פֶּרֶד
pered · peh'-red
a mule (perhaps from his lonely habits)
Lexicon
Derivation: from H6504 (פָּרַד);
a mule (perhaps from his lonely habits)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: mule.
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
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to speak, the word › the head, the highest › the doorway, the way in
To speak, the word of the head, the highest of the doorway, the way in.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of פֶּרֶד 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
15 occurrences · 15 OT · 0 NT · 14 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and mules4 · 27%
- and the mule2 · 13%
- their mules2 · 13%
- upon his mule1 · 7%
- upon a mule1 · 7%
- mules1 · 7%
- and on mules1 · 7%
- or as the mule1 · 7%
- and upon mules1 · 7%
- of the mule1 · 7%
Where it is used, by book.
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.