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: (Aramaic) corresponding to H5921 (עַל)
{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: about, against, concerning, for, (there-) fore, from, in, [idiom] more, of, (there-, up-) on, (in-) to, [phrase] why 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
104 occurrences · 104 OT · 0 NT · 29 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- upon17 · 21%
- over11 · 13%
- unto8 · 10%
- against6 · 7%
- concerning5 · 6%
- for4 · 5%
- in4 · 5%
- unto me4 · 5%
- in him3 · 4%
- about3 · 4%
- unto him2 · 2%
- thee2 · 2%
- to us1 · 1%
- therefore1 · 1%
- unto us1 · 1%
- also over1 · 1%
- not to do1 · 1%
- even unto1 · 1%
- unto them1 · 1%
- to1 · 1%
- to us concerning1 · 1%
- thereon1 · 1%
- to thee, and to1 · 1%
- why1 · 1%
- into thy mind upon1 · 1%
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.