Hebrew word study

עַלʻal — above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last re…

Pronounced “al”

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

Translated in the King James as: 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.

Appears 5,564 times in Scripture

Origin: 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 appears

Genesis — 299×

Genesis 1:2 Genesis 1:7 Genesis 1:15 Genesis 1:17 Genesis 1:20 Genesis 1:26 Genesis 1:28 Genesis 1:29 Genesis 1:30 Genesis 2:5 Genesis 2:16 Genesis 2:21 Genesis 2:24 Genesis 3:14 Genesis 4:14 Genesis 6:1 Genesis 6:7 Genesis 6:12 Genesis 6:17 Genesis 7:3 Genesis 7:4 Genesis 7:6 Genesis 7:8 Genesis 7:10 Genesis 7:12+ 274 more in Genesis

Exodus — 363×

Exodus 1:8 Exodus 1:10 Exodus 1:11 Exodus 1:16 Exodus 2:3 Exodus 2:5 Exodus 2:6 Exodus 2:14 Exodus 2:15 Exodus 3:5 Exodus 3:12 Exodus 3:18 Exodus 3:22 Exodus 4:20 Exodus 5:3 Exodus 5:8 Exodus 5:9 Exodus 5:14 Exodus 5:17 Exodus 5:21 Exodus 6:26 Exodus 7:5 Exodus 7:15 Exodus 7:17 Exodus 7:19+ 338 more in Exodus

Leviticus — 311×

Leviticus 1:4 Leviticus 1:5 Leviticus 1:7 Leviticus 1:8 Leviticus 1:11 Leviticus 1:12 Leviticus 1:15 Leviticus 1:17 Leviticus 2:1 Leviticus 2:2 Leviticus 2:5 Leviticus 2:6 Leviticus 2:13 Leviticus 2:15 Leviticus 2:16 Leviticus 3:2 Leviticus 3:3 Leviticus 3:4 Leviticus 3:5 Leviticus 3:8 Leviticus 3:9 Leviticus 3:10 Leviticus 3:13 Leviticus 3:14 Leviticus 3:15+ 286 more in Leviticus

Numbers — 300×

Numbers 1:18 Numbers 1:50 Numbers 1:52 Numbers 1:53 Numbers 2:2 Numbers 2:5 Numbers 2:12 Numbers 2:17 Numbers 2:20 Numbers 2:27 Numbers 2:34 Numbers 3:4 Numbers 3:16 Numbers 3:26 Numbers 3:29 Numbers 3:35 Numbers 3:39 Numbers 3:46 Numbers 3:49 Numbers 3:51 Numbers 4:6 Numbers 4:7 Numbers 4:8 Numbers 4:10 Numbers 4:11+ 275 more in Numbers

Deuteronomy — 196×

Deuteronomy 1:11 Deuteronomy 1:15 Deuteronomy 2:25 Deuteronomy 2:36 Deuteronomy 3:12 Deuteronomy 3:14 Deuteronomy 4:2 Deuteronomy 4:10 Deuteronomy 4:13 Deuteronomy 4:21 Deuteronomy 4:26 Deuteronomy 4:32 Deuteronomy 4:36 Deuteronomy 4:39 Deuteronomy 4:40 Deuteronomy 4:48 Deuteronomy 5:7 Deuteronomy 5:9 Deuteronomy 5:15 Deuteronomy 5:16 Deuteronomy 5:22 Deuteronomy 6:6 Deuteronomy 6:8 Deuteronomy 6:9 Deuteronomy 6:15+ 171 more in Deuteronomy

Joshua — 79×

Joshua 2:7 Joshua 2:8 Joshua 2:9 Joshua 2:11 Joshua 3:15 Joshua 3:16 Joshua 4:5 Joshua 5:1 Joshua 5:9 Joshua 5:15 Joshua 7:6 Joshua 7:9 Joshua 7:10 Joshua 7:26 Joshua 8:29 Joshua 8:31 Joshua 8:32 Joshua 9:5 Joshua 9:18 Joshua 9:20 Joshua 10:5 Joshua 10:11 Joshua 10:13 Joshua 10:18 Joshua 10:24+ 54 more in Joshua

Judges — 130×

Judges 1:14 Judges 3:10 Judges 3:12 Judges 3:16 Judges 3:19 Judges 3:20 Judges 3:21 Judges 4:15 Judges 4:24 Judges 5:10 Judges 5:17 Judges 5:18 Judges 5:19 Judges 6:2 Judges 6:3 Judges 6:4 Judges 6:7 Judges 6:22 Judges 6:25 Judges 6:26 Judges 6:28 Judges 6:30 Judges 6:31 Judges 6:37 Judges 6:39+ 105 more in Judges

