אֵל ʼêl

Meaning

near, with or among; often in general, to

In the King James Version: about, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).

Derivation: (but only used in the shortened constructive form אֶל ); a primitive particle; properly, denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e.

Where it is used

• Job 4:5 But now trouble has come upon you, and you are weary. It strikes you, and you are dismayed.
• Job 4:12 Now a word came to me secretly; my ears caught a whisper of it.
• Job 5:1 “Call out if you please, but who will answer? To which of the holy ones will you turn?
• Job 5:5 The hungry consume his harvest, taking it even from the thorns, and the thirsty pant after his wealth.
• Job 5:8 However, if I were you, I would appeal to God and lay my cause before Him—
• Job 5:26 You will come to the grave in full vigor, like a sheaf of grain gathered in season.
• Job 7:17 What is man that You should exalt him, that You should set Your heart upon him,
• Job 8:5 But if you would earnestly seek God and ask the Almighty for mercy,
• Job 9:4 God is wise in heart and mighty in strength. Who has resisted Him and prospered?
• Job 9:12 If He takes away, who can stop Him? Who dares to ask Him, ‘What are You doing?’
• Job 10:2 I will say to God: Do not condemn me! Let me know why You prosecute me.
• Job 10:9 Please remember that You molded me like clay. Would You now return me to dust?
• Job 10:21 before I go—never to return—to a land of darkness and gloom,
• Job 11:13 As for you, if you direct your heart and lift up your hands to Him,
• Job 13:3 Yet I desire to speak to the Almighty and argue my case before God.
• Job 13:15 Though He slay me, I will hope in Him. I will still defend my ways to His face.
• Job 15:8 Do you listen in on the council of God or limit wisdom to yourself?
• Job 15:13 so that you turn your spirit against God and pour such words from your mouth?
• Job 15:22 He despairs of his return from darkness; he is marked for the sword.
• Job 15:25 For he has stretched out his hand against God and has vaunted himself against the Almighty,
• Job 15:26 rushing headlong at Him with a thick, studded shield.
• Job 16:11 God has delivered me to unjust men; He has thrown me to the clutches of the wicked.
• Job 16:20 My friends are my scoffers as my eyes pour out tears to God.
• Job 18:18 He is driven from light into darkness and is chased from the inhabited world.
• Job 21:5 Look at me and be appalled; put your hand over your mouth.
• Job 21:19 It is said that God lays up one’s punishment for his children. Let God repay the man himself, so he will know it.
• Job 22:26 Surely then you will delight in the Almighty and lift up your face to God.
• Job 22:27 You will pray to Him, and He will hear you, and you will fulfill your vows.
• Job 29:19 My roots will spread out to the waters, and the dew will rest nightly on my branches.
• Job 29:24 If I smiled at them, they did not believe it; the light of my countenance was precious.
• Job 30:20 I cry out to You for help, but You do not answer; when I stand up, You merely look at me.
• Job 30:22 You snatch me up into the wind and drive me before it; You toss me about in the storm.
• Job 31:23 For calamity from God terrifies me, and His splendor I cannot overpower.
• Job 32:14 But Job has not directed his words against me, and I will not answer him with your arguments.
• Job 32:21 I will be partial to no one, nor will I flatter any man.
• Job 33:13 Why do you complain to Him that He answers nothing a man asks?
• Job 33:26 He prays to God and finds favor; he sees God’s face and shouts for joy, and God restores His righteousness to that man.
• Job 34:14 If He were to set His heart to it and withdraw His Spirit and breath,
• Job 34:18 who says to kings, ‘You are worthless!’ and to nobles, ‘You are wicked,’
• Job 34:23 For God need not examine a man further or have him approach for judgment.
• Job 34:31 Suppose someone says to God, ‘I have endured my punishment; I will offend no more.
• Job 36:21 Be careful not to turn to iniquity, for this you have preferred to affliction.
• Job 38:20 so you can lead it back to its border? Do you know the paths to its home?
• Job 38:22 Have you entered the storehouses of snow or observed the storehouses of hail,
• Job 38:41 Who provides food for the raven when its young cry out to God as they wander about for lack of food?
• Job 39:11 Can you rely on his great strength? Will you leave your hard work to him?
• Job 40:23 Though the river rages, Behemoth is unafraid; he remains secure, though the Jordan surges to his mouth.
• Job 41:3 Will he beg you for mercy or speak to you softly?
• Job 41:9 Surely hope of overcoming him is false. Is not the sight of him overwhelming?
• Job 42:7 After the LORD had spoken these words to Job, He said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “My wrath is kindled against you and your two friends. For you have not spoken about Me accurately, as My servant Job has.
• Job 42:8 So now, take seven bulls and seven rams, go to My servant Job, and sacrifice a burnt offering for yourselves. Then My servant Job will pray for you, for I will accept his prayer and not deal with you according to your folly. For you have not spoken accurately about Me, as My servant Job has.”
• Job 42:9 So Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite went and did as the LORD had told them; and the LORD accepted Job’s prayer.
• Job 42:11 All his brothers and sisters and prior acquaintances came and dined with him in his house. They consoled him and comforted him over all the adversity that the LORD had brought upon him. And each one gave him a piece of silver and a gold ring.
• Psalms 2:5 Then He rebukes them in His anger, and terrifies them in His fury:
• Psalms 2:7 I will proclaim the decree spoken to Me by the LORD: “You are My Son; today I have become Your Father.
• Psalms 3:4 To the LORD I cry aloud, and He answers me from His holy mountain. Selah
• Psalms 4:3 Know that the LORD has set apart the godly for Himself; the LORD hears when I call to Him.
• Psalms 4:5 Offer the sacrifices of the righteous and trust in the LORD.
• Psalms 5:2 Attend to the sound of my cry, my King and my God, for to You I pray.
• Psalms 5:7 But I will enter Your house by the abundance of Your loving devotion; in reverence I will bow down toward Your holy temple.