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Lexicon :: Strong's H6555 - pāraṣ

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פָּרַץ
Transliteration
pāraṣ
Pronunciation
paw-rats'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1826

Strong’s Definitions

פָּרַץ pârats, paw-rats'; a primitive root; to break out (in many applications, direct and indirect, literal and figurative):—× abroad, (make a) breach, break (away, down, -er, forth, in, up), burst out, come (spread) abroad, compel, disperse, grow, increase, open, press, scatter, urge.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 49x

The KJV translates Strong's H6555 in the following manner: break down (11x), break forth (5x), increase (5x), break (4x), abroad (3x), breach (2x), break in (2x), made (2x), break out (2x), pressed (2x), break up (2x), break away (1x), breaker (1x), compelled (1x), miscellaneous (6x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 49x
The KJV translates Strong's H6555 in the following manner: break down (11x), break forth (5x), increase (5x), break (4x), abroad (3x), breach (2x), break in (2x), made (2x), break out (2x), pressed (2x), break up (2x), break away (1x), breaker (1x), compelled (1x), miscellaneous (6x).
  1. to break through or down or over, burst, breach

    1. (Qal)

      1. to break or burst out (from womb or enclosure)

      2. to break through or down, make a breach in

      3. to break into

      4. to break open

      5. to break up, break in pieces

      6. to break out (violently) upon

      7. to break over (limits), increase

      8. to use violence

      9. to burst open

      10. to spread, distribute

    2. (Niphal) to be broken through

    3. (Pual) to be broken down

    4. (Hithpael) to break away

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
פָּרַץ pârats, paw-rats'; a primitive root; to break out (in many applications, direct and indirect, literal and figurative):—× abroad, (make a) breach, break (away, down, -er, forth, in, up), burst out, come (spread) abroad, compel, disperse, grow, increase, open, press, scatter, urge.
STRONGS H6555: Abbreviations
† I. פָּרַץ verb break through (Late Hebrew id.; Jewish-Aramaic פְּרַץ id.; perhaps Assyrian parâṣu (see DlHWB); Arabic bdb082901 cut, slit, also hit); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular פָּרַץ 2 Samuel 5:20 +; 2nd person masculine singular suffix פְּרַצְתָּנוּ Psalm 60:3, etc.; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִפְרֹץ Exodus 1:12; Exodus 19:22, יִפְרָץ־ Exodus 19:24, וַיִּפְרֹץ Genesis 30:30 +, etc.; Infinitive absolute פָּרֹץ Isaiah 5:5; construct פְּרֹץ 2 Chronicles 31:5, פְּרוֹץ Ecclesiastes 3:3; Participle active פֹּרֵץ Micah 2:13; Ecclesiastes 10:8; passive feminine singular פְּרוּצָה 2 Chronicles 32:5; Proverbs 25:28; masculine plural פְּרֻצִים Nehemiah 4:1 + הֵם פְּרוּצִים Nehemiah 2:13 Qr (> Kt המפרוצים); — break through:
1. break or burst out, from womb Genesis 38:29 (J; with accusative of congnate meaning with verb); from enclosure Micah 2:13.
2. break through, down (from without), with accusative גָּדֵר Isaiah 5:5; Psalm 80:13; Psalm 89:41; Ecclesiastes 10:8; חוֺמָה Nehemiah 3:35; 2 Chronicles 26:6, compare passive participle Nehemiah 2:13; 2 Chronicles 32:5; with בְּחוֺמָה = make a breach in 2 Kings 14:13 2 Chronicles 25:23; פְּרוּצָה עִיר Proverbs 25:28; absolute, opposed to בָּנָה Ecclesiastes 3:3; הַפֹּרֵץ Micah 2:13; הַפְּרוּצִים Nehemiah 4:1 the part broken down.
3. break into, with accusative בֵּית י׳ 2 Chronicles 24:7.
4. break open, a mining shaft Job 28:4.
5. break up, break in pieces, with accusative מַעֲשֶׂיךָ 2 Chronicles 20:37 (|| וַּיִּשָּֽׁבְרוּ אֳנִיּוֺת).
6. break put (violently) upon, of י׳ in sudden judgment, with accusative of person 2 Samuel 5:20 = 1 Chronicles 14:11; Psalm 60:3; with ב person Exodus 19:22, 24 (J), 1 Chronicles 15:13, so of plague Psalm 106:29; of י׳, with accusative of congnate meaning with verb פֶּרֶין + ב person 2 Samuel 6:8 = 1 Chronicles 13:11; with accusative of congnate meaning with verb + suffix Job 16:14.
7. use violence absolute Hosea 4:2.
8. break over [limits], increase, וַיִפְרֹץ לָרֹב Genesis 30:30 (J), 1 Chronicles 4:38; + ה locative Genesis 28:14 (J); absolute Genesis 30:43 (J), Exodus 1:12 (J; + רָבָה), Hosea 4:10; Isaiah 54:3, בָּאָרֶץ פָּרַץ Job 1:10.
9. burst open, intransitive, of wine-vats Proverbs 3:10 (with accusative of material תִּירוֺשׁ).
10. spread, i.e. become known, of הַדָּבָר 2 Chronicles 31:5. — 1 Chronicles 13:2 is probably corrupt, see Kau, who (after SS) conjectures נֶחֱרָצָה; פ׳ in 2 Chronicles 11:23 is apparently distributive (with מִן partitive) but dubious. — 1 Samuel 28:23; 2 Samuel 13:25, 27; 2 Kings 5:23 see פצר.
Niph. Participle אֵין חָזוֺן נִפְרָ֑ץ 1 Samuel 3:1 no vision spread abroad (i.e. general, or frequent, compare Qal 10; || הָיָה יָקָר דְּבַר י׳, but text dubious.
Pu. Participle feminine מְפֹרָ֑צֶת Nehemiah 1:3 (of wall).
Hithp. Participle plural הַמִּתְפָּֽרְצִים 1 Samuel 25:10 slaves who break away, each from (מִפְּנֵי) his master.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

