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Strong's #6546 - פֶּרַע
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1) leader, commander
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2641) orp (פראה PRAh) AC: Loose CO: Hair AB: ?
V) orp (פראה PRAh) - Loose: To uncover, remove or let go. Such as to make naked by removing clothing or uncovering the head. KJV (16): (vf: Paal, Niphal, Hiphil) refuse, uncover, naked, avenging, avoid, go, bare, let, nought, perish - Strongs: H6544 (פָּרַע)
Nm) orp (פראה PRAh) - Long hair: As let loose. KJV (2): locks - Strongs: H6545 (פֶּרַע)
Nf1) eorp (פראהה PRAhH) - Revenge: In the sense of letting loose. KJV (2): revenge, avenge - Strongs: H6546 (פֶּרַע)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
פֶּרַע m.
(1) hair (so called from the idea of shaving, see the root No. 2), Numbers 6:5; Ezekiel 44:20.
(2) a leader, commander of an army, so called from his going before, see the root No. 3. Pl. פְּרָעוֹ (compare as to the sex of nouns of office, Lehrg. 468, 878), Deuteronomy 32:42; Judges 5:2. Arab. فَرْعُ a prince, the head of a family.
