פָּרַר
pârar · paw-rar'
to break up (usually figuratively), i.e. to violate, frustrate
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to break up (usually figuratively), i.e. to violate, frustrate
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: [idiom] any ways, break (asunder), cast off, cause to cease, [idiom] clean, defeat, disannul, disappoint, dissolve, divide, make of none effect, fail, frustrate, bring (come) to nought, [idiom] utterly, make void.
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
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to speak, the word › the head, the highest › the head, the highest
To speak, the word of the head, the highest of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of פָּרַר 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
50 occurrences · 50 OT · 0 NT · 45 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- break4 · 13%
- he hath broken2 · 6%
- me, and break2 · 6%
- that i might break2 · 6%
- but that ye break1 · 3%
- and to break1 · 3%
- and hath broken1 · 3%
- of none effect1 · 3%
- hath utterly1 · 3%
- made them void1 · 3%
- hath made them void1 · 3%
- may make it void1 · 3%
- but if he shall any ways1 · 3%
- make them void1 · 3%
- then mayest thou for me defeat1 · 3%
- to defeat1 · 3%
- and break1 · 3%
- against them, to frustrate1 · 3%
- had brought1 · 3%
- to nought1 · 3%
- he disappointeth1 · 3%
- yea, thou castest off1 · 3%
- but he hath broken me asunder1 · 3%
- wilt thou also disannul1 · 3%
- thou didst divide1 · 3%
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.