6467. poal

Lexicon

poal: Work, deed, act, labor

Original Word: פֹעַל
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: po`al
Pronunciation: poh-ahl
Phonetic Spelling: (po'-al)
Definition: Work, deed, act, labor
Meaning: an act, work

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

act, deed, do, getting, maker, work

From pa'al; an act or work (concretely) -- act, deed, do, getting, maker, work.

see HEBREW pa'al

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from paal
Definition
doing, deed, work
NASB Translation
acquisition (1), act (1), activity (1), conduct (2), deeds (4), doings (1), something (1), thing you are making (1), wages (2), what you have done (1), work (22).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

מֹּ֫עַל₃₇ noun masculine^{Proverbs 20:11} doing, deed, work (in poetry and late, nearly = מַעֲשֶׂה); — ׳פ absolute Habakkuk 1:1; Psalm 44:2, construct Deuteronomy 33:11 +; suffix מָּעֳלוֺ Deuteronomy 32:4 +, מֹּעֲלוֺ Isaiah 1:31 (Kö^ii.1,35,493 Ges^{§ 93q}, see below), Jeremiah 22:13; מָּעָלְכֶם Isaiah 41:24, etc.; plural מְּעָלִים 2 Samuel 23:20; 1 Chronicles 11:22; —

1 deed, thing done:

a. of God, מָּעֳלוֺ his work in providence Deuteronomy 32:4; Isaiah 5:12; Job 36:24; in deliverance Psalm 44:2 (as accusative of congnate meaning with verb), Psalm 77:13 5t.; in judgment Psalm 64:10; Psalm 95:9, as accusative of congnate meaning with verb Habakkuk 1:5.

b. of false gods Isaiah 41:24.

c. of men, daily toil Job 24:5; Psalm 104:23; specific act Ruth 2:12; יָדָיו ׳פ of sacrificing Deuteronomy 33:11; plural of achievements 2 Samuel 23:20 = 1 Chronicles 11:32; action as having moral quality Job 34:11; Proverbs 20:11; Proverbs 24:12,29, evil implied Jeremiah 25:14; Jeremiah 50:29; Job 36:9; Psalm 28:4, כַּמָּיו ׳פ Psalm 9:17; חָמָס ׳פ Isaiah 59:6; good action Proverbs 21:8.

2 work, thing made:

a. by hands of God Isaiah 45:9,11 (of men).

b. by man Isaiah 1:31 (i.e. probably his idol Ges Che^comm. Di and others; > read בַּעֲלוֺ Lag^{Semitic i. 5} Sta^{ZAW iii (1888), 12f.}).

3 wages of work Jeremiah 22:13; Job 7:2.

4 acquisition of treasures Proverbs 21:6.

Topical Lexicon

Word Origin: Derived from the root verb פָּעַל (pa'al), which means "to do" or "to make."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: • G91 (adikeō): To do wrong, to act unjustly.
• G2039 (ergasia): Business, employment, that which one undertakes to do.
• G2041 (ergon): Work, task, employment; a deed, action.
• G3408 (misthos): Wages, reward.
• G4161 (poiēma): That which has been made, a work, creation.
• G4234 (pragmateia): Business, occupation.
• G5010 (taxis): Order, arrangement, fixed succession.

These Greek terms reflect similar concepts of work, deeds, and the results of actions, paralleling the Hebrew פֹעַל in various contexts within the New Testament.

Usage: The term פֹעַל is used in the Hebrew Bible to denote an action or deed, often highlighting the outcome or result of one's labor or effort. It can refer to both human and divine actions.

Context: • General Overview: The noun פֹעַל (po'al) is used in the Hebrew Scriptures to describe various forms of work or deeds. It is often employed to emphasize the tangible results of actions, whether they are righteous or wicked. The term can be found in contexts that discuss the works of God, the deeds of individuals, or the consequences of actions.

• Biblical Context: In the Old Testament, פֹעַל is frequently used in poetic and wisdom literature. For example, in Job 34:11, it is written, "For according to a man’s deeds, He repays him; according to a man’s ways, He brings consequences." This highlights the concept of divine justice and retribution based on one's actions.

