פֹּעַל poal
Hebrew word for “work” · Strong’s H6467 · used 37 times in 37 verses
Meaning
1) work, deed, doing; 1a) deed, thing done; 1b) work, thing made; 1c) wages of work; 1d) acquisition (of treasure)
How it is translated
Glosses given for poal in context, with how often each is used:
- work 19
- deeds 11
- deed 3
- wages 2
- activity 1
- acquisition 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Psalms | 11 | 0.6 | |
| Isaiah | 6 | 0.4 | |
| Job | 5 | 0.6 | |
| Proverbs | 5 | 0.7 | |
| Jeremiah | 3 | 0.1 | |
| Deuteronomy | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Habakkuk | 2 | 3.0 | |
| Ruth | 1 | 0.8 | |
| 2 Samuel | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 1 Chronicles | 1 | 0.1 |
Chapters where it is used most
Job 36 (2), Proverbs 21 (2), Proverbs 24 (2), Isaiah 45 (2), Deuteronomy 32 (1), Deuteronomy 33 (1), Ruth 2 (1), 2 Samuel 23 (1), 1 Chronicles 11 (1), Job 7 (1)
Forms
- פעל 7
- פעלו 6
- פעלך 5
- ופעל 2
- פעלים 2
- כפעלם 2
- כפעלו 2
- ופעלו 2
- בפעלם 1
- פעלם 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with poal more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- מַעֲשֶׂה maaseh “deed” 7
- שָׁלֵם salem “to complete” 4
- אֲרִיאֵל ariel “Ariel” 2
- קַבְצְאֵל qavtseel “Kabzeel” 2
- יָשָׁר yashar “upright” 3
- זַךְ zakh “pure” 2
- אָדָם adam “man” 4
- שֶׁלֶג sheleg “snow” 2
- שִׂיחַ siach “to muse” 2
- אַיִן ayin “nothing” 4
- זָכַר zakhar “to remember” 3
- חַיִל chayil “strength” 3
Key verses
The verses using poal that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Deuteronomy 32:4 — He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.
- Ruth 2:12 — The LORD recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust.
- Psalms 9:16 — The LORD is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.
- Psalms 44:1 — [To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, Maschil.] We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what work thou didst in their days, in…
- Proverbs 24:12 — If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and shall not he…
- Isaiah 1:31 — And the strong shall be as tow, and the maker of it as a spark, and they shall both burn together, and none shall quench them.
- Isaiah 5:12 — And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of the LORD, neither consider the operation of…
- Isaiah 45:9 — Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest…
- Isaiah 45:11 — Thus saith the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker, Ask me of things to come concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands command ye me.
- Isaiah 59:6 — Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their works: their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in…
- Jeremiah 50:29 — Call together the archers against Babylon: all ye that bend the bow, camp against it round about; let none thereof escape: recompense her according to her…
- Habakkuk 3:2 — O LORD, I have heard thy speech, and was afraid: O LORD, revive thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make known; in wrath remember…
See all 37 verses in the Word Atlas
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.