Incomprehensible
פִּלְאִיStrong’s H6383pili (pil-i)
Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Pili is the Hebrew word usually translated “incomprehensible” and “wonderful”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
“And the angel of the LORD said unto him, Why askest thou thus after my name, seeing it is secret?”
Meaning
- Wonderful, incomprehensible, extraordinary
How it's translated
- incomprehensible 1
- wonderful 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Judges 1
- Psalms 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary
פִּלְאִי pili · incomprehensible
wonderful, incomprehensible, extraordinary
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “incomprehensible” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
INCOMPREHENS'IBLE, adjective
- That cannot be comprehended or understood; That is beyond the reach of human intellect; inconceivable.
- Not to be contained. [Little used.]
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.