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Thursday, November 21st, 2024
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33

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Bible Lexicons

Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #6545 - פֶּרַע

Transliteration

peraʻ

Phonetics

peh'-rah

Origin

from (H6544)

Parts of Speech

masculine noun

TWOT

1823a,1822a

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

hair, long hair (of head), locks
leader

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 747 ‑ ἀρχηγός (ar‑khay‑gos'); 758 ‑ ἄρχων (ar'‑khone); 2864 ‑ κόμη (kom'‑ay);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (3)

Numbers 1

Ezekiel 2

BSB (3)

Numbers 1

Deuteronomy 1

Ezekiel 1

CSB (1)

Ezekiel 1

ESV (2)

Numbers 1

Ezekiel 1

KJV (2)

Numbers 1

Ezekiel 1

LEB (2)

Numbers 1

Ezekiel 1

LSB (2)

Numbers 1

Ezekiel 1

N95 (2)

Numbers 1

Ezekiel 1

NAS (2)

Numbers 1

Ezekiel 1

NLT (0)

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

WEB (3)

Numbers 1

Ezekiel 2

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2641) o r p (פראה PRAh) AC: Loose CO: Hair AB: ?

V) o r p (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)

N^m) o r p (פראה PRAh) - Long hair: As let loose. KJV (2): locks - Strongs: H6545 (פֶּרַע)

N^f1) e o r p (פראהה PRAhH) - Revenge: In the sense of letting loose. KJV (2): revenge, avenge - Strongs: H6546 (פֶּרַע)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

I. מֶּ֫רַע noun [masculine] leader (?); — plural absolute בִּפְרֹעַמְּרָעוֺת Judges 5:2 for the leading of the leaders (ᵐ5^A Be Bu and others, but uncertain; ᵐ5^B Symm, compare We^{Israel u. Jüd. Geschichte. (2), 97; Held.(2). 123and elsewhere}, for the loosing of locks [II. מֶּרַע], in vow of war; on these and other views see especially GFM^{on the passage}; conjectures also by Lambert^{RÉJ xxiv. 140} Grimme^{ZMG 1(1896), 572} Che^{JQ July 1899,561} [reading ברכו]); construct מֵראֹשׁ מַּרְעוֺת אוֺיֵב Deuteronomy 32:42 from the head of leaders of the foe ᵐ5 Di Steuern and others; Kn Ke Dr and others from the long-haired heads of the foe.

II. מֶּ֫רַע noun [masculine] long hair of head, locks; — ׳פ absolute Ezekiel 44:20; construct שְׂעַר ראֹשׁוֺ׳פ Numbers 6:5 (P). — Judges 5:2; Deuteronomy 32:42, see I.מֶּרַע above

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

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.

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List of Word Forms

וּפֶ֖רַע ופרע פֶּ֖רַע פרע pe·ra‘ Pera pera‘ ū·p̄e·ra‘ uFera ūp̄era‘