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Lexicon :: Strong's H6381 - pālā'

Aa
פָּלָא
Transliteration
pālā'
Pronunciation
paw-law'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

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 there any wonder which the Lord is not able to do? At the time I said, in the spring, I will come back to you, and Sarah will have a child.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:20 - But I will put out my hand and overcome Egypt with all the wonders which I will do among them: and after that he will let you go.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:10 - And the Lord said, See, this is what I will undertake: before the eyes of your people I will do wonders, such as have not been done in all the earth or in any nation: and all your people will see the work of the Lord, for what I am about to do for you is greatly to be feared.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:21 - And whoever makes a peace-offering to the Lord, in payment of an oath or as a free offering, from the herd or the flock, if it is to be pleasing to the Lord, let it be free from any mark or damage.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:2 - Say to the children of Israel, If a man makes a special oath, you will give your decision as to the value of the persons for the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:2 - Say to the children of Israel, If a man or a woman takes an oath to keep himself separate and give himself to the Lord;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:3 - And are going to make an offering by fire to the Lord, a burned offering or an offering in connection with an oath, or an offering freely given, or at your regular feasts, an offering for a sweet smell to the Lord, from the herd or the flock:

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:8 - And when you make ready a young ox for a burned or other offering, or for the effecting of an oath, or for peace-offerings to the Lord:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:8 - If you are not able to give a decision as to who is responsible for a death, or who is right in a cause, or who gave the first blow in a fight, and there is a division of opinion about it in your town: then go to the place marked out by the Lord your God;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:59

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:59 - Then the Lord your God will make your punishment, and the punishment of your seed, a thing to be wondered at; great punishments and cruel diseases stretching on through long years.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:11 - For these orders which I have given you today are not strange and secret, and are not far away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:5 - And Joshua said to the people, Make yourselves holy, for tomorrow the Lord will do works of wonder among you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:13 - Then Gideon said to him, O my lord, if the Lord is with us why has all this come on us? And where are all his works of power, of which our fathers have given us word, saying, Did not the Lord take us out of Egypt? But now he has given us up, handing us over to the power of Midian.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:19 - So Manoah took the young goat with its meal offering, offering it on the rock to the Lord, who did strange things.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:26 - I am full of grief for you, my brother Jonathan: very dear have you been to me: your love for me was a wonder, greater than the love of women.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:2 - And he was so deeply in love that he became ill because of his sister Tamar; for she was a virgin, and so it seemed hard to Amnon to do anything to her.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:9 - Let your voice be sounded in songs and melody; let all your thoughts be of the wonder of his works.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:12 - Keep in mind the great works which he has done; his wonders, and the decisions of his mouth;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:24 - Make clear his glory to the nations, and his wonders to all the peoples.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:9 - To get trees for me in great numbers, for the house which I am building is to be great and a wonder.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:15 - And in Jerusalem he made machines, the invention of expert men, to be placed on the towers and angles of the walls for sending arrows and great stones. And his name was honoured far and wide; for he was greatly helped till he was strong.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:17 - And would not do them, and gave no thought to the wonders you had done among them; but made their necks stiff, and turning away from you, made a captain over themselves to take them back to their prison in Egypt: but you are a God of forgiveness, full of grace and pity, slow to wrath and great in mercy, and you did not give them up.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:9 - Who does great things outside our knowledge, wonders without number:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:10 - Who does great things not to be searched out; yes, wonders without number.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:16 - And that if there was cause for pride, you would go after me like a lion; and again put out your wonders against me:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:5 - He does wonders, more than may be searched out; great things of which we have no knowledge;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:14 - Give ear to this, O Job, and keep quiet in your place; and take note of the wonders worked by God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:3 - Who is this who makes dark the purpose of God by words without knowledge? For I have been talking without knowledge about wonders not to be searched out.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:1 - <To the chief music-maker on Muthlabben. A Psalm. Of David.> I will give you praise, O Lord, with all my heart; I will make clear all the wonder of your works.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 26:7 - That I may give out the voice of praise, and make public all the wonders which you have done.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:21 - May the Lord be praised, because he has made clear to me the wonder of his grace in a strong town.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:5 - O Lord my God, great are the wonders which you have done in your thought for us; it is not possible to put them out in order before you; when I would give an account of them, their number is greater than I may say.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:17 - O God, you have been my teacher from the time when I was young; and I have been talking of your works of wonder even till now.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:18 - Praise be to the Lord God, the God of Israel, the only doer of wonders.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 75:1 - <To the chief music-maker; put to Al-tashheth. A Psalm. Of Asaph. A Song.> To you, O God, we give praise, to you we give praise: and those who give honour to your name make clear your works of power.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:4 - We will not keep them secret from our children; we will make clear to the coming generation the praises of the Lord and his strength, and the great works of wonder which he has done.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:11 - They let his works go out of their memory, and the wonders which he had made them see.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:32 - For all this they went on sinning even more, and had no faith in his great wonders.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 86:10 - For you are great, and do great works of wonder; you only are God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 96:3 - Make clear his glory to the nations, and his wonders to all the peoples.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 98:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 98:1 - <A Psalm.> O make a new song to the Lord, because he has done works of wonder; with his right hand, and with his holy arm, he has overcome.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:2 - Let your voice be sounding in songs and melody; let all your thoughts be of the wonder of his works.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:5 - Keep in mind the great works which he has done; his wonders, and the decisions of his mouth;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:7 - Our fathers did not give thought to your wonders in Egypt; they did not keep in memory the great number of your mercies, but gave you cause for wrath at the sea, even at the Red Sea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:22 - Works of wonder in the land of Ham, and things of fear by the Red Sea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:8 - Let men give praise to the Lord for his mercy, and for the wonders which he does for the children of men!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:15 - Let men give praise to the Lord for his mercy, and for the wonders which he does for the children of men!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:21 - Let men give praise to the Lord for his mercy, and for the wonders which he does for the children of men!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:24 - They see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:31

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:31 - Let men give praise to the Lord for his mercy, and for the wonders which he does for the children of men!

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