28:14; 30:30; 30:30; 30:43; 38:29

Exodus

1:12; 1:12; 19:22; 19:22; 19:24; 19:24

1 Samuel

3:1; 25:10; 28:23

2 Samuel

5:20; 5:20; 6:8; 13:25; 13:27

2 Kings

5:23; 14:13

1 Chronicles

4:38; 13:2; 13:11; 14:11; 15:13

2 Chronicles

11:23; 20:37; 24:7; 25:23; 26:6; 31:5; 31:5; 32:5; 32:5

Nehemiah

1:3; 2:13; 2:13; 4:1; 4:1

Job

1:10; 16:14; 28:4

Psalms

60:3; 60:3; 80:13; 89:41; 106:29

Proverbs

3:10; 25:28; 25:28

Ecclesiastes

3:3; 3:3; 10:8; 10:8

Isaiah

5:5; 5:5; 54:3

Hosea

4:2; 4:10

Micah

2:13; 2:13; 2:13

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6555 matches the Hebrew פָּרַץ (pāraṣ),
which occurs 49 times in 48 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:14 - and thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:30 - For it was little which thou hadst before I came, and it hath increased unto a multitude; and Jehovah hath blessed thee whithersoever I turned: and now when shall I provide for mine own house also?
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:43 - And the man increased exceedingly, and had large flocks, and maid-servants and men-servants, and camels and asses.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:29 - And it came to pass, as he drew back his hand, that, behold, his brother came out: and she said, Wherefore hast thou made a breach for thyself? Therefore his name was called Perez.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:12 - But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and the more they spread abroad. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:22 - And let the priests also, that come near to Jehovah, sanctify themselves, lest Jehovah break forth upon them.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:24 - And Jehovah said unto him, Go, get thee down; and thou shalt come up, thou, and Aaron with thee: but let not the priests and the people break through to come up unto Jehovah, lest he break forth upon them.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:1 - And the child Samuel ministered unto Jehovah before Eli. And the word of Jehovah was precious in those days; there was no frequent vision.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:10 - And Nabal answered David’s servants, and said, Who is David? and who is the son of Jesse? there are many servants now-a-days that break away every man from his master.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:23 - But he refused, and said, I will not eat. But his servants, together with the woman, constrained him; and he hearkened unto their voice. So he arose from the earth, and sat upon the bed.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:20 - And David came to Baal-perazim, and David smote them there; and he said, Jehovah hath broken mine enemies before me, like the breach of waters. Therefore he called the name of that place Baal-perazim.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:8 - And David was displeased, because Jehovah had broken forth upon Uzzah; and he called that place Perez-uzzah, unto this day.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:25 - And the king said to Absalom, Nay, my son, let us not all go, lest we be burdensome unto thee. And he pressed him: howbeit he would not go, but blessed him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:27 - But Absalom pressed him, and he let Amnon and all the king’s sons go with him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:23 - And Naaman said, Be pleased to take two talents. And he urged him, and bound two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of raiment, and laid them upon two of his servants; and they bare them before him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:13 - And Jehoash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Beth-shemesh, and came to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim unto the corner gate, four hundred cubits.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:38 - these mentioned by name were princes in their families: and their fathers’ houses increased greatly.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:2 - And David said unto all the assembly of Israel, If it seem good unto you, and if it be of Jehovah our God, let us send abroad every where unto our brethren that are left in all the land of Israel, with whom the priests and Levites are in their cities that have suburbs, that they may gather themselves unto us;
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:11 - And David was displeased, because Jehovah had broken forth upon Uzza: and he called that place Perez-uzza, unto this day.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 14:11 - So they came up to Baal-perazim, and David smote them there; and David said, God hath broken mine enemies by my hand, like the breach of waters. Therefore they called the name of that place Baal-perazim.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:13 - For because ye bare it not at the first, Jehovah our God made a breach upon us, for that we sought him not according to the ordinance.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:23 - And he dealt wisely, and dispersed of all his sons throughout all the lands of Judah and Benjamin, unto every fortified city: and he gave them victuals in abundance. And he sought for them many wives.