פֶּרֶשׁ
peresh · peh'-resh
excrement (as eliminated)
Lexicon
Derivation: from H6567 (פָּרָשׁ);
excrement (as eliminated)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: dung.
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 פֶּרֶשׁ 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
7 occurrences · 7 OT · 0 NT · 6 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and his dung3 · 43%
- and their dung1 · 14%
- with her dung1 · 14%
- dung1 · 14%
- even the dung1 · 14%
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.