פָּרַק
pâraq · paw-rak'
to break off or crunch; figuratively, to deliver
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to break off or crunch; figuratively, to deliver
- to break off or crunch
- figuratively, to deliver
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: break (off), deliver, redeem, rend (in pieces), tear in pieces.
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
- קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
- Concrete
- back of the head · rising sun · circle
- Extended
- what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to speak, the word › the head, the highest › what comes behind, the returning cycle
To speak, the word of the head, the highest of what comes behind, the returning cycle.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of פָּרַק 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
10 occurrences · 10 OT · 0 NT · 10 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- that thou shalt break1 · 9%
- unto them, break off1 · 9%
- brake off1 · 9%
- let them break1 · 9%
- rent1 · 9%
- rending it in pieces1 · 9%
- and hath redeemed1 · 9%
- over us: there is none that doth deliver1 · 9%
- were broken1 · 9%
- and tear1 · 9%
- in pieces1 · 9%
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.