Ruth — 13×

Ruth 1:19 Ruth 2:5 Ruth 2:6 Ruth 2:10 Ruth 2:13 Ruth 3:3 Ruth 3:9 Ruth 3:15 Ruth 4:5 Ruth 4:7 Ruth 4:10+ 2 more in Ruth

1 Samuel — 170×

1 Sam 1:9 1 Sam 1:10 1 Sam 1:11 1 Sam 1:13 1 Sam 1:14 1 Sam 2:1 1 Sam 2:8 1 Sam 2:10 1 Sam 2:11 1 Sam 2:28 1 Sam 4:1 1 Sam 4:12 1 Sam 4:13 1 Sam 4:18 1 Sam 4:19 1 Sam 4:20 1 Sam 5:4 1 Sam 5:5 1 Sam 5:7 1 Sam 6:5 1 Sam 6:7 1 Sam 6:12 1 Sam 6:18 1 Sam 6:20 1 Sam 7:10+ 145 more in 1 Samuel

2 Samuel — 186×

2 Sam 1:2 2 Sam 1:6 2 Sam 1:9 2 Sam 1:10 2 Sam 1:12 2 Sam 1:16 2 Sam 1:17 2 Sam 1:18 2 Sam 1:19 2 Sam 1:21 2 Sam 1:24 2 Sam 1:25 2 Sam 1:26 2 Sam 2:4 2 Sam 2:7 2 Sam 2:9 2 Sam 2:10 2 Sam 2:11 2 Sam 2:13 2 Sam 2:19 2 Sam 2:21 2 Sam 2:24 2 Sam 3:8 2 Sam 3:10 2 Sam 3:17+ 161 more in 2 Samuel

1 Kings — 252×

1 Ki 1:13 1 Ki 1:17 1 Ki 1:20 1 Ki 1:23 1 Ki 1:24 1 Ki 1:27 1 Ki 1:30 1 Ki 1:33 1 Ki 1:34 1 Ki 1:35 1 Ki 1:38 1 Ki 1:44 1 Ki 1:46 1 Ki 1:47 1 Ki 1:48 1 Ki 1:53 1 Ki 2:4 1 Ki 2:11 1 Ki 2:12 1 Ki 2:15 1 Ki 2:18 1 Ki 2:19 1 Ki 2:24 1 Ki 2:26 1 Ki 2:27+ 227 more in 1 Kings

2 Kings — 231×

2 Ki 1:9 2 Ki 1:13 2 Ki 1:18 2 Ki 2:3 2 Ki 2:5 2 Ki 2:7 2 Ki 2:13 2 Ki 2:14 2 Ki 2:15 2 Ki 3:1 2 Ki 3:11 2 Ki 3:15 2 Ki 3:21 2 Ki 3:22 2 Ki 3:27 2 Ki 4:4 2 Ki 4:9 2 Ki 4:20 2 Ki 4:21 2 Ki 4:29 2 Ki 4:31 2 Ki 4:32 2 Ki 4:34 2 Ki 4:35 2 Ki 4:37+ 206 more in 2 Kings

1 Chronicles — 174×

1 Chr 5:10 1 Chr 5:16 1 Chr 5:20 1 Chr 6:31 1 Chr 6:32 1 Chr 6:39 1 Chr 6:44 1 Chr 6:49 1 Chr 7:4 1 Chr 7:29 1 Chr 9:1 1 Chr 9:19 1 Chr 9:20 1 Chr 9:23 1 Chr 9:26 1 Chr 9:27 1 Chr 9:28 1 Chr 9:29 1 Chr 9:31 1 Chr 9:32 1 Chr 9:33 1 Chr 10:3 1 Chr 10:4 1 Chr 10:5 1 Chr 10:13+ 149 more in 1 Chronicles

2 Chronicles — 307×

2 Chr 1:1 2 Chr 1:6 2 Chr 1:9 2 Chr 1:11 2 Chr 1:13 2 Chr 2:2 2 Chr 2:4 2 Chr 2:11 2 Chr 2:16 2 Chr 3:4 2 Chr 3:5 2 Chr 3:7 2 Chr 3:8 2 Chr 3:13 2 Chr 3:14 2 Chr 3:15 2 Chr 3:16 2 Chr 3:17 2 Chr 4:4 2 Chr 4:14 2 Chr 4:19 2 Chr 5:6 2 Chr 5:8 2 Chr 5:9 2 Chr 6:5+ 282 more in 2 Chronicles

