Hebrew verb (Aramaic) · H6537
פְּרַס
perasper-as'
to divide; half
3 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: pᵉraç
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H6537is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 1 of 39Old Testament books
- 3spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H6537
to split up
The King James renders it: divide, (U-) pharsin.
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
peras is rendered "to divide; half". It stands 3 times in the Hebrew text, across one book.
- Three of the uses stand in Daniel, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "to divide".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Daniel 5:25Now this is the inscription that was written: MENE, MENE, TEKEL, PARSIN.
- The Greek text spells it three different ways.
The first use
Now this is the inscription that was written: MENE, MENE, TEKEL, PARSIN.
Daniel 5:25וּפַרְסִֽין׃
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Three of the word's three uses are in Daniel.
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: to divide, and half.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| to divideStrong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereDaniel 5:25Now this is the inscription that was written: MENE, MENE, TEKEL, PARSIN. |
| halfStrong's entry B | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- and pharsin1
- it has been broken in two1
- peres1
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.
All 3, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
3 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
- וּפַרְסִֽין׃1
- פְּרִיסַת֙1
- פְּרֵ֑ס1
The grammar of each form
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural1AC/Ncmpa
- noun · masculine or feminine singular1ANcbsa
- verb · passive (qal passive), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singular1AVQp3fs
Daniel
three uses
Now this is the inscription that was written: MENE, MENE, TEKEL, PARSIN.
- וּפַרְסִֽין׃ufarsinconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: and pharsin
PERES means that your kingdom has been divided and given over to the Medes and Persians.”
- פְּרֵ֑סperesnoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: peres
- פְּרִיסַת֙perisatverb · passive (qal passive), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it has been broken in two
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 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.