פֹּעַל
pôʻal · H6467 · Hebrew · 37 occurrences
Meanings
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deed
An activity performed by a person or deity
ExamplesRuth 2:12 “May the LORD reward your work, and may your wages be full from the LORD, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge.”
2 Samuel 23:20 Then Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done great deeds, killed the two sons of Ariel of Moab. He also went down and killed a lion in the middle of a pit on a snowy day.
1 Chronicles 11:22 Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a warrior of Kabzeel, mighty in deeds, struck and killed the two sons of Ariel of Moab. He also went down and struck and killed a lion inside a pit on a snowy day.
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deeds
A pattern of activities performed by a person or deity, with the primary focus on whether these activities are good or evil
ExamplesDeuteronomy 32:4 “The Rock! His work is perfect, For all His ways are just; A God of faithfulness and without injustice, Righteous and just is He.
Job 34:11 “For He repays a person for his work, And lets things happen in correspondence to a man’s behavior.
Job 36:9 Then He declares to them their work And their wrongdoings, that they have been arrogant.
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work, labor
An activity involving a physical or mental effort in order to achieve a result
ExamplesDeuteronomy 33:11 “LORD, bless his strength, And accept the work of his hands; Smash the hips of those who rise up against him, And those who hate him, so that they do not rise again.”
Job 24:5 “Behold, like wild donkeys in the wilderness They go out scavenging for food in their activity, As bread for their children in the desert.
Psalm 104:23 A person goes out to his work And to his labor until evening.
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work, product
A product that is the result of the work of humans or deities
ExamplesIsaiah 1:31 The strong man will become like flax fiber, And his work a spark. So they shall both burn together And there will be no one to extinguish them.
Isaiah 45:9 “Woe to the one who quarrels with his Maker— A piece of pottery among the other earthenware pottery pieces! Will the clay say to the potter, ‘What are you doing?’ Or the thing you are making say, ‘He has no hands’?
Isaiah 45:11 This is what the LORD says, the Holy One of Israel and his Maker: “Ask Me about the things to come concerning My sons, And you shall commit to Me the work of My hands.
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wages
Payment for work, either with money or in kind; by extension: all that happens in return for one's actions
ExamplesJob 7:2 “As a slave pants for the shade, And as a hired worker who eagerly waits for his wages,
Proverbs 21:6 The acquisition of treasures by a lying tongue Is a fleeting vapor, the pursuit of death.
Jeremiah 22:13 “Woe to him who builds his house without righteousness, And his upstairs rooms without justice, Who uses his neighbor’s services without pay And does not give him his wages,
How it’s used In 7 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
33 occurrences in 14 groups
- הוּhis 11
- ךָyour 6
- הֶםtheir 4
- Other words · 11 groups that occur once or twice (12) 12
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- שִׁירto sing 1
What it doesIt is the subject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- רָאָהto see 1
What is done to itIt is the object
12 occurrences in 10 groups
- Other words · 10 groups that occur once or twice (12) 12
What it is said to bePredicate
7 occurrences in 7 groups
- יָשָׁרupright, right 2
- הֶבֶלvanity, breath 1
- הָדָרmajesty 1
- הוֹדglory 1
- כַּףpalm, hand 1
- אֵפַעworthless 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
12 occurrences in 4 groups
- בin/on/with 10
- כlike/as 8
- לto/for 2
- עַלon, upon, over, against 1
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
2 occurrences in 1 groups
- רַבmany, great 2
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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Near synonyms 3 words
- מַעֲשֶׂה maʻăseh · H4639 · deed, deeds, practices
- Both words denote actions, deeds or works, and overlap in the sense of what is done or produced; they are distinct words that can substitute for each other in many contexts referring to acts, deeds or the products of labor.
- עֲבֹדָה ʻăbôdâh · H5656 · work, labor, service
- Both words denote work, labor and service, as concrete action or output, and can substitute for each other in contexts of work or deed.
- מְלָאכָה mᵉlâʼkâh · H4399 · work, task, craft
- Both words denote work, activity and labor in overlapping senses: מְלָאכָה (mᵉlâʼkâh, H4399) emphasizes the concrete business, occupation or manner of work, while פֹּעַל (pôʻal, H6467) emphasizes the act or deed performed.
In the other Testament 1 word
- ἔργον érgon · G2041 · act, deed, work
- Greek ἔργον (érgon, G2041) serves as the standard LXX rendering of Hebrew פֹּעַל (pôʻal, H6467), both denoting work, deed, or act as a concrete accomplishment or labor; the terms function as direct translation equivalents across the productive/achievement semantic range.
Semantic domains 5 entries
- Happen002002003003
- פֹּעַל denotes a deed or work performed, as of the LORD's work described as perfect in Deuteronomy 32:4.
- Act002002002001
- The word denotes a specific deed or act accomplished, as of the mighty deeds recalled of Benaiah in 2 Samuel 23:20 and 1 Chronicles 11:22.
- Serve002003002023
- This domain's connection to פֹּעַל is not directly illustrated among the sampled citations, though the word's sense of work performed extends to labor rendered in service.
- Artifacts001003001001
- This domain's connection to פֹּעַל is not directly illustrated among the sampled citations, which show the word's sense of an abstract deed or work rather than a crafted object.
- Possess002003002019
- The word also denotes wages or reward, something coming into one's possession as recompense for labor, as when Boaz prays that Ruth's wages from the LORD may be full in Ruth 2:12.
Word family 4 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H6467. poal מֹּ֫עַל37 noun masculinePro 20:11 doing, deed, work (in poetry and late,…
מֹּ֫עַל37 noun masculinePro 20:11 doing, deed, work (in poetry and late, nearly = מַעֲשֶׂה); — ׳פ absolute Hab 1:1; Psa 44:2, construct Deu 33:11 +; suffix מָּעֳלוֺ Deu 32:4 +, מֹּעֲלוֺ Isa 1:31 (Köii.1, 35, 493 Ges§ 93q, see below), Jer 22:13; מָּעָלְכֶם Isa 41:24, etc.; plural מְּעָלִים 2Sa 23:20; 1Ch 11:22; —
1 deed, thing done:
a. of God, מָּעֳלוֺ his work in providence Deu 32:4; Isa 5:12; Job 36:24; in deliverance Psa 44:2 (as accusative of congnate meaning with verb), Psa 77:13 Psa 77:5t.; in judgment Psa 64:10; Psa 95:9, as accusative of congnate meaning with verb Hab 1:5.
b. of false gods Isa 41:24.
c. of men, daily toil Job 24:5; Psa 104:23; specific act Rth 2:12; ׳פ יָדָיו of sacrificing Deu 33:11; plural of achievements 2Sa 23:20 = 1Ch 11:32; action as having moral quality Job 34:11; Pro 20:11; Pro 24:12, Pro 24:29, evil implied Jer 25:14; Jer 50:29; Job 36:9; Psa 28:4, ׳פ כַּמָּיו Psa 9:17; ׳פ חָמָס Isa 59:6; good action Pro 21:8.
2 work, thing made:
a. by hands of God Isa 45:9, Isa 45:11 (of men).
b. by man Isa 1:31 (i.e. probably his idol Ges Checomm. Di and others; > read בַּעֲלוֺ LagSemitic i. 5 StaZAW iii (1888), 12f.).
3 wages of work Jer 22:13; Job 7:2.
4 acquisition of treasures Pro 21:6.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 5 entries
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
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