פְּרָת
Pᵉrâth · per-awth'
Perath (i.e. Euphrates), a river of the East
Lexicon
Derivation: from an unused root meaning to break forth; rushing;
Perath (i.e. Euphrates), a river of the East
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Euphrates.
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
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to speak, the word › the head, the highest › the mark, the covenant sign
To speak, the word of the head, the highest of the mark, the covenant sign.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of פְּרָת 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
18 occurrences · 18 OT · 0 NT · 8 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- euphrates12 · 63%
- to euphrates3 · 16%
- is euphrates1 · 5%
- by euphrates1 · 5%
- it by euphrates1 · 5%
- of euphrates1 · 5%
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.