• Theological Significance: The use of פֹעַל underscores the biblical principle that actions have consequences. It reflects the belief in a moral order where deeds are evaluated, and rewards or punishments are dispensed accordingly. This concept is central to the understanding of divine justice and human responsibility in the biblical narrative.

• Examples in Scripture:
• In Psalm 28:4, the psalmist prays, "Repay them according to their deeds and for their works of evil; repay them for what their hands have done; bring back on them what they deserve."
• In Isaiah 59:6, it is stated, "Their cobwebs cannot be made into clothing, and they cannot cover themselves with their works; their deeds are works of iniquity, and acts of violence are in their hands."

Forms and Transliterations

בְּ֭פָעֳלָם בְּפָעֳלֶ֑ךָ בְּפֹ֣עַל בפעל בפעלך בפעלם וּפָעָלְךָ֖ וּפָעָלְכֶ֖ם וּפֹ֥עַל וּפֹעֲל֖וֹ ופעל ופעלו ופעלך ופעלכם כְּפָעֳלָ֔הּ כְּפָעֳלָ֖ם כְּפָעֳלָם֮ כְּפָעֳלֽוֹ׃ כפעלה כפעלו׃ כפעלם לְפָעֳל֑וֹ לְפָעֳלָ֑ם לפעלו לפעלם פְּעָלִ֖ים פָּֽעֳל֑וֹ פָּֽעָלְךָ֙ פָּעֳל֔וֹ פָּעֳלֵ֑ךְ פָּעֳלֶ֑ךָ פָּעֳלָ֑ם פָּעֳלֽוֹ׃ פָעֳל֑וֹ פָעֳלִֽי׃ פָעֳלֶ֑ךָ פָעֳלֽוֹ׃ פֹ֙עַל֙ פֹ֣עַל פֹּ֣עַל פֹּ֤עַל פֹּ֥עַל פעל פעלו פעלו׃ פעלי׃ פעלים פעלך פעלם bə·p̄ā·‘o·lām bə·p̄ā·‘o·le·ḵā bə·p̄ō·‘al beFoal befooLecha Befoolom bəp̄ā‘olām bəp̄ā‘oleḵā bəp̄ō‘al Foal fooLecha fooLi fooLo kə·p̄ā·‘o·lāh kə·p̄ā·‘o·lām kə·p̄ā·‘o·lōw kefooLah kefooLam kefooLo kəp̄ā‘olāh kəp̄ā‘olām kəp̄ā‘olōw lə·p̄ā·‘o·lām lə·p̄ā·‘o·lōw lefooLam lefooLo ləp̄ā‘olām ləp̄ā‘olōw pā‘āləḵā pā‘olām pā‘olêḵ pā‘oleḵā p̄ā‘oleḵā p̄ā‘olî pā‘olōw p̄ā‘olōw pā·‘ā·lə·ḵā pā·‘o·lām pā·‘o·le·ḵā p̄ā·‘o·le·ḵā pā·‘o·lêḵ p̄ā·‘o·lî pā·‘o·lōw p̄ā·‘o·lōw paaleCha pə‘ālîm pə·‘ā·lîm peaLim pō‘al p̄ō‘al pō·‘al p̄ō·‘al Poal pooLam pooLech pooLecha pooLo ū·p̄ā·‘ā·lə·ḵā ū·p̄ā·‘ā·lə·ḵem ū·p̄ō·‘ă·lōw ū·p̄ō·‘al ufaaleCha ufaaleChem uFoal ufoaLo ūp̄ā‘āləḵā ūp̄ā‘āləḵem ūp̄ō‘al ūp̄ō‘ălōw

Englishman's Concordance

Deuteronomy 32:4
HEB: הַצּוּר֙ תָּמִ֣ים פָּעֳל֔וֹ כִּ֥י כָל־
NAS: The Rock! His work is perfect,
KJV: [He is] the Rock, his work [is] perfect:
INT: the Rock is perfect his work for for all

Deuteronomy 33:11
HEB: יְהוָה֙ חֵיל֔וֹ וּפֹ֥עַל יָדָ֖יו תִּרְצֶ֑ה
NAS: And accept the work of his hands;
KJV: and accept the work of his hands:
INT: God his substance the work of his hands and accept

