Lexical Summary poal: doing, deed, work Original Word: פֹעַלTransliteration: 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 מָּעֳלוֺ 32:4 +, מֹּעֲלוֺ Isaiah 1:31 (Köii.1, 35, 493 Ges§ 93q, see below), Jeremiah 22:13; מָּעָלְכֶם Isaiah 41:24, etc.; plural מְּעָלִים 2 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 כַּמָּיו 9:17; ׳פ חָמָס Isaiah 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. |
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