פְּעֻלָּה
pᵉʻullâh · peh-ool-law'
(abstractly) work
Lexicon
Derivation: feminine passive participle of H6466 (פָּעַל);
(abstractly) work
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: labour, reward, wages, 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
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to speak, the word › to see and know › authority, the one who leads › to reveal, behold
To speak, the word that works to see and know of authority, the one who leads that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of פְּעֻלָּה 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
14 occurrences · 14 OT · 0 NT · 12 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- work2 · 14%
- is with him, and his work2 · 14%
- him: the wages1 · 7%
- for your work1 · 7%
- concerning the works1 · 7%
- not the works1 · 7%
- let this be the reward1 · 7%
- the labour1 · 7%
- and my work1 · 7%
- their work1 · 7%
- for thy work1 · 7%
- for his labour1 · 7%
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.