פָּרָה
pârâh · paw-raw'
a heifer
Lexicon
Derivation: feminine of H6499 (פַּר);
a heifer
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: cow, heifer, kine.
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
- 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 › the head, the highest › to reveal, behold
To speak, the word of the head, the highest that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of פָּרָה 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
26 occurrences · 26 OT · 0 NT · 21 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- kine13 · 50%
- of the heifer3 · 12%
- heifer2 · 8%
- the kine2 · 8%
- the other kine1 · 4%
- the heifer1 · 4%
- and the kine1 · 4%
- not; their cow1 · 4%
- and the cow1 · 4%
- ye kine1 · 4%
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.