פָּרָשׁ
pârâsh · paw-rash'
to separate, literally (to disperse) or figuratively (to specify); also (by implication) to wound
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to separate, literally (to disperse) or figuratively (to specify); also (by implication) to wound
- to separate, literally (to disperse) or figuratively (to specify)
- also, (by implication) to wound
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: scatter, declare, distinctly, shew, sting.
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
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to speak, the word › the head, the highest › to consume, to destroy
To speak, the word of the head, the highest that works to consume, to destroy.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of פָּרָשׁ 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
5 occurrences · 5 OT · 0 NT · 5 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- might be shewed1 · 20%
- because it was not declared1 · 20%
- distinctly1 · 20%
- and stingeth1 · 20%
- that are scattered1 · 20%
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.