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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. Jeremiah 23:30עַל־ · I am against
    “Therefore behold,” declares the LORD, “I am against the prophets who steal from one another words they attribute to Me.”
  2. Jeremiah 23:31עַל־ · I am against
    “Yes,” declares the LORD, “I am against the prophets who wag their own tongues and proclaim, ‘The LORD declares it.’”
  3. Jeremiah 23:32עַֽל־ · I am against
    “Indeed,” declares the LORD, “I am against those who prophesy false dreams and retell them to lead My people astray with their reckless lies. It was not I who sent them or commanded them, and they are of no benefit at all to these people,” declares the LORD.
  4. Jeremiah 23:34עַל־; וְעַל־
    As for the prophet or priest or anyone who claims, ‘This is the burden of the LORD,’ I will punish that man and his household.
  5. Jeremiah 23:35עַל־ · to
    This is what each man is to say to his friend and to his brother: ‘What has the LORD answered?’ or ‘What has the LORD spoken?’
  6. Jeremiah 23:39מֵעַ֥ל · out of
    …therefore I will surely forget you and will cast you out of My presence, both you and the city that I gave to you and your fathers.
  7. Jeremiah 23:40עֲלֵיכֶ֖ם · upon you
    And I will bring upon you everlasting shame and perpetual humiliation that will never be forgotten.”
  8. Jeremiah 24:6עֲלֵיהֶם֙ · on them; עַל־ · to
    I will keep My eyes on them for good and will return them to this land. I will build them up and not tear them down; I will plant them and not uproot them.
  9. Jeremiah 24:10מֵעַ֣ל · from
    And I will send against them sword and famine and plague, until they have perished from the land that I gave to them and their fathers.’”
  10. Jeremiah 25:1עַֽל־ · to; עַל־ · concerning
    This is the word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, which was the first year of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.
  11. Jeremiah 25:2עַל־ · to
    So the prophet Jeremiah spoke to all the people of Judah and all the residents of Jerusalem as follows:
  12. Jeremiah 25:5עַל־ · in
    The prophets told you, ‘Turn now, each of you, from your evil ways and deeds, and you can dwell in the land that the LORD has given to you and your fathers forever and ever.
  13. Jeremiah 25:9עַל־ · against; וְעַל־ · against; וְעַ֛ל · and against
    …behold, I will summon all the families of the north, declares the LORD, and I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, whom I will bring against this land, against its residents, and against all the surrounding nations. So I will devote them to destruction and make them an object of horror and contempt, an everlasting desolation.
  14. Jeremiah 25:12עַל־; וְעַל־; וְעַל־
    But when seventy years are complete, I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation, the land of the Chaldeans, for their guilt, declares the LORD, and I will make it an everlasting desolation.
  15. Jeremiah 25:13עַל־ · upon; עָלֶ֑יהָ · against it; עַל־ · against
    I will bring upon that land all the words I have pronounced against it, all that is written in this book, which Jeremiah has prophesied against all the nations.
  16. Jeremiah 25:26עַל־ · on
    …all the kings of the north, both near and far, one after another—all the kingdoms on the face of the earth. And after all of them, the king of Sheshach will drink it too.
  17. Jeremiah 25:29עָלֶ֗יהָ; עַל־ · upon
    For behold, I am beginning to bring disaster on the city that bears My Name, so how could you possibly go unpunished? You will not go unpunished, for I am calling down a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, declares the LORD of Hosts.’
  18. Jeremiah 25:30עַל־ · over
    So you are to prophesy all these words against them and say to them: ‘The LORD will roar from on high; He will raise His voice from His holy habitation. He will roar loudly over His pasture; like those who tread the grapes, He will call out with a shout against all the inhabitants of the earth.
  19. Jeremiah 25:33עַל־ · lying
    Those slain by the LORD on that day will be spread from one end of the earth to the other. They will not be mourned, gathered, or buried. They will be like dung lying on the ground.
  20. Jeremiah 26:2עַל־
    “This is what the LORD says: Stand in the courtyard of the house of the LORD and speak all the words I have commanded you to speak to all the cities of Judah who come to worship there. Do not omit a word.
  21. Jeremiah 26:5עַל־ · to
    …and if you do not listen to the words of My servants the prophets, whom I have sent you again and again even though you did not listen,
  22. Jeremiah 26:13עֲלֵיכֶֽם׃ · against you
    So now, correct your ways and deeds, and obey the voice of the LORD your God, so that He might relent of the disaster He has pronounced against you.
  23. Jeremiah 26:15עֲלֵיכֶ֔ם · upon yourselves; עֲלֵיכֶ֔ם
    But know for certain that if you put me to death, you will bring innocent blood upon yourselves, upon this city, and upon its residents; for truly the LORD has sent me to speak all these words in your hearing.”
  24. Jeremiah 26:19עֲלֵיהֶ֑ם · against them; עַל־ · on
    Did Hezekiah king of Judah or anyone else in Judah put him to death? Did Hezekiah not fear the LORD and seek His favor, and did not the LORD relent of the disaster He had pronounced against them? But we are about to bring great harm on ourselves!”
  25. Jeremiah 26:20עַל־ · against; וְעַל־ · and against
    Now there was another man prophesying in the name of the LORD, Uriah son of Shemaiah from Kiriath-jearim. He prophesied against this city and against this land the same things that Jeremiah did.
  26. Jeremiah 27:2עַל־ · on
    This is what the LORD said to me: “Make for yourself a yoke out of leather straps and put it on your neck.
  27. Jeremiah 27:5עַל־ · on
    By My great power and outstretched arm, I made the earth and the men and beasts on the face of it, and I give it to whom I please.
  28. Jeremiah 27:8עַל־
    As for the nation or kingdom that does not serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and does not place its neck under his yoke, I will punish that nation by sword and famine and plague, declares the LORD, until I have destroyed it by his hand.
  29. Jeremiah 27:10מֵעַ֣ל · from
    For they prophesy to you a lie that will serve to remove you from your land; I will banish you and you will perish.
  30. Jeremiah 27:11עַל־ · in
    But the nation that will put its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon and serve him, I will leave in its own land, to cultivate it and reside in it, declares the LORD.”
  31. Jeremiah 27:19וְעַל־; וְעַל־; וְעַל֙
    For this is what the LORD of Hosts says about the pillars, the sea, the bases, and the rest of the articles that remain in this city,
  32. Jeremiah 27:21עַל־ · about
    Yes, this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says about the articles that remain in the house of the LORD, in the palace of the king of Judah, and in Jerusalem:
  33. Jeremiah 28:8וְעַל־
    The prophets of old who preceded you and me prophesied war, disaster, and plague against many lands and great kingdoms.
  34. Jeremiah 28:10מֵעַ֕ל · off
    Then the prophet Hananiah took the yoke off the neck of Jeremiah the prophet and broke it.
  35. Jeremiah 28:11מֵעַ֕ל · off
    And in the presence of all the people Hananiah proclaimed, “This is what the LORD says: ‘In this way, within two years I will break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon off the neck of all the nations.’” At this, Jeremiah the prophet went on his way.