Ezra — 48×

Ezra 1:2 Ezra 1:6 Ezra 1:8 Ezra 2:61 Ezra 2:68 Ezra 3:2 Ezra 3:3 Ezra 3:7 Ezra 3:8 Ezra 3:9 Ezra 3:10 Ezra 3:11 Ezra 4:5 Ezra 4:6 Ezra 4:7 Ezra 6:22 Ezra 7:6 Ezra 7:9 Ezra 7:11 Ezra 7:28 Ezra 8:17 Ezra 8:18 Ezra 8:21 Ezra 8:22 Ezra 8:23+ 23 more in Ezra

Nehemiah — 112×

Nehemiah 1:2 Nehemiah 1:6 Nehemiah 2:4 Nehemiah 2:7 Nehemiah 2:8 Nehemiah 2:18 Nehemiah 2:19 Nehemiah 3:2 Nehemiah 3:4 Nehemiah 3:5 Nehemiah 3:7 Nehemiah 3:8 Nehemiah 3:9 Nehemiah 3:10 Nehemiah 3:12 Nehemiah 3:17 Nehemiah 3:19 Nehemiah 3:28 Nehemiah 4:1 Nehemiah 4:5 Nehemiah 4:9 Nehemiah 4:12 Nehemiah 4:14 Nehemiah 4:18 Nehemiah 4:19+ 87 more in Nehemiah

Esther — 74×

Esther 1:2 Esther 1:6 Esther 1:8 Esther 1:15 Esther 1:16 Esther 1:17 Esther 1:19 Esther 2:1 Esther 2:10 Esther 2:20 Esther 2:23 Esther 3:1 Esther 3:9 Esther 3:10 Esther 4:4 Esther 4:5 Esther 4:7 Esther 4:8 Esther 4:16 Esther 4:17 Esther 5:1 Esther 5:4 Esther 5:8 Esther 5:9 Esther 5:11+ 49 more in Esther

Job — 196×

Job 1:6 Job 1:8 Job 1:11 Job 1:14 Job 1:19 Job 2:1 Job 2:11 Job 2:12 Job 3:4 Job 3:5 Job 4:13 Job 4:15 Job 5:10 Job 6:3 Job 6:5 Job 6:16 Job 6:27 Job 6:28 Job 7:1 Job 7:12 Job 7:20 Job 8:6 Job 8:9 Job 8:15 Job 8:16+ 171 more in Job

Psalms — 317×

Psalms 1:3 Psalms 1:5 Psalms 2:2 Psalms 2:6 Psalms 3:1 Psalms 3:6 Psalms 3:8 Psalms 4:4 Psalms 4:6 Psalms 5:11 Psalms 6:1 Psalms 7:1 Psalms 7:7 Psalms 7:8 Psalms 7:10 Psalms 7:16 Psalms 8:1 Psalms 9:19 Psalms 10:3 Psalms 10:13 Psalms 10:14 Psalms 11:2 Psalms 11:6 Psalms 12:1 Psalms 13:2+ 292 more in Psalms

Proverbs — 69×

Proverbs 1:27 Proverbs 2:11 Proverbs 3:3 Proverbs 3:29 Proverbs 4:15 Proverbs 5:8 Proverbs 6:15 Proverbs 6:21 Proverbs 6:22 Proverbs 6:28 Proverbs 7:3 Proverbs 7:14 Proverbs 7:15 Proverbs 8:2 Proverbs 8:27 Proverbs 8:34 Proverbs 9:3 Proverbs 9:14 Proverbs 10:12 Proverbs 13:11 Proverbs 14:14 Proverbs 14:19 Proverbs 16:10 Proverbs 16:20 Proverbs 16:23+ 44 more in Proverbs

Ecclesiastes — 38×

Eccles 1:6 Eccles 1:12 Eccles 1:13 Eccles 1:16 Eccles 2:17 Eccles 2:20 Eccles 3:14 Eccles 3:17 Eccles 3:18 Eccles 5:2 Eccles 5:6 Eccles 5:8 Eccles 6:1 Eccles 7:10 Eccles 7:14 Eccles 8:2 Eccles 8:6 Eccles 8:11 Eccles 8:14 Eccles 8:16 Eccles 9:8 Eccles 9:12 Eccles 9:14 Eccles 10:4 Eccles 10:7+ 13 more in Ecclesiastes

