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Hebrew verb · H6524

פָּרַח

parachpaw-rakh'

to sprout; to break out; to fly

36 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: pârach

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H6524is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 12 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 34
    spellings
  • 3
    meanings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H6524

to break forth as a bud, i.e. bloom; generally, to spread; specifically, to fly (as extending the wings); figuratively, to flourish

The King James renders it: [idiom] abroad, [idiom] abundantly, blossom, break forth (out), bud, flourish, make fly, grow, spread, spring (up).

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

parach is rendered "to sprout; to break out; to fly". It stands 36 times in the Hebrew text, across twelve books.

  • Eight of the uses stand in Leviticus, more than in any other book.
  • The lexicon lists three meanings for it, beginning with "to sprout".
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 40:10and on the vine were three branches. As it budded, its blossoms opened and its clusters ripened into grapes.
  • The Greek text spells it thirty-four different ways.

The first use

and on the vine were three branches. As it budded, its blossoms opened and its clusters ripened into grapes.

Genesis 40:10כְפֹרַ֙חַת֙

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

The word stands in twelve of the 39 Old Testament books.

The other 27 Old Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

The word carries three meanings: to sprout, and to break out, and to fly.

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

The English STEP Bible gives each use, word by word, and how many times.
to sproutStrong's entry ATagged aslisted under the tableWhereGenesis 40:10and on the vine were three branches. As it budded…
to break outStrong's entry BTagged aslisted under the tableWherein the ledger below
to flyStrong's entry CTagged aslisted under the tableWherein the ledger below

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • breaking out4
  • it has broken out3
  • for birds2
  • he will flourish2
  • it has budded2
  • it will bud2
  • ¿ had it budded1
  • and I make sprout1
  • and it sprouts up1
  • and it will break out1
  • and it will bud1
  • certainly to break out1

and 15 more, 36 uses in all

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

פָּרַשׂparasto spreadUses67
פָּרָשׁparashhorseUses57
פָּרַרpararto breakUses50
פָּרַץparatsto break throughUses49
פָּרָהparahbe fruitfulUses29
פָּרַדparadto separateUses26
פָּרָהparahheiferUses26
פָּרַעparato leadUses16
פָּרַסparasto divideUses14
פָּרַקparaqto tearUses10
פָּרָשׁparashto declareUses5
פָּרַםparamto tearUses3

and 6 more on the stem.

The words it stands beside

All 36, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

34 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • יִפְרָ֑ח2
  • פָּרַ֥ח2
  • בִּפְרֹ֤חַ1
  • הֲפָֽרְחָ֣ה1
  • וְהִפְרַ֖חְתִּי1
  • וְיִפְרְח֣וּ1
  • וּפָרַ֣ח1
  • וּפָרַ֖ח1
  • וּפָרַ֤ח1
  • וְתִפְרַ֖ח1
  • יִפְרַ֖ח1
  • יַפְרִ֑חַ1

and 22 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular4HVqi3ms
  • Hc/Vqq3ms3Hc/Vqq3ms
  • verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singular3HVqp3fs
  • verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular3HVqp3ms
  • preposition + verb · simple (qal), participle · feminine plural2HR/Vqrfpa
  • verb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular2HVhi3ms
  • verb · simple (qal), infinitive absolute2HVqaa
  • verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singular2HVqi3fs
  • verb · simple (qal), participle · feminine singular2HVqrfsa
  • verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular2HVqrmsa
  • Hc/Vhq1cs1Hc/Vhq1cs
  • HC/Vqu3fs1HC/Vqu3fs

Genesis

one use
  • and on the vine were three branches. As it budded, its blossoms opened and its clusters ripened into grapes.

    Genesis 40:10

    • כְפֹרַ֙חַת֙kheforachatpreposition + verb · simple (qal), participle · feminine singulartagged: when budding

Exodus

two uses
  • It will become fine dust over all the land of Egypt, and festering boils will break out on man and beast throughout the land.”

    Exodus 9:9

    • פֹּרֵ֛חַporeachverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: breaking out
  • So they took soot from the furnace and stood before Pharaoh. Moses tossed it into the air, and festering boils broke out on man and beast.

    Exodus 9:10

    • פֹּרֵ֕חַporeachverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: breaking out

Leviticus

eight uses
  • But if the skin disease breaks out all over his skin so that it covers all the skin of the infected person from head to foot, as far as the priest can see,

    Leviticus 13:12

    • פָּר֨וֹחַparoachverb · simple (qal), infinitive absolutetagged: certainly to break out
    • תִּפְרַ֤חtifrachverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it will break out
  • The priest shall examine it, and if it appears to be beneath the skin and the hair in it has turned white, the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is a diseased infection that has broken out in the boil.

    Leviticus 13:20

    • פָּרָֽחָה׃parachahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it has broken out
  • the priest must examine it. If the hair in the spot has turned white and the spot appears to be deeper than the skin, it is a disease that has broken out in the burn. The priest must pronounce him unclean; it is a diseased infection.

    Leviticus 13:25

    • פָּרָ֑חָהparachahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it has broken out
  • the priest shall examine them, and if the spots are dull white, it is a harmless rash that has broken out on the skin; the person is clean.

    Leviticus 13:39

    • פָּרַ֥חparachverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it has broken out
  • But if there is a reddish-white sore on the bald head or forehead, it is an infectious disease breaking out on it.

    Leviticus 13:42

    • פֹּרַ֙חַת֙porachatverb · simple (qal), participle · feminine singulartagged: breaking out
  • But if it reappears in the fabric, weave, or knit, or on any leather article, it is spreading. You must burn the contaminated article.

