Hebrew verb · H6381
פָּלָא
palapaw-law'
to wonder
71 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: pâlâʼ
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H6381is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 20 of 39Old Testament books
- 52spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H6381
properly, perhaps to separate, i.e. distinguish (literally or figuratively); by implication, to be (causatively, make) great, difficult, wonderful
The King James renders it: accomplish, (arise...too, be too) hard, hidden, things too high, (be, do, do a, shew) marvelous(-ly, -els, things, work), miracles, perform, separate, make singular, (be, great, make) wonderful(-ers, -ly, things, works), wondrous (things, works, -ly).
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
pala is rendered "to wonder". It stands 71 times in the Hebrew text, across twenty books.
- Thirty of the uses stand in Psalms, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 18:14Is anything too difficult for the LORD? At the appointed time I will return to you—in about a year—and Sarah will have a son.”
- The Greek text spells it fifty-two different ways.
The first use
Is anything too difficult for the LORD? At the appointed time I will return to you—in about a year—and Sarah will have a son.”
Genesis 18:14הֲיִפָּלֵ֥א
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Thirty of the word's seventy-one uses are in Psalms.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- wonders his8
- wonders your8
- and wonders his7
- wonders7
- of wonders3
- to fulfill3
- wonderful3
- and wonders2
- he has made wonderful2
- he will make hard2
- it will be difficult2
- ¿ is it difficult1
and 23 more, 71 uses in all
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
The words it stands beside
All 71, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
52 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- וְ֝נִפְלְאוֹתָ֗יו7
- נִפְלְאוֹתֶֽיךָ׃4
- לְפַלֵּא־3
- נִפְלָא֣וֹת3
- נִפְלָא֑וֹת3
- נִ֝פְלָא֗וֹת2
- נִפְלָאֽוֹת׃2
- נִפְלְאוֹתָֽיו׃2
- נִפְלְאֹתָֽיו׃2
- בְּנִפְלְאוֹתָֽיו׃1
- בְּנִפְלְאוֹתֶֽיךָ׃1
- הֲיִפָּלֵ֥א1
and 40 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · feminine plural13HVNrfpa
- verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular8HVNrfpc/Sp2ms
- verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular8HVNrfpc/Sp3ms
- conjunction (“and”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular7HC/VNrfpc/Sp3ms
- verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular5HVNi3ms
- preposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)3HR/Vpcc
- verb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular3HVhp3ms
- conjunction (“and”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · feminine plural2HC/VNrfpa
- preposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)2HR/Vhcc
- preposition + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular2HR/VNrfpc/Sp3ms
- verb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular2HVhi3ms
- verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singular2HVNp3fs
Genesis
one use
Is anything too difficult for the LORD? At the appointed time I will return to you—in about a year—and Sarah will have a son.”
- הֲיִפָּלֵ֥אhayipale'question particle + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: ¿ is it difficult
Exodus
two uses
So I will stretch out My hand and strike the Egyptians with all the wonders I will perform among them. And after that, he will release you.
- נִפְלְאֹתַ֔יnifleotaiverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: wonders my
And the LORD said, “Behold, I am making a covenant. Before all your people I will perform wonders that have never been done in any nation in all the world. All the people among whom you live will see the LORD’s work, for it is an awesome thing that I am doing with you.
- נִפְלָאֹ֔תniflaotverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · feminine pluraltagged: wonders
Leviticus
two uses
When a man presents a peace offering to the LORD from the herd or flock to fulfill a vow or as a freewill offering, it must be without blemish or defect to be acceptable.