Ruth 2:12
HEB: יְשַׁלֵּ֥ם יְהוָ֖ה פָּעֳלֵ֑ךְ וּתְהִ֨י מַשְׂכֻּרְתֵּ֜ךְ
NAS: reward your work, and your wages
KJV: recompense thy work, and a full
INT: reward may the LORD your work become and your wages

2 Samuel 23:20
HEB: ק) רַב־ פְּעָלִ֖ים מִֽקַּבְצְאֵ֑ל ה֣וּא
NAS: who had done mighty deeds, killed
KJV: who had done many acts, he slew
INT: age mighty deeds of Kabzeel he

1 Chronicles 11:22
HEB: חַ֛יִל רַב־ פְּעָלִ֖ים מִֽן־ קַבְצְאֵ֑ל
NAS: mighty in deeds, struck
KJV: who had done many acts; he slew
INT: of a valiant mighty deeds at of Kabzeel

Job 7:2
HEB: וּ֝כְשָׂכִ֗יר יְקַוֶּ֥ה פָעֳלֽוֹ׃
NAS: who eagerly waits for his wages,
KJV: looketh for [the reward of] his work:
INT: A hired eagerly his wages

Job 24:5
HEB: בַּֽמִּדְבָּ֗ר יָצְא֣וּ בְּ֭פָעֳלָם מְשַׁחֲרֵ֣י לַטָּ֑רֶף
NAS: food in their activity, As bread
KJV: go they forth to their work; rising betimes
INT: the wilderness go their activity seeking food

Job 34:11
HEB: כִּ֤י פֹ֣עַל אָ֭דָם יְשַׁלֶּם־
NAS: a man according to his work, And makes him find
KJV: For the work of a man shall he render
INT: according to his work A man pays

Job 36:9
HEB: וַיַּגֵּ֣ד לָהֶ֣ם פָּעֳלָ֑ם וּ֝פִשְׁעֵיהֶ֗ם כִּ֣י
NAS: Then He declares to them their work And their transgressions,
KJV: Then he sheweth them their work, and their transgressions
INT: declares to them their work and their transgressions for

Job 36:24
HEB: כִּֽי־ תַשְׂגִּ֣יא פָעֳל֑וֹ אֲשֶׁ֖ר שֹׁרְר֣וּ
NAS: that you should exalt His work, Of which
KJV: that thou magnify his work, which men
INT: for exalt his work of which have sung

Job 37:12
HEB: (בְּתַחְבּוּלֹתָ֣יו ק) לְפָעֳלָ֑ם כֹּ֖ל אֲשֶׁ֥ר
KJV: by his counsels: that they may do whatsoever he commandeth
INT: turning fornication may do all manner he

Psalm 9:16
HEB: מִשְׁפָּ֪ט עָ֫שָׂ֥ה בְּפֹ֣עַל כַּ֭פָּיו נוֹקֵ֣שׁ
NAS: judgment. In the work of his own hands
KJV: is snared in the work of his own hands.
INT: judgment has executed the work hands is snared

Psalm 28:4
HEB: תֶּן־ לָהֶ֣ם כְּפָעֳלָם֮ וּכְרֹ֪עַ מַֽעַלְלֵ֫יהֶ֥ם
NAS: Requite them according to their work and according to the evil
KJV: Give them according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness
INT: Requite according to their work to the evil of their practices

Psalm 44:1
HEB: סִפְּרוּ־ לָ֑נוּ פֹּ֥עַל פָּעַ֥לְתָּ בִֽ֝ימֵיהֶ֗ם
NAS: have told us The work that You did
KJV: have told us, [what] work thou didst
INT: our fathers have told the work you did their days

Psalm 64:9
HEB: אָ֫דָ֥ם וַ֭יַּגִּידוּ פֹּ֥עַל אֱלֹהִ֗ים וּֽמַעֲשֵׂ֥הוּ
NAS: And they will declare the work of God,
KJV: and shall declare the work of God;
INT: men will declare the work of God what

Psalm 77:12
HEB: וְהָגִ֥יתִי בְכָל־ פָּעֳלֶ֑ךָ וּֽבַעֲלִ֖ילוֹתֶ֣יךָ אָשִֽׂיחָה׃
NAS: on all Your work And muse
KJV: I will meditate also of all thy work, and talk
INT: will meditate all your work your deeds and muse

