פְּאֹרָה
pᵉʼôrâh · peh-o-raw'
properly, ornamentation, i.e. (plural) foliage (including the limbs) as bright green
Lexicon
Derivation: or פֹּרָאה; or פֻּארָה; from H6286 (פָּאַר);
properly, ornamentation, i.e. (plural) foliage (including the limbs) as bright green
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: bough, branch, sprig.
Letters
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to speak, the word › strength, the leader › the head, the highest › to reveal, behold
To speak, the word of strength, the leader of the head, the highest that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of פְּאֹרָה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
7 occurrences · 7 OT · 0 NT · 7 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the bough1 · 14%
- forth sprigs1 · 14%
- and his branches1 · 14%
- and under his branches1 · 14%
- were not like his branches1 · 14%
- and his boughs1 · 14%
- shall be upon his branches1 · 14%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.