- לְפַלֵּא־lefale'-preposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to fulfill
“Speak to the Israelites and say to them, ‘When someone makes a special vow to the LORD involving the value of persons,
- יַפְלִ֖אyafli'verb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will make hard
Numbers
three uses
“Speak to the Israelites and tell them that if a man or woman makes a special vow, the vow of a Nazirite, to separate himself to the LORD,
- יַפְלִא֙yafli'verb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will make hard
and you present an offering made by fire to the LORD from the herd or flock to produce a pleasing aroma to the LORD—either a burnt offering or a sacrifice, for a special vow or freewill offering or appointed feast—
- לְפַלֵּא־lefale'-preposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to fulfill
When you prepare a young bull as a burnt offering or sacrifice to fulfill a vow or as a peace offering to the LORD,
- לְפַלֵּא־lefale'-preposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to fulfill
Deuteronomy
three uses
If a case is too difficult for you to judge, whether the controversy within your gates is regarding bloodshed, lawsuits, or assaults, you must go up to the place the LORD your God will choose.
- יִפָּלֵא֩yipale'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will be difficult
He will bring upon you and your descendants extraordinary disasters, severe and lasting plagues, and terrible and chronic sicknesses.
- וְהִפְלָ֤אvehifla'Hc/Vhq3mstagged: and he will make extraordinary
For this commandment I give you today is not too difficult for you or beyond your reach.
- נִפְלֵ֥אתnifletverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: difficult
Joshua
one use
Then Joshua told the people, “Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the LORD will do wonders among you.”
- נִפְלָאֽוֹת׃niflaotverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · feminine pluraltagged: wonders
Judges
two uses
“Please, my Lord,” Gideon replied, “if the LORD is with us, why has all this happened to us? And where are all His wonders of which our fathers told us, saying, ‘Has not the LORD brought us up out of Egypt?’ But now the LORD has forsaken us and delivered us into the hand of Midian.”
- נִפְלְאֹתָ֡יוnifleotavverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: wonders his
Then Manoah took a young goat and a grain offering and offered them on a rock to the LORD. And as Manoah and his wife looked on, the LORD did a marvelous thing.
- וּמַפְלִ֣אumafli'conjunction (“and”) + verb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine singulartagged: and an extraordinary thing
2 Samuel
two uses
I grieve for you, Jonathan, my brother. You were delightful to me; your love to me was extraordinary, surpassing the love of women.
- נִפְלְאַ֤תָהnifleatahverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it was wonderful
Amnon was sick with frustration over his sister Tamar, for she was a virgin, and it seemed implausible for him to do anything to her.
- וַיִּפָּלֵא֙vaiyipale'Hc/VNw3mstagged: and it was difficult
1 Chronicles
three uses
Sing to Him, sing praises to Him; tell of all His wonders.
- נִפְלְאֹתָֽיו׃nifleotavverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: wonders his
Remember the wonders He has done, His marvels, and the judgments He has pronounced,
- נִפְלְאֹתָיו֙nifleotavverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: wonders his
Declare His glory among the nations, His wonderful deeds among all peoples.
- נִפְלְאֹתָֽיו׃nifleotavverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: wonders his
2 Chronicles
two uses
to prepare for me timber in abundance, because the temple I am building will be great and wonderful.
- וְהַפְלֵֽא׃vehafle'conjunction (“and”) + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absolutetagged: and act wonderfully
And in Jerusalem he made skillfully designed devices to shoot arrows and catapult large stones from the towers and corners. So his fame spread far and wide, for he was helped tremendously so that he became powerful.
- הִפְלִ֥יאhifli'verb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he made wonderful
Nehemiah
one use
They refused to listen and failed to remember the wonders You performed among them. They stiffened their necks and appointed a leader to return them to their bondage in Egypt. But You are a forgiving God, gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in loving devotion, and You did not forsake them.
- נִפְלְאֹתֶ֙יךָ֙nifleoteikhaverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: wonders your
Job
six uses
the One who does great and unsearchable things, wonders without number.
- נִ֝פְלָא֗וֹתniflaotverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · feminine pluraltagged: wonders
He does great things beyond searching out, and wonders without number.
- וְנִפְלָא֗וֹתveniflaotconjunction (“and”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · feminine pluraltagged: and wonders
Should I hold my head high, You would hunt me like a lion, and again display Your power against me.
