Quick Definition
work
Strong's Definition
an act or work (concretely)
Derivation: from H6466 (פָּעַל);
KJV Usage: act, deed, do, getting, maker, work.
TWOT Reference: 1792a
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
פֹּ֫עַל (po.al) — work. 1) work, deed, doing 1a) deed, thing done 1b) work, thing made 1c) wages of work 1d) acquisition (of treasure)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun m · פעל
Happen | ≈ מַעֲשֶׂה · עֲלִילָה
deed = an activity performed by a person or deity
RUT 2:12 · 2SA 23:20 · 1CH 11:22 · JOB 36:24 · PSA 44:2 · PSA 64:10 · PSA 77:13 · PSA 90:16 · PSA 92:5 · PSA 95:9 · PSA 111:3 · PSA 143:5 · ISA 5:12 · HAB 1:5 · HAB 3:2
Act | ≈ אֹרַח · דֶּרֶךְ · מַעֲלָל · מַעֲשֶׂה · פֶּשַׁע
deeds = a pattern of activities performed by a person or deity, with the primary focus on whether these activities are good or evil
DEU 32:4 · JOB 34:11 · JOB 36:9 · PSA 9:17 · PSA 28:4 · PRO 20:11 · PRO 21:8 · PRO 24:12 · PRO 24:29 · ISA 41:24 · ISA 59:6 · JER 25:14 · JER 50:29
Serve | ≈ עֲבֹודָה
work, labor = an activity involving a physical or mental effort in order to achieve a result
Artifacts
work, product = a product that is the result of the work of humans or deities
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
פֹּ֫עַל 37 n.m. doing, deed, work (poet. and late) deed, thing done
work, thing made
wages of work
acquisition of treasures
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