Palah means “put a difference” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Strong's H6395 פָּלָה (palah) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. palah (paw-law') v. 1. to distinguish (literally or figuratively) [a primitive root] It has 7 linked Bible usages across 2 books. Visible English usage signals include sever, put, set, and marvellous. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
palah (paw-law') v. 1. to distinguish (literally or figuratively) [a primitive root] KJV: put a difference, show marvellous, separate, set apart, sever, make wonderfully.
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be distinguished
Usage: 1) to be distinct, marked out, be separated, be distinguished 1a) (Niphal) 1a1) to be distinct, be separated, be distinguished 1a2) to be wonderful 1b) (Hiphil) to make separate, set apart
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render palah, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
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7 indexed usages in Old Testament.
And I will sever in that day the land of Goshen, in which my people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there; to the end thou mayest know that I am the LORD in the midst of the earth.
And the LORD shall sever between the cattle of Israel and the cattle of Egypt: and there shall nothing die of all that is the children's of Israel.
But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog move his tongue, against man or beast: that ye may know how that the LORD doth put a difference between the Egyptians and Israel.
First 7 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H6395.
And I will sever in that day the land of Goshen, in which my people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there; to the end thou mayest know that I am the LORD in the midst of the earth.
And the LORD shall sever between the cattle of Israel and the cattle of Egypt: and there shall nothing die of all that is the children's of Israel.
But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog move his tongue, against man or beast: that ye may know how that the LORD doth put a difference between the Egyptians and Israel.
For wherein shall it be known here that I and thy people have found grace in thy sight? is it not in that thou goest with us? so shall we be separated, I and thy people, from all the people that are upon the face of the earth.
But know that the LORD hath set apart him that is godly for himself: the LORD will hear when I call unto him.
Shew thy marvellous lovingkindness, O thou that savest by thy right hand them which put their trust in thee from those that rise up against them.
I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
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Palah (Strong's H6395) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "put a difference". palah (paw-law') v. 1. to distinguish (literally or figuratively) [a primitive root]
This page currently indexes 7 linked usages for Strong's H6395 across 2 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H6395 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as sever, put, set, and marvellous. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.