עַל
ʻal · al
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
Lexicon
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);
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: 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.
Letters
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to see and know › authority, the one who leads
To see and know of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עַל above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
5774 occurrences · 5774 OT · 0 NT · 324 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- beside3 · 10%
- upon2 · 7%
- against2 · 7%
- were above1 · 3%
- above1 · 3%
- and from1 · 3%
- on1 · 3%
- from off1 · 3%
- over1 · 3%
- which is by1 · 3%
- to1 · 3%
- for1 · 3%
- to him concerning1 · 3%
- by1 · 3%
- off1 · 3%
- because1 · 3%
- in that1 · 3%
- with1 · 3%
- him according1 · 3%
- after1 · 3%
- out1 · 3%
- which are upon1 · 3%
- among1 · 3%
- both1 · 3%
- from1 · 3%
Where it is used, by book.
- Genesis306
- Exodus375
- Leviticus329
- Numbers311
- Deuteronomy208
- Joshua85
- Judges132
- Ruth13
- 1 Samuel177
- 2 Samuel197
- 1 Kings268
- 2 Kings242
- 1 Chronicles177
- 2 Chronicles314
- Ezra48
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.