Word Study · Strong's H6550 · Hebrew
פַּרְעֹשׁ
parosh
par-oshe'
Strong's 1890 spelling: parʻôsh
“a flea (as the isolated insect)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a flea (as the isolated insect)
Rendered in the KJV as
flea.
- 2occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 1 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 2inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 2 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 2
- פַּרְעֹ֥שׁ1
- פַּרְעֹ֣שׁ1
How it is rendered · 1
- a flea2
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 1
- noun · masculine singular2
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- HNcmsa · 2
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The ledger of occurrences
1 Samuel2 occurrences
- 1 Samuel 24:14פַּרְעֹ֥שׁparoshnoun · masculine singularAgainst whom has the king of Israel come out? Whom are you pursuing? A dead dog? A flea?here: a flea
- 1 Samuel 26:20פַּרְעֹ֣שׁparoshnoun · masculine singularSo do not let my blood fall to the ground far from the presence of the LORD. For the king of Israel has come out to look for a flea, like one who hunts a partridge in the mountains.”here: a flea
Same headword in Strong's