STRONGS NUMBER H6467


Word Summary
poal: doing, deed, work
Original Word: פֹעַל
Transliteration: poal
Phonetic Spelling: (po'-al)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: doing, deed, work
Meaning: doing, deed, work
Strong's Concordance
act, deed, do, getting, maker, work

From pa'al; an act or work (concretely) -- act, deed, do, getting, maker, work.

see HEBREW pa'al

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H6467. poal

מֹּ֫עַל37 noun masculineProverbs 20:11 doing, deed, work (in poetry and late, nearly = מַעֲשֶׂה‎); — ׳פ‎ absolute Habakkuk 1:1; Psalm 44:2, construct Deuteronomy 33:11 +; suffix מָּעֳלוֺ32:4 +, מֹּעֲלוֺIsaiah 1:31 (Köii.1, 35, 493 Ges§ 93q, see below), Jeremiah 22:13; מָּעָלְכֶםIsaiah 41:24, etc.; plural מְּעָלִים2 Samuel 23:20; 1 Chronicles 11:22; —

1 deed, thing done:

a. of God, מָּעֳלוֺ‎ his work in providence Deuteronomy 32:4; Isaiah 5:12; Job 36:24; in deliverance Psalm 44:2 (as accusative of congnate meaning with verb), 77:13 5t.; in judgment 64:10; 95:9, as accusative of congnate meaning with verb Habakkuk 1:5.

b. of false gods Isaiah 41:24.

c. of men, daily toil Job 24:5; Psalm 104:23; specific act Ruth 2:12; ׳פ יָדָיו‎ of sacrificing Deuteronomy 33:11; plural of achievements 2 Samuel 23:20 = 1 Chronicles 11:32; action as having moral quality Job 34:11; Proverbs 20:11; 24:12, 29, evil implied Jeremiah 25:14; 50:29; Job 36:9; Psalm 28:4, ׳פ כַּמָּיו9:17; ׳פ חָמָסIsaiah 59:6; good action Proverbs 21:8.

2 work, thing made:

a. by hands of God Isaiah 45:9, 11 (of men).

b. by man Isaiah 1:31 (i.e. probably his idol Ges Checomm. Di and others; > read בַּעֲלוֺ‎ LagSemitic i. 5 StaZAW iii (1888), 12f.).

3 wages of work Jeremiah 22:13; Job 7:2.

4 acquisition of treasures Proverbs 21:6.