פָּלָאpâlâʼ
be surpassing, extraordinary
Pronunciation: paw-law' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6381
Meanings
Niph`al
1. be beyond one's power, difficult (2 Samuel 13:2; Zechariah 8:6; Deuteronomy 30:11)
2. be difficult to understand (Psalms 131:1; Proverbs 30:18; Job 42:3)
3.
a. be extraordinary, wonderful (2 Samuel 1:26; Psalms 119:18; Psalms 118:23)
b. marvellous things, as substantive (Job 37:14; Daniel 11:36; Job 37:5)
4. = wonderful acts of ׳ י in judgment and redemption (Exodus 3:20; Judges 6:13; Jeremiah 21:2)
Pi`el: make a special votive offering (Leviticus 22:21; Numbers 15:3; Numbers 15:8)
Hiph`il: Hiph`il (Psalms 31:22; 2 Chronicles 26:15; Isaiah 28:29)
1. do a hard or difficult thing (Leviticus 27:2; Numbers 6:2)
2. make wonderful, do wondrously (Deuteronomy 28:59; Isaiah 28:29; Isaiah 29:14)
3. of God (Judges 13:19)
Hithpa`el: shew thyself marvellous, (act inexplicably) (Job 10:16)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 71 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 18:14 Is anything too hard for the Lord? I will return about this time next year, and Sarah will have a son.”
- Exodus 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.
- Exodus 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.
- Leviticus 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.
- Leviticus 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,
- Numbers 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,
See every passage
- Genesis 18:14
- Exodus 3:20, 34:10
- Leviticus 22:21, 27:2
- Numbers 6:2, 15:3, 15:8
- Deuteronomy 17:8, 28:59, 30:11
- Joshua 3:5
- Judges 6:13, 13:19
- 2 Samuel 1:26, 13:2
- 1 Chronicles 16:9, 16:12, 16:24
- 2 Chronicles 2:9, 26:15
- Nehemiah 9:17
- Job 5:9, 9:10, 10:16, 37:5, 37:14, 42:3
- Psalms 9:1, 26:7, 31:21, 40:5, 71:17, 72:18, 75:1, 78:4, 78:11, 78:32, 86:10, 96:3, 98:1, 105:2, 105:5, 106:7, 106:22, 107:8, 107:15, 107:21, 107:24, 107:31, 111:4, 118:23, 119:18, 119:27, 131:1, 136:4, 139:14, 145:5
- Proverbs 30:18
- Isaiah 28:29, 29:14
- Jeremiah 21:2, 32:17, 32:27
- Daniel 8:24, 11:36
- Joel 2:26
- Micah 7:15
- Zechariah 8:6
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).