פֶּרֶא
pereʼ · peh'-reh
the onager
Lexicon
Derivation: or פֶּרֶה; (Jeremiah 2:24), from H6500 (פָּרָא) in the secondary sense of running wild;
the onager
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: wild (ass).
Letters
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to speak, the word › the head, the highest › strength, the leader
To speak, the word of the head, the highest of strength, the leader.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of פֶּרֶא 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
10 occurrences · 10 OT · 0 NT · 9 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- a wild ass2 · 20%
- and he will be a wild1 · 10%
- doth the wild ass1 · 10%
- like a wild ass's1 · 10%
- behold, as wild asses1 · 10%
- the wild ass1 · 10%
- the wild asses1 · 10%
- of wild asses1 · 10%
- and the wild asses1 · 10%
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.