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Proverbs 21:6

“The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

פֹּעַלpôʻal · po'-al
H6467 · Hebrew

Definition: an act or work (concretely)
Derivation: from H6466 (פָּעַל);
KJV renderings: act, deed, do, getting, maker, work.
Grammar: פֹּ֣עַל — common noun, masculine, singular, construct
Code HNcmsc
Usage: Occurs 38 times in the Hebrew Bible.Deuteronomy 32:4 Deuteronomy 33:11 Ruth 2:12 2 Samuel 23:20 1 Chronicles 11:22

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read פֹּעַל here.

Verse 5 Verse 7

Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.