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:
Nehemiah 13:22: "me, O my God, concerning this also, and spare me according to the greatness of thy mercy."
Nehemiah 13:26: "king of Israel sin by these things? yet among many nations was"
Nehemiah 13:26: "and God made him king over all Israel: nevertheless even him did outlandish"
Nehemiah 13:28: "was son in law to Sanballat the Horonite: therefore I chased him from"
Nehemiah 13:29: "Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites."
Esther 1:2: "when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan"
Esther 1:6: "with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble:"
Esther 1:6: "the beds were of gold and silver, upon a pavement of red, and blue, and white,"
Esther 1:8: "so the king had appointed to all the officers of his house, that they should do"
Esther 1:15: "unto the queen Vashti according to law, because she hath not performed"
Esther 1:16: "the queen hath not done wrong to the king only, but also to"
Esther 1:16: "the king only, but also to all the princes, and to all"
Esther 1:16: "also to all the princes, and to all the people that are in all"
Esther 1:17: "this deed of the queen shall come abroad unto all women, so that they shall despise their husbands"
Esther 1:19: "If it please the king, let there go a royal commandment from"
Esther 2:1: "she had done, and what was decreed against"
Esther 2:10: "for Mordecai had charged her that she should not show"
Esther 2:20: "as Mordecai had charged her: for Esther did the commandment of Mordecai,"
Esther 2:23: "it was found out; therefore they were both hanged on a tree: and it was written in the book of the chronicles"
Esther 3:1: "him, and set his seat above all the princes that"
Esther 3:9: "If it please the king, let it be written that they may be destroyed: and I will pay ten"
Esther 3:9: "ten thousand talents of silver to the hands of those that have the charge of the business,"
Esther 3:10: "took his ring from his hand, and gave it unto Haman"
Esther 3:12: "lieutenants, and to the governors that were over every province, and to"
Esther 4:4: "Mordecai, and to take away his sackcloth from him: but he received it not."
Esther 4:5: "whom he had appointed to attend upon her, and gave him a commandment to Mordecai, to know what"
Esther 4:5: "Mordecai, to know what it was, and why it"
Esther 4:7: "Haman had promised to pay to the king's treasuries for the Jews, to destroy"
Esther 4:8: "Esther, and to declare it unto her, and to charge her that she should go in unto the king, to make supplication"
Esther 4:8: "to make supplication unto him, and to make request before him for her people."
Esther 4:16: "that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink"
Esther 4:17: "that Esther had commanded him."
Esther 5:1: "house: and the king sat upon his royal throne in the royal house,"
Esther 5:4: "answered, If it seem good unto the king, let the king and Haman come"
Esther 5:8: "in the sight of the king, and if it please the king to grant"
Esther 5:9: "for him, he was full of indignation against Mordecai."
Esther 5:11: "had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king."
Esther 5:14: "that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go thou in merrily with the king"
Esther 6:2: "that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king's"
Esther 6:3: "and dignity hath been done to Mordecai for this? Then said the king's servants"
Esther 6:4: "to hang Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared"
Esther 6:8: "that the king rideth upon, and the crown royal which is set"
Esther 6:9: "And let this apparel and horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king's most noble"
Esther 6:9: "the king delighteth to honor, and bring him on horseback through the street of the city,"
Esther 7:3: "in thy sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given"
Esther 7:7: "garden: and Haman stood up to make request for his life to Esther"
Esther 7:8: "the place of the banquet of wine; and Haman was fallen upon the bed whereon"
Esther 7:8: "of wine; and Haman was fallen upon the bed whereon Esther"
Esther 7:9: "who had spoken good for the king, standeth in the house of Haman."
Esther 7:9: "Then the king said, Hang him thereon."
