פֶּרֶךְ
perek · peh'-rek
fracture, i.e. severity
Lexicon
Derivation: from an unused root meaning to break apart;
fracture, i.e. severity
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: cruelty, rigour.
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
- כKaf20
Picture: open palm
- Concrete
- palm · open hand · sole of the foot
- Extended
- to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to speak, the word › the head, the highest › the open hand that covers
To speak, the word of the head, the highest of the open hand that covers.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of פֶּרֶךְ 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 · 5 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- with rigour3 · 50%
- was with rigour1 · 17%
- over him with rigour1 · 17%
- and with cruelty1 · 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.