פָּרַס
pâraç · paw-ras'
to break in pieces, i.e. (usually without violence) to split, distribute
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to break in pieces, i.e. (usually without violence) to split, distribute
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: deal, divide, have hoofs, part, tear.
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
- סSamekh60
Picture: a prop or pillar
- Concrete
- pillar · prop · thorn
- Extended
- to support · to uphold · to turn around · to be trusted
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to speak, the word › the head, the highest › to support and uphold
To speak, the word of the head, the highest that works to support and uphold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of פָּרַס 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
14 occurrences · 14 OT · 0 NT · 12 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- but divideth3 · 21%
- or of them that divide2 · 14%
- whatsoever parteth1 · 7%
- though he divide1 · 7%
- which divideth1 · 7%
- that parteth1 · 7%
- but divide1 · 7%
- because it divideth1 · 7%
- and hoofs1 · 7%
- is it not to deal1 · 7%
- neither shall men tear1 · 7%
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.