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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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:14 - “Is H6381 anything too [fn]difficult H6381 for Yahweh? At the appointed time I will return to you, [fn]at this time next year, and Sarah will have a son.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:20 - “So I will stretch out My hand and strike Egypt with all My wondrous H6381 deeds H6381 which I shall do in the midst of it; and after that he will let you go.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:10 -

Then [fn]God said, “Behold, I am going to cut a covenant. Before all your people I will do wondrous H6381 deeds H6381 which have not been created in all the earth nor among any of the nations; and all the people [fn]among whom you live will see the working of Yahweh, for it is a fearful thing that I am going to do with you.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:21 - ‘And when a man brings a sacrifice of peace offerings near to Yahweh to [fn]fulfill H6381 a H6381 special H6381 vow or for a freewill offering, of the herd or of the flock, it must be without blemish to be accepted; there shall be no defect in it.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:2 - “Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘When a man makes H6381 a H6381 difficult H6381 vow, he shall be valued according to your valuation of persons belonging to Yahweh.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:2 - “Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘When a man or woman makes H6381 a H6381 [fn]special H6381 vow, the vow of a [fn]Nazirite, to dedicate himself as a Nazirite to Yahweh,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:3 - then make an offering by fire to Yahweh, a burnt offering or a sacrifice to [fn]fulfill H6381 a H6381 special H6381 vow, or as a freewill offering or in your appointed times, to make a soothing aroma to Yahweh, from the herd or from the flock.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:8 - ‘And when you prepare a bull from the herd as a burnt offering or a sacrifice, to [fn]fulfill H6381 a H6381 special H6381 vow, or for peace offerings to Yahweh,
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:8 -

“If any case is H6381 too difficult H6381 for you to judge, between [fn]one kind of homicide or another, between [fn]one kind of lawsuit or another, and between [fn]one kind of assault or another, being cases of dispute in your gates, then you shall arise and go up to the place which Yahweh your God chooses.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:59 - then Yahweh will bring H6381 wondrous H6381 plagues on you and plagues on those who are your seed, even great and enduring plagues, and miserable and enduring sicknesses.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:11 -

“For this commandment which I am commanding you today is H6381 not too difficult H6381 for you, nor is it far from you.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:5 -

Then Joshua said to the people, “Set yourselves apart as holy, for tomorrow Yahweh will do wondrous H6381 deeds H6381 among you.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:13 - Then Gideon said to him, “O my lord, if Yahweh is with us, why then has all this happened to us? And where are all His wondrous H6381 deeds H6381 which our fathers recounted to us, saying, ‘Did not Yahweh bring us up from Egypt?’ But now Yahweh has abandoned us and given us into the hand of Midian.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:19 - So Manoah took the young goat with the grain offering and offered it on the rock to Yahweh, and He did a wondrous H6381 thing H6381 while Manoah and his wife looked on.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:26 -

“I am distressed for you, my brother Jonathan;

You have been very pleasant to me.

Your love to me was H6381 more wonderful H6381

Than the love of women.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:2 - And Amnon was so distressed because of his sister Tamar that he made himself ill, for she was a virgin. So it was hard H6381 in Amnon’s sight to do anything to her.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:9 -

Sing to Him, sing praises to Him;

Muse on all His wondrous H6381 deeds H6381.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:12 -

Remember His wondrous H6381 deeds H6381 which He has done,

His miraculous signs and the judgments uttered by His mouth,

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:24 -

Recount His glory among the nations,

His wondrous H6381 deeds H6381 among all the peoples.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:9 - to prepare timber in abundance for me, for the house which I am about to build will be great and wonderful H6381.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:15 - In Jerusalem he also made devices of war devised by skillful designers to be on the towers and on the corners for the purpose of shooting arrows and great stones. Hence his [fn]fame spread afar, for he was H6381 marvelously H6381 helped until he was strong.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:17 -

“They refused to listen,

And did not remember Your wondrous H6381 deeds H6381 which You did among them;

So they became stiff-necked and gave themselves a chief to return to their slavery [fn]in Egypt.

