Strong’s H4659 · Hebrew

מִפְעָל
miphʻâl
mif-awl'

Definition

a performance

Etymology

or (feminine) מִפְעָלָה; from H6466 (פָּעַל);

Where the KJV renders it

  • work

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What the first audience heard

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