פָּעַל
pâʻal · paw-al'
to do or make (systematically and habitually), especially to practise
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to do or make (systematically and habitually), especially to practise
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: commit, (evil-) do(-er), make(-r), ordain, work(-er).
Letters
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to speak, the word › to see and know › authority, the one who leads
To speak, the word that works to see and know of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of פָּעַל above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
57 occurrences · 57 OT · 0 NT · 37 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- do2 · 6%
- with the workers2 · 6%
- thou hast wrought2 · 6%
- and worketh2 · 6%
- of the workers2 · 6%
- shall be to the workers2 · 6%
- of them that work2 · 6%
- which thou hast made1 · 3%
- wrought1 · 3%
- hath not done1 · 3%
- what shall i do1 · 3%
- what canst thou do1 · 3%
- punishment to the workers1 · 3%
- lo, all these things worketh1 · 3%
- where the workers1 · 3%
- thou me: if i have done1 · 3%
- what doest1 · 3%
- to my maker1 · 3%
- all workers1 · 3%
- from me, all ye workers1 · 3%
- he ordaineth1 · 3%
- which he made1 · 3%
- have all the workers1 · 3%
- and with the workers1 · 3%
- thee; which thou hast wrought1 · 3%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.