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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 Chronicles 25:4עַל־ · for; עַל־ · for
    Yet he did not put their sons to death, but acted according to what is written in the Law, in the Book of Moses, where the LORD commanded: “Fathers must not be put to death for their children, and children must not be put to death for their fathers; each is to die for his own sin.”
  2. 2 Chronicles 25:26עַל־ · in
    As for the rest of the acts of Amaziah, from beginning to end, are they not written in the Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel?
  3. 2 Chronicles 25:27עָלָ֥יו · against him
    From the time that Amaziah turned from following the LORD, a conspiracy was formed against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish. But men were sent after him to Lachish, and they killed him there.
  4. 2 Chronicles 25:28עַל־ · on
    They carried him back on horses and buried him with his fathers in the City of Judah.
  5. 2 Chronicles 26:7עַל־ · against; וְעַל־ · against
    God helped him against the Philistines, against the Arabs living in Gur-baal, and against the Meunites.
  6. 2 Chronicles 26:9עַל־ · at; וְעַל־; וְעַל־
    Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the Corner Gate, the Valley Gate, and the angle in the wall, and he fortified them.
  7. 2 Chronicles 26:11עַ֚ל · under
    Uzziah had an army ready for battle that went out to war by assigned divisions, as recorded by Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the officer under the direction of Hananiah, one of the royal officers.
  8. 2 Chronicles 26:13וְעַל־ · Under; עַל־ · against
    Under their authority was an army of 307,500 trained for war, a powerful force to support the king against his enemies.
  9. 2 Chronicles 26:15עַל־; וְעַל־ · and
    And in Jerusalem he made skillfully designed devices to shoot arrows and catapult large stones from the towers and corners. So his fame spread far and wide, for he was helped tremendously until he became powerful.
  10. 2 Chronicles 26:16עַל־ · on
    But when Uzziah became powerful, his arrogance led to his own destruction. He was unfaithful to the LORD his God, for he entered the temple of the LORD to burn incense on the altar of incense.
  11. 2 Chronicles 26:18עַל־ · against
    They took their stand against King Uzziah and said, “Uzziah, you have no right to offer incense to the LORD. Only the priests, the descendants of Aaron, are consecrated to burn incense. Leave the sanctuary, for you have acted unfaithfully; you will not receive honor from the LORD God.”
  12. 2 Chronicles 26:19מֵעַ֖ל · before
    Uzziah, with a censer in his hand to offer incense, was enraged. But while he raged against the priests in their presence in the house of the LORD before the altar of incense, leprosy broke out on his forehead.
  13. 2 Chronicles 26:21עַל־ · had charge
    So King Uzziah was a leper until the day of his death. He lived in isolation, leprous and cut off from the house of the LORD, while his son Jotham had charge of the royal palace and governed the people of the land.
  14. 2 Chronicles 27:5עֲלֵיהֶם֒
    Jotham waged war against the king of the Ammonites and defeated them, and that year they gave him a hundred talents of silver, ten thousand cors of wheat, and ten thousand cors of barley. They paid him the same in the second and third years.
  15. 2 Chronicles 27:7עַל־ · in
    As for the rest of the acts of Jotham, along with all his wars and his ways, they are indeed written in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah.
  16. 2 Chronicles 28:4וְעַל־ · on
    And he sacrificed and burned incense on the high places, on the hills, and under every green tree.
  17. 2 Chronicles 28:9עַל־ · against
    But a prophet of the LORD named Oded was there, and he went out to meet the army that returned to Samaria. “Look,” he said to them, “because of His wrath against Judah, the LORD, the God of your fathers, has delivered them into your hand. But you have slaughtered them in a rage that reaches up to heaven.
  18. 2 Chronicles 28:11עֲלֵיכֶֽם׃ס · is upon you
    Now therefore, listen to me and return the captives you took from your kinsmen, for the fierce anger of the LORD is upon you.”
  19. 2 Chronicles 28:12עַל־ · in opposition to
    Then some of the leaders of the Ephraimites—Azariah son of Jehohanan, Berechiah son of Meshillemoth, Jehizkiah son of Shallum, and Amasa son of Hadlai—stood in opposition to those arriving from the war.