- תִּתְפַּלָּא־titpala'-verb · reflexive (hithpael), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you show yourself wonderful
God thunders wondrously with His voice; He does great things we cannot comprehend.
- נִפְלָא֑וֹתniflaotverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · feminine pluraltagged: wonders
Listen to this, O Job; stand still and consider the wonders of God.
- נִפְלְא֬וֹתnifleotverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: wonders of
You asked, ‘Who is this who conceals My counsel without knowledge?’ Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know.
- נִפְלָא֥וֹתniflaotverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · feminine pluraltagged: wonderful
Psalms
thirty uses
I will give thanks to the LORD with all my heart; I will recount all Your wonders.
- נִפְלְאוֹתֶֽיךָ׃nifleoteikhaverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: wonders your
to raise my voice in thanksgiving and declare all Your wonderful works.
- נִפְלְאוֹתֶֽיךָ׃nifleoteikhaverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: wonders your
Blessed be the LORD, for He has shown me His loving devotion in a city under siege.
- הִפְלִ֘יאhifli'verb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he has made wonderful
Many, O LORD my God, are the wonders You have done, and the plans You have for us— none can compare to You— if I proclaim and declare them, they are more than I can count.
- נִֽפְלְאֹתֶ֥יךָnifleoteikhaverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: wonders your
O God, You have taught me from my youth, and to this day I proclaim Your marvelous deeds.
- נִפְלְאוֹתֶֽיךָ׃nifleoteikhaverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: wonders your
Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel, who alone does marvelous deeds.
- נִפְלָא֣וֹתniflaotverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · feminine pluraltagged: of wonders
We give thanks to You, O God; we give thanks, for Your Name is near. The people declare Your wondrous works.
- נִפְלְאוֹתֶֽיךָ׃nifleoteikhaverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: wonders your
We will not hide them from their children, but will declare to the next generation the praises of the LORD and His might, and the wonders He has performed.
- וְ֝נִפְלְאוֹתָ֗יוvenifleotavconjunction (“and”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and wonders his
They forgot what He had done, the wonders He had shown them.
- וְ֝נִפְלְאוֹתָ֗יוvenifleotavconjunction (“and”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and wonders his
In spite of all this, they kept on sinning; despite His wonderful works, they did not believe.
- בְּנִפְלְאוֹתָֽיו׃benifleotavpreposition + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: in wonders his
For You are great and perform wonders; You alone are God.
- נִפְלָא֑וֹתniflaotverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · feminine pluraltagged: of wonders
Declare His glory among the nations, His wonderful deeds among all peoples.
- נִפְלְאוֹתָֽיו׃nifleotavverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: wonders his
Sing to the LORD a new song, for He has done wonders; His right hand and holy arm have gained Him the victory.
- נִפְלָא֣וֹתniflaotverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · feminine pluraltagged: wonders
Sing to Him, sing praises to Him; tell of all His wonders.
- נִפְלְאוֹתָֽיו׃nifleotavverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: wonders his
Remember the wonders He has done, His marvels, and the judgments He has pronounced,
- נִפְלְאוֹתָ֥יוnifleotavverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: wonders his
Our fathers in Egypt did not grasp Your wonders or remember Your abundant kindness; but they rebelled by the sea, there at the Red Sea.
- נִפְלְאוֹתֶ֗יךָnifleoteikhaverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: wonders your
wondrous works in the land of Ham, and awesome deeds by the Red Sea.
- נִ֭פְלָאוֹתniflaotverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · feminine pluraltagged: wonders
Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men.
- וְ֝נִפְלְאוֹתָ֗יוvenifleotavconjunction (“and”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and wonders his
Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men.
- וְ֝נִפְלְאוֹתָ֗יוvenifleotavconjunction (“and”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and wonders his
Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men.
- וְ֝נִפְלְאוֹתָ֗יוvenifleotavconjunction (“and”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and wonders his
They saw the works of the LORD, and His wonders in the deep.
