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Hebrew verb · H6565

פָּרַר

pararpaw-rar'

to break; to split

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

Concordance spelling: pârar

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H6565is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 18 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 45
    spellings
  • 2
    meanings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H6565

to break up (usually figuratively), i.e. to violate, frustrate

The King James renders it: [idiom] any ways, break (asunder), cast off, cause to cease, [idiom] clean, defeat, disannul, disappoint, dissolve, divide, make of none effect, fail, frustrate, bring (come) to nought, [idiom] utterly, make void.

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

parar is rendered "to break; to split". It stands 50 times in the Hebrew text, across eighteen books.

  • Eight of the uses stand in Numbers, more than in any other book.
  • The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "to break".
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 17:14But if any male is not circumcised, he will be cut off from his people; he has broken My covenant.”
  • The Greek text spells it forty-five different ways.

The first use

But if any male is not circumcised, he will be cut off from his people; he has broken My covenant.”

Genesis 17:14הֵפַֽר׃ ס

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

Where the word stands

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

The other 21 Old Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

The word carries two meanings: to break, and to split.

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

The English STEP Bible gives each use, word by word, and how many times.
to breakStrong's entry ATagged aslisted under the tableWhereGenesis 17:14But if any male is not circumcised, he will be cut off from his people…
to splitStrong's entry BTagged aslisted under the tableWherein the ledger below

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • to break4
  • actually break2
  • and it will break2
  • break2
  • by breaking2
  • frustrates2
  • he has broken2
  • he will break2
  • they have broken2
  • to frustrate2
  • and break1
  • and he had frustrated1

and 26 more, 50 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
פָּרַץparatsto break throughUses49
פָּרַחparachto sproutUses36
פָּרָהparahbe fruitfulUses29
פָּרָהparahheiferUses26
פָּרַעparato leadUses16
פָּרַסparasto divideUses14
פָּרַקparaqto tearUses10
פָּרָשׁparashto declareUses5
פָּרַםparamto tearUses3
פָּרוּרparurpotUses3

and 4 more on the stem.

The words it stands beside

All 50, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

45 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

  • לְהָפֵ֣ר3
  • הָפֵ֣ר2
  • לְהָפֵ֥ר2
  • תָּפֵ֣ר2
  • אָפֵ֧ר1
  • הֵפֵ֤ר1
  • הֵפֵ֖ר1
  • הֵפַ֑ר1
  • הָפֵר֩1
  • הָפֵ֥ר1
  • הֵפַֽר׃ ס1
  • הָפֵ֗רָה1

and 33 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • preposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)8HR/Vhcc
  • Hc/Vhq3ms4Hc/Vhq3ms
  • verb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common plural4HVhp3cp
  • verb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular4HVhp3ms
  • verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)3HVhcc
  • verb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singular3HVhi2ms
  • verb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular3HVhi3ms
  • HC/Vhu3fs2HC/Vhu3fs
  • verb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine singular2HVhrmsa
  • Hc/Vhq2ms1Hc/Vhq2ms
  • conjunction (“and”) + verb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singular1HC/Vhv2ms
  • Hc/VHw3fs1Hc/VHw3fs

Genesis

one use
  • But if any male is not circumcised, he will be cut off from his people; he has broken My covenant.”

    Genesis 17:14

    • הֵפַֽר׃ סhefarverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he has broken

Leviticus

two uses
  • and if you reject My statutes, despise My ordinances, and neglect to carry out all My commandments, and so break My covenant,

    Leviticus 26:15

    • לְהַפְרְכֶ֖םlehafrekhempreposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: to break you
  • Yet in spite of this, when they are in the land of their enemies, I will not reject or despise them so as to destroy them and break My covenant with them; for I am the LORD their God.

    Leviticus 26:44

    • לְהָפֵ֥רlehaferpreposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to break

Numbers

eight uses
  • He shall certainly be cut off, because he has despised the word of the LORD and broken His commandment; his guilt remains on him.”

    Numbers 15:31

    • הֵפַ֑רhefarverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he has broken
  • But if her husband prohibits her when he hears of it, he nullifies the vow that binds her or the rash promise she has made, and the LORD will absolve her.

    Numbers 30:8

    • וְהֵפֵ֗רveheferHc/Vhq3mstagged: and he will break
  • But if her husband nullifies them on the day he hears of them, then nothing that came from her lips, whether her vows or pledges, shall stand. Her husband has nullified them, and the LORD will absolve her.

    Numbers 30:12

    • הָפֵר֩haferverb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: actually break
    • יָפֵ֨רyaferverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will break
    • הֲפֵרָ֔םhaferamverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: he has broken them
  • Her husband may confirm or nullify any vow or any sworn pledge to deny herself.

