Strong's Definition
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
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);
KJV Usage: 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.
TWOT Reference: 1624p
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
עַל (al) — upon. prep 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 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)
[כִּי] עַל [כֵּן] ([ki] al [ken]) — as. conj forasmuch as, because that, because, notwithstanding, although
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
כִּי עַל כֵּן forasmuch as base
עַל, עָ֑ל subst. height
As prep. upon, and hence 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 Upon, of the substratum upon which an object in any way rests, or on which an action is performed — of clothing, etc., which any one wears
With verbs of covering or protecting, even though the cover or veil be not over or above the thing covered, but around or before it
Of what rests heavily upon a person, or is a burden to him
Of a duty, payment, care, etc., imposed upon a person, or devolving on him
על is used idiom. to give pathos to the expression of an emotion, by emphasizing the person who is its subject, and who, as it were, feels it acting upon him
חָיָה עַל to live upon (as upon a foundation or support)
Of the ground or basis, on which a thing is done
It expresses excess
It denotes elevation or pre-eminence
It expresses addition
It expresses the idea of being extended, or suspended over anything, without however being in contact with it, above, over
From the sense of inclining or impending over, על comes to denote contiguity or proximity, Engl. by (or sts. on)
In connection with verbs of motion (actual or fig.)
By writers of the silver age, על is sts. used with the force of a dative
With other particles:
As conj. עַל אֲשֶׁר because that
עַל כִּי similar in meaning, but less frequent
עַל alone: because
notwithstanding that, although
Compounds: with כְּ (rare and late) as concerning, as upon
the like of their deeds is the like of (that which) he will repay
מֵעַל from upon, from over, from by
base
