פָּרַח
pârach · paw-rakh'
to break forth as a bud, i.e. bloom; generally, to spread; specifically, to fly (as extending the wings); figuratively, to flourish
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to break forth as a bud, i.e. bloom; generally, to spread; specifically, to fly (as extending the wings); figuratively, to flourish
- to break forth as a bud, i.e. bloom
- generally, to spread
- specifically, to fly (as extending the wings)
- figuratively, to flourish
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: [idiom] abroad, [idiom] abundantly, blossom, break forth (out), bud, flourish, make fly, grow, spread, spring (up).
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
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to speak, the word › the head, the highest › to separate and protect
To speak, the word of the head, the highest that works to separate and protect.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of פָּרַח 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
36 occurrences · 36 OT · 0 NT · 34 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- shall flourish5 · 15%
- breaking forth2 · 6%
- broken2 · 6%
- flourish2 · 6%
- to flourish2 · 6%
- to make them fly2 · 6%
- and it was as though it budded1 · 3%
- break out1 · 3%
- abroad1 · 3%
- that groweth1 · 3%
- sprung1 · 3%
- it is a spreading1 · 3%
- and break1 · 3%
- shall blossom1 · 3%
- was budded1 · 3%
- it will bud1 · 3%
- spring1 · 3%
- flourished1 · 3%
- and bud1 · 3%
- and blossom1 · 3%
- it shall blossom1 · 3%
- abundantly1 · 3%
- hath budded1 · 3%
- springeth up1 · 3%
- he shall grow1 · 3%
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.