H5921 · עַל

ʻal · al · above, most High, on high

H5921 (ʻal, pronounced al) is the Hebrew word עַל in Strong’s dictionary: above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications. It appears 5767 times in 4488 verses of the BSB (Yahweh).

Strong’s entry

Original word: עַל (Hebrew)
Transliteration: ʻal
Pronunciation: al
Derivation: properly, the same as H5920 (עַל) used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following);
Definition: above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
Rendered in the KJV: above, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of, (from) (off), (up-) on, over, than, through(-out), to, touching, [idiom] with.

In the Berean Standard Bible (Yahweh)

5767 occurrences in 4488 verses (4877 with English words of their own, 890 in the original with no English word of their own).

How the BSB renders it

“on” ×746
“over” ×285
“against” ×205
“in” ×197
“to” ×195
“for” ×130
“from” ×128
“upon” ×115

By book

Genesis 252 · Exodus 272 · Leviticus 218 · Numbers 243 · Deuteronomy 171 · Joshua 66 · Judges 105 · Ruth 11 · 1 Samuel 151 · 2 Samuel 155 · 1 Kings 210 · 2 Kings 192 · 1 Chronicles 143 · 2 Chronicles 244 · Ezra 42 · Nehemiah 87 · Esther 57 · Job 180 · Psalms 282 · Proverbs 63 · Ecclesiastes 32 · Song of Solomon 22 · Isaiah 244 · Jeremiah 380 · Lamentations 36 · Ezekiel 323 · Daniel 46 · Hosea 37 · Joel 16 · Amos 49 · Obadiah 5 · Jonah 17 · Micah 27 · Nahum 12 · Habakkuk 14 · Zephaniah 20 · Haggai 5 · Zechariah 49 · Malachi 10

First 30 of 4488 verses

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