Palas פָּלַס
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| פָּלַס | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | palas |
| Strong's number | H6424 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Gloss | to envy |
| Occurrences | 6 in 6 verses |
| Most frequent in | Proverbs (3) |
Palas (Hebrew פָּלַס, Strong's H6424) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to envy”. It occurs 6 times in 6 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) (Piel) to weigh, make level, balance
1a) to weigh out
1b) to make level or smooth
1a) to weigh out
1b) to make level or smooth
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | weigh (2), ponder (2), made (1), pondereth (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | you mete out (1), he cleared (1), make a level (1), consider (1), you clear (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Palas, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Psalms
- Psalm 58:2Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.No, in your hearts you devise injustice; with your hands you mete out violence on the earth.
- Psalm 78:50He made a way to his anger; he spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence;He cleared a path for His anger; He did not spare them from death but delivered their lives to the plague.
Proverbs
- Proverbs 4:26Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.Make a level path for your feet, and all your ways will be sure.
- Proverbs 5:6Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them.She does not consider the path of life; she does not know that her ways are unstable.
- Proverbs 5:21For the ways of man are before the eyes of the Lord, and he pondereth all his goings.For a man’s ways are before the eyes of the LORD, and the LORD examines all his paths.
Isaiah
- Isaiah 26:7The way of the just is uprightness: thou, most upright, dost weigh the path of the just.The path of the righteous is level; You clear a straight path for the upright.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).