  20. 2 Chronicles 28:13עָלֵ֙ינוּ֙ · upon us; עַל־ · to; וְעַל־ · and; עַל־ · is upon
    “You must not bring the captives here,” they said, “for you are proposing to bring guilt upon us from the LORD and to add to our sins and our guilt. For our guilt is great, and fierce anger is upon Israel.”
  21. 2 Chronicles 28:16עַל־ · from
    At that time King Ahaz sent for help from the king of Assyria.
  22. 2 Chronicles 28:20עָלָ֔יו · to [Ahaz]
    Then Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came to Ahaz but afflicted him rather than strengthening him.
  23. 2 Chronicles 28:26עַל־ · in
    As for the rest of the acts of Ahaz and all his ways, from beginning to end, they are indeed written in the Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel.
  24. 2 Chronicles 29:8עַל־ · upon
    Therefore, the wrath of the LORD has fallen upon Judah and Jerusalem, and He has made them an object of terror, horror, and scorn, as you can see with your own eyes.
  25. 2 Chronicles 29:9עַל־ · is why
    For behold, this is why our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and daughters and wives are in captivity.
  26. 2 Chronicles 29:21עַל־ · for; וְעַל־ · for; וְעַל־ · and for; עַל־ · on
    They brought seven bulls, seven rams, seven lambs, and seven male goats as a sin offering for the kingdom, for the sanctuary, and for Judah. And the king commanded the priests, the descendants of Aaron, to offer them on the altar of the LORD.
  27. 2 Chronicles 29:23עֲלֵיהֶֽם׃ · on them
    Then they brought the goats for the sin offering before the king and the assembly, who laid their hands on them.
  28. 2 Chronicles 29:24עַל־ · for
    And the priests slaughtered the goats and put their blood on the altar for a sin offering, to make atonement for all Israel, because the king had ordered the burnt offering and the sin offering for all Israel.
  29. 2 Chronicles 29:27וְעַ֨ל־ · accompanied by
    And Hezekiah ordered that the burnt offering be sacrificed on the altar. When the burnt offering began, the song of the LORD and the trumpets began as well, accompanied by the instruments of David king of Israel.
  30. 2 Chronicles 29:36עַ֛ל · at what
    Then Hezekiah and all the people rejoiced at what God had prepared for the people, because everything had been accomplished so quickly.
  31. 2 Chronicles 30:1עַל־ · word throughout; עַל־ · to
    Then Hezekiah sent word throughout all Israel and Judah, and he also wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasseh inviting them to come to the house of the LORD in Jerusalem to keep the Passover of the LORD, the God of Israel.
  32. 2 Chronicles 30:9עַל־ · to
    For if you return to the LORD, your brothers and sons will receive mercy in the presence of their captors and will return to this land. For the LORD your God is gracious and merciful; He will not turn His face away from you if you return to Him.”
  33. 2 Chronicles 30:10עֲלֵיהֶ֔ם
    And the couriers traveled from city to city through the land of Ephraim and Manasseh as far as Zebulun, but the people scorned and mocked them.
  34. 2 Chronicles 30:16עַל־ · at
    They stood at their prescribed posts, according to the Law of Moses the man of God. The priests splattered the blood, which they received from the hand of the Levites.
  35. 2 Chronicles 30:17עַל־ · were in charge of
    Since there were many in the assembly who had not consecrated themselves, the Levites were in charge of slaughtering the Passover lambs for every unclean person to consecrate the lambs to the LORD.
  36. 2 Chronicles 30:18עֲלֵיהֶם֙ · for them
    A large number of the people—many from Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun—had not purified themselves, yet they ate the Passover, contrary to what was written. But Hezekiah interceded for them, saying, “May the LORD, who is good, provide atonement for everyone
  37. 2 Chronicles 30:22עַל־
    And Hezekiah encouraged all the Levites who performed skillfully before the LORD. For seven days they ate their assigned portion, sacrificing peace offerings and giving thanks to the LORD, the God of their fathers.