פָּלָא (pālāʾ) is
a Hebrew verb
meaning be surpassing. It appears
71 times
in 20 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H6381).
Also rendered
to wonder
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1768)
Range of meaning (TWOT 1768)be surpassing, extraordinary; be beyond one's power, difficult, wonderful, marvellous things, wonderful acts; make a special votive offering; do a hard, difficult thing, make wonderful, do wondrously, working wonders in doing…
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
פָּלָאverb, denominative: be surpassing, extraordinary
Niphal
1.be beyond one's power, difficult to do
2.be difficult to understand
3.
a.be extraordinary, wonderful
b.as substantive, marvellous things
4.wonderful acts
Pielmake a special votive offering
Hiphil
1.do a hard or difficult thing
2.make wonderful, do wondrously
3.of God working wonders in doing
Strong's H6381פָּלָא: properly, perhaps to separate, i.e. distinguish (literally or figuratively); by implication, to be (causatively, make) great, difficult, wonderful KJV:accomplish, (arise...too, be too) hard, hidden, things too high, (be, do, do a, shew) marvelous(-ly, -els, things, work), miracles, perform, separate, make singular, (be, great, make) wonderful(-ers, -ly, things, works), wondrous (things, works, -ly).
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.