מַעֲלָל

maʻălâl · Hebrew · Strong's H4611 · 41 occurrences

The KJV renders 28 different Hebrew and Greek words as “work”

What it means

an act (good or bad)

from H5953 (עָלַל);

How the KJV renders it

doing, endeavour, invention, work

Where that flattens a distinction

The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.

“work”

also renders ergázomai (G2038), poiéō (G4160), ergasía (G2039), érgon (G2041), prâxis (G4234), katergázomai (G2716), energéō (G1754), lógos (G3056), prâgma (G4229), dâbâr (H1697), châshab (H2803), yᵉgîyaʻ (H3018), yêtser (H3336), mᵉlâʼkâh (H4399), maʻbâd (H4566), maʻbâd (H4567), miphʻâl (H4659), miqshâh (H4749), ʻăbad (H5648), ʻăbôdâh (H5656), ʻăbîydâh (H5673), ʻălîylâh (H5949), ʻâsâh (H6213), pâlâʼ (H6381), pâʻal (H6466), pôʻal (H6467), pᵉʻullâh (H6468)

“doing”

also renders érgon (G2041), ʻălîylâh (H5949)

“endeavour”

also renders zētéō (G2212), spoudázō (G4704)

“invention”

also renders chishshâbôwn (H2810), ʻălîylâh (H5949)

Where it appears

41 occurrences in the Hebrew text.

1 Samuel 25:3 HNcmpaDeuteronomy 28:20 HNcmpc/Sp2msEzekiel 36:31 HC/Ncmpc/Sp2mpHosea 4:9 HC/Ncmpc/Sp3msHosea 5:4 HNcmpc/Sp3mpHosea 7:2 HNcmpc/Sp3mpHosea 9:15 HNcmpc/Sp3mpHosea 12:2 HR/Ncmpc/Sp3msIsaiah 1:16 HNcmpc/Sp2mpIsaiah 3:8 HC/Ncmpc/Sp3mpIsaiah 3:10 HNcmpc/Sp3mpJudges 2:19 HR/Ncmpc/Sp3mpJeremiah 4:4 HNcmpc/Sp2mpJeremiah 4:18 HC/Ncmpc/Sp2fsJeremiah 7:3 HC/Ncmpc/Sp2mpJeremiah 7:5 HNcmpc/Sp2mpJeremiah 11:18 HNcmpc/Sp3mpJeremiah 17:10 HNcmpc/Sp3msJeremiah 18:11 HC/Ncmpc/Sp2mpJeremiah 21:12 HNcmpc/Sp3mpJeremiah 21:14 HNcmpc/Sp2mpJeremiah 23:2 HNcmpc/Sp2mpJeremiah 23:22 HNcmpc/Sp3mpJeremiah 25:5 HNcmpc/Sp2mpJeremiah 26:3 HNcmpc/Sp3mpJeremiah 26:13 HC/Ncmpc/Sp2mpJeremiah 32:19 HNcmpc/Sp3msJeremiah 35:15 HNcmpc/Sp2mpJeremiah 44:22 HNcmpc/Sp2mpMicah 2:7 HNcmpc/Sp3msMicah 3:4 HNcmpc/Sp3mpMicah 7:13 HNcmpc/Sp3mpNehemiah 9:35 HR/Ncmpc/Sp3mpProverbs 20:11 HR/Ncmpc/Sp3msPsalm 28:4 HNcmpc/Sp3mpPsalm 77:11 HNcmpcPsalm 78:7 HNcmpcPsalm 106:29 HR/Ncmpc/Sp3mpPsalm 106:39 HR/Ncmpc/Sp3mpZechariah 1:4 HC/Ncmpc/Sp2mpZechariah 1:6 HC/R/Ncmpc/Sp1cp

Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Hebrew text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.