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Lexicon :: Strong's H6381 - pālā'

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פָּלָא
Transliteration
pālā'
Pronunciation
paw-law'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 1768

Strong’s Definitions

פָּלָא pâlâʼ, paw-law'; a primitive root; properly, perhaps to separate, i.e. distinguish (literally or figuratively); by implication, to be (causatively, make) great, difficult, wonderful:—accomplish, (arise...too, be too) hard, hidden, things too high, (be, do, do a, shew) marvelous(-ly, -els, things, work), miracles, perform, separate, make singular, (be, great, make) wonderful(-ers, -ly, things, works), wondrous (things, works, -ly).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 71x

The KJV translates Strong's H6381 in the following manner: (wondrous, marvellous...) work (18x), wonders (9x), marvellous (8x), wonderful (8x), ...things (6x), hard (5x), wondrous (3x), wondrously (2x), marvellously (2x), performing (2x), miscellaneous (8x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 71x
The KJV translates Strong's H6381 in the following manner: (wondrous, marvellous...) work (18x), wonders (9x), marvellous (8x), wonderful (8x), ...things (6x), hard (5x), wondrous (3x), wondrously (2x), marvellously (2x), performing (2x), miscellaneous (8x).

  1. to be marvellous, be wonderful, be surpassing, be extraordinary, separate by distinguishing action

    1. (Niphal)

      1. to be beyond one's power, be difficult to do

      2. to be difficult to understand

      3. to be wonderful, be extraordinary

        1. marvellous (participle)

    2. (Piel) to separate (an offering)

    3. (Hiphil)

      1. to do extraordinary or hard or difficult thing

      2. to make wonderful, do wondrously

    4. (Hithpael) to show oneself wonderful or marvellous

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
פָּלָא pâlâʼ, paw-law'; a primitive root; properly, perhaps to separate, i.e. distinguish (literally or figuratively); by implication, to be (causatively, make) great, difficult, wonderful:—accomplish, (arise...too, be too) hard, hidden, things too high, (be, do, do a, shew) marvelous(-ly, -els, things, work), miracles, perform, separate, make singular, (be, great, make) wonderful(-ers, -ly, things, works), wondrous (things, works, -ly).
STRONGS H6381: Abbreviations
[פָּלָא]71 verb denominative Niph. etc., be surpassing, extraordinary (compare Gerber212); —
Niph. Perfect 3rd person feminine singular נִפְלָאת Psalm 118:23 (Ges§ 44 f); נִפְלְאַ֫תָה 2 Samuel 1:26 (Köi. 610 f., 614 Ges§ 75 oo); 3rd person plural נִפְלְאוּ Proverbs 30:18; Imperfect יִפָּלֵא Deuteronomy 17:8 + 6 times; Participle masculine plural נִפְלָאִים Psalm 139:14; feminine singular נִפְלֵאת Deuteronomy 30:11; plural נִפְלָאוֺת Joshua 3:5 +; suffix נִפְלְאֹתַי Exodus 3:20, etc.; —
†1. be beyond one's power, difficult to do, לעשׂות 2 Samuel 13:2; בְּעֵינֵי פ׳ Zechariah 8:6 (twice in verse); with מן person too difficult for Deuteronomy 30:11, for י׳ Genesis 18:14 (J) Jeremiah 32:17, 27.
†2. be difficult to understand; with מן person too difficult for Psalm 131:1; Proverbs 30:18; Job 42:3, to decide Deuteronomy 17:8. Especially
†3.
a. be extraordinary, wonderful, 2 Samuel 1:26; Psalm 119:18; of God's acts, בְּעֵנֵינוּ נ׳ Psalm 118:23, compare Psalm 139:14.
b. Participle as substantive marvellous things Job 37:14 (acts of God), Daniel 11:36 (presumptuous words); as adverb wondrously Job 37:5; Daniel 8:24.
4. נִפְלָאוֺת = wonderful acts of י׳ in judgment and redemption, Exodus 3:20 (J) Judges 6:13; Jeremiah 21:2; 1 Chronicles 16:9, 24; Psalm 9:2; Psalm 26:7 + 15 times Psalms; also עשׂה נ׳ Exodus 34:10; Joshua 3:5 (J) Job 5:9 = Job 9:10, + 9 times Chronicles, Psalms; הראה נ׳ Micah 7:15; Psalm 78:11.
† Pi. Infinitive construct לְפַלֵּא נֶדֶר make a special votive offering, Leviticus 22:21; Numbers 15:3, 8 (P).
Hiph. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular הִפְלִיא Psalm 31:22; 2 Chronicles 26:15; הִפְלִא Isaiah 28:29; וְהִפְלָא consecutive Deuteronomy 28:59 (Ges§ 75 oo); Imperfect יַפְלִא Leviticus 27:2; Numbers 6:2; Infinitive absolute הַפְלֵא Isaiah 29:14; 2 Chronicles 2:8; construct הַפְלִיא Isaiah 29:14; Joel 2:26; Participle מַפְלִא Judges 13:19; —
1. do a hard or difficult thing: (לִנְדֹּר) נֶדֶר הפ׳ make a hard vow Leviticus 27:2; Numbers 6:2 (compare Pi.).
2. make wonderful, do wondrously: of God, מַכּוֺת הפ׳ make plagues wonderful (exceptional), Deuteronomy 28:59; עֵצָה הפ׳ Isaiah 28:29 make counsel wondrous, Isaiah 29:14 do wonderfully with people, + הַפְלֵא וָפֶלֶא; עשׂה עמכם לה׳ Joel 2:26 dealt with you doing wondrously; חַסְדּוֺ לִי הפ׳ Psalm 31:22; לְהֵעָזֵר הפ׳ 2 Chronicles 26:15 did marvelously in receiving help; of the temple גָּדוֺל וְהַפְלֵא 2 Chronicles 2:8 (KöSynt. § 318 e).
3. of God, מַפְלִא לעשׂות Judges 13:19 working wonders in doing.
† Hithp. Imperfect בִי תִּתְפַּלָּא Job 10:16 thou dost shew thyself marvellous (act inexplicably) against me.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