Song of Solomon — 26×

Song 1:3 Song 1:7 Song 1:8 Song 2:4 Song 2:8 Song 2:17 Song 3:1 Song 3:8 Song 4:4 Song 5:4 Song 5:5 Song 5:7 Song 5:12 Song 5:15 Song 7:4 Song 7:5 Song 7:10 Song 7:13 Song 8:5 Song 8:6 Song 8:9 Song 8:14+ 4 more in Song of Solomon

Isaiah — 324×

Isaiah 1:1 Isaiah 1:5 Isaiah 1:14 Isaiah 1:25 Isaiah 2:1 Isaiah 2:12 Isaiah 2:13 Isaiah 2:14 Isaiah 2:15 Isaiah 2:16 Isaiah 4:1 Isaiah 4:5 Isaiah 5:6 Isaiah 5:25 Isaiah 5:30 Isaiah 6:1 Isaiah 6:6 Isaiah 6:7 Isaiah 7:1 Isaiah 7:2 Isaiah 7:5 Isaiah 7:17 Isaiah 8:1 Isaiah 8:7 Isaiah 9:2+ 299 more in Isaiah

Jeremiah — 497×

Jeremiah 1:7 Jeremiah 1:9 Jeremiah 1:10 Jeremiah 1:12 Jeremiah 1:14 Jeremiah 1:15 Jeremiah 1:16 Jeremiah 1:18 Jeremiah 2:5 Jeremiah 2:12 Jeremiah 2:15 Jeremiah 2:20 Jeremiah 2:34 Jeremiah 2:35 Jeremiah 2:37 Jeremiah 3:2 Jeremiah 3:6 Jeremiah 3:8 Jeremiah 3:16 Jeremiah 3:18 Jeremiah 3:21 Jeremiah 4:8 Jeremiah 4:16 Jeremiah 4:17 Jeremiah 4:20+ 472 more in Jeremiah

Lamentations — 38×

Lam 1:2 Lam 1:5 Lam 1:7 Lam 1:8 Lam 1:10 Lam 1:14 Lam 1:15 Lam 1:16 Lam 1:22 Lam 2:10 Lam 2:11 Lam 2:14 Lam 2:15 Lam 2:16 Lam 2:17 Lam 2:19 Lam 3:5 Lam 3:20 Lam 3:21 Lam 3:24 Lam 3:28 Lam 3:39 Lam 3:46 Lam 3:48 Lam 3:54+ 13 more in Lamentations

Ezekiel — 404×

Ezekiel 1:1 Ezekiel 1:3 Ezekiel 1:8 Ezekiel 1:17 Ezekiel 1:19 Ezekiel 1:20 Ezekiel 1:21 Ezekiel 1:22 Ezekiel 1:25 Ezekiel 1:26 Ezekiel 1:28 Ezekiel 2:1 Ezekiel 2:2 Ezekiel 3:14 Ezekiel 3:22 Ezekiel 3:23 Ezekiel 3:24 Ezekiel 4:1 Ezekiel 4:2 Ezekiel 4:3 Ezekiel 4:4 Ezekiel 4:6 Ezekiel 4:7 Ezekiel 4:8 Ezekiel 4:9+ 379 more in Ezekiel

Daniel — 62×

Daniel 1:1 Daniel 1:8 Daniel 1:11 Daniel 1:20 Daniel 2:1 Daniel 8:2 Daniel 8:5 Daniel 8:17 Daniel 8:18 Daniel 8:25 Daniel 8:27 Daniel 9:1 Daniel 9:11 Daniel 9:12 Daniel 9:13 Daniel 9:14 Daniel 9:17 Daniel 9:18 Daniel 9:19 Daniel 9:20 Daniel 9:24 Daniel 9:27 Daniel 10:4 Daniel 10:7 Daniel 10:8+ 37 more in Daniel

Hosea — 44×

Hosea 1:4 Hosea 2:13 Hosea 2:14 Hosea 4:3 Hosea 4:9 Hosea 4:13 Hosea 4:14 Hosea 5:1 Hosea 5:10 Hosea 6:5 Hosea 7:12 Hosea 7:13 Hosea 7:14 Hosea 8:1 Hosea 9:1 Hosea 9:7 Hosea 9:8 Hosea 9:15 Hosea 10:4 Hosea 10:5 Hosea 10:7 Hosea 10:8 Hosea 10:10 Hosea 10:11 Hosea 10:14+ 19 more in Hosea