- וְ֝נִפְלְאוֹתָ֗יוvenifleotavconjunction (“and”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and wonders his
Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men.
- וְ֝נִפְלְאוֹתָ֗יוvenifleotavconjunction (“and”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and wonders his
He has caused His wonders to be remembered; the LORD is gracious and compassionate.
- לְנִפְלְאֹתָ֑יוlenifleotavpreposition + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: of wonders his
This is from the LORD, and it is marvelous in our eyes.
- נִפְלָ֣אתniflatverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · feminine singulartagged: it is wonderful
Open my eyes that I may see wondrous things from Your law.
- נִ֝פְלָא֗וֹתniflaotverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · feminine pluraltagged: wonderful
Make clear to me the way of Your precepts; then I will meditate on Your wonders.
- בְּנִפְלְאוֹתֶֽיךָ׃benifleoteikhapreposition + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: on wonders your
My heart is not proud, O LORD, my eyes are not haughty. I do not aspire to great things or matters too lofty for me.
- וּבְנִפְלָא֣וֹתuveniflaotconjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · feminine pluraltagged: and in difficult
He alone does great wonders. His loving devotion endures forever.
- נִפְלָא֣וֹתniflaotverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · feminine pluraltagged: of wonders
I praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Marvelous are Your works, and I know this very well.
- נִפְלָאִ֥יםniflaimverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: wonderful
the glorious splendor of Your majesty. And I will meditate on Your wondrous works.
- נִפְלְאוֹתֶ֣יךָnifleoteikhaverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: wonders your
Proverbs
one use
There are three things too wonderful for me, four that I cannot understand:
- נִפְלְא֣וּnifleuverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they are wonderful
Isaiah
three uses
This also comes from the LORD of Hosts, who is wonderful in counsel and excellent in wisdom.
- הִפְלִ֣יאhifli'verb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he has made wonderful
Therefore I will again confound these people with wonder upon wonder. The wisdom of the wise will vanish, and the intelligence of the intelligent will be hidden.”
- לְהַפְלִ֥יאlehafli'preposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to deal wonderfully with
- הַפְלֵ֣אhafle'verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absolutetagged: highly deal wonderfully
Jeremiah
three uses
“Please inquire of the LORD on our behalf, since Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon is waging war against us. Perhaps the LORD will perform for us something like all His past wonders, so that Nebuchadnezzar will withdraw from us.”
- נִפְלְאֹתָ֔יוnifleotavverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: wonders his
“Oh, Lord GOD! You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too difficult for You!
- יִפָּלֵ֥אyipale'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it is difficult
“Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh. Is anything too difficult for Me?
- יִפָּלֵ֖אyipale'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: is it difficult
Daniel
two uses
His power will be great, but it will not be his own. He will cause terrible destruction and succeed in whatever he does. He will destroy the mighty men along with the holy people.
- וְנִפְלָא֥וֹתveniflaotconjunction (“and”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · feminine pluraltagged: and wonders
Then the king will do as he pleases and will exalt and magnify himself above every god, and he will speak monstrous things against the God of gods. He will be successful until the time of wrath is completed, for what has been decreed must be accomplished.
- נִפְלָא֑וֹתniflaotverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · feminine pluraltagged: extraordinary
Joel
one use
You will have plenty to eat, until you are satisfied. You will praise the name of the LORD your God, who has worked wonders for you. My people will never again be put to shame.
- לְהַפְלִ֑יאlehafli'preposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: by doing wonderfully
Micah
one use
As in the days when you came out of Egypt, I will show My wonders.
- נִפְלָאֽוֹת׃niflaotverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · feminine pluraltagged: wonders
Zechariah
two uses
This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “If this is impossible in the eyes of the remnant of this people in these days, should it also be impossible in My eyes?” declares the LORD of Hosts.
- יִפָּלֵ֗אyipale'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will be difficult
- יִפָּלֵ֔אyipale'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: will it be difficult
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.