18:14

Exodus

3:20; 3:20; 34:10

Leviticus

22:21; 27:2; 27:2

Numbers

6:2; 6:2; 15:3; 15:8

Deuteronomy

17:8; 17:8; 28:59; 28:59; 30:11; 30:11

Joshua

3:5; 3:5

Judges

6:13; 13:19; 13:19

2 Samuel

1:26; 1:26; 13:2

1 Chronicles

16:9; 16:24

2 Chronicles

2:8; 2:8; 26:15; 26:15

Job

5:9; 9:10; 10:16; 37:5; 37:14; 42:3

Psalms

9:2; 26:7; 31:22; 31:22; 78:11; 118:23; 118:23; 119:18; 131:1; 139:14; 139:14

Proverbs

30:18; 30:18

Isaiah

28:29; 28:29; 29:14; 29:14; 29:14

Jeremiah

21:2; 32:17; 32:27

Daniel

8:24; 11:36

Joel

2:26; 2:26

Micah

7:15

Zechariah

8:6

H6381

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Strong's Number H6381 matches the Hebrew פָּלָא (pālā'),
which occurs 71 times in 69 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 18:14–Psa 107:31)

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:20 - So I will extend my hand and strike Egypt with all my wonders that I will do among them, and after that he will release you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:10 - He said, "See, I am going to make a covenant before all your people. I will do wonders such as have not been done in all the earth, nor in any nation. All the people among whom you live will see the work of the LORD, for it is a fearful thing that I am doing with you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:21 - If a man presents a peace offering sacrifice to the LORD for a special votive offering or for a freewill offering from the herd or the flock, it must be flawless to be acceptable; it must have no flaw.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:2 - "Speak to the Israelites and tell them, 'When a man makes a special votive offering based on the conversion value of persons to the LORD,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:2 - "Speak to the Israelites, and tell them, 'When either a man or a woman takes a special vow, to take a vow as a Nazirite, to separate himself to the LORD,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:3 - and you make an offering by fire to the LORD from the herd or from the flock (whether a burnt offering or a sacrifice for discharging a vow or as a freewill offering or in your solemn feasts) to create a pleasing aroma to the LORD,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:8 - And when you prepare a young bull as a burnt offering or a sacrifice for discharging a vow or as a peace offering to the LORD,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:8 - If a matter is too difficult for you to judge - bloodshed, legal claim, or assault - matters of controversy in your villages - you must leave there and go up to the place the LORD your God chooses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:59 - then the LORD will increase your punishments and those of your descendants - great and long-lasting afflictions and severe, enduring illnesses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:11 - "This commandment I am giving you today is not too difficult for you, nor is it too remote.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:5 - Joshua told the people, "Ritually consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the LORD will perform miraculous deeds among you."