Joel — 18×

Joel 1:3 Joel 1:5 Joel 1:6 Joel 1:8 Joel 1:11 Joel 2:2 Joel 2:5 Joel 2:13 Joel 2:18 Joel 2:20 Joel 2:28 Joel 2:29 Joel 3:2 Joel 3:4 Joel 3:6+ 3 more in Joel

Amos — 78×

Amos 1:1 Amos 1:3 Amos 1:6 Amos 1:8 Amos 1:9 Amos 1:11 Amos 1:13 Amos 2:1 Amos 2:4 Amos 2:6 Amos 2:7 Amos 2:8 Amos 2:12 Amos 3:1 Amos 3:2 Amos 3:5 Amos 3:9 Amos 3:14 Amos 3:15 Amos 4:2 Amos 4:7 Amos 4:13 Amos 5:1 Amos 5:2 Amos 5:8+ 53 more in Amos

Obadiah — 5×

Obadiah 1:1 Obadiah 1:11 Obadiah 1:14 Obadiah 1:15 Obadiah 1:16

Jonah — 22×

Jonah 1:2 Jonah 1:5 Jonah 1:7 Jonah 1:11 Jonah 1:12 Jonah 1:13 Jonah 1:14 Jonah 2:3 Jonah 2:7 Jonah 3:6 Jonah 3:10 Jonah 4:2 Jonah 4:6 Jonah 4:8 Jonah 4:9 Jonah 4:10 Jonah 4:11+ 5 more in Jonah

Micah — 32×

Micah 1:1 Micah 1:3 Micah 1:8 Micah 1:14 Micah 1:16 Micah 2:1 Micah 2:3 Micah 2:4 Micah 2:9 Micah 3:2 Micah 3:3 Micah 3:5 Micah 3:6 Micah 3:7 Micah 3:11 Micah 4:1 Micah 4:7 Micah 4:11 Micah 5:1 Micah 5:3 Micah 5:5 Micah 5:7 Micah 5:9 Micah 6:13 Micah 7:13+ 7 more in Micah

Nahum — 13×

Nahum 1:11 Nahum 1:13 Nahum 1:14 Nahum 1:15 Nahum 2:1 Nahum 2:7 Nahum 3:5 Nahum 3:6 Nahum 3:10 Nahum 3:12 Nahum 3:18 Nahum 3:19+ 1 more in Nahum

Habakkuk — 18×

Habakkuk 1:4 Habakkuk 1:15 Habakkuk 1:16 Habakkuk 1:17 Habakkuk 2:1 Habakkuk 2:2 Habakkuk 2:6 Habakkuk 2:14 Habakkuk 2:15 Habakkuk 2:16 Habakkuk 2:18 Habakkuk 3:1 Habakkuk 3:8 Habakkuk 3:19+ 4 more in Habakkuk

Zephaniah — 25×

Zeph 1:2 Zeph 1:3 Zeph 1:4 Zeph 1:5 Zeph 1:8 Zeph 1:9 Zeph 1:12 Zeph 1:16 Zeph 2:2 Zeph 2:5 Zeph 2:7 Zeph 2:8 Zeph 2:10 Zeph 2:11 Zeph 2:13 Zeph 2:15 Zeph 3:7 Zeph 3:8 Zeph 3:17+ 6 more in Zephaniah

Haggai — 13×

Haggai 1:5 Haggai 1:7 Haggai 1:10 Haggai 1:11 Haggai 1:12+ 8 more in Haggai

Zechariah — 65×

Zech 1:2 Zech 1:8 Zech 1:15 Zech 1:16 Zech 2:9 Zech 2:12 Zech 3:1 Zech 3:5 Zech 3:9 Zech 4:2 Zech 4:3 Zech 4:11 Zech 4:12 Zech 4:14 Zech 5:3 Zech 5:11 Zech 6:5 Zech 6:13 Zech 7:14 Zech 9:8 Zech 9:9 Zech 9:13 Zech 9:14 Zech 9:15 Zech 9:16+ 40 more in Zechariah

Malachi — 15×

Malachi 1:5 Malachi 1:7 Malachi 2:2 Malachi 2:3 Malachi 2:14 Malachi 2:16 Malachi 3:13 Malachi 3:17 Malachi 4:4 Malachi 4:6+ 5 more in Malachi

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