Wages
פְּעֻלָּהStrong’s H6468peullah (pe-ul-lah)
Appears in 14 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Peullah is the Hebrew word usually translated “wage of”, “work your” and “recompense his”. It appears in 14 verses of the Old Testament.
“Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob him: the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.”
Meaning
- Work, recompense, rewardwork · wages
How it's translated
- wage of 3
- for work your 2
- and recompense his 2
- to deeds of 1
- deeds of 1
- reward of 1
- and recompense my 1
- recompense their 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Isaiah 5
- Psalms 3
- Proverbs 2
- Leviticus 1
- 2 Chronicles 1
- Jeremiah 1
7 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 2 Chronicles 15:7Be ye strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak: for your work shall be rewarded.
- Psalms 17:4Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer.
- Psalms 28:5Because they regard not the works of the LORD, nor the operation of his hands, he shall destroy them, and not build them up.
- Psalms 109:20Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from the LORD, and of them that speak evil against my soul.
- Proverbs 10:16The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.
- Proverbs 11:18The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward.
Hebrew dictionary
פְּעֻלָּה peullah · wages
1) work, recompense, reward 1a) work 1b) wages
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “wages” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
WAGES, noun
plural in termination, but singular in signification.
- Hire; reward; that which is paid or stipulated for services; but chiefly for services by manual labor, or for military and naval services.“Tell me, what shall thy wages be?” Genesis 29:15“Be content with your wages” Luke 3:14
- Reward; fruit; recompense; that which is given or received in return.“The wages of sin is death” Romans 6:23
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.