But You are a God of lavish forgiveness,

Gracious and compassionate,

Slow to anger and abounding in lovingkindness;

And You did not forsake them.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:9 -

Who does great and unsearchable things,

[fn]Wonders H6381 without number.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:10 -

Who does great things, unsearchable,

And wondrous H6381 works H6381, innumerable.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:16 -

‘Should my head be set on high, You would hunt me like a lion;

And again You would show H6381 Your wonders H6381 against me.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:5 -

“God thunders with His voice marvelously H6381,

Doing great things which we do not know.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:14 -

“Give ear to this, O Job,

Stand and carefully consider the wondrous H6381 deeds H6381 of God.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:3 -

‘Who is this that hides counsel without knowledge?’

Therefore I have declared that which I did not understand,

Things H6381 too marvelous H6381 for me, which I did not know.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:1 -

For the choir director. [fn]Almuth-labben. A Psalm of David.

Aleph

[fn]I will give thanks to Yahweh with all my heart;

I will recount all Your [fn]wondrous H6381 deeds H6381.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 26:7 -

In order to proclaim with the voice of thanksgiving

And to recount all Your [fn]wondrous H6381 deeds H6381.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:21 -

Blessed be Yahweh,

For He has made H6381 marvelous H6381 His lovingkindness to me in a besieged city.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:5 -

Many, O Yahweh my God, are the wondrous H6381 deeds H6381 You have done,

And Your thoughts toward us;

There is none to compare with You.

I would declare and speak of them,

But they are too numerous to recount.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:17 -

O God, You have taught me from my youth,

And I still declare Your wondrous H6381 deeds H6381.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:18 -

Blessed be Yahweh God, the God of Israel,

Who alone works wondrous H6381 deeds H6381.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 75:1 -

For the choir director. [fn]Al-tashheth. A Psalm of Asaph. [fn]A Song.

We give thanks to You, O God, we give thanks,

For Your name is near;

Men recount Your wondrous H6381 deeds H6381.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:4 -

We will not conceal them from their children,

But recount to the generation to come the praises of Yahweh,

And His strength and His wondrous H6381 deeds H6381 that He has done.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:11 -

So they forgot His acts

And His [fn]wondrous H6381 deeds H6381 that He had shown them.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:32 -

In spite of all this they still sinned

And did not believe in His wondrous H6381 deeds H6381.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 86:10 -

For You are great and do [fn]wondrous H6381 deeds H6381;

You alone are God.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 96:3 -

Recount His glory among the nations,

His wondrous H6381 deeds H6381 among all the peoples.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 98:1 -

A Psalm.

Sing to Yahweh a new song,

For He has done wondrous H6381 deeds H6381,

His right hand and His holy arm have [fn]worked out His salvation.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:2 -

Sing to Him, sing praises to Him;

Muse on all His wondrous H6381 deeds H6381.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:5 -

Remember His wondrous H6381 deeds H6381 which He has done,

His miracles and the judgments [fn]uttered by His mouth,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:7 -

Our fathers in Egypt did not consider Your wondrous H6381 deeds H6381;

They did not remember Your abundant lovingkindnesses,

But they rebelled by the sea, at the [fn]Red Sea.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:22 -

Wondrous H6381 deeds H6381 in the land of Ham

And awesome things by the [fn]Red Sea.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:8 -

Let them give thanks to Yahweh for His lovingkindness,

And for His wondrous H6381 deeds H6381 to the sons of men!

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:15 -

Let them give thanks to Yahweh for His lovingkindness,

And for His wondrous H6381 deeds H6381 to the sons of men!

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:21 -

Let them give thanks to Yahweh for His lovingkindness,

And for His wondrous H6381 deeds H6381 to the sons of men!

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:24 -

They have seen the works of Yahweh,

And His wondrous H6381 deeds H6381 in the deep.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:31 -

Let them give thanks to Yahweh for His lovingkindness,

And for His wondrous H6381 deeds H6381 to the sons of men!


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