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Strong's #6531 - פֶּרֶךְ

Transliteration

perek

Phonetics

peh'-rek

Origin

from an unused root meaning to break apart

Parts of Speech

masculine noun

TWOT

1817a

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

harshness, severity, cruelty

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 970 ‑ βία (bee'‑ah); 3449 ‑ μόχθος (mokh'‑thos);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (6)

Exodus 2

Leviticus 3

Ezekiel 1

BSB (6)

Exodus 2

Leviticus 3

Ezekiel 1

CSB (6)

Exodus 2

Leviticus 3

Ezekiel 1

ESV (6)

Exodus 2

Leviticus 3

Ezekiel 1

KJV (6)

Exodus 2

Leviticus 3

Ezekiel 1

LEB (6)

Exodus 2

Leviticus 3

Ezekiel 1

LSB (6)

Exodus 2

Leviticus 3

Ezekiel 1

N95 (6)

Exodus 2

Leviticus 3

Ezekiel 1

NAS (6)

Exodus 2

Leviticus 3

Ezekiel 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (6)

Exodus 2

Leviticus 3

Ezekiel 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2638) k r p (פרכ PRK) AC: ? CO: Whip AB: ?: [from: rp- breaking]

N^m ) k r p (פרכ PRK) - Whip: As dividing and breaking open the flesh. KJV (6): rigour, cruelty - Strongs: H6531 (פֶּרֶךְ)

c^f2) t k f r p (פרוכת PRWKT) - Curtain: Hung to cause a dividing wall in a room. KJV (25): vail - Strongs: H6532 (פָּרֹכֶת)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

מֶּ֫רֶךְ noun [masculine] harshness, severity; — in phrase ׳בְּפ Leviticus 25:33, בְּפָ֑רֶךְ Leviticus 25:43; Leviticus 25:46; (H P), Ezekiel 34:4 (all with רדה rule harshly); Exodus 1:13 (with וַיַּעֲבִדוּ), Exodus 1:14 (with עֲכֹדָה; both P).

II. פרך (√ of following; compare Assyrian parâku, Baruch , shut off; parakku, apartment, shrine; Syriac shrine (see RS^{JPhil 13,283}); see also Muss-Arn^{JBL xi (1892), 77} Kö^{ii. 1,201}).

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

פֶּרֶךְ m., oppression, tyranny; from the signification of crushing (compare טָחַן), Exodus 1:13, 14 Leviticus 25:43, 46 Leviticus 25:46.

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List of Word Forms

בְּפֶ֖רֶךְ בְּפָ֑רֶךְ בְּפָֽרֶךְ׃ בפרך בפרך׃ וּבְפָֽרֶךְ׃ ובפרך׃ bə·p̄ā·reḵ bə·p̄e·reḵ beFarech beFerech bəp̄āreḵ bəp̄ereḵ ū·ḇə·p̄ā·reḵ ūḇəp̄āreḵ uveFarech