פֶּרַח
perach · peh'-rakh
a calyx (natural or artificial); generally, bloom
Lexicon
Derivation: from H6524 (פָּרַח);
a calyx (natural or artificial); generally, bloom
- a calyx (natural or artificial)
- generally, bloom
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: blossom, bud, flower.
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 פֶּרַח 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
17 occurrences · 17 OT · 0 NT · 12 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and a flower4 · 24%
- and his flowers3 · 18%
- with flowers2 · 12%
- and their flowers1 · 6%
- thereof, unto the flowers1 · 6%
- buds1 · 6%
- with the flowers1 · 6%
- and the flowers1 · 6%
- and their blossom1 · 6%
- when the bud1 · 6%
- and the flower1 · 6%
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.