    Numbers 30:13

    • יְפֵרֶֽנּוּ׃yeferenuverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will break it
  • But if he nullifies them after he hears of them, then he will bear her iniquity.”

    Numbers 30:15

    • הָפֵ֥רhaferverb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: actually break
    • יָפֵ֛רyaferverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will break

Deuteronomy

two uses
  • And the LORD said to Moses, “You will soon rest with your fathers, and these people will rise up and prostitute themselves with the foreign gods of the land they are entering. They will forsake Me and break the covenant I have made with them.

    Deuteronomy 31:16

    • וְהֵפֵר֙veheferHc/Vhq3mstagged: and it will break
  • When I have brought them into the land that I swore to give their fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey, they will eat their fill and prosper. Then they will turn to other gods and worship them, and they will reject Me and break My covenant.

    Deuteronomy 31:20

    • וְהֵפֵ֖רveheferHc/Vhq3mstagged: and it will break

Judges

one use
  • Now the angel of the LORD went up from Gilgal to Bochim and said, “I brought you up out of Egypt and led you into the land that I had promised to your fathers, and I said, ‘I will never break My covenant with you,

    Judges 2:1

    • אָפֵ֧רʾaferverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will break

2 Samuel

two uses
  • But you can thwart the counsel of Ahithophel for me if you return to the city and say to Absalom: ‘I will be your servant, my king; in the past I was your father’s servant, but now I will be your servant.’

    2 Samuel 15:34

    • וְהֵפַרְתָּ֣הvehefartahHc/Vhq2mstagged: and you will frustrate
  • Then Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The advice of Hushai the Archite is better than that of Ahithophel.” For the LORD had purposed to thwart the good counsel of Ahithophel in order to bring disaster on Absalom.

    2 Samuel 17:14

    • לְהָפֵ֞רlehaferpreposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to frustrate

1 Kings

one use
  • “Let there be a treaty between me and you, between my father and your father. See, I have sent you a gift of silver and gold. Now go and break your treaty with Baasha king of Israel, so that he will withdraw from me.”

    1 Kings 15:19

    • הָפֵ֗רָהhaferahverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singular + paragogic hetagged: break

2 Chronicles

one use
  • “Let there be a treaty between me and you, between my father and your father. See, I have sent you silver and gold. Now go and break your treaty with Baasha king of Israel, so that he will withdraw from me.”

    2 Chronicles 16:3

    • הָפֵ֣רhaferverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: break

Ezra

two uses
  • They hired counselors against them to frustrate their plans throughout the reign of Cyrus king of Persia and down to the reign of Darius king of Persia.

    Ezra 4:5

    • לְהָפֵ֣רlehaferpreposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to frustrate
  • shall we again break Your commandments and intermarry with the peoples who commit these abominations? Would You not become so angry with us as to wipe us out, leaving no remnant or survivor?

    Ezra 9:14

    • לְהָפֵ֣רlehaferpreposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to break

Nehemiah

one use
  • When our enemies heard that we were aware of their scheme and that God had frustrated it, each of us returned to his own work on the wall.

    Nehemiah 4:15

    • וַיָּ֥פֶרvaiyaferHc/Vhw3mstagged: and he had frustrated

Job

four uses
  • He thwarts the schemes of the crafty, so that their hands find no success.

    Job 5:12

    • מֵ֭פֵרmeferverb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine singulartagged: frustrates
  • But you even undermine the fear of God and hinder meditation before Him.

    Job 15:4

    • תָּפֵ֣רtaferverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you annul
  • I was at ease, but He shattered me; He seized me by the neck and crushed me. He has set me up as His target;

    Job 16:12

    • וַֽיְפַרְפְּרֵ֗נִיvayfarpereniHc/Vpw3ms/Sp1bstagged: and he smashed me
  • Would you really annul My justice? Would you condemn Me to justify yourself?

    Job 40:8

    • תָּפֵ֣רtaferverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: will you annul

Psalms

three uses
  • You divided the sea by Your strength; You smashed the heads of the dragons of the sea;

    Psalms 74:13

    • פוֹרַ֣רְתָּforartaverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you divided
  • Restore us, O God of our salvation, and put away Your displeasure toward us.

    Psalms 85:4

    • וְהָפֵ֖רvehaferconjunction (“and”) + verb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: and break
  • It is time for the LORD to act, for they have broken Your law.

    Psalms 119:126

    • הֵ֝פֵ֗רוּheferuverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: people have broken

Proverbs

one use
  • Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed.

