Biblica Analytica
H6467 Hebrew

פֹּ֫עַל

po.al

work

Lexicon Entry

Definition
work
Transliteration
po.al
Strong's Number
H6467
Occurrences
37

Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

What Original Readers Understood

Explored

The Hebrew word "po'al" (H6467) is defined as "work." It appears 37 times in the Bible, indicating its importance in the text. In its most basic sense, "po'al" refers to physical or mental labor, encompassing a wide range of activities. The word "po'al" is used in various contexts, including descriptions of God's creative work (e.g., Genesis 1:7), human labor (e.g., Exodus 5:18), and the idea of God's people being God's "work" or "handiwork" (e.g., Isaiah 43:7). This flexibility in usage suggests that "po'al" is a versatile term that can be applied to different situations, from the mundane to the divine. As a concept, "po'al" implies the idea of effort, toil, or creation. It highlights the value of hard work and the importance of human labor in the biblical narrative. By examining the occurrences of "po'al" in the Bible, we can gain a deeper understanding of the cultural and theological significance of work in ancient Jewish society.

Source data & methodology
Strong's
H6467
Lemma
פֹּ֫עַל
Transliteration
po.al
Definition
work
Occurrences
37
Model
workers-ai
Prompt version
1

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Occurrences in Scripture

37 total occurrences across the text

Job 7:2

As a servant who earnestly desires the shadow, as a hireling who looks for his wages,

Job 24:5

Behold, as wild donkeys in the desert, they go out to their work, seeking diligently for food. The wilderness yields them bread for their children.

Job 34:11

For the work of a man he will render to him, and cause every man to find according to his ways.

Job 36:9

then he shows them their work, and their transgressions, that they have behaved themselves proudly.

Job 36:24

“Remember that you magnify his work, about which men have sung.

Psalms 9:16

Yahweh has made himself known. He has executed judgment. The wicked is snared by the work of his own hands.

Psalms 28:4

Give them according to their work, and according to the wickedness of their doings. Give them according to the operation of their hands. Bring back on them what they deserve.

Psalms 44:1

We have heard with our ears, God; our fathers have told us what work you did in their days, in the days of old.

Psalms 64:9

All mankind shall be afraid. They shall declare the work of God, and shall wisely ponder what he has done.

Psalms 77:12

I will also meditate on all your work, and consider your doings.

Psalms 90:16

Let your work appear to your servants, your glory to their children.

Psalms 92:4

For you, Yahweh, have made me glad through your work. I will triumph in the works of your hands.

Psalms 95:9

when your fathers tempted me, tested me, and saw my work.

Psalms 104:23

Man goes out to his work, to his labor until the evening.

Psalms 111:3

His work is honor and majesty. His righteousness endures forever.

Psalms 143:5

I remember the days of old. I meditate on all your doings. I contemplate the work of your hands.

Proverbs 20:11

Even a child makes himself known by his doings, whether his work is pure, and whether it is right.

Proverbs 21:6

Getting treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor for those who seek death.

Proverbs 21:8

The way of the guilty is devious, but the conduct of the innocent is upright.

Proverbs 24:12

If you say, “Behold, we didn’t know this,” doesn’t he who weighs the hearts consider it? He who keeps your soul, doesn’t he know it? Shall he not render to every man according to his work?

Proverbs 24:29

Don’t say, “I will do to him as he has done to me; I will repay the man according to his work.”

Isaiah 1:31

The strong will be like tinder, and his work like a spark. They will both burn together, and no one will quench them.”

Isaiah 5:12

The harp, lyre, tambourine, and flute, with wine, are at their feasts; but they don’t respect the work of Yahweh, neither have they considered the operation of his hands.

Isaiah 45:9

Woe to him who strives with his Maker— a clay pot among the clay pots of the earth! Shall the clay ask him who fashions it, ‘What are you making?’ or your work, ‘He has no hands?’

Isaiah 41:24

Behold, you are nothing, and your work is nothing. He who chooses you is an abomination.

Isaiah 45:11

Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel and his Maker says: “You ask me about the things that are to come, concerning my sons, and you command me concerning the work of my hands!

Isaiah 59:6

Their webs won’t become garments. They won’t cover themselves with their works. Their works are works of iniquity, and acts of violence are in their hands.

Jeremiah 22:13

“Woe to him who builds his house by unrighteousness, and his rooms by injustice; who uses his neighbor’s service without wages, and doesn’t give him his hire;

Jeremiah 25:14

For many nations and great kings will make bondservants of them, even of them. I will recompense them according to their deeds, and according to the work of their hands.”

Jeremiah 50:29

“Call together the archers against Babylon, all those who bend the bow. Encamp against her all around. Let none of it escape. Pay her back according to her work. According to all that she has done, do to her; for she has been proud against Yahweh, against the Holy One of Israel.

Habakkuk 1:5

“Look among the nations, watch, and wonder marvelously; for I am working a work in your days, which you will not believe though it is told you.

Habakkuk 3:2

Yahweh, I have heard of your fame. I stand in awe of your deeds, Yahweh. Renew your work in the middle of the years. In the middle of the years make it known. In wrath, you remember mercy.

Deuteronomy 32:4

The Rock: his work is perfect, for all his ways are just. A God of faithfulness who does no wrong, just and right is he.

Deuteronomy 33:11

Yahweh, bless his skills. Accept the work of his hands. Strike through the hips of those who rise up against him, of those who hate him, that they not rise again.”

Ruth 2:12

May Yahweh repay your work, and a full reward be given to you from Yahweh, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge.”

2 Samuel 23:20

Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done mighty deeds, killed the two sons of Ariel of Moab. He also went down and killed a lion in the middle of a pit in a time of snow.

1 Chronicles 11:22

Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done mighty deeds, killed the two sons of Ariel of Moab. He also went down and killed a lion in the middle of a pit on a snowy day.