אֶל el

Hebrew word for “to(wards)” · Strong’s H413 · used 5,514 times in 4,206 verses

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Meaning

1) to, toward, unto (of motion);

How it is translated

Glosses given for el in context, with how often each is used:

• to 3,280
• me 431
• him 386
• into 308
• you 301
• them 296
• against 176
• her 64
• concerning 64
• us 37
• it 27
• because 19

Where it is used

Also in 26 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Ezekiel 40 (26), Genesis 24 (24), 1 Kings 8 (23), 2 Kings 4 (23), Jeremiah 38 (22), Numbers 16 (21), Numbers 22 (21), 1 Kings 20 (21), 1 Samuel 17 (20), Ezekiel 20 (20)

Forms

• אל 3,544
• אלי 450
• אליו 431
• ואל 334
• אליך 253
• אליהם 165
• אלהם 129
• אליה 79
• אליכם 64
• אלינו 41

Words used with it

Words that share verses with el more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• דָבַר davar “to speak” 567
• דָּבָר davar “word” 485
• מֹשֶׁה mosheh “Moses” 379
• הָלַךְ halakh “to go” 438
• שָׁלַח shalach “to send” 365
• זֶה zeh “this” 359
• שָׁמַע shama “to hear” 353
• שׁוּב shuv “to return” 328
• אַתָּה attah “you(m.s.)” 309
• רָאָה raah “to see” 323
• יָצָא yatsa “to come out” 289
• דָּוִד david “David” 271

Key verses

The verses using el that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Genesis 15:1 — After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.
• Genesis 17:1 — And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.
• Psalms 22:27 — All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.
• Isaiah 2:2 — And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the LORD’s house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above…
• Isaiah 55:3 — Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.
• Isaiah 55:7 — Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he…
• Jeremiah 16:19 — O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say,…
• Jeremiah 25:9 — Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the LORD, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against…
• Ezekiel 33:31 — And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth…
• Zechariah 12:10 — And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they…
• Malachi 3:1 — Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of…
• Malachi 3:5 — And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.