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:13 - Gideon said to him, "Pardon me, but if the LORD is with us, why has such disaster overtaken us? Where are all his miraculous deeds our ancestors told us about? They said, 'Did the LORD not bring us up from Egypt?' But now the LORD has abandoned us and handed us over to Midian."

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:19 - Manoah took a young goat and a grain offering and offered them on a rock to the LORD. The LORD's messenger did an amazing thing as Manoah and his wife watched.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:26 - I grieve over you, my brother Jonathan! You were very dear to me. Your love was more special to me than the love of women.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:2 - But Amnon became frustrated because he was so lovesick over his sister Tamar. For she was a virgin, and to Amnon it seemed out of the question to do anything to her.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:9 - Sing to him! Make music to him! Tell about all his miraculous deeds!

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:12 - Recall the miraculous deeds he performed, his mighty acts and the judgments he decreed,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 16:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:24 - Tell the nations about his splendor, tell all the nations about his miraculous deeds!

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:9 - to supply me with large quantities of timber, for I am building a great, magnificent temple.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:15 - In Jerusalem he made war machines carefully designed to shoot arrows and large stones from the towers and corners of the walls. He became very famous, for he received tremendous support and became powerful.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:17 - They refused to obey and did not recall your miracles that you had performed among them. Instead, they rebelled and appointed a leader to return to their bondage in Egypt. But you are a God of forgiveness, merciful and compassionate, slow to get angry and unfailing in your loyal love. You did not abandon them,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:9 - He does great and unsearchable things, marvelous things without number;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:10 - he does great and unsearchable things, and wonderful things without number.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:16 - If I lift myself up, you hunt me as a fierce lion, and again you display your power against me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 37:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:5 - God thunders with his voice in marvelous ways; he does great things beyond our understanding.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:14 - "Pay attention to this, Job! Stand still and consider the wonders God works.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:3 - you asked, 'Who is this who darkens counsel without knowledge?' But I have declared without understanding things too wonderful for me to know.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:1 - I will thank the LORD with all my heart! I will tell about all your amazing deeds!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 26:7 - to give you thanks, and to tell about all your amazing deeds.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:21 - The LORD deserves praise for he demonstrated his amazing faithfulness to me when I was besieged by enemies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:5 - O LORD, my God, you have accomplished many things; you have done amazing things and carried out your purposes for us. No one can thwart you! I want to declare them and talk about them, but they are too numerous to recount!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 71:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:17 - O God, you have taught me since I was young, and I am still declaring your amazing deeds.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 72:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:18 - The LORD God, the God of Israel, deserves praise! He alone accomplishes amazing things!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 75:1 - We give thanks to you, O God! We give thanks! You reveal your presence; people tell about your amazing deeds.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:4 - we will not hide from their descendants. We will tell the next generation about the LORD's praiseworthy acts, about his strength and the amazing things he has done.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:11 - They forgot what he had done, the amazing things he had shown them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:32

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:32 - Despite all this, they continued to sin, and did not trust him to do amazing things.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 86:10 - For you are great and do amazing things. You alone are God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 96:3 - Tell the nations about his splendor! Tell all the nations about his amazing deeds!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 98:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 98:1 - Sing to the LORD a new song, for he performs amazing deeds! His right hand and his mighty arm accomplish deliverance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 105:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:2 - Sing to him! Make music to him! Tell about all his miraculous deeds!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:5 - Recall the miraculous deeds he performed, his mighty acts and the judgments he decreed,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 106:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:7 - Our ancestors in Egypt failed to appreciate your miraculous deeds, they failed to remember your many acts of loyal love, and they rebelled at the sea, by the Red Sea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:22 - amazing feats in the land of Ham, mighty acts by the Red Sea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:8 - Let them give thanks to the LORD for his loyal love, and for the amazing things he has done for people!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:15 - Let them give thanks to the LORD for his loyal love, and for the amazing things he has done for people!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:21 - Let them give thanks to the LORD for his loyal love, and for the amazing things he has done for people!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:24 - They witnessed the acts of the LORD, his amazing feats on the deep water.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:31

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:31 - Let them give thanks to the LORD for his loyal love, and for the amazing things he has done for people!

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