Strong's Hebrew · H6381

H6381 pâlâʼ

פָּלָא

paw-law'

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).

When pâlâʼ is spoken over you, Doxa is where you record what was said, in the words it was said in, weigh it against Scripture with people you trust, and return to it in a year.

Definition

properly, perhaps to separate, i.e. distinguish (literally or figuratively); by implication, to be (causatively, make) great, difficult, wonderful

Derivation

a primitive root;

Appears 71 times in Scripture

Psalms 107:21

“Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men.”

Genesis 18:14

“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.””

Jeremiah 32:27

““Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh. Is anything too difficult for Me?”

Leviticus 22:21

“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.”

Exodus 3:20

“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.”

Leviticus 27:2

““Speak to the Israelites and say to them, ‘When someone makes a special vow to the LORD involving the value of persons,”

Deuteronomy 28:59

“He will bring upon you and your descendants extraordinary disasters, severe and lasting plagues, and terrible and chronic sicknesses.”

1 Chronicles 16:12

“Remember the wonders He has done, His marvels, and the judgments He has pronounced,”

Exodus 34:10

“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.”

Numbers 6:2

““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,”

When pâlâʼ is spoken over you

Words like this one get spoken over people: in a prayer line, in a message from a friend, in a moment nobody planned. The lexicon gives you what pâlâʼ means. What God is saying to you through it is yours to record and weigh.

Doxa is where you record what was said, in the words it was said in, weigh it against verses like Psalms 107:21 with people you trust, and return to it in a year to see what came of it.

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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Strong's concordance data derived from the Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA) Hebrew and Greek lexicons. Scripture quotations are from the Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain.

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