פֹּעַל
pôʻal · po'-al
an act or work (concretely)
Lexicon
Derivation: from H6466 (פָּעַל);
an act or work (concretely)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: act, deed, do, getting, maker, work.
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 פֹּעַל 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
37 occurrences · 37 OT · 0 NT · 29 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- his work4 · 13%
- the work2 · 6%
- thy work2 · 6%
- acts2 · 6%
- them according to their deeds2 · 6%
- for the reward of his work1 · 3%
- to their work1 · 3%
- for the work1 · 3%
- them their work1 · 3%
- that they may do1 · 3%
- in the work1 · 3%
- us, what work1 · 3%
- also of all thy work1 · 3%
- let thy work1 · 3%
- through thy work1 · 3%
- my work1 · 3%
- unto his work1 · 3%
- on all thy works1 · 3%
- whether his work1 · 3%
- the getting1 · 3%
- according to his works1 · 3%
- according to his work1 · 3%
- and the maker1 · 3%
- not the work1 · 3%
- and your work1 · 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.