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עַל

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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. Genesis 1:2עַל־ · was over; עַל־ · over
    Now the earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters.
  2. Genesis 1:7מֵעַ֣ל · above
    So God made the expanse and separated the waters beneath it from the waters above. And it was so.
  3. Genesis 1:11עַל־
    Then God said, “Let the earth bring forth vegetation: seed-bearing plants and fruit trees, each bearing fruit with seed according to its kind.” And it was so.
  4. Genesis 1:15עַל־ · upon
    And let them serve as lights in the expanse of the sky to shine upon the earth.” And it was so.
  5. Genesis 1:17עַל־ · upon
    God set these lights in the expanse of the sky to shine upon the earth,
  6. Genesis 1:20עַל־ · above; עַל־ · in
    And God said, “Let the waters teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the sky.”
  7. Genesis 1:26עַל־ · upon
    Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness, to rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, and over all the earth itself and every creature that crawls upon it.”
  8. Genesis 1:28עַל־ · upon
    God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth.”
  9. Genesis 1:29עַל־ · on
    Then God said, “Behold, I have given you every seed-bearing plant on the face of all the earth, and every tree whose fruit contains seed. They will be yours for food.
  10. Genesis 1:30עַל־ · upon
    And to every beast of the earth and every bird of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth—everything that has the breath of life in it—I have given every green plant for food.” And it was so.
  11. Genesis 2:5עַל־ · upon
    Now no shrub of the field had yet appeared on the earth, nor had any plant of the field sprouted, for the LORD God had not yet sent rain upon the earth, and there was no man to cultivate the ground.
  12. Genesis 2:16עַל־
    And the LORD God commanded him, “You may eat freely from every tree of the garden,
  13. Genesis 2:21עַל־ · to fall into
    So the LORD God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep, and while he slept, He took one of the man’s ribs and closed up the area with flesh.
  14. Genesis 2:24עַל־ · For
    For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.
  15. Genesis 3:14עַל־ · On
    So the LORD God said to the serpent: “Because you have done this, cursed are you above all livestock and every beast of the field! On your belly will you go, and dust you will eat, all the days of your life.
  16. Genesis 4:14מֵעַל֙ · and from
    Behold, this day You have driven me from the face of the earth, and from Your face I will be hidden; I will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me.”
  17. Genesis 6:1עַל־ · on
    Now when men began to multiply on the face of the earth and daughters were born to them,
  18. Genesis 6:7מֵעַל֙ · from
    So the LORD said, “I will blot out man, whom I have created, from the face of the earth—every man and beast and crawling creature and bird of the air—for I am grieved that I have made them.”
  19. Genesis 6:12עַל־ · on
    And God looked upon the earth and saw that it was corrupt; for all living creatures on the earth had corrupted their ways.
  20. Genesis 6:17עַל־ · upon
    And behold, I will bring floodwaters upon the earth to destroy every creature under the heavens that has the breath of life. Everything on the earth will perish.
  21. Genesis 7:3עַל־ · on
    …and seven pairs of every kind of bird of the air, male and female, to preserve their offspring on the face of all the earth.
  22. Genesis 7:4עַל־ · on; מֵעַ֖ל · from
    For seven days from now I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe from the face of the earth every living thing I have made.”
  23. Genesis 7:6עַל־ · upon
    Now Noah was 600 years old when the floodwaters came upon the earth.
  24. Genesis 7:8עַל־ · along
    The clean and unclean animals, the birds, and everything that crawls along the ground
  25. Genesis 7:10עַל־ · upon
    And after seven days the floodwaters came upon the earth.
  26. Genesis 7:12עַל־ · upon
    And the rain fell upon the earth for forty days and forty nights.
  27. Genesis 7:14עַל־
    …they and every kind of wild animal, livestock, crawling creature, bird, and winged creature.
  28. Genesis 7:17עַל־ · on; מֵעַ֥ל · high above
    For forty days the flood kept coming on the earth, and the waters rose and lifted the ark high above the earth.
  29. Genesis 7:18עַל־ · on; עַל־ · floated on
    So the waters continued to surge and rise greatly on the earth, and the ark floated on the surface of the waters.
  30. Genesis 7:19עַל־ · upon
    Finally, the waters completely prevailed upon the earth, so that all the high mountains under all the heavens were covered.
  31. Genesis 7:21עַל־ · upon; עַל־ · upon
    And every living thing that moved upon the earth perished—birds, livestock, animals, every creature that swarms upon the earth, and all mankind.
  32. Genesis 7:23עַל־ · on
    And every living thing on the face of the earth was destroyed—man and livestock, crawling creatures and birds of the air; they were blotted out from the earth, and only Noah and those with him in the ark remained.
  33. Genesis 7:24עַל־ · upon
    And the waters prevailed upon the earth for 150 days.
  34. Genesis 8:1עַל־ · over
    But God remembered Noah and all the animals and livestock that were with him in the ark. And God sent a wind over the earth, and the waters began to subside.
  35. Genesis 8:3מֵעַ֥ל · from
    The waters receded steadily from the earth, and after 150 days the waters had gone down.
  36. Genesis 8:4עַ֖ל · on
    On the seventeenth day of the seventh month, the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat.
  37. Genesis 8:7מֵעַ֥ל · from
    …and sent out a raven. It kept flying back and forth until the waters had dried up from the earth.
  38. Genesis 8:8מֵעַ֖ל · from
    Then Noah sent out a dove to see if the waters had receded from the surface of the ground.
  39. Genesis 8:9עַל־ · [were still] covering
    But the dove found no place to rest her foot, and she returned to him in the ark, because the waters were still covering the surface of all the earth. So he reached out his hand and brought her back inside the ark.
  40. Genesis 8:11מֵעַ֥ל · from
    And behold, the dove returned to him in the evening with a freshly plucked olive leaf in her beak. So Noah knew that the waters had receded from the earth.
  41. Genesis 8:13מֵעַ֣ל · from
    In Noah’s six hundred and first year, on the first day of the first month, the waters had dried up from the earth. So Noah removed the covering from the ark and saw that the surface of the ground was dry.
  42. Genesis 8:17עַל־ · upon; עַל־ · upon
    Bring out all the living creatures that are with you—birds, livestock, and everything that crawls upon the ground—so that they can spread out over the earth and be fruitful and multiply upon it.”
  43. Genesis 8:19עַל־ · upon
    Every living creature, every creeping thing, and every bird—everything that moves upon the earth—came out of the ark, kind by kind.