Wonder
פֶּ֫לֶאStrong’s H6382pele (pe-le)
Appears in 13 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Pele is the Hebrew word usually translated “wonder”, “wonder your” and “wonders”. It appears in 13 verses of the Old Testament.
“And one said to the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, How long shall it be to the end of these wonders?”
Meaning
- Wonder, marvelwonder (extraordinary, hard to understand thing) · wonder (of God's acts of judgment and redemption)
How it's translated
- wonder 5
- wonder your 3
- wonders 2
- a wonder 1
- and a wonder 1
- the wonders 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 7
- Isaiah 3
- Exodus 1
- Lamentations 1
- Daniel 1
5 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Exodus 15:11Who is like unto thee, O LORD, among the gods? who is like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?
- Psalms 77:11I will remember the works of the LORD: surely I will remember thy wonders of old.
- Psalms 77:14Thou art the God that doest wonders: thou hast declared thy strength among the people.
- Psalms 78:12Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.
- Psalms 88:10Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise thee? Selah.
- Psalms 88:12Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
Hebrew dictionary
פֶּ֫לֶא pele · wonder
1) wonder, marvel 1a) wonder (extraordinary, hard to understand thing) 1b) wonder (of God's acts of judgment and redemption)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “wonder” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
WONDER, noun
[G., Gr., to show; and hence a sight; a panic.]
- That emotion which is excited by novelty, or the presentation to the sight or mind, of something new, unusual, strange, great, extraordinary, or not well understood; something that arrests the attention by its novelty, grandeur or inexplicableness. wonder expresses less than astonishment, and much less than amazement.“They were filled with wonder and amazement” Acts 3:10
- Cause of wonder; that which excites surprise; a strange thing; a prodigy.
- Any thing mentioned with surprise.
- A miracle. Exodus 3:20
All definitions and other forms of “wonder”
WONDER, verb intransitive
To be affected by surprise or admiration.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.