עַל ʻal

Hebrew · Strong's H5921 · pronounced al · used 5774 times in 4491 verses

Meaning

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

In the King James Version: 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.

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);

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Where it is used

Psalms 40:12 For evils without number surround me; my sins have overtaken me, so that I cannot see. They are more than the hairs of my head, and my heart has failed within me.
Psalms 40:15 May those who say to me, “Aha, aha!” be appalled at their own shame.
Psalms 41:3 The LORD will sustain him on his bed of illness and restore him from his bed of sickness.
Psalms 41:7 All who hate me whisper against me; they imagine the worst for me:
Psalms 41:9 Even my close friend whom I trusted, the one who shared my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.
Psalms 41:11 By this I know that You delight in me, for my enemy does not triumph over me.
Psalms 42:1 For the choirmaster. A Maskil of the sons of Korah. As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul longs after You, O God.
Psalms 42:4 These things come to mind as I pour out my soul: how I walked with the multitude, leading the festive procession to the house of God with shouts of joy and praise.
Psalms 42:5 Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him for the salvation of His presence.
Psalms 42:6 O my God, my soul despairs within me. Therefore I remember You from the land of Jordan and the peaks of Hermon—even from Mount Mizar.
Psalms 42:7 Deep calls to deep in the roar of Your waterfalls; all Your breakers and waves have rolled over me.
Psalms 42:11 Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, my Savior and my God.
Psalms 43:5 Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, my Savior and my God.
Psalms 44:19 But You have crushed us in the lair of jackals; You have covered us with deepest darkness.
Psalms 44:22 Yet for Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.
Psalms 45:2 You are the most handsome of men; grace has anointed your lips; therefore God has blessed you forever.
Psalms 45:3 Strap your sword at your side, O mighty warrior; appear in your majesty and splendor.
Psalms 45:4 In your splendor ride forth in victory on behalf of truth and humility and justice; may your right hand show your awesome deeds.
Psalms 45:7 You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, has anointed you above your companions with the oil of joy.
Psalms 45:17 I will commemorate your name through all generations; therefore the nations will praise you forever and ever.
Psalms 46:2 Therefore we will not fear, though the earth is transformed and the mountains are toppled into the depths of the seas,
Psalms 47:2 How awesome is the LORD Most High, the great King over all the earth!
Psalms 47:8 God reigns over the nations; God is seated on His holy throne.
Psalms 48:10 Your name, O God, like Your praise, reaches to the ends of the earth; Your right hand is full of righteousness.
Psalms 48:14 For this God is our God forever and ever; He will be our guide even till death.
Psalms 49:6 They trust in their wealth and boast in their great riches.
Psalms 49:11 Their graves are their eternal homes—their dwellings for endless generations—even though their lands were their namesakes.
Psalms 50:5 “Gather to Me My saints, who made a covenant with Me by sacrifice.”
Psalms 50:8 I do not rebuke you for your sacrifices, and your burnt offerings are ever before Me.
Psalms 50:16 To the wicked, however, God says, “What right have you to recite My statutes and to bear My covenant on your lips?
Psalms 51:19 Then You will delight in righteous sacrifices, in whole burnt offerings; then bulls will be offered on Your altar.
Psalms 52:6 The righteous will see and fear; they will mock the evildoer, saying,
Psalms 53:2 God looks down from heaven upon the sons of men to see if any understand, if any seek God.
Psalms 54:3 For strangers rise up against me, and ruthless men seek my life—men with no regard for God. Selah
Psalms 55:3 at the voice of the enemy, at the pressure of the wicked. For they bring down disaster upon me and resent me in their anger.
Psalms 55:4 My heart pounds within me, and the terrors of death assail me.
Psalms 55:10 Day and night they encircle the walls, while malice and trouble lie within.
Psalms 55:12 For it is not an enemy who insults me; that I could endure. It is not a foe who rises against me; from him I could hide.
Psalms 55:15 Let death seize them by surprise; let them go down to Sheol alive, for evil is with them in their homes.
Psalms 55:22 Cast your burden upon the LORD and He will sustain you; He will never let the righteous be shaken.
Psalms 56:5 All day long they twist my words; all their thoughts are on my demise.
Psalms 56:7 In spite of such sin, will they escape? In Your anger, O God, cast down the nations.
Psalms 56:12 Your vows are upon me, O God; I will render thank offerings to You.
Psalms 57:2 I cry out to God Most High, to God who fulfills His purpose for me.
Psalms 57:5 Be exalted, O God, above the heavens; may Your glory cover all the earth.
Psalms 57:11 Be exalted, O God, above the heavens; may Your glory cover all the earth.
Psalms 59:3 See how they lie in wait for me. Fierce men conspire against me for no transgression or sin of my own, O LORD.
Psalms 60:8 Moab is My washbasin; upon Edom I toss My sandal; over Philistia I shout in triumph.”
Psalms 61:6 Increase the days of the king’s life; may his years span many generations.
Psalms 62:3 How long will you threaten a man? Will all of you throw him down like a leaning wall or a tottering fence?
Psalms 62:7 My salvation and my honor rest on God, my strong rock; my refuge is in God.
Psalms 63:6 When I remember You on my bed, I think of You through the watches of the night.
Psalms 63:10 They will fall to the power of the sword; they will become a portion for foxes.
Psalms 64:8 They will be made to stumble, their own tongues turned against them. All who see will shake their heads.
Psalms 66:5 Come and see the works of God; how awesome are His deeds toward mankind.
Psalms 68:29 Because of Your temple at Jerusalem kings will bring You gifts.
Psalms 68:34 Ascribe the power to God, whose majesty is over Israel, whose strength is in the skies.
Psalms 69:7 For I have endured scorn for Your sake, and shame has covered my face.
Psalms 69:9 because zeal for Your house has consumed me, and the insults of those who insult You have fallen on me.
Psalms 69:15 Do not let the floods engulf me or the depths swallow me up; let not the Pit close its mouth over me.