Peullah פְּעֻלָּה
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| פְּעֻלָּה | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | peullah |
| Strong's number | H6468 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | feminine noun |
| Gloss | wages |
| Occurrences | 14 in 14 verses |
| Most frequent in | Isaiah (5) |
Peullah (Hebrew פְּעֻלָּה, Strong's H6468) is a Hebrew feminine noun meaning “wages”. It occurs 14 times in 14 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) work, recompense, reward
1a) work
1b) wages
1a) work
1b) wages
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | work (8), works (2), labour (2), wages (1), reward (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | your work (2), deeds (2), reward (2), his recompense (2), wages (1), works (1), labor (1), wage (1), my reward (1), their recompense (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Peullah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Leviticus
- Leviticus 19:13Thou 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.You must not defraud your neighbor or rob him. You must not withhold until morning the wages due a hired hand.
2 Chronicles
- 2 Chronicles 15:7Be ye strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak: for your work shall be rewarded.But as for you, be strong; do not be discouraged, for your work will be rewarded.”
Psalms
- Psalm 17:4Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer.As for the deeds of men— by the word of Your lips I have avoided the ways of the violent.
- Psalm 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.Since they show no regard for the works of the LORD or what His hands have done, He will tear them down and never rebuild them.
- Psalm 109:20Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from the LORD, and of them that speak evil against my soul.May this be the LORD’s reward to my accusers, to those who speak evil against me.
Proverbs
- Proverbs 10:16The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.The labor of the righteous leads to life, but the gain of the wicked brings punishment.
- Proverbs 11:18The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward.The wicked man earns an empty wage, but he who sows righteousness reaps a true reward.
Isaiah
- Isaiah 40:10Behold, the Lord God will come with strong hand, and his arm shall rule for him: behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him.Behold, the Lord GOD comes with might, and His arm establishes His rule. His reward is with Him, and His recompense accompanies Him.
- Isaiah 49:4Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought, and in vain: yet surely my judgment is with the Lord, and my work with my God.But I said, “I have labored in vain, I have spent My strength in futility and vanity; yet My vindication is with the LORD, and My reward is with My God.”
- Isaiah 61:8For I the Lord love judgment, I hate robbery for burnt offering; and I will direct their work in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.For I, the LORD, love justice; I hate robbery and iniquity; in My faithfulness I will give them their recompense and make an everlasting covenant with them.
- Isaiah 62:11Behold, the Lord hath proclaimed unto the end of the world, Say ye to the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy salvation cometh; behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him.Behold, the LORD has proclaimed to the ends of the earth, “Say to Daughter Zion: See, your Savior comes! Look, His reward is with Him, and His recompense goes before Him.”
- Isaiah 65:7Your iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together, saith the Lord, which have burned incense upon the mountains, and blasphemed me upon the hills: therefore will I measure their former work into their bosom.both for your iniquities and for those of your fathers,” says the LORD. “Because they burned incense on the mountains and scorned Me on the hills, I will measure into their laps full payment for their former deeds.”
Jeremiah
- Jeremiah 31:16Thus saith the Lord; Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears: for thy work shall be rewarded, saith the Lord; and they shall come again from the land of the enemy.This is what the LORD says: “Keep your voice from weeping and your eyes from tears, for the reward for your work will come, declares the LORD. Then your children will return from the land of the enemy.
Ezekiel
- Ezekiel 29:20I have given him the land of Egypt for his labour wherewith he served against it, because they wrought for me, saith the Lord God.I have given him the land of Egypt as the reward for his labor, because it was done for Me, declares the Lord GOD.
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).