    Proverbs 15:22

    • הָפֵ֣רhaferverb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: they go wrong

Ecclesiastes

one use
  • when men fear the heights and dangers of the road, when the almond tree blossoms, the grasshopper loses its spring, and the caper berry shrivels—for then man goes to his eternal home and mourners walk the streets.

    Ecclesiastes 12:5

    • וְתָפֵ֖רvetaferHC/Vhu3fstagged: and it may fail

Isaiah

seven uses
  • Devise a plan, but it will be thwarted; state a proposal, but it will not happen. For God is with us.”

    Isaiah 8:10

    • וְתֻפָ֑רvetufarHC/VHu3fstagged: so it may be frustrated
  • The LORD of Hosts has purposed, and who can thwart Him? His hand is outstretched, so who can turn it back?

    Isaiah 14:27

    • יָפֵ֑רyaferverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: will he frustrate
  • The earth is defiled by its people; they have transgressed the laws; they have overstepped the decrees and broken the everlasting covenant.

    Isaiah 24:5

    • הֵפֵ֖רוּheferuverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they have broken
  • The earth is utterly broken apart, the earth is split open, the earth is shaken violently.

    Isaiah 24:19

    • פּ֤וֹרporverb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: utterly split
    • הִֽתְפּוֹרְרָה֙hitporahverb · reflexive (hithpael), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it has been split through
  • The highways are deserted; travel has ceased. The treaty has been broken, the witnesses are despised, and human life is disregarded.

    Isaiah 33:8

    • הֵפֵ֤רheferverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: someone has broken
  • who foils the signs of false prophets and makes fools of diviners, who confounds the wise and turns their knowledge into nonsense,

    Isaiah 44:25

    • מֵפֵר֙meferverb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine singulartagged: frustrates

Jeremiah

five uses
  • They have returned to the sins of their forefathers who refused to obey My words. They have followed other gods to serve them. The house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken the covenant I made with their fathers.

    Jeremiah 11:10

    • הֵפֵ֤רוּheferuverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they have broken
  • For the sake of Your name do not despise us; do not disgrace Your glorious throne. Remember Your covenant with us; do not break it.

    Jeremiah 14:21

    • תָּפֵ֥רtaferverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you break
  • It will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt—a covenant they broke, though I was a husband to them,” declares the LORD.

    Jeremiah 31:32

    • הֵפֵ֣רוּheferuverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they broke
  • “This is what the LORD says: If you can break My covenant with the day and My covenant with the night, so that day and night cease to occupy their appointed time,

    Jeremiah 33:20

    • תָּפֵ֙רוּ֙taferuverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you will break
  • then My covenant may also be broken with David My servant and with My ministers the Levites who are priests, so that David will not have a son to reign on his throne.

    Jeremiah 33:21

    • תֻפַר֙tufarverb · causative passive (hophal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it will be broken

Ezekiel

five uses
  • For this is what the Lord GOD says: I will deal with you according to your deeds, since you have despised the oath by breaking the covenant.

    Ezekiel 16:59

    • לְהָפֵ֥רlehaferpreposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: by breaking
  • But this king rebelled against Babylon by sending his envoys to Egypt to ask for horses and a large army. Will he flourish? Will the one who does such things escape? Can he break a covenant and yet escape?’

    Ezekiel 17:15

    • וְהֵפֵ֥רveheferHc/Vhq3mstagged: and will he break
  • ‘As surely as I live,’ declares the Lord GOD, ‘he will die in Babylon, in the land of the king who enthroned him, whose oath he despised and whose covenant he broke.

    Ezekiel 17:16

    • הֵפֵ֖רheferverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he broke
  • He despised the oath by breaking the covenant. Seeing that he gave his hand in pledge yet did all these things, he will not escape!’

    Ezekiel 17:18

    • לְהָפֵ֣רlehaferpreposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: by breaking
  • In addition to all your other abominations, you brought in foreigners uncircumcised in both heart and flesh to occupy My sanctuary; you defiled My temple when you offered My food—the fat and the blood; you broke My covenant.

    Ezekiel 44:7

    • וַיָּפֵ֙רוּ֙vaiyaferuHc/Vhw3mptagged: and they broke

Zechariah

three uses
  • Next I took my staff called Favor and cut it in two, revoking the covenant I had made with all the nations.

    Zechariah 11:10

    • לְהָפֵיר֙lehafeirpreposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to break
  • It was revoked on that day, and so the afflicted of the flock who were watching me knew that it was the word of the LORD.

    Zechariah 11:11

    • וַתֻּפַ֖רvatufarHc/VHw3fstagged: and it was broken
  • Then I cut in two my second staff called Union, breaking the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.

    Zechariah 11:14

    • לְהָפֵר֙lehaferpreposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to break

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.

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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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