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Strong's #6467 - פֹּעַל
- Brown-Driver-Briggs
- Strong
- work, deed, doing
- deed, thing done
- work, thing made
- wages of work
- acquisition (of treasure)
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2622) lop (פאהל PAhL) AC: Make CO: Work AB: ?: [from: lo- work]
V) lop (פאהל PAhL) - Make: KJV (56): (vf: Paal) work, worker, do, make, commit, doer, maker, ordain - Strongs: H6466 (פָּעַל)
df1) elfop (פאהולה PAhWLH) - I. Wages:What one is given for his work. II. Work:KJV (14): work, labour, reward, wage - Strongs: H6468 (פְּעֻלָּה)
gm) lofp (פואהל PWAhL) - Work: What is made. KJV (38): work, act, deed, do, getting, maker - Strongs: H6467 (פֹּעַל)
hm) lopm (מפאהל MPAhL) - Work: KJV (1): works - Strongs: H4659 (מִפְעָל)
hf1) elopm (מפאהלה MPAhLH) - Work: KJV (3): works - Strongs: H4659 (מִפְעָל)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
1 deed, thing done:
a. of God, מָּעֳלוֺ his work in providence Deuteronomy 32:4; Isaiah 5:12; Job 36:24; in deliverance Psalm 44:2 (as accusative of congnate meaning with verb), Psalm 77:13 5t.; in judgment Psalm 64:10; Psalm 95:9, as accusative of congnate meaning with verb Habakkuk 1:5.
b. of false gods Isaiah 41:24.
c. of men, daily toil Job 24:5; Psalm 104:23; specific act Ruth 2:12; יָדָיו׳פ of sacrificing Deuteronomy 33:11; plural of achievements 2 Samuel 23:20 = 1 Chronicles 11:32; action as having moral quality Job 34:11; Proverbs 20:11; Proverbs 24:12,29, evil implied Jeremiah 25:14; Jeremiah 50:29; Job 36:9; Psalm 28:4, כַּמָּיו׳פ Psalm 9:17; חָמָס׳פ Isaiah 59:6; good action Proverbs 21:8.
2 work, thing made:
a. by hands of God Isaiah 45:9,11 (of men).
b. by man Isaiah 1:31 (i.e. probably his idol Ges Che comm. Di and others; > read בַּעֲלוֺ Lag Semitic i. 5 Sta ZAW iii (1888), 12f.).
3 wages of work Jeremiah 22:13; Job 7:2.
4 acquisition of treasures Proverbs 21:6.
פֹּעַל with suff. פָּעֳלוֹ, פָּעָלְךָ (poölcha) more rarely פֹּעֲלוֹ Isaiah 1:31; Jeremiah 22:13 plur. פְּעָלִים 1 Chronicles 11:22, i.q. מַעֲשֶׂה; but (with few exceptions) only in poetry.
(1) a deed, act (That); as of men, Psalms 28:4; Proverbs 24:12, 29 Proverbs 24:29 of God, Psalms 64:10 specially an illustrious deed, 2 Samuel 23:20 an evil deed, Job 36:9 (Arab. فَعَلَةُ id.).
(2) a work (Werk), which any one produces. פֹּעַל יָדַי the work of my hands (i.e. Israel), Isaiah 45:11. Specially used of divine punishments, Isaiah 5:12; Habakkuk 1:5, 3:2 (compare מַעֲשֶׂה No. 3, a); need of the divine aid, Psalms 90:16.
(3) that which is produced by labour, Proverbs 21:6 wages, Job 7:2; Jeremiah 22:13. Compare פְּעֻלָּה No. 2.