he slaughtered all the priests of the high places, and he burned human bones on them. Then he returned to Jerusalem.
  9. 2 Kings 23:21עַ֛ל · in
    The king commanded all the people, “Keep the Passover of the LORD your God, as it is written in this Book of the Covenant.”
  10. 2 Kings 23:24עַל־ · in
    Furthermore, Josiah removed the mediums and spiritists, the household gods and idols, and all the abominations that were seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem. He did this to carry out the words of the law written in the book that Hilkiah the priest had found in the house of the LORD.
  11. 2 Kings 23:26עַ֚ל · because of
    Nevertheless, the LORD did not turn away from the fury of His burning anger, which was kindled against Judah because of all that Manasseh had done to provoke Him to anger.
  12. 2 Kings 23:27מֵעַ֣ל · from
    For the LORD had said, “I will remove Judah from My sight, just as I removed Israel. I will reject this city Jerusalem, which I chose, and the temple of which I said, ‘My Name shall be there.’”
  13. 2 Kings 23:28עַל־ · in
    As for the rest of the acts of Josiah and all his accomplishments, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
  14. 2 Kings 23:29עַל־ · to; עַל־ · at
    During Josiah’s reign, Pharaoh Neco king of Egypt marched up to help the king of Assyria at the Euphrates River. King Josiah went out to confront him, but Neco faced him and killed him at Megiddo.
  15. 2 Kings 23:33עַל־ · on
    And Pharaoh Neco imprisoned Jehoahaz at Riblah in the land of Hamath so that he could not reign in Jerusalem, and he imposed on Judah a levy of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.
  16. 2 Kings 23:35עַל־ · to meet
    So Jehoiakim paid the silver and gold to Pharaoh Neco, but to meet Pharaoh’s demand he taxed the land and exacted the silver and the gold from the people, each according to his wealth.
  17. 2 Kings 24:3עַל־ · at; מֵעַ֣ל · from
    Surely this happened to Judah at the LORD’s command, to remove them from His presence because of the sins of Manasseh and all that he had done,
  18. 2 Kings 24:5עַל־ · in
    As for the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, along with all his accomplishments, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
  19. 2 Kings 24:11עַל־ · to; עָלֶֽיהָ׃
    And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to the city while his servants were besieging it.
  20. 2 Kings 24:12עַל־ · to
    Jehoiachin king of Judah, his mother, his servants, his commanders, and his officials all surrendered to the king of Babylon. So in the eighth year of his reign, the king of Babylon took him captive.
  21. 2 Kings 24:20עַל־ · because; מֵעַ֣ל · from
    For because of the anger of the LORD, all this happened in Jerusalem and Judah, until He finally banished them from His presence. And Zedekiah also rebelled against the king of Babylon.
  22. 2 Kings 25:1עַל־ · against; עָלֶ֑יהָ · outside [the city]; עָלֶ֖יהָ
    So in the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his entire army. They encamped outside the city and built a siege wall all around it.
  23. 2 Kings 25:4עַל־ · near; עַל־
    Then the city was breached; and though the Chaldeans had surrounded the city, all the men of war fled by night by way of the gate between the two walls near the king’s garden. They headed toward the Arabah,
  24. 2 Kings 25:5מֵעָלָֽיו׃ · him
    …but the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king and overtook him in the plains of Jericho, and his whole army deserted him.
  25. 2 Kings 25:11עַל־ · to
    Then Nebuzaradan captain of the guard carried into exile the people who remained in the city, along with the deserters who had defected to the king of Babylon and the rest of the population.
  26. 2 Kings 25:17עָלָ֥יו׀ · atop [one pillar]; עַֽל־; עַל־
    Each pillar was eighteen cubits tall. The bronze capital atop one pillar was three cubits high, with a network of bronze pomegranates all around. The second pillar, with its network, was similar.
  27. 2 Kings 25:19עַל־ · over
    Of those still in the city, he took a court official who had been appointed over the men of war, as well as five royal advisors. He also took the scribe of the captain of the army, who had enlisted the people of the land, and sixty men who were found in the city.
  28. 2 Kings 25:20עַל־ · to
    Nebuzaradan captain of the guard took them and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah.
  29. 2 Kings 25:21מֵעַ֥ל · away from
    There at Riblah in the land of Hamath, the king of Babylon struck them down and put them to death. So Judah was taken into exile, away from its own land.
  30. 2 Kings 25:22עֲלֵיהֶ֔ם · over
    Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, over the people he had left behind in the land of Judah.
  31. 2 Kings 25:28מֵעַ֗ל · above
    And he spoke kindly to Jehoiachin and set his throne above the thrones of the other kings who were with him in Babylon.
  32. 1 Chronicles 5:10עַֽל־ · throughout
    During the days of Saul they waged war against the Hagrites, who were defeated at their hands, and they occupied the dwellings of the Hagrites throughout the region east of Gilead.
  33. 1 Chronicles 5:16עַל־
    They lived in Gilead, in Bashan and its towns, and throughout the pasturelands of Sharon.
  34. 1 Chronicles 5:20עֲלֵיהֶ֔ם · against [their enemies]
    And because they cried out to God in battle, they were helped against their enemies, and the Hagrites and all their allies were delivered into their hands. Because they put their trust in God, He answered their prayers.
  35. 1 Chronicles 6:31עַל־ · in
    These are the men David put in charge of the music in the house of the LORD after the ark rested there.
  36. 1 Chronicles 6:32עַל־
    They ministered with song before the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting, until Solomon built the house of the LORD in Jerusalem. And they performed their duties according to the regulations given them.
  37. 1 Chronicles 6:39עַל־ · at
    Heman’s kinsman was Asaph, who served at his right hand: Asaph the son of Berechiah, the son of Shimea,
  38. 1 Chronicles 6:44עַֽל־ · On
    On the left were their kinsmen, the sons of Merari: Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch,
  39. 1 Chronicles 6:49עַל־ · on
    But Aaron and his sons did all the work of the Most Holy Place. They presented the offerings on the altar of burnt offering and on the altar of incense to make atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.