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:37 - Then Eliezer the son of Dodavahu of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, Because thou hast joined thyself with Ahaziah, Jehovah hath destroyed thy works. And the ships were broken, so that they were not able to go to Tarshish.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:7 - For the sons of Athaliah, that wicked woman, had broken up the house of God; and also all the dedicated things of the house of Jehovah did they bestow upon the Baalim.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:23 - And Joash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash the son of Jehoahaz, at Beth-shemesh, and brought him to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim unto the corner gate, four hundred cubits.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:6 - And he went forth and warred against the Philistines, and brake down the wall of Gath, and the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod; and he built cities in the country of Ashdod, and among the Philistines.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:5 - And as soon as the commandment came abroad, the children of Israel gave in abundance the first-fruits of grain, new wine, and oil, and honey, and of all the increase of the field; and the tithe of all things brought they in abundantly.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:5 - And he took courage, and built up all the wall that was broken down, and raised it up to the towers, and the other wall without, and strengthened Millo in the city of David, and made weapons and shields in abundance.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 1:3 - And they said unto me, The remnant that are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach: the wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, and the gates thereof are burned with fire.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:13 - And I went out by night by the valley gate, even toward the jackal’s well, and to the dung gate, and viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which were broken down, and the gates thereof were consumed with fire.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:3 - Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they are building, if a fox go up, he shall break down their stone wall.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:7 - But it came to pass that, when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the repairing of the walls of Jerusalem went forward, and that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very wroth;
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:10 - Hast not thou made a hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath, on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:14 -
He breaketh me with breach upon breach;
He runneth upon me like a giant.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:4 -
He breaketh open a shaft away from where men sojourn;
They are forgotten of the foot;
They hang afar from men, they swing to and fro.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 60:1 -
For the Chief Musician; set to Shushan Eduth. Michtam of David, to teach; when he strove with Aram-naharaim and with Aram-zobah, and Joab returned, and smote of Edom in the Valley of Salt twelve thousand.
O God thou hast cast us off, thou hast broken us down;
Thou hast been angry; oh restore us again.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 80:12 -
Why hast thou broken down its walls,
So that all they that pass by the way do pluck it?
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:40 -
Thou hast broken down all his hedges;
Thou hast brought his strongholds to ruin.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:29 -
Thus they provoked him to anger with their doings;
And the plague brake in upon them.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:10 -
So shall thy barns be filled with plenty,
And thy vats shall overflow with new wine.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:28 -
He whose spirit is without restraint
Is like a city that is broken down and without walls.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:3 - a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:8 - He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh through a wall, a serpent shall bite him.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:5 - And now I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; I will break down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down:
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:3 - For thou shalt spread abroad on the right hand and on the left; and thy seed shall possess the nations, and make the desolate cities to be inhabited.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:2 - There is nought but swearing and breaking faith, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery; they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:10 - And they shall eat, and not have enough; they shall play the harlot, and shall not increase; because they have left off taking heed to Jehovah.
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:13 - The breaker is gone up before them: they have broken forth and passed on to the gate, and are gone out thereat; and their king is passed on before them, and Jehovah at the head of them.
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