פָּלָא pala

Hebrew word for “to wonder” · Strong’s H6381 · used 71 times in 69 verses

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Meaning

1) to be marvellous, be wonderful, be surpassing, be extraordinary, separate by distinguishing action;

How it is translated

Glosses given for pala in context, with how often each is used:

• wonders 40
• fulfill 3
• too difficult 3
• wonderful 3
• will make hard 2
• has made wonderful 2
• ¿ is it too difficult 1
• will be too difficult 1
• will make extraordinary 1
• extraordinary thing 1
• difficult 1
• act wonderfully 1

Where it is used

Also in 8 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Psalms 107 (5), 1 Chronicles 16 (3), Psalms 78 (3), Numbers 15 (2), Job 37 (2), Psalms 105 (2), Psalms 106 (2), Psalms 119 (2), Jeremiah 32 (2), Genesis 18 (1)

Forms

• נפלאות 13
• יפלא 7
• ונפלאותיו 7
• נפלאותיך 6
• נפלאתיו 5
• נפלאת 3
• לפלא 3
• הפליא 3
• נפלאותיו 3
• והפלא 2

Words used with it

Words that share verses with pala more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• סָפַר saphar “to recount” 8
• גָּדוֹל gadol “great” 10
• יָדָה yadah “to give thanks” 7
• חֶסֶד chesed “kindness” 8
• נֶדֶר neder “vow” 5
• שִׂיחַ siach “to muse” 4
• מִן־ min “from” 8
• זֹאת zot “this” 6
• בִּין bin “to understand” 4
• אוֹ o “or” 4
• זָכַר zakhar “to remember” 4
• מִזְמוֹר mizmor “melody” 3

Key verses

The verses using pala that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Genesis 18:14 — Is any thing too hard for the LORD? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.
• Deuteronomy 17:8 — If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of…
• Nehemiah 9:17 — And refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them; but hardened their necks, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to…
• Psalms 40:5 — Many, O LORD my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I…
• Psalms 71:17 — O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works.
• Psalms 72:18 — Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel, who only doeth wondrous things.
• Psalms 98:1 — [A Psalm.] O sing unto the LORD a new song; for he hath done marvellous things: his right hand, and his holy arm, hath gotten him the victory.
• Psalms 131:1 — [A Song of degrees of David.] LORD, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty: neither do I exercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for me.
• Jeremiah 21:2 — Enquire, I pray thee, of the LORD for us; for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon maketh war against us; if so be that the LORD will deal with us according to all…
• Jeremiah 32:17 — Ah Lord GOD! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee:
• Daniel 11:36 — And the king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God…
• Joel 2:26 — And ye shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise the name of the LORD your God, that hath dealt wondrously with you: and my people shall never be…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.