Word

פָּעַל

pâʻal · H6466 · Hebrew · 57 occurrences

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Meanings

to do, to perform, to make, work

Action by which a person or deity carries out some purposeful activity, in order to create something or cause something to happen

Examples
Exodus 15:17 “You will bring them and plant them in the mountain of Your inheritance, The place, LORD, which You have made as Your dwelling, The sanctuary, Lord, which Your hands have established.
Deuteronomy 32:27 Had I not feared the provocation by the enemy, That their adversaries would misjudge, That they would say, “Our hand is triumphant, And the LORD has not performed all this.”’
Proverbs 10:29 The way of the LORD is a stronghold for the upright, But ruin to the workers of injustice.

How it’s used In 11 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

32 occurrences in 12 groups

Not stated: you (one person) 8
Not stated: he, she or it 5
Not stated: I 4
Not stated: they 3
Not stated (participle) 3
Other words · 7 groups that occur once or twice (9) 9

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

26 occurrences in 17 groups

מָהwhat?, why? 6
עֶוֶלinjustice, wrong, iniquity 4
Other words · 15 groups that occur once or twice (16) 16

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

15 occurrences in 15 groups

Other words · 15 groups that occur once or twice (16) 16

With adverbsAdverbs

3 occurrences in 1 groups

לֹאnot 3

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

25 occurrences in 3 groups

אָוֶןevil 23
רַעevil, bad 1
נִיme 1

Named alongside itApposition

1 occurrences in 1 groups

אִישׁman, person, each 1

What it doesIt is the subject

8 occurrences in 6 groups

יָדַעto know 2
אָמַרto say 2
נָפַלto fall 1
סָתַרto hide, to be hidden 1
פָּרַדto separate, to be separated 1
צוּץto blossom 1

What is done to itIt is the object

5 occurrences in 3 groups

אָמַרto say 3
כָּרַתto cut off, to make (a covenant) 1
שָׂנֵאto hate 1

What is said to be itIt is the predicate

1 occurrences in 1 groups

נֶכֶרmisfortune 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

9 occurrences in 3 groups

לto/for 6
עִםwith 5
מִןfrom 2

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

4 occurrences in 4 groups

מוֹקֵשׁtrap 1
עֶזְרָהhelp 1
קִרְיָהtown 1
רֶגֶשׁcrowd 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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In the other Testament 3 words

ἐργάζομαι ergázomai · G2038 · to work, to labor, to do business: ἐργάζομαι (ergázomai, G2038) ἐργάζομαι emphasizes the process of working/toiling as ongoing activity, while פָּעַל (pâʻal, H6466) פָּעַל focuses on the completed action or deed performed, though both cover 'work/do' in overlapping contexts.
ποιέω poiéō · G4160 · to do, to perform, to practice: Greek ποιέω serves as the standard cross-linguistic equivalent for Hebrew פָּעַל in LXX contexts where both denote general action/doing/making, particularly in moral/ethical contexts (doing evil, working righteousness) where both share the broad semantic range of purposeful activity or production.
πράσσω prássō · G4238 · to do, to carry out, to perform: פָּעַל (pâʻal, H6466) פָּעַל denotes general action/doing with broad application to work, deeds, or committing acts (often evil), while πράσσω (prássō, G4238) πράσσω specifically emphasizes habitual or repeated practice/performance of actions, distinguishing it from single-act verbs.

Semantic domains 2 entries

Exist002002002005: פָּעַל means to make or bring into being, as of the sanctuary the LORD's hands have established and made in Exodus 15:17.
Happen002002003003: The word more generally means to do or accomplish, as of what God has done for Israel declared in Numbers 23:23, what the LORD has performed recalled in Deuteronomy 32:27, and Job's repeated question of what he has done to deserve his suffering in Job 7:20.

Word family 5 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

פָּעַלpâʻal · H6466פֹּעַל pôʻal · H6467 · deed, deeds · 37×פְּעֻלָּה pᵉʻullâh · H6468 · deed, deeds, practices · 14×מִפְעָל miphʻâl · H4659 · deed · 3×

Also from the root פָּעַל

אֶפֶס ʼepheç · H657 · there is not, it is not, without · 44×

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H6466. paal מָּעַל57 verb do, make (in poetry for עָשָׂה) (Late Hebrew מּוֺעֵל workman,…

H6466. paal
מָּעַל57 verb do, make (in poetry for עָשָׂה) (Late Hebrew מּוֺעֵל workman, compare Jewish-Aramaic; Phoenician פעל = Biblical Hebrew (often); Arabic id.; Old Aramaic; פעל; Syriac in derived species and derivatives ); —
Qal Perfect3masculine singular Deu 32:27 +, אֵל פָ֫עַל Num 23:23, Num 23:2masculine singular מָּעַלְתָּ Exo 15:17 +, etc.; Imperfect3masculine singular יִפְעַל Job 22:17 +; 2 masculine singular תִּפְעָלֿ Job 35:6, etc.; Infinitive construct לְפָעְָלָם Job 37:12 (see below); Participle active מֹּעֵל Psa 15:2+, plural construct מֹּעֲלֵי Psa 5:6 +, etc.; —
1 do:
a. of God, with accusative (abstract) Num 23:23; Deu 32:27; Job 33:29, יְשׁוּעוֺת Psa 74:12; + ל person Psa 31:20; Psa 68:29; Isa 26:12; Job 22:17; with accusative of congnate meaning with verb מֹּעַל Psa 44:2; Hab 1:5; accusative omitted Isa 43:13, compare Isa 41:4.
b. of men, with accusative Psa 11:3; Job 11:8, + ל person (God) Job 7:20, + ב person (God) Job 35:6; especially of doing evil, שָׁ֑קֶר Hos 7:1, עָוֶל Job 34:32, עַוְלָה Job 36:23; Psa 58:3; Psa 119:3, אָוֶן Pro 30:20, especially אָוֶן מֹּעֲלֵי Hos 6:8; Isa 31:2; Job 31:3; Job 34:8, Job 34:22; Psa 5:6 15t. in Psalms, Pro 10:29; Pro 21:15, רָע מֹּעֲלֵי Mic 2:1; rarely of doing right, with accusative מִשְׁמָּטוֺ Zep 2:3, צֶדֶק Psa 15:2.
c. of clouds, with accusative Job 37:12 (disregarding ֑֯).
2 make;
a. of God, with accusative concrete Exo 15:17; + ל of thing Pro 16:4, ל of 2nd object Psa 7:16; מֹּעֲלִי Job 36:3 my Maker.
b. of man, with accusative concrete Isa 44:12, Isa 44:15; accusative omitted Isa 44:12; Psa 7:16. — Isa 1:31 see מֹּעַל.

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Exist57 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0