ʻal — H5921

Definition

preposition

above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications

1. prep
2. upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against
1. upon, on the ground of, on the basis of, on account of, because of, therefore, on behalf of, for the sake of, for, with, in spite of, notwithstanding, concerning, in the matter of, as regards
2. above, beyond, over (of excess)
3. above, over (of elevation or pre-eminence)
4. upon, to, over to, unto, in addition to, together with, with (of addition)
5. over (of suspension or extension)
6. by, adjoining, next, at, over, around (of contiguity or proximity)
7. down upon, upon, on, from, up upon, up to, towards, over towards, to, against (with verbs of motion)
8. to (as a dative)
3. conj
4. because that, because, notwithstanding, although

Usually translated as

upon, against, over, in, on, concerning for, by, according to, to, with, at, above, because of, had the charge of, of, beside, after, among, than, through, as, and, both and, touching, accordingly, between, throughout, beyond the time

Origin

properly, the same as H5920 used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following)

• Same as ʻal (H5920)

Greek equivalents

• grammateús (G1122)
• exoudenóō (G1847)
• epánō (G1883)
• échō (G2192)
• zētéō (G2212)
• kýklōi (G2945)
• mēdamōs (G3365)
• oikonómos (G3623)
• parathalássios (G3864)
• perissōs (G4057)
• plḗn (G4133)
• prósōpon (G4383)
• hyperánō (G5231)

Occurrences

ʻal occurs 5,662 times in 4,434 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (248), Exodus (271), Leviticus (219), Numbers (242), Deuteronomy (169), Joshua (65), Judges (103), Ruth (11), 1 Samuel (146), 2 Samuel (154), 1 Kings (209), 2 Kings (192), 1 Chronicles (140), 2 Chronicles (243), Ezra (41), Nehemiah (87), Esther (57), Job (180), Psalms (264), Proverbs (62), Ecclesiastes (31), Song of Songs (22), Isaiah (241), Jeremiah (375), Lamentations (36), Ezekiel (322), Daniel (45), Hosea (37), Joel (16), Amos (48), Obadiah (5), Jonah (17), Micah (28), Nahum (12), Habakkuk (14), Zephaniah (20), Haggai (4), Zechariah (48), Malachi (10)

• Genesis 1:2 — And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon (עַל) the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
• Genesis 1:2 — And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon (עַל) the face of the waters.
• Genesis 1:7 — And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above (מֵעַ֣ל) the firmament: and it was so.
• Genesis 1:11 — And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon (עַל) the earth: and it was so.
• Genesis 1:15 — And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon (עַל) the earth: and it was so.
• Genesis 1:17 — And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon (עַל) the earth,
• Genesis 1:20 — And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above (עַל) the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
• Genesis 1:20 — And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in (עַל) the open firmament of heaven.
• Genesis 1:26 — And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon (עַל) the earth.
• Genesis 1:28 — And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon (עַל) the earth.
• Genesis 1:29 — And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon (עַל) the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.
• Genesis 1:30 — And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon (עַל) the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.
• Genesis 2:5 — And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon (עַל) the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground.
• Genesis 2:16 — And the LORD God commanded (עַל) the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:
• Genesis 2:21 — And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon (עַל) Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;
• Genesis 2:24 — Therefore (עַל) shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
• Genesis 3:14 — And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon (עַל) thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:
• Genesis 4:14 — Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from (מֵעַל֙) the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me.
• Genesis 6:1 — And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on (עַל) the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them,
• Genesis 6:7 — And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from (מֵעַל֙) the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.
• Genesis 6:12 — And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon (עַל) the earth.
• Genesis 6:17 — And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon (עַל) the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die.
• Genesis 7:3 — Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon (עַל) the face of all the earth.
• Genesis 7:4 — For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon (עַל) the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth.
• Genesis 7:4 — For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off (מֵעַ֖ל) the face of the earth.
• Genesis 7:6 — And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon (עַל) the earth.
• Genesis 7:8 — Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon (עַל) the earth,
• Genesis 7:10 — And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon (עַל) the earth.
• Genesis 7:12 — And the rain was upon (עַל) the earth forty days and forty nights.
• Genesis 7:14 — They, and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon (עַל) the earth after his kind, and every fowl after his kind, every bird of every sort.
• Genesis 7:17 — And the flood was forty days upon (עַל) the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth.
• Genesis 7:17 — And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above (מֵעַ֥ל) the earth.
• Genesis 7:18 — And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon (עַל) the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters.
• Genesis 7:18 — And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon (עַל) the face of the waters.
• Genesis 7:19 — And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon (עַל) the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.
• Genesis 7:21 — And all flesh died that moved upon (עַל) the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man:
• Genesis 7:21 — And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon (עַל) the earth, and every man:
• Genesis 7:23 — And every living substance was destroyed which was upon (עַל) the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark.
• Genesis 7:24 — And the waters prevailed upon (עַל) the earth an hundred and fifty days.
• Genesis 8:1 — And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over (עַל) the earth, and the waters asswaged;
• Genesis 8:3 — And the waters returned from off (מֵעַ֥ל) the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated.
• Genesis 8:4 — And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon (עַ֖ל) the mountains of Ararat.
• Genesis 8:7 — And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off (מֵעַ֥ל) the earth.
• Genesis 8:8 — Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off (מֵעַ֖ל) the face of the ground;
• Genesis 8:9 — But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark, for the waters were on (עַל) the face of the whole earth: then he put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark.
• Genesis 8:11 — And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf pluckt off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off (מֵעַ֥ל) the earth.
• Genesis 8:13 — And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off (מֵעַ֣ל) the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry.
• Genesis 8:17 — Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, of all flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon (עַל) the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.
• Genesis 8:17 — Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, of all flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon (עַל) the earth.
• Genesis 8:19 — Every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, and whatsoever creepeth upon (עַל) the earth, after their kinds, went forth out of the ark.