עֲלִילָה

ʻălîylâh · Hebrew · Strong's H5949 · 24 occurrences

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

What it means

an exploit (of God), or a performance (of man, often in a bad sense); by implication, an opportunity

or עֲלִלָה; from H5953 (עָלַל) in the sense of effecting;

How the KJV renders it

act, deed, doing, invention, occasion, 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), maʻălâl (H4611), miphʻâl (H4659), miqshâh (H4749), ʻăbad (H5648), ʻăbôdâh (H5656), ʻăbîydâh (H5673), ʻâsâh (H6213), pâlâʼ (H6381), pâʻal (H6466), pôʻal (H6467), pᵉʻullâh (H6468)

“deed”

also renders poíēsis (G4162), érgon (G2041), prâxis (G4234), gᵉmûwlâh (H1578), dâbâr (H1697), maʻăseh (H4639), pôʻal (H6467)

“occasion”

also renders aphormḗ (G874), mâtsâʼ (H4672), ʻillâh (H5931), taʼănâh (H8385), tᵉnûwʼâh (H8569)

“act”

also renders dâbâr (H1697), maʻăseh (H4639), ʻăbôdâh (H5656), pôʻal (H6467)

“doing”

also renders érgon (G2041), maʻălâl (H4611)

“invention”

also renders chishshâbôwn (H2810), maʻălâl (H4611)

Where it appears

24 occurrences in the Hebrew text.

1 Chronicles 16:8 · HNcfpc/Sp3ms

Oh give thanks to Yahweh. Call on his name. Make what he has done known among the peoples.

1 Samuel 2:3 · HNcfpa

“Don’t keep talking so exceedingly proudly. Don’t let arrogance come out of your mouth, for Yahweh is a God of knowledge. By him actions are weighed.

Deuteronomy 22:14 · HNcfpc

accuses her of shameful things, gives her a bad name, and says, “I took this woman, and when I came near to her, I didn’t find in her the tokens of virginity;”

Deuteronomy 22:17 · HNcfpc

Behold, he has accused her of shameful things, saying, ‘I didn’t find in your daughter the tokens of virginity;’ and yet these are the tokens of my daughter’s virginity.” They shall spread the cloth before the elders of the city.

Ezekiel 14:22 · HNcfpc/Sp3mp

Yet, behold, there will be left a remnant in it that will be carried out, both sons and daughters. Behold, they will come out to you, and you will see their way and their doings. Then you will be comforted concerning the evil that I have brought on Jerusalem, even concerning all that I have brought on it.

Ezekiel 14:23 · HNcfpc/Sp3mp

They will comfort you, when you see their way and their doings; then you will know that I have not done all that I have done in it without cause,” says the Lord Yahweh.

Ezekiel 20:43 HNcfpc/Sp2mpEzekiel 20:44 HC/R/Ncfpc/Sp2mpEzekiel 21:24 HNcfpc/Sp2mpEzekiel 24:14 HC/R/Ncfpc/Sp2fsEzekiel 36:17 HC/R/Ncfpc/Sp3mpEzekiel 36:19 HC/R/Ncfpc/Sp3mpIsaiah 12:4 HNcfpc/Sp3msPsalm 9:11 HNcfpc/Sp3msPsalm 14:1 HNcfsaPsalm 66:5 HNcfsaPsalm 77:12 HC/R/Ncfpc/Sp2msPsalm 78:11 HNcfpc/Sp3msPsalm 99:8 HNcfpc/Sp3mpPsalm 103:7 HNcfpc/Sp3msPsalm 105:1 HNcfpc/Sp3msPsalm 141:4 HNcfpaZephaniah 3:7 HNcfpc/Sp3mpZephaniah 3:11 HNcfpc/Sp2fs

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