1. wonder, marvel — Noun denoting something extraordinary, a wonder or marvel, typically referring to God's miraculous and awe-inspiring acts. Used of YHWH's mighty deeds in salvation history (Ex 15:11 'doing wonders'; Ps 77:11,14; 78:12; 88:10,12; 89:5 'your wonders'), of the messianic title 'Wonderful Counselor' (Isa 9:6), of God's extraordinary judgments (Isa 25:1; 29:14 'wonder upon wonder'), of the splendor of divine testimonies (Ps 119:129 'your testimonies are wonderful'), of extraordinary visions (Dan 12:6 'the wonders'), and of unusual, astonishing events (Lam 1:9). Multilingual glosses confirm the semantic unity: Arabic 'ajab/aja'ib' (wonder/wonders), German 'Wunder', Korean 'giihan il' (extraordinary deed), Spanish 'maravilla'. All forms (absolute, construct with suffixes, plural) represent a single concept of that which inspires awe at its extraordinary, often divine, character. 13×
AR["الْعَجَائِبِ","عَجَائِبَ","عَجَائِبَكَ","عَجَائِبُ","عَجَبًا","عَجَبٍ","عَجَبَكَ","عَجَبُكَ","عَجِيبًا","وَ-عَجِيبَةً"]·ben["-বিস্ময়গুলির","আশ্চর্য","আশ্চর্যভাবে","আশ্চর্যের","ও-আশ্চর্য","তোমার-আশ্চর্য","তোমার-আশ্চর্যকে"]·DE["Wunder","[הפלאות]","[ופלא]","[פלא]","[פלאים]","dein-Wunder","ein-Wunder","wunderbar"]·EN["Wonderful","Your-wonders","a-wonder","and-a-wonder","the-wonders","wonder","wonderful","wonders","wondrously","your-wonders"]·FR["et-prodige","merveille","merveilles","prodige","prodiges","tes-merveilles"]·heb["ה-פלאות","ו-פלא","פלא","פלאות","פלאים","פלאך"]·HI["अद्भुत","अद्भुत-रीति-से","आश्चर्य","आश्चर्यकर्म","आश्चर्यकर्मों-का","और-अद्भुत","चमत्कार","तेरा-आश्चर्य","तेरे-आश्चर्य-का","पिलेखा","पेलेह"]·ID["Ajaib","Penasihat","demi-keajaiban","dengan-menakjubkan","keajaiban","keajaiban-Mu","keajaiban-keajaiban-ini"]·IT["[הפלאות]","e-meraviglia","meraviglia","meraviglie","prodigio"]·jav["Elok","elok","karya-ajaib","karya-ajaib-Panjenengan","lan-elok","mujijat","mujizat","mujizat-Panjenengan","mukjijat","perkawis-ingkang-nggumunaken-punika","Éluk"]·KO["그-놀라운-것들의","그리고-기이하게","기묘자라","기사를","기이하도다","기이한-일-을","기이한-일을","놓락게","당신-의-기이한-일-을","당신-의-기이한-일-이"]·PT["Maravilhoso","Maravilhosos","as-maravilhas","as-tuas-maravilhas","e-maravilha","maravilha","maravilha?","maravilhas","maravilhosamente","o-teu-prodígio","tuas-maravilhas"]·RU["Дивны","Чудный","и-чудом","чудес-этих","чудеса-Твои","чудо","чудо-Твоё","чудовищно"]·ES["Maravilloso","Maravillosos","asombrosamente","las-maravillas","maravilla","maravilla-de-ti","y-prodigio"]·SW["Ajabu","ajabu","kwa-kushangaza","maajabu","maajabu-yako","na-maajabu","ni-za-ajabu","wa-maajabu"]·TR["Harika","ha-harikaların","harika","harikalarını","harikan","harikanı","ve-harika","şaşırtıcı-şekilde"]·urd["اور-عجوبہ","تیرے-عجائب","حیرت-انگیز","حیرت-انگیز-باتوں-کا","عجائب","عجوبہ","عجیب","عجیب-ہیں"]
Senses
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† פֶּלֶא n.m. wonder (NH id.; as unusual, extraordinary);—פ׳ Ex 15:11 + 6 times; sf. פִּלְאֲךָ ψ 89:6; פִּלְאֶ֑ךָ 77:12; 88:13; pl. פְּלָאִים La 1:9; fpl. פְּלָאוֹת ψ 119:129 Dn 12:6;— 1. wonder: extraordinary, hard to be understood, God’s dealings with His people Is 29:14; the testimonies of the Law ψ 119:129; פֶּלֶא יוֹעֵץ Is 9:5 marvel of a counsellor (Baer פֵּלֶא), wonderful counsellor (of…