Upon/to/against

Usually translated “upon”, “on” and “to”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

• upon 255
• on 203
• to 75
• in 61
• at 57
• over 57
• against 38
• for 37

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

• Acts 153
• Luke 142
• Matthew 110
• Revelation 109
• Mark 72
• John 34

26 books in all.

• 2 Thessalonians 2:1In contextNow we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him,
• 2 Thessalonians 2:4In contextWho opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.
• 2 Thessalonians 3:4In contextAnd we have confidence in the Lord touching you, that ye both do and will do the things which we command you.
• 1 Timothy 1:16In contextHowbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all longsuffering, for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting.
• 1 Timothy 1:18In contextThis charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy, according to the prophecies which went before on thee, that thou by them mightest war a good warfare;
• 1 Timothy 4:10In contextFor therefore we both labour and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, specially of those that believe.

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

How the English word “on” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.