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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 anything too hard for the LORD? I will return about this time next year, and Sarah will have a son.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:20 - So I will raise my hand and strike the Egyptians, performing all kinds of miracles among them. Then at last he will let you go.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:10 - The LORD replied, “Listen, I am making a covenant with you in the presence of all your people. I will perform miracles that have never been performed anywhere in all the earth or in any nation. And all the people around you will see the power of the LORD—the awesome power I will display for you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:21 - “If you present a peace offering to the LORD from the herd or the flock, whether it is to fulfill a vow or is a voluntary offering, you must offer a perfect animal. It may have no defect of any kind.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:2 - “Give the following instructions to the people of Israel. If anyone makes a special vow to dedicate someone to the LORD by paying the value of that person,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:2 - “Give the following instructions to the people of Israel.
“If any of the people, either men or women, take the special vow of a Nazirite, setting themselves apart to the LORD in a special way,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:3 - you will offer special gifts as a pleasing aroma to the LORD. These gifts may take the form of a burnt offering, a sacrifice to fulfill a vow, a voluntary offering, or an offering at any of your annual festivals, and they may be taken from your herds of cattle or your flocks of sheep and goats.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:8 - “When you present a young bull as a burnt offering or as a sacrifice to fulfill a vow or as a peace offering to the LORD,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:8 - “Suppose a case arises in a local court that is too hard for you to decide—for instance, whether someone is guilty of murder or only of manslaughter, or a difficult lawsuit, or a case involving different kinds of assault. Take such legal cases to the place the LORD your God will choose,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:59

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:59 - then the LORD will overwhelm you and your children with indescribable plagues. These plagues will be intense and without relief, making you miserable and unbearably sick.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:11 - “This command I am giving you today is not too difficult for you, and it is not beyond your reach.

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:13 - “Sir,” Gideon replied, “if the LORD is with us, why has all this happened to us? And where are all the miracles our ancestors told us about? Didn’t they say, ‘The LORD brought us up out of Egypt’? But now the LORD has abandoned us and handed us over to the Midianites.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:19 - Then Manoah took a young goat and a grain offering and offered it on a rock as a sacrifice to the LORD. And as Manoah and his wife watched, the LORD did an amazing thing.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:26 - How I weep for you, my brother Jonathan!
Oh, how much I loved you!
And your love for me was deep,
deeper than the love of women!

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:2 - Amnon became so obsessed with Tamar that he became ill. She was a virgin, and Amnon thought he could never have her.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:9 - Sing to him; yes, sing his praises.
Tell everyone about his wonderful deeds.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:12 - Remember the wonders he has performed,
his miracles, and the rulings he has given,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:24 - Publish his glorious deeds among the nations.
Tell everyone about the amazing things he does.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:9 - An immense amount of timber will be needed, for the Temple I am going to build will be very large and magnificent.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:15 - And he built structures on the walls of Jerusalem, designed by experts to protect those who shot arrows and hurled large stones[fn] from the towers and the corners of the wall. His fame spread far and wide, for the LORD gave him marvelous help, and he became very powerful.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:17 - They refused to obey and did not remember the miracles you had done for them. Instead, they became stubborn and appointed a leader to take them back to their slavery in Egypt.[fn] But you are a God of forgiveness, gracious and merciful, slow to become angry, and rich in unfailing love. You did not abandon them,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:9 - He does great things too marvelous to understand.
He performs countless miracles.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:10 - He does great things too marvelous to understand.
He performs countless miracles.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:16 - And if I hold my head high, you hunt me like a lion
and display your awesome power against me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:5 - God’s voice is glorious in the thunder.
We can’t even imagine the greatness of his power.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:14 - “Pay attention to this, Job.
Stop and consider the wonderful miracles of God!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:3 - You asked, ‘Who is this that questions my wisdom with such ignorance?’
It is I—and I was talking about things I knew nothing about,
things far too wonderful for me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:1 -

For the choir director: A psalm of David, to be sung to the tune “Death of the Son.”

I will praise you, LORD, with all my heart;
I will tell of all the marvelous things you have done.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 26:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 26:7 - singing a song of thanksgiving
and telling of all your wonders.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:21 - Praise the LORD,
for he has shown me the wonders of his unfailing love.
He kept me safe when my city was under attack.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:5 - O LORD my God, you have performed many wonders for us.
Your plans for us are too numerous to list.
You have no equal.
If I tried to recite all your wonderful deeds,
I would never come to the end of them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:17 - O God, you have taught me from my earliest childhood,
and I constantly tell others about the wonderful things you do.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:18 - Praise the LORD God, the God of Israel,
who alone does such wonderful things.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 75:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 75:1 -

For the choir director: A psalm of Asaph. A song to be sung to the tune “Do Not Destroy!”

We thank you, O God!
We give thanks because you are near.
People everywhere tell of your wonderful deeds.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:4 - We will not hide these truths from our children;
we will tell the next generation
about the glorious deeds of the LORD,
about his power and his mighty wonders.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:11 - They forgot what he had done—
the great wonders he had shown them,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:32

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:32 - But in spite of this, the people kept sinning.
Despite his wonders, they refused to trust him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 86:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 86:10 - For you are great and perform wonderful deeds.
You alone are God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 96:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 96:3 - Publish his glorious deeds among the nations.
Tell everyone about the amazing things he does.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 98:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 98:1 -

A psalm.

Sing a new song to the LORD,
for he has done wonderful deeds.
His right hand has won a mighty victory;
his holy arm has shown his saving power!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:2 - Sing to him; yes, sing his praises.
Tell everyone about his wonderful deeds.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:5 - Remember the wonders he has performed,
his miracles, and the rulings he has given,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:7 - Our ancestors in Egypt
were not impressed by the LORD’s miraculous deeds.
They soon forgot his many acts of kindness to them.
Instead, they rebelled against him at the Red Sea.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:22 - such wonderful things in the land of Ham,
such awesome deeds at the Red Sea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:8 - Let them praise the LORD for his great love
and for the wonderful things he has done for them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:15 - Let them praise the LORD for his great love
and for the wonderful things he has done for them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:21 - Let them praise the LORD for his great love
and for the wonderful things he has done for them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:24 - They, too, observed the LORD’s power in action,
his impressive works on the deepest seas.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:31 - Let them praise the LORD for his great love
and for the wonderful things he has done for them.

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