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upon

Meaning of “upon”

1. Marks the person, place, thing, or basis to which something is related: on or onto; above or over; toward or against as the target of action, speech, thought, attention, or force; resting on, assigned to, or affecting as a state, gift, burden, duty, guilt, or judgment; supported by or based on; or one placed, added, or repeated on or after another. 2. With a stated time or occasion, or a preceding event, at that time or point, or at or after that event: on, at, when, then, or following it.

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First occurrence: Genesis 1:2

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Job 30:22
Thou liftest me up to the wind; thou causest me to ride upon it, and dissolvest my substance.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 30:22 · retained source text

Thou liftest me vp to the wind: thou causest me to ride vpon it, and dissoluest my substance.

1611 marginal noteOr, wisedome.

Job 30:30
My skin is black upon me, and my bones are burned with heat.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 30:30 · retained source text

My skinne is blacke vpon mee, and my bones are burnt with heat.

Job 31:10
Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 31:10 · retained source text

Then let my wife grind vnto another, and let others bow downe vpon her.

Job 31:36
Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 31:36 · retained source text

Surely I would take it vpon my shoulder, and bind it as a crowne to me.

Job 33:7
Behold, my terror shall not make thee afraid, neither shall my hand be heavy upon thee.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 33:7 · retained source text

Behold, my terrour shall not make thee afraid, neither shall my hand be heauie vpon thee.

Job 33:15
In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed;
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 33:15 · retained source text

In a dreame, in a vision of the night, when deepe sleepe falleth vpon men, in slumbrings vpon the bed:

Job 33:19
He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and the multitude of his bones with strong pain:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 33:19 · retained source text

Hee is chastened also with paine vpon his bed, and the multitude of his bones with strong paine.

Job 33:27
He looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 33:27 · retained source text

He looketh vpon men, and if any say, I haue sinned, and peruerted that which was right, and it profited mee not:

1611 marginal noteOr, he shall looke vpon men, and say, I haue sinned, &c.

Job 34:14
If he set his heart upon man, if he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 34:14 · retained source text

If he set his heart vpon man, if he gather vnto himselfe his spirit and his breath;

1611 marginal noteHebr. vpon him.

1611 marginal notePsal. 104.19.

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Where “upon” appears

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Genesis141 occurrences
121 verses
Exodus217 occurrences
159 verses
Leviticus202 occurrences
158 verses
Numbers94 occurrences
83 verses
Deuteronomy104 occurrences
87 verses
Joshua37 occurrences
31 verses
Judges62 occurrences
57 verses
Ruth4 occurrences
4 verses
1 Samuel78 occurrences
68 verses
2 Samuel52 occurrences
44 verses
1 Kings92 occurrences
74 verses
2 Kings58 occurrences
44 verses
1 Chronicles28 occurrences
27 verses
2 Chronicles79 occurrences
69 verses
Ezra16 occurrences
14 verses
Nehemiah27 occurrences
24 verses
Esther24 occurrences
18 verses
Job103 occurrences
93 verses
Psalms194 occurrences
175 verses
Proverbs30 occurrences
28 verses
Ecclesiastes11 occurrences
10 verses
Song of Solomon16 occurrences
13 verses
Isaiah166 occurrences
123 verses
Jeremiah185 occurrences
144 verses
Lamentations13 occurrences
12 verses
Ezekiel249 occurrences
203 verses
Daniel44 occurrences
40 verses
Hosea22 occurrences
21 verses
Joel10 occurrences
8 verses
Amos28 occurrences
24 verses
Obadiah5 occurrences
4 verses
Jonah9 occurrences
7 verses
Micah11 occurrences
10 verses
Nahum8 occurrences
8 verses
Habakkuk7 occurrences
6 verses
Zephaniah9 occurrences
6 verses
Haggai11 occurrences
3 verses
Zechariah35 occurrences
26 verses
Malachi4 occurrences
4 verses
Matthew32 occurrences
30 verses
Mark22 occurrences
22 verses
Luke42 occurrences
41 verses
John11 occurrences
11 verses
Acts38 occurrences
36 verses
Romans14 occurrences
12 verses
1 Corinthians9 occurrences
8 verses
2 Corinthians9 occurrences
9 verses
Galatians2 occurrences
2 verses
Ephesians3 occurrences
3 verses
Philippians4 occurrences
4 verses
Colossians1 occurrence
1 verse
1 Thessalonians3 occurrences
2 verses
1 Timothy1 occurrence
1 verse
Hebrews4 occurrences
4 verses
James3 occurrences
3 verses
1 Peter2 occurrences
2 verses
2 Peter2 occurrences
2 verses
1 John2 occurrences
2 verses
Jude1 occurrence
1 verse
Revelation57 occurrences
46 verses

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