Word Study · Strong's H6510 · Hebrew
פָּרָה
parah
paw-raw'
Strong's 1890 spelling: pârâh
“a heifer”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a heifer
Rendered in the KJV as
cow, heifer, kine.
- 26occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 7 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 21inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 26 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 21
- פָּר֤וֹת3
- הַפָּר֔וֹת2
- פָרוֹת֙2
- פָּר֔וֹת2
- הַפָּרָ֖ה1
- הַפָּרָ֔ה1
- הַפָּרָה֙1
- הַפָּרָֽה׃1
- הַפָּר֖וֹת1
- הַפָּר֗וֹת1
- הַפָּר֛וֹת1
- הַ֠פָּרוֹת1
and 9 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 8
- the cows9
- cows8
- the heifer4
- a heifer1
- and cow1
- cow his1
- like a heifer1
- O cows of1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 8
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine plural9
- noun · feminine plural8
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular4
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular1
- noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)1
- noun · feminine singular1
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1
- preposition + noun · feminine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HTd/Ncfpa · 9
- HNcfpa · 8
- HTd/Ncfsa · 4
- HC/Ncfsa · 1
- HNcfpc · 1
- HNcfsa · 1
- HNcfsc/Sp3ms · 1
- HR/Ncfsa · 1
All 26, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
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Genesis12 occurrences
- Genesis 32:15פָּר֤וֹתparotnoun · feminine plural30 milk camels with their young, 40 cows, 10 bulls, 20 female donkeys, and 10 male donkeys.here: cows
- Genesis 41:2פָּר֔וֹתparotnoun · feminine pluralwhen seven cows, sleek and well-fed, came up from the river and began to graze among the reeds.here: cows
- Genesis 41:3פָּר֣וֹתparotnoun · feminine pluralAfter them, seven other cows, sickly and thin, came up from the Nile and stood beside the well-fed cows on the bank of the river.here: cows
- Genesis 41:3הַפָּר֖וֹתhaparotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluralAfter them, seven other cows, sickly and thin, came up from the Nile and stood beside the well-fed cows on the bank of the river.here: the cows
- Genesis 41:4הַפָּר֗וֹתhaparotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluralAnd the cows that were sickly and thin devoured the seven sleek, well-fed cows. Then Pharaoh woke up,here: the cows
- Genesis 41:4הַפָּר֔וֹתhaparotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluralAnd the cows that were sickly and thin devoured the seven sleek, well-fed cows. Then Pharaoh woke up,here: the cows
- Genesis 41:18פָּר֔וֹתparotnoun · feminine pluralwhen seven cows, well-fed and sleek, came up from the river and began to graze among the reeds.here: cows
- Genesis 41:19פָּר֤וֹתparotnoun · feminine pluralAfter them, seven other cows—sickly, ugly, and thin—came up. I have never seen such ugly cows in all the land of Egypt!here: cows
- Genesis 41:20הַפָּר֔וֹתhaparotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluralThen the thin, ugly cows devoured the seven well-fed cows that were there first.here: the cows
- Genesis 41:20הַפָּר֛וֹתhaparotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluralThen the thin, ugly cows devoured the seven well-fed cows that were there first.here: the cows
- Genesis 41:26פָּרֹ֣תparotnoun · feminine pluralThe seven good cows are seven years, and the seven ripe heads of grain are seven years. The dreams have the same meaning.here: cows
- Genesis 41:27הַ֠פָּרוֹתhaparotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluralMoreover, the seven thin, ugly cows that came up after them are seven years, and so are the seven worthless heads of grain scorched by the east wind—they are seven years of famine.here: the cows
Numbers5 occurrences
- Numbers 19:2פָרָ֨הfarahnoun · feminine singular“This is the statute of the law that the LORD has commanded: Instruct the Israelites to bring you an unblemished red heifer that has no defect and has never been placed under a yoke.here: a heifer
- Numbers 19:5הַפָּרָ֖הhaparahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularThen the heifer must be burned in his sight. Its hide, its flesh, and its blood are to be burned, along with its dung.here: the heifer
- Numbers 19:6הַפָּרָֽה׃haparahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularThe priest is to take cedar wood, hyssop, and scarlet wool and throw them onto the burning heifer.here: the heifer
- Numbers 19:9הַפָּרָ֔הhaparahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularThen a man who is ceremonially clean is to gather up the ashes of the heifer and store them in a ceremonially clean place outside the camp. They must be kept by the congregation of Israel for preparing the water of purification; this is for purification from sin.here: the heifer
- Numbers 19:10הַפָּרָה֙haparahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularThe man who has gathered up the ashes of the heifer must also wash his clothes, and he will be ceremonially unclean until evening. This is a permanent statute for the Israelites and for the foreigner residing among them.here: the heifer
1 Samuel5 occurrences
- 1 Samuel 6:7פָרוֹת֙farotnoun · feminine pluralNow, therefore, prepare one new cart with two milk cows that have never been yoked. Hitch the cows to the cart, but take their calves away and pen them up.here: cows
- 1 Samuel 6:7הַפָּרוֹת֙haparotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluralNow, therefore, prepare one new cart with two milk cows that have never been yoked. Hitch the cows to the cart, but take their calves away and pen them up.here: the cows
- 1 Samuel 6:10פָרוֹת֙farotnoun · feminine pluralSo the men did as instructed. They took two milk cows, hitched them to the cart, and penned up their calves.here: cows
- 1 Samuel 6:12הַפָּר֜וֹתhaparotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluralAnd the cows headed straight up the road toward Beth-shemesh, staying on that one highway and lowing as they went, never straying to the right or to the left. The rulers of the Philistines followed behind them to the border of Beth-shemesh.here: the cows
- 1 Samuel 6:14הַ֨פָּר֔וֹתhaparotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluralThe cart came to the field of Joshua of Beth-shemesh and stopped there near a large rock. The people chopped up the cart and offered the cows as a burnt offering to the LORD.here: the cows
Same headword in Strong's