Word Study · Strong's H6569 · Hebrew
פֶּרֶשׁ
peresh
peh'-resh
“excrement (as eliminated)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
excrement (as eliminated)
Rendered in the KJV as
dung.
- 7occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 4 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 6inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 7 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 6
- פִּרְשׁ֔וֹ2
- וּפִרְשֽׁוֹ׃1
- פֶ֙רֶשׁ֙1
- פֶּ֖רֶשׁ1
- פִּרְשָׁ֖הּ1
- פִּרְשָֽׁם׃1
How it is rendered · 5
- offal its3
- [the] dung of1
- and offal its1
- dung1
- offal their1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 6
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular2
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1
- noun · masculine singular1
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular1
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcmsc/Sp3ms · 2
- HC/Ncmsc/Sp3ms · 1
- HNcmsa · 1
- HNcmsc · 1
- HNcmsc/Sp3fs · 1
- HNcmsc/Sp3mp · 1
All 7, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Leviticus carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Leviticus3 occurrences
- Leviticus 4:11וּפִרְשֽׁוֹ׃ufirshoconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularBut the hide of the bull and all its flesh, with its head and legs and its entrails and dung—here: and offal its
- Leviticus 8:17פִּרְשׁ֔וֹpirshonoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularBut the bull with its hide, flesh, and dung he burned outside the camp, as the LORD had commanded him.here: offal its
- Leviticus 16:27פִּרְשָֽׁם׃pirshamnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralThe bull for the sin offering and the goat for the sin offering, whose blood was brought into the Most Holy Place to make atonement, must be taken outside the camp; and their hides, flesh, and dung must be burned up.here: offal their
Malachi2 occurrences
- Malachi 2:3פֶ֙רֶשׁ֙fereshnoun · masculine singularBehold, I will rebuke your descendants, and I will spread dung on your faces, the waste from your feasts, and you will be carried off with it.here: dung
- Malachi 2:3פֶּ֖רֶשׁpereshnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)Behold, I will rebuke your descendants, and I will spread dung on your faces, the waste from your feasts, and you will be carried off with it.here: [the] dung of
Same headword in Strong's