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Hebrew verb · H6544

פָּרַע

parapaw-rah'

to lead; to neglect

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

Concordance spelling: pâraʻ

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H6544is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 7 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 15
    spellings
  • 2
    meanings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H6544

to loosen; by implication, to expose, dismiss; figuratively, absolve, begin

The King James renders it: avenge, avoid, bare, go back, let, (make) naked, set at nought, perish, refuse, uncover.

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

para is rendered "to lead; to neglect". It stands 16 times in the Hebrew text, across seven books.

  • Six of the uses stand in Proverbs, more than in any other book.
  • The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "to lead".
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Exodus 5:4But the king of Egypt said to them, “Moses and Aaron, why do you draw the people away from their work? Get back to your labor!”
  • The Greek text spells it fifteen different ways.

The first use

But the king of Egypt said to them, “Moses and Aaron, why do you draw the people away from their work? Get back to your labor!”

Exodus 5:4תַּפְרִ֥יעוּ

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

Where the word stands

Six of the word's sixteen uses are in Proverbs.

The other 32 Old Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

The word carries two meanings: to lead, and to neglect.

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

The English STEP Bible gives each use, word by word, and how many times.
to leadStrong's entry ATagged aslisted under the tableWhereExodus 5:4But the king of Egypt said to them, “Moses and Aaron…
to neglectStrong's entry BTagged aslisted under the tableWherein the ledger below

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • ignores2
  • and he will let loose1
  • and you ignored1
  • are you causing to refrain1
  • avoid it1
  • had let run wild he1
  • he had allowed lack of restraint1
  • he will let loose1
  • I will refrain1
  • it is let loose1
  • let loose1
  • running wild1

and 3 more, 16 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
פָּרַחparachto sproutUses36
פָּרָהparahbe fruitfulUses29
פָּרַדparadto separateUses26
פָּרָהparahheiferUses26
פָּרַסparasto divideUses14
פָּרַקparaqto tearUses10
פָּרָשׁparashto declareUses5
פָּרַםparamto tearUses3

and 6 more on the stem.

All 16, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

15 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

  • פּוֹרֵ֣עַ2
  • אֶפְרַ֥ע1
  • בִּפְרֹ֤עַ1
  • הִפְרִ֙יעַ֙1
  • וּפָרַע֙1
  • וַתִּפְרְע֥וּ1
  • יִפְרָ֔ע1
  • יִפָּ֣רַֽע1
  • פָר֔וּעַ1
  • פָרֻ֖עַ1
  • פְרָעֹ֣ה1
  • פְּרָעֵ֥הוּ1

and 3 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • verb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine plural2HVqj2mp
  • verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular2HVqrmsa
  • verb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine singular2HVqsmsa
  • Hc/Vqq3ms1Hc/Vqq3ms
  • Hc/Vqw2mp1Hc/Vqw2mp
  • preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)1HR/Vqcc
  • verb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine plural1HVhi2mp
  • verb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular1HVhp3ms
  • verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular1HVNi3ms
  • verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singular1HVqi1cs
  • verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular1HVqi3ms
  • verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1HVqp3ms/Sp3ms

Exodus

three uses
  • But the king of Egypt said to them, “Moses and Aaron, why do you draw the people away from their work? Get back to your labor!”

    Exodus 5:4

    • תַּפְרִ֥יעוּtafriuverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: are you causing to refrain
  • Moses saw that the people were out of control, for Aaron had let them run wild and become a laughingstock to their enemies.

    Exodus 32:25

    • פָרֻ֖עַfarua'verb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine singulartagged: running wild
    • פְרָעֹ֣הferaohverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: had let run wild he

Leviticus

three uses
  • Then Moses said to Aaron and his sons Eleazar and Ithamar, “Do not let your hair become disheveled and do not tear your garments, or else you will die, and the LORD will be angry with the whole congregation. But your brothers, the whole house of Israel, may mourn on account of the fire that the LORD has ignited.

    Leviticus 10:6

    • תִּפְרָ֣עוּ׀tifrauverb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you let loose
  • A diseased person must wear torn clothes and let his hair hang loose, and he must cover his mouth and cry out, ‘Unclean, unclean!’

    Leviticus 13:45

    • פָר֔וּעַfarua'verb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine singulartagged: let loose
  • The priest who is highest among his brothers, who has had the anointing oil poured on his head and has been ordained to wear the priestly garments, must not let his hair hang loose or tear his garments.

    Leviticus 21:10

    • יִפְרָ֔עyifra'verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will let loose

Numbers

one use
  • After the priest has the woman stand before the LORD, he is to let down her hair and place in her hands the grain offering of memorial, which is the grain offering for jealousy. The priest is to hold the bitter water that brings a curse.

    Numbers 5:18

    • וּפָרַע֙ufara'Hc/Vqq3mstagged: and he will let loose

Judges

one use
  • “When the princes take the lead in Israel, when the people volunteer, bless the LORD.

    Judges 5:2

    • בִּפְרֹ֤עַbifroa'preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: when acted as leaders

2 Chronicles

one use
  • For the LORD humbled Judah because Ahaz king of Israel had thrown off restraint in Judah and had been most unfaithful to the LORD.

    2 Chronicles 28:19

    • הִפְרִ֙יעַ֙hifria'verb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he had allowed lack of restraint

Proverbs

six uses
  • because you neglected all my counsel, and wanted none of my correction,

    Proverbs 1:25

    • וַתִּפְרְע֥וּvatifreuHc/Vqw2mptagged: and you ignored
  • Avoid it; do not travel on it. Turn from it and pass on by.

    Proverbs 4:15

    • פְּרָעֵ֥הוּperaehuverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: avoid it
  • Listen to instruction and be wise; do not ignore it.

    Proverbs 8:33

    • תִּפְרָֽעוּ׃tifrauverb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you neglect
  • Poverty and shame come to him who ignores discipline, but whoever heeds correction is honored.

    Proverbs 13:18

    • פּוֹרֵ֣עַporea'verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: ignores
  • He who ignores discipline despises himself, but whoever heeds correction gains understanding.

    Proverbs 15:32

    • פּוֹרֵ֣עַporea'verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: ignores
  • Where there is no vision, the people cast off restraint; but blessed is he who keeps the Law.

    Proverbs 29:18

    • יִפָּ֣רַֽעyipara'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it is let loose

Ezekiel

one use
  • I, the LORD, have spoken; the time is coming, and I will act. I will not refrain or show pity, nor will I relent. I will judge you according to your ways and deeds,’ declares the Lord GOD.”

    Ezekiel 24:14

    • אֶפְרַ֥עʾefra'verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will refrain

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 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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