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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 BoxGen 18:14 - Is anything too hard[fn] for the LORD? At the appointed time I will return to you, about this time next year, and Sarah shall have a son.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 3:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:20 - So I will stretch out my hand and strike Egypt with all the wonders that I will do in it; after that he will let you go.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:10 - And he said, “Behold, I am making a covenant. Before all your people I will do marvels, such as have not been created in all the earth or in any nation. And all the people among whom you are shall see the work of the LORD, for it is an awesome thing that I will do with you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 22:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:21 - And when anyone offers a sacrifice of peace offerings to the LORD to fulfill a vow or as a freewill offering from the herd or from the flock, to be accepted it must be perfect; there shall be no blemish in it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:2 - “Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, If anyone makes a special vow to the LORD involving the valuation of persons,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:2 - “Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, When either a man or a woman makes a special vow, the vow of a Nazirite,[fn] to separate himself to the LORD,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:3 - and you offer to the LORD from the herd or from the flock a food offering[fn] or a burnt offering or a sacrifice, to fulfill a vow or as a freewill offering or at your appointed feasts, to make a pleasing aroma to the LORD,

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 17:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:8 - “If any case arises requiring decision between one kind of homicide and another, one kind of legal right and another, or one kind of assault and another, any case within your towns that is too difficult for you, then you shall arise and go up to the place that the LORD your God will choose.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:59

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:59 - then the LORD will bring on you and your offspring extraordinary afflictions, afflictions severe and lasting, and sicknesses grievous and lasting.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 30:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:11 - “For this commandment that I command you today is not too hard for you, neither is it far off.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:5 - Then Joshua said to the people, “Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the LORD will do wonders among you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 6:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:13 - And Gideon said to him, “Please, my lord, if the LORD is with us, why then has all this happened to us? And where are all his wonderful deeds that our fathers recounted to us, saying, ‘Did not the LORD bring us up from Egypt?’ But now the LORD has forsaken us and given us into the hand of Midian.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:19 - So Manoah took the young goat with the grain offering, and offered it on the rock to the LORD, to the one who works[fn] wonders, and Manoah and his wife were watching.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 1:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:26 - I am distressed for you, my brother Jonathan;
very pleasant have you been to me;
your love to me was extraordinary,
surpassing the love of women.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:2 - And Amnon was so tormented that he made himself ill because of his sister Tamar, for she was a virgin, and it seemed impossible to Amnon to do anything to her.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 16:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:9 - Sing to him, sing praises to him;
tell of all his wondrous works!

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 16:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:12 - Remember the wondrous works that he has done,
his miracles and the judgments he uttered,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 16:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:24 - Declare his glory among the nations,
his marvelous works among all the peoples!

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 2:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:9 - to prepare timber for me in abundance, for the house I am to build will be great and wonderful.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 26:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:15 - In Jerusalem he made machines, invented by skillful men, to be on the towers and the corners, to shoot arrows and great stones. And his fame spread far, for he was marvelously helped, till he was strong.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 9:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:17 - They refused to obey and were not mindful of the wonders that you performed among them, but they stiffened their neck and appointed a leader to return to their slavery in Egypt.[fn] But you are a God ready to forgive, gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, and did not forsake them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 5:9

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 9:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:10 - who does great things beyond searching out,
and marvelous things beyond number.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 10:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:16 - And were my head lifted up,[fn] you would hunt me like a lion
and again work wonders against me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 37:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:5 - God thunders wondrously with his voice;
he does great things that we cannot comprehend.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 37:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:14 - “Hear this, O Job;
stop and consider the wondrous works of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 42:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:3 - ‘Who is this that hides counsel without knowledge?’
Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand,
things too wonderful for me, which I did not know.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:1 - [fn] To the choirmaster: according to Muth-labben.[fn] A Psalm of David.
I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart;
I will recount all of your wonderful deeds.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 26:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 26:7 - proclaiming thanksgiving aloud,
and telling all your wondrous deeds.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 31:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:21 - Blessed be the LORD,
for he has wondrously shown his steadfast love to me
when I was in a besieged city.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 40:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:5 - You have multiplied, O LORD my God,
your wondrous deeds and your thoughts toward us;
none can compare with you!
I will proclaim and tell of them,
yet they are more than can be told.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 71:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:17 - O God, from my youth you have taught me,
and I still proclaim your wondrous deeds.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 72:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:18 - Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel,
who alone does wondrous things.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 75:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 75:1 - To the choirmaster: according to Do Not Destroy. A Psalm of Asaph. A Song.
We give thanks to you, O God;
we give thanks, for your name is near.
We[fn] recount your wondrous deeds.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:4 - We will not hide them from their children,
but tell to the coming generation
the glorious deeds of the LORD, and his might,
and the wonders that he has done.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:11 - They forgot his works
and the wonders that he had shown them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:32

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:32 - In spite of all this, they still sinned;
despite his wonders, they did not believe.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 86:10

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 96:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 96:3 - Declare his glory among the nations,
his marvelous works among all the peoples!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 98:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 98:1 - A Psalm.
Oh sing to the LORD a new song,
for he has done marvelous things!
His right hand and his holy arm
have worked salvation for him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 105:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:2 - Sing to him, sing praises to him;
tell of all his wondrous works!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 105:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:5 - Remember the wondrous works that he has done,
his miracles, and the judgments he uttered,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 106:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:7 - Our fathers, when they were in Egypt,
did not consider your wondrous works;
they did not remember the abundance of your steadfast love,
but rebelled by the sea, at the Red Sea.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 106:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:22 - wondrous works in the land of Ham,
and awesome deeds by the Red Sea.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:8 - Let them thank the LORD for his steadfast love,
for his wondrous works to the children of man!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:15 - Let them thank the LORD for his steadfast love,
for his wondrous works to the children of man!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:21 - Let them thank the LORD for his steadfast love,
for his wondrous works to the children of man!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:24 - they saw the deeds of the LORD,
his wondrous works in the deep.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:31

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:31 - Let them thank the LORD for his steadfast love,
for his wondrous works to the children of man!

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