פְּרִי
pᵉrîy · per-ee'
fruit (literally or figuratively)
Lexicon
Derivation: from H6509 (פָּרָה);
fruit (literally or figuratively)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: bough, (first-)fruit(-ful), reward.
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
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to speak, the word › the head, the highest › the hand that works
To speak, the word of the head, the highest of the hand that works.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of פְּרִי 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
119 occurrences · 119 OT · 0 NT · 70 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the fruit24 · 26%
- and the fruit11 · 12%
- fruit10 · 11%
- her fruit6 · 7%
- of the fruit6 · 7%
- and in the fruit4 · 4%
- their fruit3 · 3%
- fruits3 · 3%
- by the fruit2 · 2%
- his fruit2 · 2%
- in the fruit2 · 2%
- the fruits2 · 2%
- shall be the fruit2 · 2%
- and his fruit2 · 2%
- and according to the fruit2 · 2%
- with the fruit2 · 2%
- or of the fruit1 · 1%
- their fruits1 · 1%
- all the fruit1 · 1%
- and all the fruit1 · 1%
- from thee the fruit1 · 1%
- the boughs1 · 1%
- of the fruit thereof1 · 1%
- but of the fruit1 · 1%
- in the which is the fruit1 · 1%
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.