Work
פֹּ֫עַלStrong’s H6467poal (po-al)
Appears in 37 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Poal is the Hebrew word usually translated “work his”, “deed your” and “deeds”. It appears in 37 verses of the Old Testament.
“He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.”
Meaning
- Work, deed, doingdeed, thing done · work, thing made · wages of work · acquisition (of treasure)
How it's translated
- work his 4
- deed your 3
- deeds 2
- work of 2
- deed of 2
- work your 2
- and work your 2
- and work of 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 11
- Isaiah 6
- Job 5
- Proverbs 5
- Jeremiah 3
- Deuteronomy 2
10 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Deuteronomy 33:11Bless, LORD, his substance, and accept the work of his hands: smite through the loins of them that rise against him, and of them that hate him, that they rise not again.
- Ruth 2:12The LORD recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust.
- 2 Samuel 23:20And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man, of Kabzeel, who had done many acts, he slew two lionlike men of Moab: he went down also and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow:
- 1 Chronicles 11:22Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done many acts; he slew two lionlike men of Moab: also he went down and slew a lion in a pit in a snowy day.
- Job 7:2As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work:
- Job 24:5Behold, as wild asses in the desert, go they forth to their work; rising betimes for a prey: the wilderness yieldeth food for them and for their children.
Hebrew dictionary
פֹּ֫עַל poal · work
1) work, deed, doing 1a) deed, thing done 1b) work, thing made 1c) wages of work 1d) acquisition (of treasure)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “work” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
WORK, verb intransitive
[G., Gr.]
- In a general sense, to move, or to move one way and the other; to perform; as in popular language it is said, a mill or machine works well.
- To labor; to be occupied in performing manual labor, whether severe or moderate.
- To be in action or motion; as the working of the heart.
- To act; to carry on operations.
All definitions and other forms of “work”
- To operate; to carry on business; to be customarily engaged or employed in.“They that work in fine flax” Isaiah 19:9
- To ferment; as, unfermented liquors work violently in hot weather.
- To operate; to produce effects by action or influence.“All things work together for good to them that love God” Romans 8:28
- To obtain by diligence. [Little used.]
- To act or operate on the stomach and bowels; as a cathartic.
- To labor; to strain; to move heavily; as, a ship works in a tempest.
- To be tossed or agitated.
- To enter by working; as, to work into the earth.
WORK, verb transitive
- To move; to stir and mix; as, to work mortar.
- To form by labor; to mold, shape or manufacture; as, to work wood or iron into a form desired, or into an utensil; to work cotton or wool into cloth.
- To bring into any state by action.
- To influence by acting upon; to manage; to lead.
- To make by action, labor or violence.
- To produce by action, labor or exertion.
- To embroider; as, to work muslin.
- To direct the movements of, by adapting the sails to the wind; as, to work a ship.
- To put to labor; to exert.
- To cause to ferment, as liquor.
- To effect by labor and exertion.“WORK out your own salvation with fear and trembling” Philippians 2:12
- To expend in any work as materials.
WORK, noun
[G., Gr.]
- Labor; employment; exertion of strength; particularly in man, manual labor.
- State of labor; as, to be at work
- Awkward performance.
- That which is made or done; as good work or bad work
- Embroidery; flowers or figures wrought with the needle.
- Any fabric or manufacture
- The matter on which one is at work In rising she dropped her work
- Action; deed; feat; achievement; as the works of bloody Mars.
- Operation.
- Effect; that which proceeds from agency.
- Management; treatment.
- That which is produced by mental labor; a composition; a book; as the works of Addison.
- Works, in the plural, walls, trenches and the like, made for fortifications.
- In theology, moral duties or external performances, as distinct from grace.
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.