Hebrew Lexicon Strong's Concordance Definition

Strong's H5921: עַל (ʻal) Definition

Strong's number
H5921
Lemma
עַל
Transliteration
ʻal
Pronunciation
al
Strong's definition
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications 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. 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);

4479 instances of the word עַל ʻal (H5921)


  • Genesis 41:17 - said And Pharaoh unto Joseph In my dream behold I stood upon the bank of the river

  • Genesis 41:32 - was doubled And for that the dream unto Pharaoh twice is established it is because the thing by God will shortly God bring it to pass

  • Genesis 41:33 - look out Now therefore let Pharaoh a man discreet and wise and set him over the land of Egypt

  • Genesis 41:34 - do Let Pharaoh this and let him appoint officers of the land and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven years plenteous

  • Genesis 41:40 - Thou shalt be over my house and according unto thy word be ruled shall all my people only in the throne will I be greater

  • Genesis 41:41 - said And Pharaoh unto Joseph See I have set thee over all the land of Egypt

  • Genesis 41:42 - took off And Pharaoh his ring from his hand and put from his hand it upon Joseph's and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen and put chain a gold about his neck

  • Genesis 41:43 - And he made him to ride chariot in the second which he had and they cried before him Bow the knee and he made him ruler over all the land of Egypt

  • Genesis 41:45 - called And Pharaoh name And Joseph Zaphnathpaaneah and he gave Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On him to wife went out And Joseph over all the land of Egypt

  • Genesis 41:56 - And the famine was over all the face in the land opened And Joseph all the storehouses and sold waxed sore And the famine in the land of Egypt

  • Genesis 42:6 - And Joseph was the governor of the land and he it was that sold to all the people of the land came brethren And Joseph and bowed down themselves before him with their faces of the land

  • Genesis 42:21 - And they said one concerning our brother We are verily guilty concerning our brother in that we saw the anguish of his soul when he besought us and we would not hear come the anguish

  • Genesis 42:24 - And he turned himself about from them and wept and returned to them again and communed with them and took from them Simeon and bound him before their eyes

  • Genesis 42:26 - And they laded with the corn their asses

  • Genesis 42:36 - said And Jacob their father unto them Me have ye bereaved of my children Joseph is not and Simeon Benjamin is not and ye will take

  • Genesis 42:37 - saying And Reuben unto his father saying my two sons Slay if I bring him not to thee deliver him into my hand and I will bring him to thee again

  • Genesis 43:7 - And they said asked asked The man of our state and of our kindred And they said Is your father yet alive have ye another brother and we told him according to the tenor of these words could we certainly could we certainly And they said Bring another brother

  • Genesis 43:16 - saw And when Joseph with Benjamin them he said home Bring for these men home and slay and make ready with shall dine for these men with me at noon

  • Genesis 43:18 - were afraid are we brought in house into Joseph's and they said Because of the money that was returned in our sacks at the first time are we brought in that he may seek occasion against us and fall upon us and take us for bondmen and our asses

  • Genesis 43:19 - And they came near to the steward house of Joseph's and they communed with him at the door house