Hebrew verb · H6536
פָּרַס
paraspaw-ras'
to divide
14 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: pâraç
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H6536is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 5 of 39Old Testament books
- 12spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H6536
to break in pieces, i.e. (usually without violence) to split, distribute
The King James renders it: deal, divide, have hoofs, part, tear.
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
paras is rendered "to divide". It stands 14 times in the Hebrew text, across five books.
- Seven of the uses stand in Leviticus, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Leviticus 11:3You may eat any animal that has a split hoof completely divided and that chews the cud.
- The Greek text spells it twelve different ways.
The first use
You may eat any animal that has a split hoof completely divided and that chews the cud.
Leviticus 11:3מַפְרֶ֣סֶת
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Seven of the word's fourteen uses are in Leviticus.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- dividing in two3
- it divides in two2
- and from divide in two1
- and of those dividing1
- divides1
- divides in two1
- dividing1
- having hooves1
- people will break1
- they divide1
- to break1
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.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| פָּרַשׂ | paras | to spread | Uses67 |
| פָּרָשׁ | parash | horse | Uses57 |
| פָּרַר | parar | to break | Uses50 |
| פָּרַץ | parats | to break through | Uses49 |
| פָּרַח | parach | to sprout | Uses36 |
| פָּרָה | parah | be fruitful | Uses29 |
| פָּרַד | parad | to separate | Uses26 |
| פָּרָה | parah | heifer | Uses26 |
| פָּרַע | para | to lead | Uses16 |
| פָּרַק | paraq | to tear | Uses10 |
| פָּרָשׁ | parash | to declare | Uses5 |
| פָּרַם | param | to tear | Uses3 |
and 6 more on the stem.
Other numbers on this spelling
Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.
All 14, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
12 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
- מַפְרִ֨יס2
- מַפְרֶ֣סֶת2
- הִפְרִ֑יסָה1
- הִפְרִ֔יסוּ1
- וּמִמַּפְרִיסֵ֖י1
- וּמִמַּפְרִיסֵ֥י1
- יַפְרִ֑יס1
- יִפְרְס֥וּ1
- מַפְרִ֔יס1
- מַפְרִֽיס׃1
- מַפְרֶ֨סֶת1
- פָרֹ֤ס1
The grammar of each form
- verb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine singular3HVhrmsa
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)2HC/R/Vhrmpc
- verb · causative (hiphil), participle · feminine singular2HVhrfsa
- verb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular1HVhi3ms
- verb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common plural1HVhp3cp
- verb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singular1HVhp3fs
- verb · causative (hiphil), participle · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HVhrfsc
- verb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HVhrmsc
- verb · simple (qal), infinitive absolute1HVqaa
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural1HVqi3mp
Leviticus
seven uses
You may eat any animal that has a split hoof completely divided and that chews the cud.
- מַפְרֶ֣סֶתmafresetverb · causative (hiphil), participle · feminine singulartagged: divides in two
But of those that only chew the cud or only have a divided hoof, you are not to eat the following: The camel, though it chews the cud, does not have a divided hoof; it is unclean for you.
- וּמִמַּפְרִיסֵ֖יumimafriseiconjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and from divide in two
- מַפְרִ֔יסmafrisverb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine singulartagged: dividing in two
The rock badger, though it chews the cud, does not have a divided hoof; it is unclean for you.
- יַפְרִ֑יסyafrisverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it divides in two
The rabbit, though it chews the cud, does not have a divided hoof; it is unclean for you.
- הִפְרִ֑יסָהhifrisahverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it divides in two
And the pig, though it has a split hoof completely divided, does not chew the cud; it is unclean for you.
- מַפְרִ֨יסmafrisverb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine singulartagged: dividing in two
Every animal with hooves not completely divided or that does not chew the cud is unclean for you. Whoever touches any of them will be unclean.
- מַפְרֶ֨סֶתmafresetverb · causative (hiphil), participle · feminine singulartagged: dividing in two
Deuteronomy
four uses
You may eat any animal that has a split hoof divided in two and that chews the cud.
- מַפְרֶ֣סֶתmafresetverb · causative (hiphil), participle · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: divides
But of those that chew the cud or have a completely divided hoof, you are not to eat the following: the camel, the rabbit, or the rock badger.
- וּמִמַּפְרִיסֵ֥יumimafriseiconjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and of those dividing
- הִפְרִ֔יסוּhifrisuverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they divide
Although they chew the cud, they do not have a divided hoof. They are unclean for you, as well as the pig; though it has a divided hoof, it does not chew the cud. It is unclean for you. You must not eat its meat or touch its carcass.
- מַפְרִ֨יסmafrisverb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: dividing
Psalms
one use
And this will please the LORD more than an ox, more than a bull with horns and hooves.
- מַפְרִֽיס׃mafrisverb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine singulartagged: having hooves
Isaiah
one use
Isn’t it to share your bread with the hungry, to bring the poor and homeless into your home, to clothe the naked when you see him, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?
- פָרֹ֤סfarosverb · simple (qal), infinitive absolutetagged: to break
Jeremiah
one use
No food will be offered to comfort those who mourn the dead; not even a cup of consolation will be given for the loss of a father or mother.
- יִפְרְס֥וּyifresuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: people will break
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.