פָּרַע
pâraʻ · paw-rah'
to loosen; by implication, to expose, dismiss; figuratively, absolve, begin
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to loosen; by implication, to expose, dismiss; figuratively, absolve, begin
- to loosen
- by implication, to expose, dismiss
- figuratively, absolve, begin
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: avenge, avoid, bare, go back, let, (make) naked, set at nought, perish, refuse, uncover.
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
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to speak, the word › the head, the highest › to see and know
To speak, the word of the head, the highest that works to see and know.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of פָּרַע 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
16 occurrences · 16 OT · 0 NT · 15 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- let1 · 6%
- were naked1 · 6%
- had made them naked1 · 6%
- uncover1 · 6%
- bare1 · 6%
- shall not uncover1 · 6%
- and uncover1 · 6%
- for the avenging1 · 6%
- for he made1 · 6%
- naked1 · 6%
- but ye have set at nought1 · 6%
- avoid1 · 6%
- and refuse1 · 6%
- shall be to him that refuseth1 · 6%
- he that refuseth1 · 6%
- perish1 · 6%
- it; i will not go back1 · 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.