Strong's #5921: `al (pronounced al)
properly, the same as 5920 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 (as follow):--above, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, X as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, X both and, by (reason of), X had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of, (from) (off), (up-)on, over, than, through(-out), to, touching, X with.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:
‛al
1) upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against (preposition)
1a) upon, on the ground of, on the basis of, on account of, because of, therefore, on behalf of, for the sake of, for, with, in spite of, notwithstanding, concerning, in the matter of, as regards
1b) above, beyond, over (of excess)
1c) above, over (of elevation or pre-eminence)
1d) upon, to, over to, unto, in addition to, together with, with (of addition)
1e) over (of suspension or extension)
1f) by, adjoining, next, at, over, around (of contiguity or proximity)
1g) down upon, upon, on, from, up upon, up to, towards, over towards, to, against (with verbs of motion)
1h) to (as a dative)
2) because that, because, notwithstanding, although (conjunction)
Part of Speech: see above in Definition
Relation: properly, the same as H5920 used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following)
Usage:
This word is used 5681 times:
Genesis 1:2: "without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God"
Genesis 1:2: "And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters."
Genesis 1:7: "were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament:"
Genesis 1:11: "after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so."
Genesis 1:15: "in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so."
Genesis 1:17: "them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,"
Genesis 1:20: "that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open"
Genesis 1:20: "and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven."
Genesis 1:26: "and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth."
Genesis 1:28: "and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth."
Genesis 1:29: "bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every"
Genesis 1:30: "of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life,"
Genesis 2:5: "God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till"
Genesis 2:16: "And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every"
Genesis 2:21: "God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one"
Genesis 2:24: " Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave"
Genesis 3:14: "cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go,"
Genesis 4:14: "Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth;"
Genesis 6:1: "men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born"
Genesis 6:7: "man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man,"
Genesis 6:12: "had corrupted his way upon the earth."
Genesis 6:17: "a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh,"
Genesis 7:3: "by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all"
Genesis 7:4: "days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty"
Genesis 7:4: "that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth."
Genesis 7:6: "when the flood of waters was upon the earth."
Genesis 7:8: "and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth,"
Genesis 7:10: "that the waters of the flood were upon the earth."
Genesis 7:12: "And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights."
Genesis 7:14: "and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind, and every fowl"
Genesis 7:17: "was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bore up"
Genesis 7:17: "the ark, and it was lifted up above the earth."
Genesis 7:18: "prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon"
Genesis 7:18: "the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters."
Genesis 7:19: "And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high"
Genesis 7:21: "flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast,"
Genesis 7:21: "and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man:"
Genesis 7:23: "living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man,"
Genesis 7:24: "And the waters prevailed upon the earth a hundred and fifty days."
Genesis 8:1: "and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters assuaged;"
Genesis 8:3: "And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end"
Genesis 8:4: "on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat."
Genesis 8:7: "to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth."
Genesis 8:8: "from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground;"
Genesis 8:9: "the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth: then he put forth"
Genesis 8:11: "that the waters were abated from off the earth."
Genesis 8:13: "day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed"
Genesis 8:17: "and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth,"
Genesis 8:17: "that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth."
Genesis 8:19: "fowl, and whatsoever creepeth upon the earth, after their kinds, went forth out of"