Psalm 90:16
HEB: אֶל־ עֲבָדֶ֣יךָ פָעֳלֶ֑ךָ וַ֝הֲדָרְךָ֗ עַל־
NAS: Let Your work appear to Your servants
KJV: Let thy work appear unto thy servants,
INT: to your servants your work and your majesty unto

Psalm 92:4
HEB: שִׂמַּחְתַּ֣נִי יְהוָ֣ה בְּפָעֳלֶ֑ךָ בְּֽמַעֲשֵׂ֖י יָדֶ֣יךָ
NAS: have made me glad by what You have done, I will sing for joy
KJV: hast made me glad through thy work: I will triumph
INT: have made LORD what the works of your hands

Psalm 95:9
HEB: גַּם־ רָא֥וּ פָעֳלִֽי׃
NAS: Me, though they had seen My work.
KJV: me, proved me, and saw my work.
INT: though had seen my work

Psalm 104:23
HEB: יֵצֵ֣א אָדָ֣ם לְפָעֳל֑וֹ וְֽלַעֲבֹ֖דָת֣וֹ עֲדֵי־
NAS: goes forth to his work And to his labor
KJV: goeth forth unto his work and to his labour
INT: goes Man to his work his labor eternity

Psalm 111:3
HEB: הוֹד־ וְהָדָ֥ר פָּֽעֳל֑וֹ וְ֝צִדְקָת֗וֹ עֹמֶ֥דֶת
NAS: and majestic is His work, And His righteousness
KJV: His work [is] honourable and glorious:
INT: Splendid and majestic is his work and his righteousness endures

Psalm 143:5
HEB: הָגִ֥יתִי בְכָל־ פָּעֳלֶ֑ךָ בְּֽמַעֲשֵׂ֖ה יָדֶ֣יךָ
NAS: on all Your doings; I muse
KJV: I meditate on all thy works; I muse
INT: meditate all your doings the work of your hands

Proverbs 20:11
HEB: וְאִם־ יָשָׁ֣ר פָּעֳלֽוֹ׃
NAS: himself If his conduct is pure
KJV: by his doings, whether his work [be] pure,
INT: If and right his conduct

Proverbs 21:6
HEB: פֹּ֣עַל א֭וֹצָרוֹת בִּלְשׁ֣וֹן
NAS: The acquisition of treasures
KJV: The getting of treasures by a lying
INT: the acquisition of treasures tongue

Proverbs 21:8
HEB: וְ֝זַ֗ךְ יָשָׁ֥ר פָּעֳלֽוֹ׃
NAS: But as for the pure, his conduct is upright.
KJV: but [as for] the pure, his work [is] right.
INT: the pure is upright his conduct

38 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 6467
38 Occurrences

bə·p̄ō·‘al — 1 Occ.
bə·p̄ā·‘o·le·ḵā — 1 Occ.
bə·p̄ā·‘o·lām — 1 Occ.
p̄ō·‘al — 2 Occ.
p̄ā·‘o·le·ḵā — 1 Occ.
p̄ā·‘o·lî — 1 Occ.
p̄ā·‘o·lōw — 2 Occ.
kə·p̄ā·‘o·lāh — 1 Occ.
kə·p̄ā·‘o·lām — 2 Occ.
kə·p̄ā·‘o·lōw — 2 Occ.
lə·p̄ā·‘o·lām — 1 Occ.
lə·p̄ā·‘o·lōw — 1 Occ.
pā·‘ā·lə·ḵā — 1 Occ.
pə·‘ā·lîm — 2 Occ.
pō·‘al — 5 Occ.
pā·‘o·lām — 1 Occ.
pā·‘o·lêḵ — 1 Occ.
pā·‘o·le·ḵā — 2 Occ.
pā·‘o·lōw — 4 Occ.
ū·p̄ā·‘ā·lə·ḵā — 1 Occ.
ū·p̄ā·‘ā·lə·ḵem — 1 Occ.
ū·p̄ō·‘al — 2 Occ.
ū·p̄ō·‘ă·lōw — 2 Occ.