פֹּעַלpôʻal
doing, deed, work
Pronunciation: po'-al · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6467
Meanings
1. deed, thing done
a. of God (Deuteronomy 32:4; Isaiah 5:12; Job 36:24)
b. of false gods (Isaiah 41:24)
c. of men (Job 24:5; Psalms 104:23; Ruth 2:12)
2. work, thing made
a. by hands of God (Isaiah 45:9; Isaiah 45:11)
b. by man (Isaiah 1:31)
3. wages of work (Jeremiah 22:13; Job 7:2)
4. acquisition (Proverbs 21:6)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 37 times in the Bible.
- Deuteronomy 32:4 He is the Rock; his deeds are perfect. Everything he does is just and fair. He is a faithful God who does no wrong; how just and upright he is!
- Deuteronomy 33:11 Bless the ministry of the Levites, O Lord, and accept all the work of their hands. Hit their enemies where it hurts the most; strike down their foes so they never rise again.”
- Ruth 2:12 May the Lord, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge, reward you fully for what you have done.”
- 2 Samuel 23:20 There was also Benaiah son of Jehoiada, a valiant warrior from Kabzeel. He did many heroic deeds, which included killing two champions of Moab. Another time, on a snowy day, he chased a lion down into a pit and killed it.
- 1 Chronicles 11:22 There was also Benaiah son of Jehoiada, a valiant warrior from Kabzeel. He did many heroic deeds, which included killing two champions of Moab. Another time, on a snowy day, he chased a lion down into a pit and killed it.
- Job 7:2 like a worker who longs for the shade, like a servant waiting to be paid.
See every passage
- Deuteronomy 32:4, 33:11
- Ruth 2:12
- 2 Samuel 23:20
- 1 Chronicles 11:22
- Job 7:2, 24:5, 34:11, 36:9, 36:24
- Psalms 9:16, 28:4, 44:1, 64:9, 77:12, 90:16, 92:4, 95:9, 104:23, 111:3, 143:5
- Proverbs 20:11, 21:6, 21:8, 24:12, 24:29
- Isaiah 1:31, 5:12, 41:24, 45:9, 45:11, 59:6
- Jeremiah 22:13, 25:14, 50:29
- Habakkuk 1:5, 3:2
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).