    Leviticus 13:57

    • פֹּרַ֖חַתporachatverb · simple (qal), participle · feminine singulartagged: breaking out
  • If the mildew reappears in the house after the stones have been torn out and the house has been scraped and replastered,

    Leviticus 14:43

    • וּפָרַ֣חufarachHc/Vqq3mstagged: and it will break out

Numbers

two uses
  • The staff belonging to the man I choose will sprout, and I will rid Myself of the constant grumbling of the Israelites against you.”

    Numbers 17:5

    • יִפְרָ֑חyifrachverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will bud
  • The next day Moses entered the Tent of the Testimony and saw that Aaron’s staff, representing the house of Levi, had sprouted, put forth buds, blossomed, and produced almonds.

    Numbers 17:8

    • פָּרַ֥חparachverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it had budded

Job

one use
  • at the scent of water it will bud and put forth twigs like a sapling.

    Job 14:9

    • יַפְרִ֑חַyafriachverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will show buds

Psalms

four uses
  • May the righteous flourish in his days and prosperity abound, until the moon is no more.

    Psalms 72:7

    • יִֽפְרַח־yifrach-verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will flourish
  • that though the wicked sprout like grass, and all evildoers flourish, they will be forever destroyed.

    Psalms 92:7

    • בִּפְרֹ֤חַbifroachpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: when flourish
  • The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, and grow like a cedar in Lebanon.

    Psalms 92:12

    • יִפְרָ֑חyifrachverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will flourish
  • Planted in the house of the LORD, they will flourish in the courts of our God.

    Psalms 92:13

    • יַפְרִֽיחוּ׃yafrichuverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will flourish

Proverbs

two uses
  • He who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous will thrive like foliage.

    Proverbs 11:28

    • יִפְרָֽחוּ׃yifrachuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will bud
  • The house of the wicked will be destroyed, but the tent of the upright will flourish.

    Proverbs 14:11

    • יַפְרִֽיחַ׃yafriachverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will flourish

Song of Solomon

two uses
  • I went down to the walnut grove to see the blossoms of the valley, to see if the vines were budding or the pomegranates were in bloom.

    Song of Solomon 6:11

    • הֲפָֽרְחָ֣הhafarechahquestion particle + verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: ¿ had it budded
  • Let us go early to the vineyards to see if the vine has budded, if the blossom has opened, if the pomegranates are in bloom—there I will give you my love.

    Song of Solomon 7:12

    • פָּֽרְחָ֤הparechahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it has budded

Isaiah

six uses
  • though on the day you plant you make them grow, and on that morning you help your seed sprout—yet the harvest will vanish on the day of disease and incurable pain.

    Isaiah 17:11

    • תַּפְרִ֑יחִיtafrichiverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: you cause to sprout
  • In the days to come, Jacob will take root. Israel will bud and blossom and fill the whole world with fruit.

    Isaiah 27:6

    • וּפָרַ֖חufarachHc/Vqq3mstagged: and it will bud
  • The wilderness and the land will be glad; the desert will rejoice and blossom like a rose.

    Isaiah 35:1

    • וְתִפְרַ֖חvetifrachHC/Vqu3fstagged: so it may bud
  • It will bloom profusely and rejoice with joy and singing. The glory of Lebanon will be given to it, the splendor of Carmel and Sharon. They will see the glory of the LORD, the splendor of our God.

    Isaiah 35:2

    • פָּרֹ֨חַparoachverb · simple (qal), infinitive absolutetagged: completely to bud
    • תִּפְרַ֜חtifrachverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it will bud
  • When you see, you will rejoice, and you will flourish like grass; then the hand of the LORD will be revealed to His servants, but His wrath will be shown to His enemies.

    Isaiah 66:14

    • תִפְרַ֑חְנָהtifrachnahverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine pluraltagged: they will sprout

Ezekiel

four uses
  • Behold, the day is here! It has come! Doom has gone out, the rod has budded, arrogance has bloomed.

    Ezekiel 7:10

    • פָּרַ֖חparachverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it has budded
  • Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: See, I am against the magic charms with which you ensnare souls like birds, and I will tear them from your arms. So I will free the souls you have ensnared like birds.

    Ezekiel 13:20

    • לְפֹ֣רְח֔וֹתleforechotpreposition + verb · simple (qal), participle · feminine pluraltagged: for birds
    • לְפֹרְחֹֽת׃leforechotpreposition + verb · simple (qal), participle · feminine pluraltagged: for birds
  • Then all the trees of the field will know that I am the LORD. I bring the tall tree down and make the low tree tall. I dry up the green tree and make the withered tree flourish. I, the LORD, have spoken, and I have done it.’”

    Ezekiel 17:24

    • וְהִפְרַ֖חְתִּיvehifrachtiHc/Vhq1cstagged: and I make sprout

Hosea

three uses
  • They speak mere words; with false oaths they make covenants. So judgment springs up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of a field.

    Hosea 10:4

    • וּפָרַ֤חufarachHc/Vqq3mstagged: and it sprouts up
  • I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like the lily and take root like the cedars of Lebanon.

    Hosea 14:5

    • יִפְרַ֖חyifrachverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will blossom
  • They will return and dwell in his shade; they will grow grain and blossom like the vine. His renown will be like the wine of Lebanon.

    Hosea 14:7

    • וְיִפְרְח֣וּveyifrechuHC/Vqu3mptagged: so they may blossom

Habakkuk

one use
  • Though the fig tree does not bud and no fruit is on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though the sheep are cut off from the fold and no cattle are in the stalls,

    Habakkuk 3:17

    • תִפְרָ֗חtifrachverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: it buds

The letters

Where it leads

How the numbers are counted

Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.

Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.

The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.

The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.

Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0. Their grammar codes are written out in English here and shown as tagged beside each one.

Meaning and senses: STEP Bible TBESH gloss (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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