פְּרִיץ
pᵉrîyts · per-eets'
violent, i.e. a tyrant
Lexicon
Derivation: from H6555 (פָּרַץ)lemma פּרַץ missing vowel, corrected to פָּרַץ;
violent, i.e. a tyrant
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: destroyer, ravenous, robber.
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
- צTsade90
Picture: a person lying on their side (or a fish hook)
- Concrete
- hook · trail · side · a man bowed
- Extended
- to hunt · to pursue · need · righteousness as a straight path
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to speak, the word › the head, the highest › the hand that works › to pursue the straight path
To speak, the word of the head, the highest of the hand that works that works to pursue the straight path.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of פְּרִיץ 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
6 occurrences · 6 OT · 0 NT · 6 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of the destroyer1 · 17%
- shall be there, nor any ravenous1 · 17%
- of robbers1 · 17%
- place: for the robbers1 · 17%
- that is a robber1 · 17%
- also the robbers1 · 17%
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.