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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)
“invention”
also renders chishshâbôwn (H2810), ʻălîylâh (H5949)
Where it appears
41 occurrences in the Hebrew text.
1 Samuel 25:3 · HNcmpa
Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail. This woman was intelligent and had a beautiful face; but the man was surly and evil in his doings. He was of the house of Caleb.
Deuteronomy 28:20 · HNcmpc/Sp2ms
Yahweh will send on you cursing, confusion, and rebuke in all that you put your hand to do, until you are destroyed and until you perish quickly, because of the evil of your doings, by which you have forsaken me.
Ezekiel 36:31 · HC/Ncmpc/Sp2mp
“‘“Then you will remember your evil ways, and your deeds that were not good; and you will loathe yourselves in your own sight for your iniquities and for your abominations.
Hosea 4:9 · HC/Ncmpc/Sp3ms
It will be like people, like priest; and I will punish them for their ways, and will repay them for their deeds.
Hosea 5:4 · HNcmpc/Sp3mp
Their deeds won’t allow them to turn to their God, for the spirit of prostitution is within them, and they don’t know Yahweh.
Hosea 7:2 · HNcmpc/Sp3mp
They don’t consider in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness. Now their own deeds have engulfed them. They are before my face.
Hosea 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.